Whereas not a flawless 45 minutes of tv, “Listening to a Heartbeat” was an ideal execution of all the pieces that makes Will Trent a standout. Balancing broad humor, heartfelt reconciliation, and high-concept motion, the season finale delivered cinematic, Michael Bay-Esque thrills in spectacular vogue. Let’s assessment.
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“Listening to a Heartbeat” – WILL TRENT, Pictured (l-r): Sonja |
Choosing up final week’s home terror plot, chaos erupted inside police headquarters. The Founder Entrance took GBI Deputy Director Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) hostage in alternate for his or her chief, Vince Korda (Kevin Dunn). What adopted was a tense, strategic showdown orchestrated by Detective Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen), who—whereas fearing a miscarriage—risked all the pieces to remove the 5 hostage takers.
Angie cleverly makes use of her happy-face pointer to secretly talk with Amanda, who responded through a coded message directing her to a gun hidden in an workplace. Angie skulked by means of air vents, covertly texting Captain Heller (Todd Allen Durkin), including layers of suspense. Heller positioned his police snipers on the roof reverse Amanda’s workplace to help with the eventual takedown.
In the meantime, Captain Heller satisfied Particular Agent Will Trent (Ramon Rodriguez) to face down relatively than storm in to rescue Amanda. Heller knew that stalling elevated her probabilities of survival. Unwilling to attend, Will and Sheriff Caleb Roussard (Yul Vazquez) investigated the tent of a sufferer affected by the organic agent.
Their search led them to a plastic container holding a lifeless rat, revealing how the Clostridium botulinum toxin was being allotted. Alarmingly, the APD officers had unknowingly consumed breakfast burritos delivered in the identical tainted containers. Franklin (Kevin Daniels) gently chided Angie for skipping breakfast, which she, fortunately, declined due to her delicate situation.
Beloved characters like Nico (Cor Lu Tran) are affected by poisoning. Amanda hosts a press convention saying that the governor declared a statewide emergency and that the CDC has an antidote. Hurray!
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| “Listening to a Heartbeat” – WILL TRENT, Pictured (l-r): Ramon Rodriguez as Particular Agent Will Trent, Iantha Richardson as Particular Agent Religion Mitchell. Picture: Zak Popik/Disney © 2025 Disney. All rights reserved. |
Nevertheless, a disaster erupts when Atlanta police detectives Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) and Franklin (Kevin Daniels), together with Particular Agent Religion Mitchell (Iantha Richardson), comply with escort the life-saving remedy to the hospital. Angie would have gone, however Religion—conscious of her attainable miscarriage drama—inspired her to remain again, explaining to the lads that Angie’s again was bothering her.
Michael Ormewood took the wheel of the armored truck—driving straight into an ambush set by Founder Entrance officer Raki (C.J. Padeva). Radio and cell indicators have been jammed, severing police communication. Automobiles have been upended, and the police got here underneath heavy hearth from the home terrorists. Simply when all appeared misplaced, a van filled with champion archer schoolgirls discovered themselves within the crossfire—and sure, their skilled goal helped save the day…Nearly.
Michael, Religion, Franklin, and the women ‘circled the wagons,’ and moved the automobiles to kind a defensive barricade. Will and Caleb uncovered the bio-terrorism lab’s location. Their interrogation of Rosie (Alicia Kelley), the spouse of a Founder Entrance member, led to the momentary tricking of her husband, Ben (Travis West), into divulging particulars in regards to the terrorists’ phase-two plot.
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“Listening to a Heartbeat” – WILL TRENT, Pictured (l-r): Iantha Richardson Particular |
As they barred the opposite terrorists on the lab from attacking, Will and Caleb, his newfound dad, talked. Caleb confessed that he had cared for Will’s mom. When he met her in Savannah, “it was love at first sight…Nothing sordid,” Caleb confessed. He assured Will that he would have married his mom had he heard from her once more.
Will hadn’t identified that. Caleb expressed his need to construct a relationship, inviting Will to dinner to satisfy his spouse and children. Will agreed. Then, he turned to Ben and demanded solutions about the place the part II ambush was happening.
Though the archers managed to explode a truck’s fuel tank, a roaming sniper remained. In one of many episode’s most heroic moments, Michael hatched a plan to attract the sniper’s gunfire, referencing his mind tumor—”Tina Tumor.” Franklin and Religion joked about potential names: Justine Tumorlike, Tumor Willis—and Franklin concluded, “I’ll consider one thing, tumor or later.”
This second balanced humor and dread, foreshadowing Michael’s courageous subsequent transfer.
Michael scaled a automobile and sprinted into hazard. The sniper emerged from the woods, however Religion and Franklin have been out of ammunition. He zigged and zagged, miraculously avoiding gunfire. When the shooter stopped to reload, Michael lunged for a discarded weapon. Their eyes locked—the sniper smiled slyly, considering he’d gained—just for Will to reach and run him over. Hurray!
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| “Listening to a Heartbeat” – WILL TRENT, Pictured: Ramon Rodriguez as Particular Agent. Picture: Zak Popik /Disney © 2025 Disney. All rights reserved. |
Again at police headquarters, Angie ready to rescue Amanda, whispering to herself and her child that her plan was going to “work like gangbusters.” She slid her telephone into the corridor enjoying Will’s ringtone—Taylor Swift’s We Are By no means Ever Getting Again Collectively.
Two hostage takers got here to analyze, entering into the police snipers’ visual field. They’d a transparent shot, and so they took it. The hostage ringleader (Kerry Malloy) then grabs Amanda. However Detective Angie Polaski—”essentially the most stunning, highly effective creature on the earth”— delivered a kill shot straight to the person’s brow. That’s three down, two to go.
The final two attackers come operating, firing their weapons wildly. Angie and Amanda somersault into an workplace. Amanda screams for Angie to duck and shoots a person. Sadly, she couldn’t escape being severely injured by the final terrorist earlier than Angie took him out.
Because the mud settled, the day was saved—a minimum of for now. Lingering risks remained, together with Amanda’s destiny, as she suffered grave accidents. The shifting subplot, centering on Angie’s being pregnant, noticed her determine to maintain her child and reunite with Dr. Seth McDale (Scott Foley)—however not earlier than she advised Will she was pregnant.
Throughout her ultrasound, the technician (Melani Kiran) confirmed the child was positive. Angie and Will mirrored on how surreal it was to take heed to a heartbeat that wasn’t their very own baby’s. This was a bittersweet and heartbreaking second given the 2 had a being pregnant scare in Season 2.
Angie and Seth declared their love and kissed. Will quietly collected Betty and slipped away from Angie’s room to go to Amanda. He begged her to get up, likening her to his “suspension system” — his supply of stability and management. Amanda is Will’s household.
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“Listening to a Heartbeat” – WILL TRENT, Pictured (l-r): Ramon Rodriguez as |
The episode ended with a tragic twist. Michael Ormewood suffered a tumor-related seizure. His destiny, like Amanda’s, stays unsure till subsequent season. With high-octane motion, heartfelt character moments, and a powerful balancing act between humor and depth, this season finale was nothing in need of exhilarating. I give this episode A++ for staying on mission and doing its job!
Will advised his father that Angie was “his individual,” so, is a romantic partnership nonetheless attainable for Will and Angie? Does Amanda come again? Does Michael? Let me know what you’re wanting ahead to in Season 4 within the feedback.
General Ranking:
10:10
Lynette Jones