'Will Trent' Season 3 Episode 16 "Push, Jump, Fall" Recap: A Hip Hop Legend Saddles Up
- Barbara
- Apr 30
- 5 min read
Tonight’s Will Trent Push Jump Fall starts at the Jack Bose Invitational Rodeo in Georgia. Bernadette Fleury gets on her horse and drunkenly falls off the other side. She later hears her horse, Pancake, making noise, goes into the stall, and shoots. Will is in a new therapist’s office. She has him lie down and tell her where he feels the pain. She is an unusual therapist, but she gets Will to express and recognize his feelings. He is recalcitrant, and she asks him if he wants to be alive. She begins to get through to him and gives him some optimism medication.
Eve and Will go to the rodeo stables to investigate the crime scene. Rooster McClatchy’s body is pierced with a pitchfork and nailed to the stable wall. Eve and Will see blood but can’t understand why it is so far from the body. They think it might be Bernadette Fleury’s. She rode off on a stolen horse.
The stock contractor, Drummond Montcrief, addresses a crowd and tells them Bernadette Fleury killed Rooster. He offers $100,000 for the return of his stolen horse, Pancake. The people get riled up and angry, then go after her. Will and Eve are worried someone will find and kill her before they can. Now, they have to save her.
At the morgue, Angie takes some pills and meets Ormewood. She asks him about his tumor. He is upset because he believes Dr. Seth told her. Angie is carrying a box of her mother’s cremated remains. She asks Ormewood why he hasn’t scheduled his surgery, and he finally admits he is scared. Pete, the medical examiner, comes in and shows them a body. The victim is James Webster. Pete says the autopsy was normal, but it is up to the detectives, Angie and Ormewood, to determine what really happened.
Amanda meets with Eve and Will in her office. She tells them they need to find Bernadette. They tell her Rooster had a record of minor offenses, and Will notes he was wearing very expensive boots. Will tries to recreate the crime scene in the GBI hallway. He still can’t understand how the blood got so far from the body. Meanwhile, Eve has someone who can provide a different perspective — a friend of Bernadette. She tells Eve that Bernadette was raped in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but didn’t report it. The rodeo circuit tried to push her out.
Bernadette is seen riding through a field. She is stopped by Shirtless Murph, who is holding a rifle. He wants the reward. She reaches for her lariat on the saddle horn. He is later found tied to a tree, saying she was headed to Lone Oak. Eve, Amanda, and Will look at a map and determine where Bernadette is really headed. They go to find her.
Angie and Ormewood interview James Webster’s wife, Danielle, at the police station. She says he was depressed during COVID but was doing better. She doesn’t know anyone who would want to harm him. They are visited by the family’s insurance agent, Tim, who did his own investigation and brings James’s medical records.
Later, Ormewood meets Angie at a cafe. She has her mom’s remains with her. Ormewood tells her what he learned from Danielle. They think James may have fallen but still aren’t sure. Josiah and Bon Bon arrive at the restaurant. They are there to help Ormewood get his paperwork and affairs in order before surgery.
Eve and Will go to see Mr. Callaway with the sheriff. They see signs a horse had been there, but he claims he hasn’t seen or heard from Bernadette. Will gives him his card before they leave. Before they drive off, Will gets a call. She refuses to come in. Will tells her what he thinks happened, and she explains what really happened, including the source of the other blood marks — Bernadette broke his nose while struggling to escape. Eve tells them about Goodwill Ranch, where Bernadette used to work as a teenager.
Ormewood tries on his military dress blues, but they are a bit snug. Bon Bon and Angie adjust the uniform so it is not choking him. Bon Bon asks why Angie is carrying the box of remains, and Angie admits she can’t seem to put it down. Josiah walks Ormewood through all the paperwork and gets his affairs in order. He tells Ormewood he believes it is not his time yet.
Eve and Will are still searching for Bernadette in the woods. They camp overnight. Will tells Eve about Marco’s brother. She shares her thoughts about God and control. The next morning, they hear a horse and find Bernadette. She shows Will how special horses are, helping him stop fearing them. Bernadette says Pancake may have colic, and Will realizes why — he finds a bag of drugs in Pancake’s manure. Just then, someone shoots and hits Bernadette. Will gets her to safety. Eve has a standoff with Broken Nose. He pulls the trigger; she fires back and kills him. Eve tends to Bernadette while Will takes Pancake to a vet.
Angie and Ormewood find security footage showing Tim removing the bird feeder James was trying to hang when he slipped and fell. Tim made it look like a suicide to collect insurance money. They arrest him for tampering with evidence. Ormewood tells Angie he is sorry about her mom and awkwardly asks if she wants to talk. She declines, saying she is going to an AA meeting. Ormewood is relieved and says he will tell his kids about his surgery.
Will walks Pancake to the vet. He hugs her and strokes her neck and nose. He takes a couple of drops of optimism and gives some to Pancake. Amanda calls, and Will updates her on Bernadette and Pancake. Meanwhile, Pancake lays down, and Will tries to get her up. He tells her they are choosing to be alive.
At home, Ormewood talks to his children. Max says this surgery feels different from the knee surgery. Coop reads off a list of questions from her notebook. He assures them he will be okay. Max says he will bring his dad home after the surgery, and Coop gives her dad a big hug.
Angie doesn’t go to her AA meeting but goes to a bar and drinks. In the bathroom, she flushes her mom’s ashes down the toilet, honoring her mother’s wish to be placed in water. Angie runs back into the stall, crying, trying to scrape up some of the ashes. She makes peace with her difficult mother and vows not to let her keep ruining her life. Angie returns to the bar and tries to break up a couple’s fight. They turn on her, and she is left beaten on the floor.
Will does get Pancake to the vet. He tells Ace that Drummond was smuggling drugs through the rodeo by feeding them to horses. Bernadette asks Will when he will start riding. He doesn’t answer. She calls him a cowboy as he helps her up on Pancake. She rides off to start the rodeo.
This was a calming episode that also shared some active history about cowgirls and cowboys in Georgia. Horses are beautiful creatures and seemed to help Will deal with his trauma. Glad to see Ormewood finally stop delaying his life saving surgery and open up to his kids. Liked how his military friends helped him get everything in order. Didn’t like how the show ended with Angie beaten on the bar floor. What happened to her? This was very good.
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