There are a lot of good TV shows on air right now, but ABC's Will Trent may just be the best — and not just because the cast includes a tiny, scene-stealing Chihuahua named Betty.

Set in a version of Atlanta where people can wear three-piece suits, sweater vests and neck scarves all year round without dying of heat exhaustion, the series focuses on Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI). As played by Ramón Rodríguez, Will is guarded, even haunted at times, but always searching for a way to make the world a safer place.

Having grown up in foster care where he was placed in a series of abusive homes, he has a finely tuned sense of justice and he believes no one is above the law, including his fellow officers.

As a longtime TV fan who has seen nearly every iteration of the antihero come and go, Will's unwavering devotion to upholding the letter of the law is refreshing, even when it shatters my heart (and his) as it did when he arrested the love of his life, Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen), at the end of season 2.

Will is a good man. But he's not a perfect one. In fact, he, just like the incredible cast of characters he's surrounded by, is a bit of a mess.

Nowhere has that been made more apparent than in season 3, the show's boldest, riskiest season to date. In prior years, Will Trent has featured an overarching mystery alongside its case of the week storytelling, but season 3 is held together more by a singular theme than any one story. And that theme is a pretty lofty one for a network TV show: "Do you want to be here?"

In the season's 16th episode, Will's therapist, played by Margaret Cho, poses this question to Will: Does he want to be alive? Does he want to live with his heartbreaks, his mistakes, his regrets, his pain? And if he does, is he willing to put in the work to not just survive, but to truly live his life?

The question comes after Will accidentally shot and killed a 14-year-old boy who was hit while Will and his partner, Faith (Iantha Richardson), were in pursuit of a suspect. The boy, Marco, dies in his arms as he and Faith attempt to rush the teen to the hospital. It's a harrowing moment in an episode that will earn Rodríguez, 45, an Emmy nomination if there's any justice.

Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing, Will is devastated by Marco's death. He's told it was a "clean shoot," but that won't bring the teen back.

His boss/mentor/surrogate mother Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) tells him, "You're so mean to yourself, Will. What if I was the one who accidentally killed a child? What if it was Polaski or Faith? What would you say to them? I think you'd support them and be there for them. Help them remember that they're a good person ... who just made a mistake."

But Will doesn't know how to be kind to himself. Neither does Angie, who is dealing with her own downward spiral after regaining her job after a case gone wrong in season 2. Following the death of her abusive mother, she loses her sobriety and discovers she's pregnant in the same week. Once again brought to her lowest point, she's also being faced with the question of whether or not she can choose to truly live in the face of the mountain of pain she's experienced.

Will Trent is unafraid of tackling heavy subject matter, but it's not a bleak show. Every episode features a new — often cheeky — title card, and one of this season's standout moments featured the entire cast participating in a musical moment that included disco dancing and a talking Betty (she's British, who knew?).

More than that, the show has created a found family in its rag-tag group of characters. Will, Angie, Faith and Amanda, as well as Detective Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) and Betty's pet-sitter Nico (Cora Lu Tran), are there for each other even when they can't stand to be in the same room together.

Thanks to shows like Matlock, High Potential and Abbott Elementary, critics and viewers alike are finally remembering that network TV can be just good (and sometimes even better) than the big budget offerings from the streamers.

And there's no finer example of network TV's quality than Will Trent, a show that can pose existential questions while also making you sob over a man having a heart-to-heart with his dog or laugh as a group of detectives play an impromptu game of the floor is lava to avoid contaminating a crime scene.

Ultimately, Will Trent is the best show on TV because can do it all, backwards and in a three-piece suit. (And okay, the adorable dog doesn't hurt either.)

Seasons 1-3 of Will Trent are streaming now on Hulu.