FBI's Stuart Scola He's carried the weight of his brother's death with him for years — and as an actor John Boyd He says things will finally come to a head in the midseason premiere.
“We were able to see Scola's 9/11 story with his brother come full circle,” Boyd, Who plays Scola in the CBS serieshe said exclusively Us Weekly During a preview of the Tuesday, January 28 episode.
The 43-year-old actor explained: “There's a big resolution to the loss of his brother, and it's intertwined with a case where we're trying to thwart terrorists who have hijacked the navigation systems of commercial airliners.”
The episode, titled “Descent,” will hit home for Scola, who lost his brother Doug during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.
Bennett Raglin/CBS Dick Wolf's FBI has been taking viewers inside the high-stakes world of the FBI since 2018 — and Season 7 is expected to be just as exciting. “I think we're going to delve more into Maggie's personal story,” said Zico Zaki, who plays Omar Zidane.
“It's a really interesting and very interesting case for Scola, of course, because of his history,” Boyd added.
Fans previously learned about Scola's brother during Season 4, Episode 8, which aired in 2021. “Fire and Rain” saw Scola begin to spiral as his team faced stopping a terrorist attack that looked like the events of September 11 as – Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked several planes, crashed With two of them in the Twin Towers.
Scola also revealed in the episode that his brother was a victim of the attacks and part of the reason he left Wall Street and started Wall Street Working for the FBI.
Now in Season 7, Scola will once again have to relive one of the worst days of his life when a terrorist group from Bolivia hijacks commercial planes – one of which heads into a no-fly zone and thus risks being shot down. By the US Army with innocent people on board.
“I think what's going through his mind during this case is that he's not really able to stop and question it and address it,” Boyd said. we. “I think he's in a place of fight or flight. He's doing what he can to get through it.”
While stress is high for everyone on the team, Boyd said Scola struggles with it Many revelations While trying to prevent possible mass casualties from happening again.
Catherine Renee Kane is said to be saying goodbye to her FBI character, Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, during season seven. The actress, 32, will appear in at least one episode of next season before exiting the show completely, according to Deadline. (Kane has not yet commented, and Us Weekly has reached out to CBS to confirm.) (…)
“I think there is a moment when he stares into the eyes of the person – the terrorist – and sees that they are the same,” the actor explained. we. “That they're both in the same pain, that they're both carrying the same loss. That's the thing that… makes him finally ready (for closure).”
Boyd said Scola's intensity in the case is “worth it in the end,” teasing that viewers will see exactly how the matter will wrap up in the final few moments.
“The thing I love about this episode is that by the end of the case, Scola is a different person,” Boyd said. “He's ready to do something he hasn't done. He has a new look. He has a new perspective.”
This new outlook is linked to the death of his brother and Scola's new support system, which includes partner Nina Chase (Chantelle VanSanten), who was not in his life when Doug died.
While Scola is ready to move on after the midseason premiere, there's one thing he's missing: a new partner.
“It's been interesting to have this phase of not having a partner and reinventing himself as an agent a little bit,” Boyd shared with weNoting that Scola is cooperating with agents Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym) and Omar Adom “A.A” Zidane (Zico Zaki) during the January 28 episode after his temporary partner Sidney Ortiz (Lisette Oliveira) is appointed to another position.
He revealed that “anything is possible” when it comes to when he will land a permanent partner after Tiffany “Tiff” Wallace (Catherine Renee Kane) He left the job during the season 7 premiere In October 2024.
“We could do more speed dating,” Boyd said with a laugh. “Someone could come. It could be Cinderella's slipper situation. I don't know. Anything could happen.”
FBI It returns to CBS on Tuesday, January 28 at 8pm ET.
