Detective shows need to have at least one of two things: clever plots to confound us, or a world we want to live in. If the mystery is a doozy, a personality-free investigator isn’t always a dealbreaker. If you’re enjoying spending time with the sleuths, whodunnit doesn’t necessarily matter. Will Trent, a breezy escape of a cop show, is in the second category.
We’re in Atlanta, Georgia, where sunshine streams dustily through windows, old soul music is always playing somewhere within your earshot and people talk to each other with a terse, fuss-averse wit. While the regular Atlanta police department do their best to solve major crimes, their vibe is constantly ruined by the fancy know-it-alls from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, swanning in to hoover up all the good cases.
