FBI: Most Wanted returns to CBS after a short hiatus and the new Feb. 14 episode will push Remy in ways viewers don’t often see. The team will deal with the case of a couple of kidnapped teenagers, while Remy will deal with the latest developments with the man who killed his brother all those years ago. Star Dylan McDermott opened up about the episode, titled “Black Mirror,” in a chat with Gossipify, including what it was like to go undercover as a priest as Remy.
In addition to the kidnapping case that will lead officers to a pastor and his brother on the Feb. 14 episode, fans will recall that Remy recently received word from his sister that the man convicted of his brother’s murder wanted to be released. from prison on a conditional medical discharge as he was dying of cancer. Claire just wanted to drop the case and thought the killer had paid off his debt after a quarter century in prison; Remy vehemently disagreed. . Speaking to Gossipify, Dylan McDermott explained that Remy was “shocked” by his sister’s comments, continuing:
I believe that [Remy] he wants this guy to stay in prison until the day he dies. The fact that his sister says “Oh stop, we have to forgive and move on” is just incomprehensible to Remy. I think it’s an open wound that oozes with whoever walks with it, and couldn’t let go. This is what drives him to become an FBI agent. Every time he does this, the criminal has his brother’s face glued to it. There is a need and a desire in a very personal way. That makes him a great FBI agent, but I think psychologically it’s very difficult for Remy to go on and be a real person. He affects all your relationships. I think you are stuck in a path because you can’t figure it out.
According to the medical parole application, the convicted killer’s “day of death” could come sooner rather than later and occur behind bars if Remy is successful. Of course, that’s a big “if” at this point, especially if no one else in the family is going to object. Remy was motivated by his brother’s death actually one of the first things FBI: Most Wanted revealed on the character when he replaced Jess LaCroix. McDermott shared that he “always” looks forward to stories involving Remy’s feelings for Mikey, continuing:
It was actually my idea. I took it to the dick [Wolf] AND [showrunner] David [Hudgins] that he wanted Remy to have losses in his life. That’s been great for me as an actor because it makes everything very specific… There’s something about when you’re acting and it’s specific, [that] it’s just different. Because if you generalize and take the bad guys and move on to the next case, and that’s your job, it’s not as powerful as when someone has something to prove and has a history of violence and murder in their life. . I just think it really feeds Remy anyway.
Even if the task force leader doesn’t talk about his brother every week or constantly talk to his colleagues about being motivated by Mikey’s death, Dylan McDermott can use that backstory as fuel for his character. This is especially useful given how long a season is FBI: Most Wanted It’s from a production standpoint, as he explained:
I like it, because I can still refer to it, so I don’t get lost. It’s a lot of work. 22 episodes is a lot of bad boys. There are many scripts, different directors. But for me, I can always tune in, because I know why I’m doing it. So it’s not just, in quotes, a “procedure” for me as an actor, because I have a reason why I’m doing it and the same for Remy as a character.
FBI: Most Wanted (as well as many others in Dick Wolf’s nine-show television universe ) is often classified as procedural, with the main characters investigating new cases every week. For Dylan McDermott and Remy Scott, however, there’s an ongoing story for him as a character and as a lead FBI agent on the Fugitive Task Force. When I noted that TV personalities having stories and discussions that continue beyond a week can help engage viewers, McDermott responded:
Spectators are very smart. People, when they watch a TV show… That’s why people change the channel, that’s why people don’t watch a show anymore. They have all the power in their hands and that remote, and sometimes they turn it off or they get mad and it doesn’t come back, or they keep coming back and they have to come back and they’re invested in the character.
There are certainly a lot of TV options out there today, between streaming network competition, premium cable offerings, and of course whatever streaming service has to offer. (FBI: Most Wanted can be found streaming with a Paramount+ Subscription .) Keeping fans engaged can keep shows going, and that investment has no doubt contributed to why Most Wanted got a two-season renewal with FBI AND FBI: International.
It was particularly impressive for Most Wanted in light of Jess LaCroix’s death in Season 3 , played by original series star Julian McMahon. The loss of Jess was in McDermott’s mind when he joined (just released as the villainous Richard Wheatley in Law and order: organized crime) the CBS show, as he said:
For me, it was hard work when I came on this show, because there was a beloved character who was the lead, and I had to take over and people had to accept that. And I knew it from the start. How was I going to win people over, especially after playing a villain for a while? The stakes here were high. It was a big deal for me as a math problem. How can I go in and do all these things? So I knew I had to be very specific in what I was doing to attract people, to keep them.
McDermott certainly played a very bad character Organized crime as the mastermind ultimately responsible for the death of the main character’s wife, so he’s had a lot of work to do to get Remy into the episodes since he arrived Most Wanted. And on “Black Mirror” February 14th, it will involve Remy going undercover as a priest! The priestly breakthrough was revealed early in the episode’s footage, with the star showing how different going undercover as a priest is compared to the past times he’s been thrust into:
Growing up a Catholic and being with nuns and priests and going to church and going to confession and all that, communion and all that, I think, played with me. And that’s always great, because then you have a reference. You don’t just make it up. Indeed, you have a story, and every time it happens, it’s magic. You don’t have to investigate, because you’ve already experienced it. When I put on my priest collar, hat and trench coat, I knew exactly who this priest was.
While it’s safe to say that the parallels between veteran FBI agent Remy Scott and actor Dylan McDermott are likely pretty limited in “Black Mirror,” the actor had some personal experience to draw from. And, in fact, he enjoyed playing the priest so much that he would do it again, as McDermott shared:
So now I’m actually watching a priest spin-off. [laughs] that I could do in my free time, because I really like it. This guy was…so scary and also so specific, and there was something about him… Sometimes you play these characters and you just don’t want to stop being it. You know, this has happened to me several times. When I did Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, that happened. This priest, it also happened, where sometimes you sit in your trailer and you always want to be this guy. So it happened again in this episode…because I was in this one.
While the star obviously hasn’t dropped all the spoilers about what goes into leading up to Remy becoming a priest in disguise, or whether he might be able to see that person again in the future, McDermott goes “all in.” . it’s quite promising for what happens in the new episode! It seems that “Black Mirror” is an episode that fans won’t want to miss, with a case that somehow combines Remy pretending to be a priest while apparently dealing with the consequences of his brother’s killer wanting to be released from prison.
See how it all unfolds with the “Black Mirror” episode of FBI: Most Wanted (opens in a new tab) Tuesday, February 14 at 10pm ET on CBS, after FBI: International (Who bring back former series regular Christiane Paul as a guest star) at 21:00 and the original FBI At 20 o’clock. In addition, the three shows will be combine for a three-part crossover at the end of this year, which did not happen with the FBIIt’s from 2021, so fans have a lot to look forward to.
Source: Cinemablend
