Episode 15 of Will Trent saw multiple story lines play out, as we had a murder in paradise, a young boy looking for revenge on Will, and Angie facing the loss of her mother. And of course, when it came to our Betty watch, we got multiple moments with our girl.
This was an interesting episode of Will Trent because we had a murder at a resort over diamonds, that even saw Amanda Wagner on the case, which it feels like we rarely see since she is the Deputy Director of the GBI. And Will was not involved with this case at all.
Instead, Will was at home with Betty and Nico. And as the episode begins, we go from the murder to Will's house where a young child has broken in and has a gun. What was great to see was Betty being the one that alerted Will to the break in. Her insistent barking at the open window is how Will figures out that something is wrong.
And it turns out that this is the younger brother of the boy he accidentally shot earlier this season. After their initial confrontation, we even get to see Betty coming over to get in on the action of meeting this young boy.
You can see the moment when Betty proved she pays attention to her surroundings below:
As the episode progresses, we also see Betty acting as a therapist to Will. And while Nico makes it clear that Will needs to find a real therapist, we still love that he finds comfort in Betty. It's something he seemed to have forgotten about for a while.
Betty was not the only canine hero of this episode of Will Trent
On top of Betty, we had another great dog moment in this episode. That's because another dog back in paradise actually helped Ormewood and Faith in solving their murder investigation. The dog was determined to get to the fire pit and it alerted Ormewood that there was an issue. What did the dog find in the fire pit? The pup found the burnt hand of the first victim, which helped them to solve the case.
Overall, this entire episode was well done and gave us a lot to focus on without being too much. And I have to say that both Betty and the dog at the resort were much-needed aspects of their respective storylines.
We love how much Will Trent has been leaning on Betty this season. It really feels like they realized how important she is to Will's story and we love that for us.