Re: Will Trent "Do you see the vision?" 5/21/2024 (was: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-21 (Tuesday))

On Wed, 22 May 2024 17:37:17 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
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Will Trent - Season #2 finale. This was extremely convoluted (esp. to
someone who has been only semi-casually paying attention to this season
of this show), so I won't even try to explain it. But it basically ends
with Will ruining his relationship by (righteously) arresting Angie
(Erika Christensen) for suppressing evidence in what turned out to be a
serial killer case.

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Not really.

Eh, I could see how someone who wasn't paying attention could get
lost.

Angie covered up for the girl's murder of her mother's
boyfriend who had raped her, the same man who had raped Angie in the
backstory. Angie took the blame, thinking it would somehow "protect" the
girl, but that never works out too good.

I get trying to protect the girl but if she even suspected (and she
clearly knew the facts of the case) the girl committed murder and it
wasn't self defense then there was no excuse for protecting the girl.

Angie figures out that the girl was entrapping the predators so she
could kill them. It made no sense to me what she had figured out but I
didn't bother to replay it as I figured it would only get worse on
second viewing.

For me it made perfect sense as she was the only one that knew about
the connection between the strange toys. So when she saw that those
toys were connected with each murder it made sense for Angie to start
thinking maybe the girl was involved. Then she found the pills in the
girls room and it came together. Though clearly Angie was still hoping
there was some sort of mistake involved.

She huries to the woods where yet another predator has
been lured, confronts the girl, then chases her. The girl falls and
hits her head on something, ends up on a large rock in the river, and
dies.
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After the serial killer of predators was revealed (the girl, I guess
because Dexter wasn't available), I thought they had a strong scene
between Will and the girl's mother. The girl's mother threatened to sue
the Atlanta police department for Angie's actions leading to her
daughter's death. "But you failed to protect your daughter! You let a
predator into your home!"

Yeah, it was a strong scene. Though my first thought was any sort of
suit was going to fail when the fact that the daughter was a serial
killer comes out. Never mind that the victims were pedophiles. That
fact (that she was a serial killer) would trump anything Angie did in
terms of the mother's law suit. Though it clearly put Will in a tough
situation as it seems likely what Angie did was going to come out even
if he had chosen to try and protect Angie.

But then, Will immediately backed off. "The only one at fault was the
man who raped your daughter."
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Uh, no. He may have been an evil bastard and a serial rapist, but he is
NOT to blame for the murders committed by the girl after she killed him.
She needed counseling but turned to premeditated murder instead.

I don't think that was what was being considered then. It was the
murder of that first guy by the daughter and the subsequent coverup.
The mother wasn't thinking of the other men's deaths as that would
clearly trump any sort of law suit from her.
 

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Will fantasized about a happy life with Angie (or was it Angie's fantasy
about a happy life with Will?) but arrests her instead.
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I thought the girl being the serial killer came out of nowhere. Despite
the massively convoluted plot, they almost got the emotions right till
PeeCee ruined it. The writers were fucking cowards.

Yeah, she seemed way too well adjusted to have turned to murder as a
way of compensating. If they wanted to go that route I would have
expected there to be more signs of her having trouble dealing with the
rape and subsequent murder. While it was clear it was on her mind
there was no sign of her even considering revenge against others.

As soon as Ormewood's estranged wife returned, I said "Kramer vs. Kramer",
'cuz this show has zero original ideas.

Agreed. When they started writing her out that seemed to be a natural
next step. Much like they did over on FBI MOST WANTED with the female
FBI agent and her wife going through the same sort of messy divorce
and fight over the kids with the one pushing for the divorce also
planning to move cities.