Will Trent: Season 3, Episode 16 - Push, Jump, Fall (2025)

At the Jack Bose Invitational Rodeo in Georgia, Bernadette Fleury drunkenly mounts her horse Pancake and falls off the other side.

Bernadette later hears Pancake making noise in the stall, enters, and finds Rooster McClatchy hurting the horse, so she draws her gun.

Someone grabs Bernadette from behind, causing her gun to fire accidentally and drop; she stomps on her attacker's toes, thrusts her head back to break his nose, grabs Pancake's reins to escape, but when Rooster draws his gun on her, she grabs a pitchfork and stabs him in self-defense, nailing his body to the stall.

Will Trent sits in a new therapist's office; she has him lie down and identify where he feels pain, challenges his reluctance, asks if he wants to be alive, and gets him to express feelings, giving him optimism and medication before he leaves.

Angie Polaski and Michael Ormewood arrive at the scene of James Webster's death, a fall from his home that appears suspicious rather than suicide.

In the morgue, Pete Chin lifts the sheet on James's horrendously mangled face, causing Angie and Ormewood to recoil; Angie expresses frustration to Ormewood about learning of his brain tumor from Faith instead of him, pressing him on scheduling surgery and final arrangements.

Eve and Will go to the rodeo stables to investigate Rooster's pitchfork-pierced body; stock contractor Drummond Montcrief addresses a crowd, accuses Bernadette of killing Rooster, and offers $100,000 for the return of stolen Pancake, riling the crowd to hunt her.

Will and Faith worry the mob will kill Bernadette before they can protect her and decide they must find and save her first.

Angie and Ormewood review security footage showing James's insurance agent Tim removing the bird feeder James slipped on while hanging it, staging the fall as suicide to avoid payout; they arrest Tim for tampering with evidence.

Ormewood apologizes to Angie about her mother's death and awkwardly offers to talk; she declines, saying she's going to an AA meeting; Ormewood feels relieved and decides to tell his kids about his surgery.

Will and Faith track Bernadette to the woods where she is camping; Will confesses to Faith about his guilt over shooting Marco, whose death haunts him after a ricochet in self-defense.

Bernadette tells Will and Faith she found Rooster hurting Pancake, drew her gun, was grabbed from behind causing an accidental shot and dropped gun, stomped the attacker's toes, headbutted his nose, grabbed reins to flee, and stabbed Rooster with the pitchfork in self-defense when he drew on her; a nearby gunshot interrupts.

A shot from the treeline hits Bernadette in the leg; Will and Faith pull her behind a shed for cover and split up to flank the shooter.

Faith gets behind the shooter, Myles Humphus--the man seen outside Flynn's home with a bandaged nose--in a tense Western standoff with twitching fingers near triggers.

Faith gains the upper hand on Myles.

Will determines Pancake has been poisoned by drugs smuggled in the horse's body by the ranch owner.

Will leads the very ill Pancake toward a vet while bonding with the horse, bargaining with it and God that he will start living again if she survives.

Angie skips her AA meeting, goes to a bar, and drinks.

In the bar bathroom, Angie flushes her mother's ashes down the toilet to honor her wish to be in water.

Angie runs back into the stall crying, tries to scrape up some ashes, makes peace with her difficult mother, and vows not to let her ruin her life anymore.

Angie returns to the bar, passes a quarreling couple whose fight turns physical, intervenes to help the girl, but they team up, beat her to the ground, and kick her repeatedly, leaving her battered on the floor.

In the ending of "Will Trent" Season 3 Episode 16 "Push, Jump, Fall," Will Trent chooses life for himself and the horse Pancake, Faith Mitchell secures safety for Bernadette Fleury and captures the shooter Myles Humphus, Michael Ormewood commits to his brain tumor surgery and telling his kids, and Angie Polaski hits rock bottom by flushing her mother's ashes, pouring out her drink, then getting beaten unconscious in a bar fight.

Will Trent and Faith Mitchell race through the tense confrontation at the remote location outside cellphone range, where Bernadette Fleury has been shot in the leg by a sniper from the treeline. Will and Faith pull Bernadette behind a shed for cover, then split up, with Faith and Will running in different directions to flank the shooter. Angie Polaski maneuvers behind Myles Humphus, the bandaged-nose man previously seen outside Flynn's home, and commands him, "GBI, drop your weapon." When Myles refuses and raises his gun toward Faith, Angie shoots him, neutralizing the threat. Faith then takes the injured Bernadette to get medical treatment, while Will leads the weakened horse Pancake on foot to a nearby veterinarian. Pancake, suffering from poor health due to prior drug trafficking use, struggles but responds to Will's desperate plea as he kneels by her side: "You listen to me, Pancake, you and me, we're going to make a deal, all right? If you live, I live… We're going to get through this because we're choosing to be alive, okay? We're choosing to be alive." Will's words mark his own breakthrough from therapy earlier, where his new therapist had him lie down, locate his pain, and confront his reluctance to fully live amid his guilt and depression.

