The following contains spoilers from FBI: Most Wanted Season 4, Episode 22, “Heaven Falling,” which debuted May 23 on CBS.
FBI: Most Wanted has become quite the procedural staple over its first four seasons. It has become one of CBS’ top-performing series, along with the rest of the FBI franchise. That’s almost surprising because of the amount of cast turnover that the series has weathered. Starting after Season 1, there have been multiple departures and additions. Most Wanted was even forced to write out its lead character, Julian McMahon’s Jess LaCroix, at the end of Season 3.
Dylan McDermott came on as McMahon’s replacement, and so far, he’s done an admirable job playing Special Agent Remy Scott. He first appeared in the last few episodes of Season 3, but he really hit his stride in Season 4. Notably, Remy’s personal life takes center stage more than once, and in “Heaven Falling,” Most Wanted fully dives into his dark past. In the process, it solves a huge mystery that affects the entire Most Wanted team.
Updated on June 30, 2024, by Christopher Raley: This article has been updated with more details about the FBI: Most Wanted season four finale, as well as to bring the article up to current CBR standards.
Remy Scott Learns Larry Davis May Have Been Wrongly Convicted
The Plot Begins About Halfway Through Season Four
Remy joins the team shortly after the death of Jess LaCroix. As Remy gets to know the team, he eventually tells them why he is an FBI agent. His younger brother, Mikey, was murdered 25 years prior (a story that’s reminiscent of an NCSI: New Orleans arc), and he became an agent to help get justice and closure for victims. He is solid in his career and beliefs until midway through Season 4, when the man who killed Mikey, Larry Davis, applies for early release because he has cancer.
Remy Scott went to Florida to oppose Larry Davis’ release, but that is where he was initially told of evidence that shows that Davis was wrongly convicted.
But Remy doesn’t give this credence until a new report shows that Mikey did not die of stab wounds.
His sister’s objections notwithstanding, Remy travels to Florida, pledging to block Davis’ effort to gain an early release. His effort is successful when a committee denies Davis’ release. While there, Remy meets a documentary filmmaker named Serena Wade, who gives him evidence that Davis was wrongly convicted. Remy doesn’t believe it, but then new details come to light. Prosecutors withheld information during the original trial, and it is possible that Mikey’s “killer” is innocent.
Later in the season (Episode 19, “Bad Seed”), Remy learns more about his brother’s case. New evidence comes to light that shows that his brother’s stab wounds were inflicted after his death, which means that someone arranged the crime scene to frame Larry Davis. In the following episode, Remy learns that there is a witness who can prove that Larry Davis was somewhere else when Mikey was killed. At this point, Remy becomes determined to find the witness and discover who Mikey’s killer really is. Remy travels to Florida and apologizes to Davis, asking for the information on the witness who has yet to be identified. After a time of reluctance, Davis agrees and shows Remy the information. Remy immediately gives Gibson the task of finding the witness.
Remy Moves to Track down Mikey’s Real Killer
But Davis Doesn’t Live To See His Name Cleared
In “Heaven Falling,” Remy puts his team to work on the case. The witness reveals to Remy that Mikey had fought with a young man, not Davis. Enter Benji Piccagli, who was one of Mikey’s friends and who is told by another friend that the FBI is onto him. With the help of his mom, he flees on a train headed for Canada while Mom stays behind and kills the witness. Not to be deterred, Remy and the team track down the police officer who originally spoke with the witness and learn new information.
The night Mikey was killed, Jenna showed up in Fort Lauderdale to find him, but when Mikey sees Benji and Jenna talking together in a hotel room, he becomes enraged and threatens Benji.
One of the tragic points of this case for Remy is that Davis dies in prison before Remy can clear his name.
The police officer tells the team that he falsified the witness statement, written in his own hand. He also says that Mikey had a girlfriend named Jenna Marks who was involved with the events in some way. Believing Jenna is in danger, the task force arrests Benji’s mother before she can kill someone else. The team also manages to stop Benji’s train before it reaches the Canadian border. Under questioning, Benji reveals that killing Mikey was an accident, the result of drunkenness fueled by Mikey’s angry suspicions that Jenna was cheating on him with Benji. He also fills in the story by telling Remy that his parents bribed the DA into wrongly convicting Larry Davis.
The whole affair takes a toll on Remy, who has spent his career trying to get justice for people while unknowingly keeping an innocent man in jail for 25 years. On top of that, the investigation proved that Remy hardly knew his little brother who he tended to idolize. Season 4 leaves open questions for Remy about what he will do in the future. But it also ends on a hopeful note. After meeting Mikey’s former girlfriend, Jenna, she tells him that she had a child with Mikey and that he is alive and well. While it’s not one of the best police procedural twists, the season does end with Remy meeting a nephew he didn’t know he had.
The Most Wanted Team Going into Season 5
“Heaven Falling” was all about Remy finding Mikey’s real killer, but the episode does little to put a ribbon on the other character arcs in the show. With the high turnover rate on Most Wanted, fans can at least be grateful that no one was killed off, fired, or presumed missing (although Kristin was written out of the show at the end of the season). Of course, by the time the season finale comes around, everyone is committed to helping Remy. To better understand the team, one has to look back at the rest of the season.
Sheryll Barnes returns to the unit after a long absence. Barnes was on maternity leave when Remy took over the team, which means she hasn’t had the chance to adjust to Jess LaCroix’s death and get used to working with Remy. When she returns, things are different, and she has trouble accepting LaCroix’s death. There is also friction between her and Remy as she struggles to get used to his style of leading the team, is hurt that she wasn’t given a leadership role, and even questions his ethics. But the two reconcile early in the season, and Remy promises to do better in his interactions with her.
In the episode “Gold Diggers,” which revolves around a legend of Civil War-era gold, Cannon proves his marksmanship when he shoots in the head the perpetrator who is holding a victim hostage.
In the cross-over event “Imminent Threat—Part Three,” the team goes to New York to help protect the President of the United States during the period surrounding his speech to the United Nations.
Ray Cannon is the newest team member, and he meshes nicely with the rest of the team despite initially clashing with Remy. After receiving advice from Hana Gibson, Cannon moves forward with the team, eventually becoming its marksman. There are also a few times when he’s connected particularly well with victims. At one point, he stands up for a woman, Cora, who is being wrongfully evicted. It is implied that they start dating, so Ray may have a love interest in Season 5.
Hana probably has the worst time in Season 4. Midway through, she is abducted, and the team goes to great lengths to get her back. She isn’t hurt, but it takes an emotional toll on her. She also starts moonlighting online, trying to catch predators, but that backfires when a person she catches kills himself. It is a difficult experience, but she pulls through, and Kristin Barnes is a big help.
What Happens To The Characters In Season 5
Season 4 Sets up Several Changes
Season 5 was a good season for the show to build even further on the character development they had done in Season 4. Despite losing Alexa Davalos, who played Kristin Barnes, the show has gone a long way toward establishing continuity in the team. Ray proposes to his girlfriend Cora near the end of Season 5, and the two get married during the season finale.
Davalos’ departure surprised fans, and apparently to Davalos, who was informed on set that her time with FBI: Most Wanted was over, though her departure and the conversation were “amicable.”
In Season 5, it is only mentioned that Davalos’ character, Kristin Gaines, has moved on from the unit.
Remy attends therapy to help him be a better uncle and build a bond with his nephew. But Barnes has difficulty with her wife, Charlotte Gaines, who wants a divorce and custody of the children. Barnes pleads for her to stay after Barnes is wounded in a shooting while she is on duty. She is still recovering from her wounds in the final episode.
FBI: Most Wanted airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. on CBS and streams on Paramount+.
