FBI’The disappointing cast update for Season 7 confirms what I feared would happen during Season 7. Tiffany Wallace left FBI in the Season 7 premiere, leaving Scola (John Boyd) without a partner. In the following episodes, Scola worked with several partners who were not a good fit for him and did not remain at the New York Field Office, making it clear that they were just placeholders until Syd (Lisette Olivera) could enter the picture.
I disapproved of the idea of ​​using temporary partners because it would make it harder to trust Syd to stick around for more than a few episodes. However, her character looked like she would move FBI in a bold new direction, including a behavioral analyst with little tactical experience in FBI: season 7 cast. Unfortunately, Dick Wolf Entertainment recently announced that Syd will also only remain on the show for a few episodes, which makes the problem of using temporary partners even worse. than it was before a permanent partner was on the way FBI.
FBI Casting Update Means Syd Will Be Another Temporary Partner for Scola
This new partner won’t solve the problem of Tiffany’s absence
Instead of being a permanent member of the FBI In the cast, Syd will be the third temporary partner that Scola has had, with no word yet on who will replace her when she leaves or why the character will choose to leave after just a few episodes. She follows in the footsteps of Sophia Otero and a former SWAT officer named Urlich, the latter of whom was such a disaster that I was relieved he didn’t return. It was understandable that the FBI would create temporary partners as stand-ins until Syd arrived, but the latest cast update makes this pointless.
I’m even more disappointed than originally that Sophia left after just one episode. Although she was a little anxious, she and Scola worked well together and she would have fit in with the team. I didn’t like that she left because she felt like she couldn’t compete with Tiffany, which seemed like a contrived reason to take her off stage. Now it seems that a strong and interesting character was sacrificed for no reason, considering her replacement won’t be around much longer than her.
The FBI’s decision not to make Syd permanent suggests they had no real plan for when Tiffany leaves
Showrunners changed direction midway through with no alternative plan to give Scola a permanent partner
Producers originally planned to keep Syd on permanently, but let her go after Olivera began filming the episodes (via Deadline). Although CBS and Dick Wolf Entertainment have not officially given a reason, Deadline suggests that they felt the character was too young to fit in with the team and that they should have cast an older actress. If that’s the case, it’s something the casting team should have been aware of during a screen test or audition, not something that became an issue after the actress was hired.
It seems like they didn’t think things through before hiring an actress to play Syd, and now that they’ve decided to no longer use that character, it’s unclear what plan, if any, the producers have for replacing her.
FBIThe decision to let Olivera go so quickly leaves the series without any plan to replace Tiffany, and I have to wonder how much thought they put into the replacement storyline. It seems like they didn’t think things through before hiring an actress to play Syd, and now that they’ve decided to no longer use that character, it’s unclear what plan, if any, the producers have for replacing her. Thus, Scola will remain without a partnership for the foreseeable future.
Scola’s plot could still go in interesting directions, but the FBI needs to put an end to this constant parade of partners who leave after just a few episodes. This storyline is already becoming redundant, and it’s annoying that Syd is yet another person who only joins Scola on the field temporarily, especially after the series trumpeted her presence and the difficulty Scola will have working with someone who doesn’t have a background like strategist.
How the FBI can move forward after Tiffany’s departure
If they can’t find a permanent partner for Scola, they will need to reunite Scola and Nina
FBI needs to be able to find a permanent partner for Scola as quickly as possible and put an end to this boring story. However, there is a solution I would support if the series needed time to get the right actor for the role. FBI: Most WantedNina could temporarily return to FBI work with Scola until a new partner is found. This would allow Scola to have a partner that the public is invested in until the newest addition to the cast is found.
if Nina intervened in the FBI Until Jubal finds a new permanent partner for Scola, there is potential for conflict and interesting stories.
Although Nina was also a temporary partner, she and Scola are dating, living together, and co-parenting a son. Thus, if Nina intervened in the FBI Until Jubal finds a new permanent partner for Scola, there is potential for conflict and interesting stories. FBI well justified Tiffany’s departure from the unit, but this constant stream of temporary partners is poor follow-through and should end immediately.
Source: Deadline