Scott Foley Will Trent Exit Comes in Season 4 Finale Death
scott foley will trent ended its fourth season on May 5, 2026, with Dr. Seth McDale dying after a car crash and internal bleeding. The episode also left Angie Polaski injured and married to Seth, with their newborn child, Edie, in the picture as the series heads toward Season 5.
The fourth season ran 18 episodes, and Seth’s exit closes the run with one of its central characters gone. ABC had already renewed the show for Season 5 on April 13, 2026, so the finale did not just remove a major player; it did so with the next chapter already on the board.
May 5 Finale Loss
Seth initially emerged uninjured after the crash, then began coughing up blood and collapsed before the internal bleeding took his life. That sequence matters because it turns what looked like a survivable accident into a fatal exit for a character who had been part of the ensemble across multiple seasons.
Angie Polaski was the one who was hurt in the crash and rushed to the hospital by Seth, which puts her at the center of the finale’s fallout. She is also Seth’s wife in the episode, and the newborn child, Edie, gives the loss an immediate family context instead of a purely procedural one.
April 13 Renewal Board
ABC renewed Will Trent for Season 5 on April 13, 2026, as part of its 2026-2027 television lineup. The show typically operates as a midseason series, with Season 5 expected to debut in January or February 2027, so the next run arrives after a long off-season rather than in the fall.
Amanda Wagner’s death on April 14, 2026, already removed another major figure when the Deputy Director of the GBI was killed in episode 15 after multiple stab wounds in a street confrontation. The showrunners said, “Amanda’s time is done, but her death will have a lasting impact on Will and the entire GBI moving forward,” and the finale now leaves the ensemble without both Amanda and Seth.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is straightforward: Season 5 begins with a smaller core and a larger reset than the renewal alone suggested. Seth is gone, Amanda is gone, and the series now has to rebuild its emotional and investigative center around what survives of the original lineup.
