Key ‘Will Trent' Cast Member Exits Series in Painful Shakeup
Rumors had been swirling about a death on Will Trent, but the person everyone suspected might die was Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen). That turned out to not be the case. Rather, it was Will's (Ramón Rodríguez) boss Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn), who met her demise.
Amanda had been near death previously. She was shot in the Season 3 finale, protecting Angie during a hostage situation at the GBI, but she pulled through with that, although she walked with a cane. But this time around, the grim reaper was not to be denied.
In "The Blank Expanse of Nothing" episode, it turned out that Amanda uncovered FBI warnings about James Ulster's (Greg Germann) daughter Adelaide Trevens (Mallory Jansen) and a mysterious "Commander" figure linked to Will.
In a previous episode, Will had met up with a young man connected to Adelaide, and in this episode, Amanda found him and tailed him, hoping it will help lead her to clues about Will's Uncle Antonio's (John Ortiz) location. But the tables were turned on her, and she was surprised by an unseen assailant.
Meanwhile, Adelaide invited Will to meet her at a bar, and she told him that she left him a gift around the corner. The gift was Amanda's dead body. She had been stabbed to death.
In an interview with Variety, series showrunners Liz Heldens, Daniel T. Thomsen and Karine Rosenthal told the outlet that Amanda's death "sets off a chain of events that is going to take us to the end of the season."
"Amanda has been the character who has protected Will for as long as she has known him," Rosenthal said. "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."
Heldens added that this might not be the last time we see Amanda. There is always the possibility of a flashback or a fantasy in Will's mind.
"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 said.
Will Trent airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. Streams next day on Hulu.
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This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM.