A Breakout Star Emerges from “Will Trent”

Larrylambert
2 min readMar 16, 2023

Betty is a real scene stealer.

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Recently, I found myself looking for something to watch and stumbled upon “Will Trent.” Trent, played by Ramon Rodriguez, is a quirky character who has become a special agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Actually, the most effect agent in the Georgia Bureau. Trent’s background was difficult, to say the least’.

Trent was abandoned as a child and found in a dumpster. His journey through the foster home system wasn’t pretty. In addition to being abandoned as a child, Trent is dyslexic, which rendered s him a very poor reader.

Angie Polaski, played by Ericka Christensen, shared Trent’s journey through the foster care system and her experience was as ugly, if not uglier than Trent’s. She is working to overcome her drug addiction. She is on the Atlanta Poice Force and is also Trent’s love interest.

Let’s cut to the chase

While Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Ormewood and Sonya Sohn as Amanda Wagner are all interesting characters, let’s get to the breakout character. That would be Betty the Chihuahua.

In the opening episode, Will finds Betty abandoned and tied to a tree. Trent took Betty to an animal shelter but doesn’t have the heart to leave her there when he learns the…

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Written by Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.

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