Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit simply delivered its most stunning episode but.
The Fox drama killed off its feminine lead, Nikki (Dania Ramirez), within the April 1 episode. Mob boss Charlie McGannon (Ian Tracey) had her kidnapped, then killed her, as a result of she was going to satisfy with the FBI about all his unhealthy deeds over time. However what he didn’t know is that Nikki had proof to make sure that he’d be arrested. Ramirez’s final episode was the Season 3 premiere, the episode that aired one week previous to this one.
Beneath, government producer and showrunner Carla Kettner, through electronic mail, explains the choice to kill off Nikki and teases what’s forward.
What went into the choice to jot down out Dania and kill off Nikki and in the best way that you just did?
Carla Kettner: The most important issue was our dedication to holding the present contemporary and shocking. We had form of performed out the love triangle dynamic between Nikki, Jason [Scott Caan], and Mike [Ryan Broussard], which was such an excellent a part of Seasons 1 and a couple of. So the query turned: What circumstance would most problem our MPU staff? Shedding the particular person all of them most relied on — Nikki — was the reply. We had planted the seeds very early on with our exploration of Nikki’s relationship with Irish mob boss Charlie McGannon. Making Charlie liable for Nikki’s final loss of life, and having Nikki nonetheless get him in the long run, was one of the simplest ways to honor Nikki’s heroism.
How are we going to see this affecting the staff, particularly Jason, Mike, and Kemi (Adeola Position), going ahead? How are they dealing with their grief?
We wished their grief course of to really feel actual, which implies that it echoes throughout Season 3, culminating in one other stunning flip on the finish of the season. Identical as in actual life, every of our core three deal with the loss of life otherwise and in ways in which really feel genuine. Mike tries to bury himself in work, avoiding his ache, which after all doesn’t work. Jason, who doesn’t run from something, offers with the grief head on, and that provides us a complete new window into his character. Kemi, the non secular coronary heart of MPU, tries to assist the boys by means of her ache, however then in an excellent scene with Helen [Diana Bang] actually comes aside. Most necessary, the shared grief brings the staff nearer collectively.
Who’s going to be main the staff now? How a lot of a job will Invoice Houston (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) play in that capability? A brief or everlasting one?
Similar to Nikki’s loss of life upended our private dynamics, it additionally throws an enormous wrench into management of MPU. Mike will get the prospect to take over the Captain’s chair. Invoice Houston steps in quickly as a result of he has a mushy spot for MPU. And at last Megalyn Echuniwoke (Lieutenant Bennett) tries to fill the seat and learns that this staff could also be wonderful at what they do, however holy crap, they’re a handful. As for who in the end takes over — keep tuned for Season 4!
Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit, Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox