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Shows like Will Trent

These picks stay near the wry casework comedy, trauma-driven investigator, and foster-care backstory feel, then widen out into a few deeper cuts.

  • wounded detective
  • case solving
  • workplace rivalry
  • dark comedy
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6 shows to try next

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  1. Grace poster

    Closest match

    ITVX · Mar 29, 2026

    Grace

    IMDb 7.4

    Why this fits: Grace is a cold-case crime drama where a detective’s missing-wife obsession bleeds into the work, giving Will Trent’s wounded, high-clearance drive a darker mirror. Expect methodical case reveals, institutional pushback on unorthodox methods, and the same satisfaction of competence earned through personal damage, with less workplace warmth and more slow dread.

    • cold cases
    • missing wife
  2. Delhi Crime poster

    Direct match

    Netflix · Nov 13, 2025

    Delhi Crime

    IMDb 8.5

    Why this fits: Delhi Crime keeps the Will Trent feel of exhausted investigators doing careful, relentless work under pressure, with tension coming from public outrage and procedure. You get detail-heavy scenes, bruised persistence, and accumulating emotional cost across episodes, but it’s colder and more grounded, with fewer wry comedy beats than Will Trent.

    • real investigation
    • police procedure
  3. Sheriff Country poster

    Direct match

    CBS · Feb 27, 2026

    Sheriff Country

    IMDb 6.6

    Why this fits: Sheriff Country shares Will Trent’s mix of case pressure and personal life complications, where authority gets tangled in family trouble and secrets. Watch for small-town investigations that stay intimate, with the same kind of friction between professional duty and private stakes, but the tone is warmer and more domestic than Will Trent’s sharper, city-sized intensity.

    • small town
    • ex-con father
  4. Chicago P.D. poster

    Deeper cut

    NBC · Oct 1, 2025

    Chicago P.D.

    IMDb 8.1

    Why this fits: Chicago P.D. scratches the same high-solve procedural itch as Will Trent, especially when the intel unit turns casefile investigations into workplace rivalry and street-level danger. Expect more by-the-book policing and ensemble police team momentum, with less of Will’s trauma-driven investigator comedy edge.

    • casefile investigations
    • by-the-book policing
    • intel unit investigations
  5. Uniformen poster

    Deeper cut

    DR1 · Feb 20, 2026

    Uniformen

    Why this fits: Uniformen keeps the procedural investigation focus that Will Trent fans like, but it narrows in on use-of-force scrutiny and police training protocol around a single incident. You’ll get more institutional accountability and a slow-burn inquiry, with less wry casework comedy and foster-care backstory weight.

    • workplace rivalry
  6. SOKO Leipzig poster

    Deeper cut

    ZDF · Oct 3, 2025

    SOKO Leipzig

    IMDb 5.7

    Why this fits: SOKO Leipzig offers case-of-the-week comfort for viewers who like Will Trent’s methodical, high-solve casework. It leans into routine detective work and closed-case satisfaction with an ensemble police team, trading Will’s dark-to-dry comedy and trauma-driven investigator angle for steadier procedural crime mysteries.

    • case-of-the-week
    • methodical investigations
    • ensemble police team

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