Trope: Police have to keep bad guy talking on the phone long enough to trace them and find their location. Professional bad guys hang up right before it triangulates their coordinates.
Apparently, Hollywood’s been getting this inspiration from a pre-digital age when they use this trope in movies. See link for more info. It’s just funny that most of the “tracing the call” scenes I’ve seen are definitely after the 2000’s.
Another link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/10/how-hard-would-it-be-to-trace-the-sniper-s-phone-calls.html
A fun gif: https://i.gifer.com/9QtC.mp4
When was the last time Hollywood used that trope?
Scream VI made a full plot hole with it.
Will Trent just used it I think.
I never even heard of that show until now.
It has been pretty good. Almost like Monk, House, and Fargo as a police show.
At least 20 years as far as I remember