A Family Reunion: Will Trent Meets Uncle Antonio
- Posted on 19 September, 2024
Sister Sledge’s 1979 hit “We Are Family” has been a gay anthem since it launched, so it’s fitting that an episode of Will Trent with the same title has a distinctly queer storyline. But more importantly, this season has been building up to Will finally meeting his only living biological relative, his uncle Antonio, which he finally does. And so, without further ado, let’s meet Antonio Miranda.
Season 2, Episode 6: “We Are Family” – Written by Britta Lundin & Aja Hoggatt
Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) holds his dog Betty in a park by a taco truck, telling his chihuahua not to be nervous, although the pep talk seems to be for himself. “Will?” asks Antonio Miranda (John Ortiz), the uncle Will recently found out about. Antonio has a dog of his own, Portia. “You look just like your mother,” Antonio tells Will, giving him a hug. They get in line for the taco truck, and Antonio pulls out an app that tells him the menu, revealing that he is dyslexic, a trait they both share. The two catch up over dinner, with Will learning that his uncle is a professor who moved to Atlanta after learning that his sister died there. They discuss a potential trip to Puerto Rico someday, but dinner is cut short when Will gets called in to work. Antonio tells him to stop by his favorite restaurant, Coqui Perdido, sometime.
Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) and Faith Mitchell (Iantha Richardson) are already at the crime scene when Will arrives in a dark parking lot with press waiting on the other side of caution tape. Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen) is inside the car where the victim, Judge Deirdre Ringgold (Caroline Carter), is dead. As they examine the scene, Angie asks Will about meeting his uncle, adding that she’d like to meet him someday. They assess that Dierdre was shot in the neck somewhere else, her body moved to the backseat after she was dead. Her phone, purse, and jewelry are missing, but Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) finds the purse while examining the nearby dumpster. Coroner Pete Chin (Kurt Yue) collects fiber samples from the victim’s neck wound, and while his blue light shines, Will notices a blacklight stamp on the back of Dierdre’s hand, indicating she had been at a nightclub. Angie calls Dierdre’s phone provider to get the last location of her cellphone, which was in an alley. They all get in Amanda’s new SUV to travel together, but Faith is held up by her reporter crush, Luke Sullivan (Ser’Darius Blain). When Faith gets in the car, Amanda scolds her for being romantically involved with a journalist.
Sister Sledge’s 1979 hit “We Are Family” has been a gay anthem since it launched, so it’s fitting that an episode of Will Trent with the same title has a distinctly queer storyline. But more importantly, this season has been building up to Will finally meeting his only living biological relative, his uncle Antonio, which he finally…