'Will Trent' Season 3 Episode 13 “One of Us Now” Recap
- Barbara
- Apr 9
- 4 min read
This episode continues from last week where Will goes undercover in the Olas Collective Institute, a cult masquerading as a self-help training organization to find Jade’s missing baby.
Will boarded a bus with other lost souls, relinquished all their electronics, were blindfolded and transported to a remote facility in the woods, Scary Already. He receives a baptismal-like dunking in water to begin his indoctrination. He later talks with Rain, the Collective Leader, as she personally teaches him what the difference is between shame and guilt.
Will's talk with one of the exiting members triggers his investigative curiosity more especially after witnessing Rain getting one of her enforcers to rush the member away from him.
At Ormewood's home, Jeremy has his first meeting with his handler, Faith, his Mom. She ensures he’s not bugged before they talk. Jeremy gives her all the information he collected on Rafael. She tries to talk him into running, but he refuses. Jeremy’s taking responsibility for his actions, and promises to fix his troubles.
A quick search rewards Will, as he finds the missing baby, River. He gets a saliva DNA sample to prove his identity, and leaves the sample at the designated drop area for drone pickup. Will goes into the woods and checks in with a worried Amanda. His surreptitious investigation uncovers a lot of hidden intrigue, brainwashing, a recent dead body, child abductions, torture and abusive tactics practiced on the Collective’s members. He discovers things are not as they seem.
Finn catches Will on the phone, but doesn't turn him in after he gives her a story about checking on Betty. Finn shows him her pet rabbit. She gives Will her gun and urges him to shoot. Will has terrible flashbacks. Finn destroys Will's phone to keep from getting in trouble. There's a weird way they handle those that break the rules and it happens in "the barn”. Will is captured by the Inner Circle members, and drugged by Rain.
Angie continues her romance with Dr. Scott. Amanda notified her they lost contact with Will and she immediately got ready to leave. Scott asks about her relationship with Will and she tells him they're best friends.
Faith and Ormewood get to the hospital in time to save Jade. One of the Olaf Collectives’ Inner Circle tried to kill her. Angie later talks to Jade for more information. Rain brainwashed her and took her baby. She identified the man, Ike Cass, who came to kill her. Faith and Ormewood interrogate him. He confesses to being the person who killed two of the Olaf Collective’s members, earlier.
Meanwhile, Will frees himself, but he begins a wild hallucinogenic trip from the ‘water’ Rain forced him to drink. He imagines hearing a Donna Summer song, and sees Betty who talks with a British accent. This is getting bizarre because Will is dressed in a disco suit and begins to dance well. Faith shows up, they dance, then Angie appears. They all dance into the partying squad room, where even Amanda’s dancing. He sees Marion and they salsa, then Will and Ormewood do a bro dance. Everyone's partying! They suddenly all disappear. He hears Rain’s voice calling him a killer, and he's now holding a gun. He returns to the barn.
In the conference room, Angie confirms the baby is Jade's. Amanda says it's time to get Will out. They plan a raid.
In the Atlanta police station, Ormewood goes to get information from Cass. He breaks down and the brainwashing begins to wear off. He gives Ormewood all the facility’s details. Ormewood tells The Team how the Olas facility is set up, and they find a way in. Angie, Faith and Ormewood separate to raid the place. Angie frees Will who’s down in a literal hole. He’s still hallucinating. Ormewood and Faith find and achieve their objectives. Faith takes all of the kids. Angie is still having problems with Will. He tells her he loves her repeatedly, gives her a passionate kiss, and tells her he was going to ask her to marry him. She gets him out, but they hear Naomi screaming. They go to save her. Rain and her Inner Circle are dunking Naomi, almost drowning her. Will breaks in and fights to save her. He tells Rain it's over. She tries to get Finn to kill Will, and there’s a standoff. Ormewood rushes in and fires a shot in the air. Chaos breaks out and the agents finally subdue the Olas Collective. Angie cuffs Rain.
At the GBI, Angie updates Will on River and Jade. He apologizes to her for what he said when he was high. They are interrupted by Scott. He tells Will to get himself checked out and walks off with Angie.
Will records his case notes when Faith comes to update him on Jeremy, and Amanda tells him about Finn and Naomi. He's happy for them. Amanda says he did good. Will and Faith unite to save Jeremy.
Will returns home to find Betty in a cone. Nico tells him she had an operation and is miffed at him. He apologizes to Betty. She jumps into his lap and gives him a kiss. This was an exciting episode. A lot was happening and this time all the team worked together on their two previous cases. The scenes flowed in a transparent transition thanks to the great writing and excellent acting. The disco and salsa squad room hallucination was unexpected and lighthearted. Betty in a cone and upset at Will was so cute. Looking forward to the next episode where they save Jeremy.
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