Meanwhile, Angie and Ormewood wrap their side investigation at the APD. They confront Tim with neighbor security footage showing him removing the bird feeder that caused James Webster's fatal fall, staging it as suicide for an insurance bonus from his company. Tim is arrested for tampering with evidence and interfering with the investigation. Ormewood, prodded by Angie about his unscheduled brain tumor surgery, admits his fear and vows to tell his kids about it that night, planning final arrangements just in case. Angie declines Ormewood's awkward offer to talk about her mother, saying she's heading to an AA meeting. Ormewood feels relieved and heads home to his family.

Angie skips the AA meeting and enters a bar, still carrying her mother's ashes. In the bathroom, overwhelmed, she flushes the ashes down the toilet to honor her mother's wish for a water burial, then pours her own drink after it. She immediately regrets it, rushing back into the stall, crying, and scraping futilely at the drain to recover some ashes, whispering her peace with her difficult mother and vowing not to let her ruin her life anymore. Composing herself, Angie returns to the bar floor and tries to intervene in a couple's escalating fight. The couple turns on her, beating her severely until she lies motionless and bloodied on the floor.

Will Trent ends the episode committed to living fully, having saved Pancake and embraced his therapist's push toward optimism, his fate hopeful as he walks the horse to the vet. Faith Mitchell succeeds in the takedown and rescue, her fate secure in her role protecting Bernadette. Michael Ormewood faces his tumor head-on, scheduling surgery and confiding in his children, his fate uncertain but proactive. Angie Polaski reaches her lowest point, beaten and alone after her reckless spiral, her fate hanging in peril as a cliffhanger. Bernadette Fleury survives her leg wound with treatment, cleared of killing Rooster. Myles Humphus is shot and apprehended by Angie, ending his threat. Tim is imprisoned for evidence tampering. Pancake begins recovery under vet care, symbolizing Will's pact.

No, there is no post-credit scene in Will Trent season 3 episode 16 "Push, Jump, Fall." The episode concludes with Angie intervening in a bar fight between a couple, only for them to turn on her; they beat her to the ground and kick her repeatedly, leaving her battered on the floor as the final moment.

In the episode, Angie, struggling with grief and relapse, goes to a bar instead of an AA meeting. In the bathroom, she flushes her mother's ashes down the toilet to honor her wish to be placed in water, but immediately regrets it, crying and trying to scrape some back up, marking her rock bottom moment before she intervenes in a couple's fight and gets beaten.

Will bonds deeply with the poisoned horse Pancake, used for drug trafficking, as he leads her to a vet. He bargains with her and implicitly with God, saying, 'If you live, I live… We're going to get through this because we're choosing to be alive,' symbolizing his own choice to embrace life after therapy, overcoming his depression and guilt from shooting Marco.

After finding Bernadette Fleury, a shot from the treeline by Myles Humphus (with a bandaged nose) hits Bernadette in the leg. Will and Faith pull her to safety behind a shed and split up; Angie sneaks behind the shooter, identifies herself as GBI, and takes action when he aims at Faith, apprehending him while out of cellphone range.

Angie and Ormewood investigate James Webster's apparent suicide, discovering security footage showing insurance agent Tim removing the bird feeder that caused James's accidental fall. They arrest Tim for tampering with evidence to fake a suicide and collect insurance money; this triggers Ormewood to confront his own brain tumor surgery plans.

Will attends a session with a new, unconventional therapist who has him lie down to locate his physical pain. She fiercely challenges him, asking if he wants to be alive, helping him express emotions, recognize he's not broken, and gain optimism, setting the stage for his personal growth and determination to live fully.

Will Trent Season 3 Episode 16 "Push, Jump, Fall" is rated TV-14 and contains several potentially objectionable elements for younger or sensitive viewers:

Violence and Physical Harm: A character is beaten on the floor in a bar altercation. There is also a scene involving a gunshot.

Substance Abuse: Significant alcohol consumption is depicted, including a character's intoxicated behavior and visits to bars. The episode deals with themes of alcoholism and recovery.

Grief and Death: The episode addresses mortality, loss, and the handling of human remains in a manner that may be emotionally intense.

Mental Health Struggles: Themes of depression, suicidal ideation, and trauma are explored throughout the episode.

Mature Emotional Content: Characters face their demons and confront difficult personal crises, which may be distressing for sensitive viewers.

The episode is generally not recommended for children under 14 and may be challenging for viewers sensitive to themes of grief, substance abuse, violence, or mental health crises.