Will Trent Season 4 Episode 11 Kept Traumatizing Will, and It Was Exhausting

I have fully advocated for Will to explore his emotions more, but we’re midway through Season 4, and this season has featured Will’s trauma more than any other character or mystery.

You know I love character arcs, but I’m ready to say Will Trent needs a bit of balance again. We’ve barely seen Amanda or Franklin this season.

We still love Will Trent. There is something special about the episodes Ramon Rodriguez directs, especially when they are filmed in Puerto Rico.

Will returned to Puerto Rico, thinking his Uncle Antonio was in danger on Will Trent Season 4 Episode 11, but the plot was more sinister than anyone expected.

Will ended up trusting the wrong person, which put both him and Antonio in danger.

Would his family reach Puerto Rico in time to save him?

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An Unlikely Murder Sent Will to Puerto Rico

I’ve loved seeing Will in therapy and how he’s been working through his dark past. He knew that his visions of Ulster weren’t real, but they still rattled him.

Just as Will finally learned a new coping mechanism, a murder rattled him. The victim had his mouth sewn shut and his fingernails painted red.

These details were applied sloppily, so it was obvious it was a copycat, but the victim’s name was Antonio Morales, making Will suspect the murderer was after him.

I always appreciate that nothing slows Will down when it comes to family, and he was determined to get inside and check on his uncle.

He wasn’t expecting to find his uncle having sex when he burst in, or that his uncle blew off his concerns.

While Antonio appeared glad to see Will, he was also worried about fixing things with his girlfriend, who was not pleased to have two agents wreck their sexy time.

I knew that wasn’t the end of it, because while I would’ve loved an episode of Will and Antonio bonding, it would not have fit the narrative.

Sure enough, when Will and Agent Elkie returned a few hours later, they found Antonio’s girlfriend dead, and he was missing.

It Was All Hands on Deck To Decipher How Ulster Connected to The Case

It was all hands on deck to learn if the Atlanta murder was related to Will. Initially, it looked like Jebediah committed a random murder, but once Faith and Ormewood hauled him in, things got heated.

We’ve only seen Faith this angry and overwhelmed once before – when her mother was missing.

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You don’t mess with Faith Mitchell or Angie Polaski when someone could hurt Will.

That got their suspect to admit he’d received fan mail and details on how to commit each act, a theory that worried the women since Ulster was dead.

In Puerto Rico, Will was shocked when he and Agent Elkie discovered a staged cabin with a dummy that looked like Lucy, a tape recorder, and a baby crying in the trash.

I’m so tired of these visions of James Ulster. I know that Will needed his help this time to figure out who he may have discussed Lucy with, but they’ve become exhausting.

I’m glad that Will thought about hunting for a journal, but never expected that Ullster had a daughter or would have sent her the journal with all his misdeeds.

Will Trusted the Wrong Person, Landing Himself in Grave Danger

Initially, I wondered whether Will Trent was chem-testing Will with Agent Elkie. They worked effectively together and built a fast rapport.

I felt their chemistry when they prepared drinks, and she fed him a piece of fruit. It felt intimate. Will also loosened up on the dance floor, and you could feel that sizzling chemistry. I love his moves.

When they worked the case, they seemed like efficient partners. They worked in unison to find clues but kept ending up in awkward positions.

Will wouldn’t let Agent Elkie die and fall over the cliff, so they ended up on top of each other in that infamous pose many potential couples do.

However, as comforting and supportive as Agent Elkie seemed, something felt off. She knew details about Will’s life before he revealed them.

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I loved that Faith and Ormewood traveled to Puerto Pico since they’ve had entertaining scenes solving island murders before. This was not that case.

They hit the jackpot in Adelaide’s rental apartment, finding Ulster’s journal, which detailed everything about Will and Lucy.

But the kicker was that the real Agent Elkie was dead in her freezer, meaning Adelaide had been impersonating her to get close to Will before she killed him.

Adelaide was jealous of Will, but she also seemed angry that Will imprisoned him, whereas she thought Ulster was a genius and strived to take over his work.

I suspect she took Will through the sewers because she knew Will would get attacked by poisonous spiders, and that would speed up his death.

However, she didn’t realize that Will Trent was a force to be reckoned with, nor did she realize that his friends were, too.

Will Learned Who His Family Really Was

Will has struggled fitting in with his family, thinking his quirks were too much for them, which made the ending scenes so poignant.

As Ormewood and Faith walked through the forest, she practically prayed for Will to send them a signal of where he was.

At the same time, Will saw a vision of his mom, Lucy, and part of him thought he was dying, and he wanted to stay with her and have a family.

It made me cry when Lucy reminded him that she was always in his heart, but he had a family here and needed to call out to them.

Faith looked so relieved to find Will, but those poisonous spiders were really affecting him.

I don’t believe that Will Trent would kill off the leading man, and I loved seeing Ormewood and Faith supporting him, but it’ll still be a long wait.

Have We Seen Too Much of James Ulster?

Look, I like Greg, Germann, and he and Ramon Rodriguez have built an entertaining rapport, but we’ve seen almost as much of James Ulster after he died as we did while he was alive.

I had hoped we’d be rid of him soon, but now the series has just begun a new arc with Ulster’s daughter, who wanted revenge because her father never paid attention to her, but he loved Will.

It was an interesting theory, but I don’t think we needed to explore it this late in the game, or as a two-part episode.

While many fans love seeing Will’s past thoroughly explored, we also enjoy seeing the team solve a wide range of cases.

Most importantly, we’re tired of seeing Will Trent suffer. He deserves some happiness and a family.

I suspect we’re in for another two-parter since the series wouldn’t leave both Will and Antonio’s lives in danger.

Over to you, Will Trent Fanatics. Are you also tired of seeing James Ulster? Did you suspect this case was related to him?

Let us know in the comments.

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