The episode begins quietly with an unexpected moment between Dr. Seth McDale (Scott Foley) and Detective Angie Polaski. Angie is in the hospital following her relapse and subsequent assault after her mother’s death. Thankfully, she is upfront with Seth about her drinking and her grief—secrets have no place between this new couple, and the showrunner wisely lets the truth unravel organically.
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But Seth, as her attending physician, holds news she isn’t prepared for.
“Normally,” he says, “I would order X-rays to check for broken ribs.”
He exhales, steady yet cautious. Then— “Ms. Polaski, are you aware that you’re pregnant?”
Holy moly.
The revelation is followed by a quietly devastating scene, layered with raw tenderness. Seth doesn’t hesitate.
“I have feelings, but they don’t decide what happens next.” My internal response – Heck, yeah, he does!
He continues, “As your physician, I must tell you that if you intend to carry this baby to term, you must stop drinking.” Straightforward, sure—but then he adds:
“As the man who loves you, I’ll do whatever you decide. I’m with you.”
Yes, Seth!
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Both former addicts, Angie and Seth, carry battles that have shaped them. Her relapse complicates everything. His confession of love shifts the stakes. The possibility of motherhood looms large—but will Angie embrace this future and go to a meeting with Seth? Or will she let it slip away, traveling to North Carolina to terminate the pregnancy? The scene is exquisitely executed, filled with tenderness and quiet devastation.
Later, Angie reflects on the moment when she’s vomiting in the bathroom at work. Unwittingly, Faith overhears Angie talking to her dead mother.
Angie laughs—sharp, uneven, like something broken trying to summon what’s long gone. Seth—no longer just a doctor, but her personal prophet delivering news she hadn’t prayed for. She’s pregnant. The irony curls at the edges of her smile. Her years spent chasing oblivion through addiction, her previous pregnancy scare with Will, and now, this, a future she never planned with Dr. Seth.
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Just months into knowing him, and she’s carrying his child. And yet, against the backdrop of regret, something absurdly hopeful stirs. Something terrifyingly whole awakens. Faith sees it in Angie’s eyes when she emerges from the stall, and offers: “Kids are just people, and you’re good with people.”
Angie continues washing up, her self-doubts softening—because what else can you do when fate hands you a second chance dressed as chaos?
At its core, Will Trent is a show about the ever-expanding family Special Agent Will Trent (Ramon Rodriguez) is building for himself. Returning from his morning run, Will finds his home bustling. His partner, Special Agent Faith Mitchell (Iantha Richardson), is counseling his tenant, Nico (Cora Lu Tran), about her love life. Then, his boss, Deputy Director Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn), emerges from the kitchen.
Amanda sends Will and Faith to assist with a double homicide in another county. But their investigation is met with hostility by Sheriff Caleb Roussard (Yul Vazquez. The tension shifts dramatically when it’s revealed that Roussard is Will’s biological father.
Later, Roussard arrives at Will’s home, hoping for something—anything—but Will shuts him down. “I want nothing to do with you.”
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Roussard hopes that isn’t true. And maybe, it isn’t. Because Will is a man on a journey—building the family he never had. He never turns away people entering his life—Nico, his uncle, Antonia Miranda (John Ortiz), and even Rafael Wexford (Antwayn Hopper), a friend who once operated on the opposite side of the law.
Despite the looming danger, their begrudging connection becomes one of “Why Hello, Sheriff’s” most unexpected and poignant threads.
The double homicide Will and Faith investigate concerns the Founder Front. This domestic terror group tests biological weapons on homeless veterans. A whistleblower, Levy and Roussard’s deputy, were silenced for knowing too much.
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Working the case, Faith, Will, and Roussard close in on Beau Korda, the no-account son of the Sheriff’s friend, Vince Korda (Kevin Dunn).
Plot twist: Vince Korda orchestrated his son’s killing of Levy and then murdered his own child to conceal the Founder Front’s bioweapons plan. His only epitaph?
“The strength of one’s beliefs is measured by what one is willing to sacrifice.”
His son—just another casualty.
“At least he did something with his life,” Korda says, chillingly.
And with his arrest, he warns: “It’s not over. It’s just starting.”
Meanwhile, Detective Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) is jammed up with medical tests at the VA. He calls Nico to hold his seat while he returns to work. She befriends a veteran—one unknowingly exposed to the bioweapon. Together, Michael and Nico rush him to Dr. Seth, only to find the hospital in lockdown.
Michael, Nico, Seth, and Betty? In imminent danger.
“Why Hello, Sheriff” delivers razor-sharp wit, gripping writing, and boundless heart. It lingers—haunting and hopeful in equal measure.
Will Angie keep the baby? If she does, how will Will take the news? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Overall Rating
9:10
Lynette Jones
