Will Trent Season 3 Episode 16 Review: Push, Jump, Fall

Who could have predicted that an episode involving a horse named Pancake would be so meditative about death? Will Trent Season 3 Episode 16, “Push, Jump, Fall,” explores legacy and life. This topic takes varying forms.

Will’s declining mental health is the most prolific way it’s explored. Marco’s death continues to haunt him, and even Margaret Cho’s medical advice doesn’t seem to help. It takes the love of a good horse to awaken some of his spirit.

Will and Betty’s bond has always been one of the adorable parts of the series. Will loves that dog more than most people. Therefore, it feels natural that he develops another tight bond with an animal.

Pancake helps him see the wonders of the world and life again. He knows there is more to it than just the people around us. There is beauty in nature, especially the uncomplicated purity of animals.

Pancake and Will’s bond happens quickly, but it becomes the most fascinating part of “Push, Jump, Fall.” It shows how people often overestimate the importance of humans, while underestimating the power of nature.

This time in the form of Pancake, the horse.

Everyone encounters the cycle of life and death, but this horse helps Will realize that he must appreciate living while he’s here. Time is short. As Will develops a renewed respect for life, Ormewood and Angie stare in the face of mortality.

Will Trent Season 3 Episode 15, “The Most Beautiful, Fierce, Smart, Powerful Creature in the Whole World” ends with the death of Angie’s mother and Angie finding comfort in a bottle. “Push, Jump, Fall” revolves around her still processing her complex feelings about her mother’s death.

She’s grieving but also acknowledges that her mother doesn’t deserve to continue to ruin her life. In one of Will Trent’s most devastating and shocking moments, Angie throws her mother’s remains in the toilet.

Her reckless, drunken behavior leads to this choice. She immediately regrets her actions. It’s also her rock bottom, as she knows that she has taken things too far. We cringe at that moment, but also feel the instant weight of this bad decision.

This moment could haunt her for the rest of her life.

Ormewood is also running from his problems until Angie forces him to think about this surgery and the potential outcome of it. He could die.

This means he needs to plan for that possibility, which includes telling his children. Will Trent has done an effective job of making Ormewood likeable and necessary to the series.

We hope this storyline doesn’t end in his death, but because he isn’t the lead, the show may kill off his character.

Let’s hope that Ormewood continues to be the lovable comedic relief that he’s become throughout the series. However, even if Ormewood survives this surgery, this could become a turning point for his character.

We don’t know the next chapters for him, and that’s fascinating and scary.

Overall, “Push, Jump, Fall,” feels a bit like a filler episode as we inch closer and closer to the season finale. Not a memorable episode, but nothing overly aggravating about it.

Stray Thoughts

• I appreciate Will Trent making an episode focusing on Black cowboys and cowgirls.
• Seeing Pete again makes me realize we haven’t seen him in a while. We missed him.
• For this to be one of the last few episodes of the season, it makes me wonder if the finale might be disappointing.
• I wonder if Season 3 ends with Angie in rehab.
• Loved this episode’s cameos, seeing Big Boi was especially fun.

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Will Trent airs Tuesdays at 8/7 c on ABC.

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