Will Trent is currently on hiatus following its fairly depressing Season 2 finale, and it won't be back before the end of the 2024 TV schedule like most other returning ABC dramas. There is some exciting news worth discussing even as the wait for Season 3 continues , as the drama has officially cast another ABC alum to join Will and Co. Fans, prepare to welcome Not Dead Yet 's Gina Rodriguez to Will Trent ! And if you're anything like me, you should also prepare to start crossing your fingers that her character escapes a certain fate.
Gina Rodriguez – who is not related to Will Trent star Ramón Rodriguez – is on board the third season to play a new Assistant District Attorney by the name of Marion Alba, according to Deadline . The character is new to Atlanta and the dynamic with Will won't get off to the strongest start, but they'll have to work together when it comes to a crime in the Atlanta gang world. Now, none of the available details about Marion Alba indicate that she's joining the show as a potential new love interest, but it's hard not to wonder after how Season 2 ended.
In the second season finale , Will's realization that Angie could have prevented a serial killing spree forced him to make a hard choice, which led him to arrest the woman he loved. He then seemingly left the GBI and his former life behind, with the fact that he even left Betty as a sign of how serious the situation was. Of course, the TV show called Will Trent wasn't going to proceed without W.