#Executive decisions plus#

The finale was packed with so much stress for the agents, and so much intensity from almost the very beginning, that Most Wanted could have been building to a major cliffhanger, like what FBI: International star Luke Kleintank previewed was on the way for his show. So it was definitely a lot of additional stress. And he was well aware of what he had to do to save the day and to save our families. It was really a thin team on this last episode, so a lot of it fell on Remy's shoulders. We brought Art Crimes in to help us, but it was thin. Yes, because it really was just the three of us in the end. McDermott weighed in on whether Ortiz’s absence played a part in Remy’s anxiety in the episode: The bonds with the other agents have certainly helped him to settle in, even though Barnes has been absent (due to actress Roxy Sternberg’s real-life maternity leave) for weeks and Ortiz was missing from the finale.

He's really involved with people.ĭylan McDermott joined FBI: Most Wanted as the new leading man in the second half of the season following the departure of Julian McMahon and death of Jess LaCroix, and really established Remy as a character who connects with people within a relatively short span of time. You know, I think that's something about him that's so fun to play, that he listens and he's involved. Even when he's dealing with the bad guys, he gets in there with people. I think that he makes people feel important. I think that he's been doing this a long time. When I noted that Remy not even hesitating to make a life-or-death call that might have given other agents pause showed his strengths as a leader, McDermott concurred, saying: It was an “executive decision” that saved countless lives, including Remy’s and those of the other agents and law enforcement officers on the scene. He did try to help the man up until the very last moment and the subway doors closed. Remy’s choices were basically between a bad scenario and a much worse scenario, and he went with the one that saved the most lives, even if he couldn’t avert tragedy altogether. If one was going to die, that was a tragedy in itself, but to have hundreds of people die, was something that Remy couldn't live with, and he had to make an executive decision.

So the decision was, I couldn't let other people die. I was grabbing at him when the doors closed, and then of course, the gas was there. I know that I was trying to save the homeless man but it was too late. When Dylan McDermott spoke with CinemaBlend about the finale, he addressed his character’s decision to shut the doors before the man could escape: Remy didn’t hesitate once it became clear that he had just those two choices, and he ordered that the doors be closed. When a homeless man was slow to get to his feet, Remy had to decide whether to keep the doors open for him to escape but risk the gas getting out, or close them on the man and guarantee his death. They were just in time to make it to the subway and find a backpack that began releasing deadly gas they just weren’t in time for everybody. Sarkov unleashing terror attacks on New York created some sky-high stakes for the agents even as they could only hope that their loved ones were protected at the safe house, and many lives could have been lost if the agents were even a few seconds slower than they were.

#Executive decisions plus#

Dylan McDermott opened up to CinemaBlend about the “executive decision” that his character had to make for the greater good, plus how the finale ended for Remy. By the end of the hour, Sarkov was dead, the case was closed, and another season of Most Wanted was over. Sarkov made things personal when he targeted the agents’ families while they tried to connect the dots to the mole who was leaking their information. FBI: Most Wanted ended its rollercoaster ride of a third season with “A Man Without a Country,” which pitted Remy Scott and the team against an oligarch whose attempts to flee the country resulted in a terror spree in New York City.