| “ | Trent: My son... he's here, in the ICU. Congenital heart failure. Kid's been waiting almost a year for a new heart. Eddie: So you're here to force his way up the list at gunpoint. Trent: No. I'm here to give him mine. |
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| ~ Trent revealing to Eddie why he broke out of prison. |
Mitchell Trent is the main antagonist of the 9-1-1 Season 5 "Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1".
He is a death row prisoner who initiated a brawl to escape and donate his heart to save his son.
He was portrayed by Mark Pellegrino, who also portrayed Lucifer and Nick—Lucifer's vessel—in season 5 and 14, one of Jackie Treehorn's Thugs in The Big Lebowski, Paul Bennett in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, Jeremy Baker in Revolution, Beck in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and Jacob Seed in Far Cry 5.
Biography[]
He hailed from a family of his criminals, beginning with his grandfather. He followed in their footsteps by committing a series of crimes starting from a juvenile age. At adulthood, he fathered one son Nolan with his ex-wife Savanna, but he went to prison after he committed a serious of violent crimes such as triple homicide and Savanna testified against him. As a result of his conviction, Trent was on death row for eighteen years but wasn't executed because the death penalty was abolished.
He soon found about his son having a heart condition, attempting to gain sympathy donations for him but was rejected. For the next few years, Trent used his sentence to consider ways to save Nolan and do one good thing for him.
"Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1"[]
He initiated a brawl to escape and conspired with Dominic Gale, another inmate for his plan. He had a guard named Freddie Vaughn escort him for his day in the yard and on the way to his cell, he and his conspirator put the plan into effect by lunging at one another, resulting in a riot that spread across the facility. During the chaos, Trent and his partner subdued Vaughn and another guard, stole their uniforms while beating them until they were unrecognizable, so they'd be found by LAFD who promptly took one guard out of the prison. Trent and his associate masqueraded as the guards before getting in the ambulance with Evan Buckley and Eddie Diaz.
After the LAFD discovered the ruse, they tried to contact Buckley and Diaz, who were made aware after Trent and his partner revealed themselves and held them at gunpoint. Trent thanked them for the ride, as he waited over a decade to get out of the prison. The prisoners stopped the ambulance and took the firefighters wallets, learning their names and residences with Trent even using the picture of Eddie's young son to keep him compliant otherwise harm will befall him. They told the pair they had a destination, and they'd allow the firefighters to help the injured guard because his death would throw a wrench in their plan.
The escapees had the firefighters take them to a hospital, saying they needed to help the guard. Gale and Buckley took the guard inside, while Trent was left with Diaz. Trent revealed the truth, his plan was to reach the hospital because his son was present and needed a transplant, which is why he sent Gale inside to take the doctors hostage and forced the operation. Diaz assumed the plan was to move his son up the list, though Trent revealed his intent was to kill himself and give his heart to his son, shocking Diaz.
Trent revealed his background as a criminal, starting with his grandfather and how his son is the only one born from that bloodline to be a chance at redeeming it. He also states because of his sentence, he could watch from afar of his life and when he learned of the incident is when he chose to do good for him. At the same time, LAPD detained Gale and revealed their knowledge of Trent's plan to Buckley. They then moved to detain Trent. Surrounded by LAPD, Trent voiced how he still has one plan to help his son. He told the cops that'd he come out with Eddie and once out he told him not to let his son know it was him. He then shot himself in the head, with Eddie quickly doing compression to keep his heart beating to get to Nolan. The heart is saved, though there were regulations of a convicted killer like Trent giving his heart but LAPD were able to circumvent it and the transplant was successful.
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