FBI: Most Wished continues to impress with “Cash Strikes,” an episode that masterfully balances the workforce’s private lives with the gripping armed theft case at its coronary heart. Regardless of some predictable components within the plot, the narrative shines in its exploration of the double-edged nature of ‘household issues.’ The phrase displays the considerations or points that include household and their paramount significance within the characters’ lives. Let me clarify.
“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured (L-R): Caroline Harris as Cora Love and Edwin Hodge as Particular Agent Ray Cannon. Picture: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The theft occurred at Agee Money, a pseudo-banking facility that warehouses extra money for banks at their off-site location. Remy (McDermott) finds himself speaking to the power’s supervisor, Jody (Gulturk). She explains that she’d made a number of unheeded requests for added safety, and now a guard is lifeless. Her simple cooperation instantly piqued my suspicion, which was later confirmed by Remy when he found that she was, actually, the rationale Agee Money’s beforehand undisclosed location, obtained disclosed.
“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured: Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Particular Agent Remy Scott. Picture: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Members of the prison crew embody Nate (Stanton) who’s Jody’s fiancé, his brother, Mike (Fischer), and two of Mike’s ex-con buddies, Wayne (Barrington) and Chico (Arroyo). Viewers shortly study that Nate is the brains of the outfit. His brother Mike is the brawn, I suppose. No, it is extra correct to explain Mike as daring, given that he’s clearly the extra reckless of the 2. For instance, when a safety guard responds to the breach, Nate makes an attempt to speak to him. Nate causes: “The cash is insured. We’ll be out of right here in 58 seconds.” The safety guard, heroically attempting to do his job, shoots Nate. Mike then kills the guard regardless of Nate’s protests.
Remy and the workforce arrive onsite. Remy appropriately intuits that this crew is in the beginning of their spree. The DNA from the blood proof on the scene linked at the least one unsub to an inmate serving time for—anticipate it—financial institution theft. Remy and Ray (Hodge) race off to satisfy with this man who’s Mike and Nate’s uncle. Remy quips, “You taught them the household enterprise.” “You are damned proper,” the uncle boasts. The uncle confirmed that Nate was good; a notice Remy filed away. He additionally promptly supplied the FBI together with his nephew’s cellphone quantity in trade for a discount in his 25-year sentence.
“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured (L-R): Shantel VanSanten as Particular Agent Nina Chase and Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Particular Agent Remy Scott. Picture: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Particular Brokers Nina (VanSanten), Sheryll (Sternberg), and Hana (Castel-Hughes) examine Nate’s house. The house offers up a number of of his secrets and techniques, together with his plan to depart the nation, proof of a not too long ago acquired pilot’s license, and an engagement ring.
Nate’s crew is holed up outdoors the pharmacy, the place they went to get provides to deal with his gunshot wound. Nina and Remy narrowly keep away from apprehending them on account of Nate’s intelligent ruse of throwing “humorous cash” on the public. This motion created a crowd that stood between them and the FBI. The spree continued as they hijacked a second Agee Money armored truck that had been rerouted to an alternate location in Charlotte in response to first heist. The Charlotte facility has $100 million saved. The crew knocked out one guard and kidnapped the motive force. Nina acknowledges that the crew retained the truck and the common driver, utilizing them as a ‘malicious program’ to enter the power.
Watching the newest video footage, the Fugitive Activity Pressure sees Mike hit Jody. Remy notes dissension inside the ranks as Nate stops Mike from additional attacking Jody. The query is: Was Mike’s assault deliberate to promote Jody as a professional hostage, or was he really hostile towards his brother’s fiancé? I believe it was a little bit of each. Remy publicizes that he is spoken with their uncle. Negotiations start. Nate presents to launch one hostage, Jody. Remy counters, asking for the discharge of a “actual” hostage, since Jody is an confederate.
Cornered, the crew prepares to make a mad sprint to the close by airfield, the place Nate’s airplane is gassed up and ready. Nate tells everybody that the airplane can solely maintain 4 folks. With out hesitation, Mike executes Chico. Nate agrees to launch all of the hostages. Mike, Nate, Jody, and Wayne pile into the armored automobile and use the fleeing hostages as a display screen as they escape. Predictably, the FBI fires on the truck, however armored automobiles are bulletproof, proper? The FBI’s actions right here appear ineffective and excessive.
“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured (L-R): Bryce Michael Wooden as Louis and Edwin Hodge as Particular Agent Ray Cannon. Picture: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Remy is aware of that the remaining crew is mainly household, and household issues. He makes use of the discord he witnessed earlier between the brothers to encourage them to give up. Nate, the good one, prioritizes his fiancé—his household—over himself and his brother’s destiny. He instructs Jody to say it was all his fault as a result of she would possibly get a lighter sentence. Nate held Mike at gunpoint, demanding that he surrender. Mike is probably going considering “Et tu, Nate,” then slowly smiles and surrenders.
“Cash Strikes” ends the place it began—at Ray’s house as a result of household issues. Lou (Wooden), Caleb’s bio dad, reveals as much as take Caleb to a rap live performance. Ray, with out cracking a smile, warns Lou to not take the boy round drunk folks as he’s solely 14. Lou chortles uncomfortably, “Is that this what it is wish to be married to a cop?” Cora reminds him to have Caleb house by 11:00 p.m., whereas Caleb appears on, absorbing the strain between the adults in his life.
Total, this episode exemplifies FBI: Most Wished’s capacity to speak the complexities of human relationships whereas nonetheless fascinating viewers with a literal ‘cops and robbers’ drama. The showrunners of “Cash Strikes” deftly discover how household issues via quite a lot of dynamics, together with the deep bond inside the fugitive process drive household, Ray’s evolving household with Cora and Caleb, Mike’s nearly familial relationship together with his fellow convicts, and the seemingly breakable bond of blood brothers. By diving into these areas, the episode broadens our perspective of what household issues means, delivering to viewers a must-see, multifaceted story.
Did you get pleasure from this episode? Do you suppose Caleb’s eager to be round his largely absent father means bother forward for Ray and his household? Depart me a remark and let’s discuss it.
Total Score:
9/10