This article contains spoilers for FBI: International Season 4, Episode 1.FBI: International introduced Scott Forrester’s (Luke Kleintank) replacement in its season 4 premiere. Forrester has been the head of the elite flight team, which investigates international crimes affecting America, for the past three years. However, Forrester was written out after Kleintank decided to leave FBI: International near the end of period 3. though Chicago Med Aluminum Colin Donnell stepped in as an NSA agent during the last two episodes of the season, his character is not the new leader of the team.
An FBI: International Season 4 cast update during the summer revealed that Chicago PD Alum Jesse Lee Safer would play Wes Mitchell, the new leader of the flight teamBut did not add any information about him other than his name. This has led to widespread speculation about how Mitchell will be introduced and whether audiences will be able to successfully separate him from his original role. The FBI: International The season 4 season premiere answered those questions while also giving Mitchell a compelling backstory.
Jesse Lee Soffer’s Wes Mitchell replaces Luke Kleintank’s Scott Forrester in FBI: International Season 4
Mitchell brings a different vibe to the flight team than Forrester
Wes Mitchell’s on-screen introduction in the FBI: International season 7 premiere involves a high-speed chase in Los Angeles that results in his partner, Michael, being shot by an armed robber. Mitchell did not come to Hungary, because he intended to be a permanent leader. Instead, he wanted the flight team’s help to capture the international criminals who killed Michael in Los Angeles so he could take revenge. The dramatic, rebellious energy is a Marked contrast to Forresters level-headed and diplomatic approach To deal with local police in the last three seasons.
Who knows him [Mitchell] Well, that’s why she trusted him enough to push him to become the permanent team leader after the case was closed.
Although Mitchell arrived with an agenda, he had a connection to the flight team through Vo, who was once his administrator. Vo knows him so well, which is why she trusts him enough to push him to become the permanent team leader after the case is closed at the end of the episode. This sets up a different dynamic than if the FBI had chosen a new leader who was a stranger to the entire team, although the members would still have to prepare to Mitchell’s high-energy leadership style And decide for themselves whether they trust him.
Soffer previously played Jay Halstead on Chicago PD
This is Soffer’s first major role since his exit from One Chicago
Soffer played Jay Halstead, one of the main detectives on Chicago PD For 10 years, which is an interesting wrinkle considering that both that show and FBI: International are part of the shared One Chicago Universe. Halstead left Chicago after season 10 to fight drug cartels in Bolivia. Although this was a disappointing exit story, it also made it possible for Halstead to come to Budapest. That said, Wolf Entertainment writers decided to create a new character for Soffer instead.
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FBI: International did Established that Mitchell is an LAPD officer. Thus, he shares a similar background with Halstead and some similar personality traits, such as impulsiveness. In time, however, Mitchell will hopefully show more of his own personality, making it easier for Soffer to differentiate the character from the one he previously played.