Will Trent Season 5: The Pitt's Alexandra Metz Is New GBI Deputy Director
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Key Points:
- Alexandra Metz has joined ABC's "Will Trent" as a series regular for Season 5, playing Birdie Palmer, the successor to the late Amanda Wagner, described as confident and ambitious but guarded by a traumatic past.
- Metz will continue her role as trauma surgery fellow Yolanda Garcia on HBO Max's "The Pitt," balancing both roles as both series prepare to return with new episodes in January 2027.
- "Will Trent" Season 5 production began on August 24 in Atlanta, with a storyline following the aftermath of key character deaths and focusing on a joint APD-GBI task force investigating sex trafficking.
- The new season explores characters' evolving roles, including Angie embracing motherhood and Will helping raise her daughter, while Birdie Palmer joins as the new deputy director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
- ABC renewed "Will Trent" for Season 5 prior to the Season 4 finale, which set up significant changes to the series' dynamics and plotlines.
