'Will Trent' Season 3 Episode 17 "Why Hello, Sheriff" Review

Will Trent Season 3 Episode 17 Why Hello, Sheriff opens in a lab where a technician is measuring tubes of a solution. He pours one test tube of the solution over a sandwich. He later takes it and gives it to a homeless man on the street. 

Angie is in the hospital. Dr. Seth McDale comes to check on her. She tells him she's been drinking. He asks what happened, and she tells him her mom died. Angie is not fine with falling off the wagon. Seth tells Angie she's pregnant. She asks if he's sure, and he confirms it. Seth tells her he loves her and will do whatever she wants. He has to return to the OR. Angie is stunned.

At Will's home, Nico and Faith talk about a text Nico is mulling over sending to a potential girlfriend. Faith looks at her phone and sees three previously sent unanswered texts. Will enters, interrupting them. He's been out running. Amanda comes out of the kitchen and asks what he's been doing to his wall. He says he's fixing it. It's a process. He asks why everyone‘s in his home. Amanda's there to tell them about a double homicide in Bradford County. She's sending him and Faith to investigate. One of the victims is a deputy sheriff killed in her own home. The Bradford Sheriff is Caleb Roussard. He doesn't think the state can enforce laws that he thinks are unconstitutional. He thinks he's the King of The County. Amanda tells them they won't welcome the GBI Investigators. She tells them not to expect any help from him. Amanda tells them to leave now because the sheriff and his deputies are already investigating the crime scene. She doesn't want any evidence tampering and crime scene contamination done. They get to Bradford County quickly and meet Sheriff Roussard. He’s not happy to see them, and ignores them.

Ormewood goes to the VA to get his scan done before his pre-op work up. The nurse at the hospital tells him to get his blood work done first. He has to wait in another line so he asks Nico to hold his place in line. He tells her to call him when she’s two spots out.

They enter the dead deputy’s house. Deputy Kenny Hall is inside. The two victims, Deputy Joanna Lundgren on the floor. He updates them on the victims. Will notices an intentional burn on Levi's torso, and asks Faith if it looks like a brand. Kenny doesn't know much about Deputy Lundgren’s personal life. They don't have any suspects, yet. Kenny walks them through his theory of what happened. Will tells them it was a cool theory, but it's not what happened. He and Faith explain their theory. He says the killer came to kill Levi, the other victim. The sheriff doesn't like Will shining his pointer everywhere. Suddenly a black cat, Jelly Bean, runs out chasing the pointer’s light. He's contaminating the crime scene. Jelly Bean runs out the open door, and Will pulls the door shut, breaking the window. 

Will and Faith call to tell Amanda what happened. She's not happy to hear they contaminated the crime scene and bled over some of the area. She regrets sending them. Will asks her to get back to the case and look at the photos he sent. Amanda will search the database for the brand. Faith asks her to also check Levi's gym card. Will tells her the sheriff left the crime scene without a word. 

Faith and Will question the bartender. She could only tell them Deputy Lundgren and Levi were just a hookup. She noticed a guy come into the bar after Levi. He sat at the end of the bar and kept watching him. He left after Joanna and Levi left. His name is Korda and teaches at the middle school. 

Will and Faith get to the middle school and find the sheriff already there talking to Vince Korda. Sheriff Roussard said he recognized the gun, and came to ask Vince about it. The gun was a gift he helped pick out for Vince's son, Beau. Beau was a troublemaker. The sheriff tells Vince to let him know if he sees Beau, and he’ll take care of it. Will and Faith objected, but the sheriff says that’s how it’s done there.

Angie and Ormewood go to Levi’s  gym and cut the lock off his locker. They find a backpack with a possible hit list, and a manifesto for the Founders Front. Angie thinks the victim was a domestic terrorist. 

In the park, the homeless guy that ate the sandwich is coughing uncontrollably. 

Will and Faith return to the GBI. Will stops at the police station to see Angie. She tells him her Mom died. She says she still loves her terrible Mom.

