Eva-Jane Willis talks to FBI: International cameo, Smitty’s past, future

Eva-Jane Willis When this is as excited as we do FBI: International Alumni are back in the latest episode of the CBS series to help catch the murderer.

Warning: Spoilers for Season 4, FBI Episode 11: International.

Willis, 40, told exclusively US Weeklyreferring to her character Megan “Smitty” Garretson’s mentor returns to the plot on Tuesday, February 11.

In “Veritas Fidelis,” Smitty stumbles upon a murder case at her former university in the UK when the flight team discovered the killer’s identity, the college student managed to escape from her father’s private jet. In order to continue pursuing, SmittyChristian Paul) The murderer who was detained in the German where she is now stationed.

“It’s not only appropriate to have Jaeger sweep at the last minute and save Smitty a day, but it’s also good to read and play, because the relationship is so important.”

“Jaeger is her mentor, the kind of agent Smitty wants to be, and she always looks up to her,” she noted.

The actress joined the cast in Season 2, noting that when Smitty was introduced to the team, Jaeger showed her the ropes and eventually suggested she take over when Jaeger held a different show. (Paul withdrew from the series in July 2022 after one season.)

“At the time, Smitty was a much younger, much less experienced, and certainly felt she had big shoes to fill.”

When Jaeger returns to her cameo, it’s clear that she and Smitty are both excellent at work. Although Smitty’s hands were tied when the murderer fled the country, she quickly stood up and received help from Jaeger.

Jaeger detains criminals and his father on the German apron, and then Smitty’s crew finally figures out how to force him back to England for murdering his Covington Club member Ai Emma, ​​a member of Covington Club, was arrested, the first woman in more than 100 years.

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“It’s almost like three generations of powerful women,” Willis said of the episode’s conclusion. “Emma first, then Smitty, and then Jaeger knocked down the boy’s club. From all senses It’s all boys’ clubs. It has the worst attributes of boys clubs we know.”

Willis told us Not only did Smitty feel that she had an ally in Jaeger, she felt like Emma because they were both hurt by the university.

“She wanted to fulfill Emma’s mission and accomplish what Emma couldn’t do because her life was shortened,” Willis explained. “She accepted it personally, obviously because of what happened to her. She and Ai This bond of Emma almost saw his young self.”

As the case unfolds, viewers learn that, like Emma, ​​Smithy was abused by the elite group of campaigning schools. Smitty is not part of the Covington club, but she was fired when a friend left a bottle of gin in her room.

Smitty found she was evacuated from the institution because a wealthy donor didn’t like the kids she reported their misconduct, and the gin bottle was actually planted – the principal seemed to be another way.

At the end of the plot, Smitty handed a bottle of gin to the principal as a separate gift, as school counselors were evacuated from the office to participate in the murder.

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“I like that,” Willis told us This moment. “It was her own justice to the end of that little dig to her. She needed to let the principal know that she didn’t manage to pull the wool to her eyes.”

Willis teased Smitty’s closure, and the fact is that as the season continues, several lines of her blurry episodes can disappear.

“Everything that happened in the last four episodes has definitely deepened [FBI leader] wes(Jesse Lee Soffer) and Smitty’s relationship. They have a deeper understanding of each other, more respect for each other, and hope for a grand friendship. ” us. “But that doesn’t mean they won’t hit their heads again, because I’m sure they will just be because [Wes] There is a chaotic stripe, and Smitty is about order. ”

She mocked that the color outside the line was “hard” when she “may try to develop the rebellion further [and] Thanks for her rebellious nature. [Wes]. ”

FBI: International It airs on CBS Tuesday at 9 p.m.