Will Trent Season 3 Episode 14, titled “A Funeral Fit for a Quartermaine,” delves deep into the complex relationship between the titular protagonist and his childhood buddy-turned-criminal, Rafael Wexford, revealing that the former owed the latter a debt.
Accordingly, fans have been buzzing with questions about Trent and Wexford’s dynamic and the debt between them. This curiosity was only intensified by how Season 3 introduced this mysterious debt in the beginning, not fully diving into it until the recently released episode.
So why does Will Trent owe Rafael Wexford a debt, as established in Season 3? Here’s all you need to know.
Why does Wilbur owe a debt to Rafael in Will Trent Season 3?
Will Trent owes a debt to Rafael in Season 3 because the latter saved the former’s life from a criminal when they were teenagers.
Will Trent Season 3 Episode 14 brings Will and Rafael’s shared past front and center. In the present, Rafael’s grandmother passes away, leading to Will and Rafael reuniting. The former then attempts to stop the latter’s criminal operations.
The flashbacks then reveal that Will grew up alongside Rafael when the latter’s grandmother took the former in. The two develop a brotherly bond and eventually came across a criminal empire. They then joined forces to steal rugs from a truck and sell it for huge amounts of money. However, they were cornered by the thief they stole the rugs from and ended up working for him.
Will eventually had enough working for the thief and attempted to end their partnership. This led to the thief trying to murder Will, only for Rafael to step in and kill the thief. He then asked Will to leave and never see him again.
In the present, Will helps Rafael with the latter’s grandmother’s funeral processions and tries to arrest him. Along the way, Will learns that someone within Rafael’s criminal gang’s ranks planned to betray and kill him and steal the latter’s $4 million, as that person was unhappy with Rafael’s takeover of a rival gang’s territory.
Rafael lets Will arrest him, but due to possessing information on other criminals, Rafael cuts a deal with the FBI, wherein they ensure his and his daughter’s safety and relocates them elsewhere.
