FBI: Most Wanted’s Season 4 Finale Solves Its Biggest Mystery

FBI: Most Wanted has become quite the procedural staple over its first four seasons. It has become one of CBS’ top-performing series, along with the rest of the FBI franchise. That’s almost surprising because of the amount of cast turnover that the series has weathered. Starting after Season 1, there have been multiple departures and additions. Most Wanted was even forced to write out its lead character, Julian McMahon’s Jess LaCroix, at the end of Season 3.

Dylan McDermott came on as McMahon’s replacement, and so far, he’s done an admirable job playing Special Agent Remy Scott. He first appeared in the last few episodes of Season 3, but he really hit his stride in Season 4. Notably, Remy’s personal life takes center stage more than once, and in “Heaven Falling,” Most Wanted fully dives into his dark past. In the process, it solves a huge mystery that affects the entire Most Wanted team.

Updated on June 30, 2024, by Christopher Raley: This article has been updated with more 

details about the FBI: Most Wanted season four finale, as well as to bring the article up to current CBR standards.

Remy Scott Learns Larry Davis May Have Been Wrongly Convicted

Remy joins the team shortly after the death of Jess LaCroix. As Remy gets to know the team, he eventually tells them why he is an FBI agent. His younger brother, Mikey, was murdered 25 years prior (a story that’s reminiscent of an NCSI: New Orleans arc), and he became an agent to help get justice and closure for victims. He is solid in his career and beliefs until midway through Season 4, when the man who killed Mikey, Larry Davis, applies for early release because he has cancer.

• Remy Scott went to Florida to oppose Larry Davis’ release, but that is where he was initially told of evidence that shows that Davis was wrongly convicted.
• But Remy doesn’t give this credence until a new report shows that Mikey did not die of stab wounds.

His sister’s objections notwithstanding, Remy travels to Florida, pledging to block Davis’ effort to gain an early release. His effort is successful when a committee denies Davis’ release. While there, Remy meets a documentary filmmaker named Serena Wade, who gives him evidence that Davis was wrongly convicted. Remy doesn’t believe it, but then new details come to light. Prosecutors withheld information during the original trial, and it is possible that Mikey’s “kille

r” is innocent.

Later in the season (Episode 19, “Bad Seed”), Remy learns more about his brother’s case. New evidence comes to light that shows that his brother’s stab wounds were inflicted after his death, which means that someone arranged the crime scene to frame Larry Davis. In the following episode, Remy learns that there is a witness who can prove that Larry Davis was somewhere else when Mikey was killed. At this point, Remy becomes determined to find the witness and discover who Mikey’s killer really is. Remy travels to Florida and apologizes to Davis, asking for the information on the witness who has yet to be identified. After a time of reluctance, Davis agrees and shows Remy the information. Remy immediately gives Gibson the task of finding the witness.