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Where Does Will Trent Go From Here? S04E16: "Our Last Dance" Preview

Can the team pick up the pieces and stop Adelaide once and for all? Here's what's ahead with ABC's Will Trent S04E16: "Our Last Dance."

The good news that ABC's Ramón Rodríguez-starring hit series Will Trent would be back for a fifth season was pushed off the front pages by the time the final credits rolled on this week's episode, S04E15: "The Blank Expanse of Nothing." While working with the FBI, Amanda (Sonja Sohn) located a young man whom Will (Rodríguez) encountered earlier in the season, who has a line to the Commander, the mysterious "big bad" connected to Adelaide (Mallory Jansen) and the group devoted to serial killer James Ulster. But before she can start following him, Amanda is overtaken by a mysterious assailant. Meanwhile, Will arranges to meet with Adelaide, hoping to slip a tracking device on her to lead him to his uncle. But after pulling a disappearing act, Adelaide calls Will and tells him that she left something for him outside – just around the corner. That's when Will discovers Amanda's body, an apparent victim of a coordinated stabbing. With that in mind, we're getting some clues to where the team – and especially Will – go from here. Along with the trailer, we have the official overview and images for S04E16: "Our Last Dance."

Will Trent S04E16: "Our Last Dance" Preview

Will Trent Season 4 Episode 16: "Our Last Dance" – Reeling yet relentless, the team hunts Adelaide and searches for Antonio. As Adelaide systematically eliminates her own acolytes, Will teeters on the edge, haunted by a grief so strong it could unravel the team.

Showrunners on What Amanda's Death Means Moving Forward

Shortly after the episode aired, Liz Heldens, Daniel T. Thomsen, and Karine Rosenthal discussed what it all means for Will, the team, and the season moving forward, how Sohn reacted to the news, and more. "Amanda has been the character who has protected Will for as long as she has known him," Rosenthal shared with Variety. "So this gives us the opportunity for a completely new dynamic in the GBI, because her replacement will not have that same relationship with Will. Her death had the most impact on the most amount of characters. It really sets everybody reeling from this enormous loss. So it's such a reset for our characters in a way that is painful but exciting for Season 5."

Noting that Sohn was given the heads-up about Amanda's fate early and that she took the news with "an impressive amount of grace," Thomsen added, "Nobody gets to always exit their shows — even on the writing side — on their own terms all the time. It's hard to do that with grace. So it was just very impressive. She is a total pro." Heldens made a point of making sure Sohn got her flowers for how she developed Amanda over the course of the show's run. "I also don't want to get through this interview without really honoring the work that Sonja Sohn has done on this character," he shared. "At the beginning of this season, I went back to watch the finale of Season 1, and her work is impeccable." And it's not like there aren't ways to bring her back. That's always a little of a comfort that we have a mechanism by which we could bring people back if Will needs to work something out," Heldens added.

Based on Karin Slaughter's New York Times bestselling "Will Trent" series, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Now, Will uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI. The ABC series stars Ramón Rodríguez as Will Trent, Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner, Kevin Daniels as Det. Franklin Wilks, and Gina Rodriguez as Marion Alba. Executive producers are Liz Heldens, Daniel Thomsen, Karin Slaughter, Oly Obst, Howard Deutch, Ellen Marie Blum, and Ramón Rodriguez. Heldens and Thomsen also serve as showrunners.

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