FBI: Worldwide has gone via a stunning quantity of important forged turnover for a present that is solely 4 seasons in, however a current episode within the 2025 TV schedule proved but once more {that a} character leaving the Fly Staff doesn’t suggest they’re gone for good. When Smitty wanted an help to shut a case that hit her near residence within the “Veritas Fidelis” episode, she known as on none apart from Europol Agent Katrin Jaeger, delivering a shock cameo from former collection common Christiane Paul. Eva-Jane Willis shared how the present made it occur to convey Jaeger again, and I simply love that it was a shock for followers.
Christiane Paul was the primary important forged member to go away FBI: Worldwide following the Season 1 finale, with Jaeger returning to Europol and arranging for Smitty to take her place on the Fly Staff. The actress returned as a visitor star for a highly-anticipated episode of Season 2, however CBS stored a lid on her newest look within the massive Smitty episode that aired on February 11.
Once I was lucky sufficient to talk with Eva-Jane Willis about her character’s return to the U.Okay., she shared why it was such a deal with for her that Smitty was in a position to name on Jaeger for assist. Though she hadn’t but seen the episode herself, Willis mentioned:
It is an actual deal with simply to have her are available in, particularly as a result of she was the one who introduced Smitty into the staff within the first place. So the truth that in Episode 10, there is a query of whether or not Smitty goes to remain or not, after which Episode 11, it is like she’s taken a tiny step over right into a extra rebellious future, and Katrin is there – it sort of brings the entire thing full circle. It is a actually pretty deal with for me and hopefully for the viewers as properly. Christiane is such a unbelievable actor, and her character is so watchable. So for me, it is one thing I can not wait to see.
Smitty went from providing to go away the Fly Staff in order that Tyler Sales space may keep to bending the foundations to catch the culprits at her outdated college within the very subsequent episode, so 2025 bought off to an eventful begin for the agent! (Each episodes can be found streaming with a Paramount+ subscription now.) She wanted Jaeger’s help when a younger man responsible of homicide tried to flee to Germany to flee prosecution within the U.Okay. And may there be any doubt that Jaeger delivered, regardless of the killer’s dad’s efforts to intimidate her?
The one draw back of Jaeger serving to save the day from Germany was that she did not reunite with the remainder of the Fly Staff within the U.Okay. or in Budapest earlier than the ultimate credit rolled. So, did the forged work together with Christiane Paul in any respect despite the fact that Jaeger was a number of nations away within the episode? Eva-Jane Willis cleared up how the FBI: Worldwide staff pulled it off:
It was two separate items. I’ve not had an opportunity to talk to her or see her. They really went to Germany to movie that half, so I stayed in Budapest filming different stuff whereas she was filming that over in Germany. And that is why it’s truly going to be a correct deal with for me once I watch it, as a result of I don’t know what to anticipate. It is good that Smitty and Katrin have had the chance on this episode to affix forces and get the unhealthy man. That is a cool payoff.
Similar to how FBI: Worldwide went to Christiane Paul’s native Germany to movie her episode of Season 2, a unit went to Germany to movie her portion of this Season 4 episode. This time, that simply did not embody any of her former collection common co-stars. Whereas we did not get to see the Europol brokers collectively within the flesh on this episode, I instructed Eva-Jane Willis that I really like the implication that Smitty and Jaeger maintain involved off-screen, and the actress responded:
And each time Smitty speaks to her, virtually, she says, ‘I owe you one. I owe you a drink.’ [laughs] Sooner or later they’ll go and get that drink. I do know they’re. But it surely’s been an ongoing theme that Smitty owes her, not only for each time she helps her in a case, however actually for the place that she holds now within the staff.
It stays to be seen if Smitty and Jaeger will bond over drinks earlier than the tip of Season 4, however my fingers are crossed! Plus, seeing Christiane Paul provides me hope for different former Worldwide stars to show up each infrequently. Forrester’s disappearance would possibly rule out Luke Kleintank, however Kellett was nonetheless alive and on the grid when Heida Reed left in Season 3. Tyler Sales space leaving the Fly Staff so he may spend extra time along with his daughter within the U.S. means that he won’t be desperate to relocate to Budapest full time, however I would like to see Jay Hayden once more.
For now, maintain tuning in to CBS on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET for brand new episodes of FBI: Worldwide, between FBI at 8 p.m. ET and the all the time ugly FBI: Most Wished at 10 p.m. ET. Eva-Jane Willis’ Smitty appears to be getting extra comfy with bending guidelines like Wes Mitchell, so it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how that continues to develop in Season 4.