Faith and Will give Amanda the specifics on the double murder case. The burn is a brand that the terrorist members get. They have a record on Tobias Kolich. He was arrested for attempting to blow up a bridge, and is part of the terrorist group. Angie updates everyone on the group’s purpose according to their manifesto. 

Pete comes into the conference room with crime scene evidence information. They isolated the killer’s DNA and found a match for Beau Korda. Pete asks to speak to Amanda privately, but she tells him to speak there for everyone to hear. He tells her he needs to speak with her alone because the matter is sensitive. They go to Amanda’s office. Angie, Faith and Will continue discussing the case while Ormewood spies on Amanda and Pete. Faith gets a call and leaves.  Nico calls Ormewood to tell him to get to the VA, because his number is almost next in the queue. In the waiting room, Nico helps the sick homeless person, Roy. She introduces herself and Betty. 

Pete and Amanda give Will some personal information. Sheriff Roussard is Will’s Father. Will denies it, and goes into shock. Amanda tells him the sheriff will find out soon. Will thanks her for telling him, and leaves.

Ormewood gets to the VA but Gloria, the receptionist, tells him they are closed and asks him to return tomorrow. Roy is coughing again in the waiting room. Nico goes to check on him. Ormewood rushes Roy to the hospital ER where Dr. McDale works. McDale asks what his symptoms are.  He tells Ormewood to make sure he washes his hands, because Roy could have something contagious.

Will is at home working on repairing his wall. There's a knock at his door, and it's Sheriff Roussard. He came to talk with Will. They are just alike;  both detail oriented. They work together to fix his wall. Will tells him he doesn't know him, and he didn't raise him. Sheriff Roussard said he didn't know Will existed. Amanda told him Will never knew his Mother. Will says he doesn't want anything from him. At that moment, Will gets a call from Faith about Beau.

Will and Sheriff Roussard meet Faith at Beau Korda’s apartment. Beau is passed out inside, and there's a fire inside. Will and Roussard break in and carry Beau out. Roussard administers CPR, but Beau’s dead. 

Angie is in the bathroom throwing up. She talks out loud to her Mom, and says she's scared. She exits the stall, and Faith asks who she's talking to. Faith tells Angie she's there for her.

Amanda talks to Sheriff Roussard, and tells him Vince will be there for Beau. She talks to Roussard about Wilbur Trent. She says he's a very special man, and that he had no one there to protect him as a child, but now she looks out for him. She tells him to remember that. 

The next day, Ormewood comes into the conference room to give everyone information on Beau. He didn't have any tattoos or brands. He's not part of the Founders Front. Ormewood shows them the lab results on Beau's body and they find he was restrained, dosed with heroin, and a fire was set. It would have been ruled an accidental death. They rapid fire all the facts and piece together the case. Review of a purchase order lists lab tools and products. Faith says it sounds like they were making bioweapons. Will adds they were also planning an attack, and Levi was killed because he was going to expose them.

Ormewood goes to check on Seth for Angie. He finds him and tells him about the released bioweapon. Seth says there's been more victims, but can't find the cause of their illness. Now he’ll contact their toxicology people. Ormewood quickly checks on Roy, and finds Nico there. Roy’s not doing well.

Faith tells Will who purchased the lab equipment, Vince Korda. Will enters the interrogation room, and interrupts Vince and Sheriff Roussard. Vince created the bioweapon, and killed his own son. Sheriff Roussard could not believe it.

Meanwhile, Roy is dying in the hospital. Vince says it's not over, it's just begun. The hospital goes into lockdown. Nico and Ormewood can't leave. This episode was intensely good!  Ormewood’s troubles getting seen at the VA. Surprising, life-changing happenings for both Angie and Will. Add to that a bioweapon released and infecting the homeless population in Atlanta, as a terrorist group begins its world takeover. Find out what happens next week, in the season finale.

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