There’s not a lot excellent news for the Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit staff in the mean time — they simply misplaced their boss, Nikki (Dania Ramirez), who died within the second episode of Season 3 — however a minimum of they know their new boss, Chief Inspector Invoice Houston, is on their facet.
“Invoice Houston is the daddy that the MPU staff didn’t know they wanted,” Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who recurs this season, instructed TV Insider when he lately stopped by our workplace.
“Invoice is certainly understanding, he’s positively skilled, and one of many issues I actually like about him is he’s actually no-nonsense,” he continued. “He will get straight to the purpose as a result of usually, particularly in these lacking individuals circumstances, you don’t actually have a number of time to fiddle, so time is of the essence and Invoice understands that. And since he’s good with folks, he can get his level throughout and inspire folks to get shifting.”
That’s good to know heading into the April 15 episode, through which an Military Lieutenant, and the spouse of Houston’s previous Military buddy, is kidnapped. Nonetheless, the investigation uncovers that the sufferer and her husband had been having marital and monetary points, resulting in a harmful and lethal weapons commerce.
“We see Invoice as no nonsense and authoritative, however you see slightly little bit of that soften when he’s coping with his previous pal, his previous buddy,” previewed Warner. “When he’s coping with his buddy, they’re on this collectively as a result of they’re looking for Sophie, however then issues flip when he realizes issues aren’t what they appear to be. So there’s a swap that Invoice has to make, which I like as a result of we get to see these two sides of him and we nonetheless get to see their private emotions concerned and he needs to nonetheless give everybody the advantage of the doubt, however he’s acquired these spidey senses going.”
In the meantime, the staff wants a brand new boss, and as you may see within the clip accompanying our video interview, Invoice needs that to be Mike (Ryan Broussard), however Nikki’s husband isn’t precisely coping with her dying; he didn’t even take a lot time without work. However Invoice’s not too nervous about him.
“He is aware of that typically the easiest way to cope with grief is to maintain working,” Warner defined. “So I believe there is a component of trusting that Mike will in all probability be actually uber targeted as a result of he wants this proper now.
Watch the total video interview above for extra from Warner about his character.
Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit, Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox