I want to believe that the cancellation of FBI: International came out of nowhere, because of the storylines that are developing this season. It seems as though they were setting up storylines for the next season, and if they were setting these up with an imminent ending, I have a huge issue.
Not that my issues matter to the television gurus. I think that when it comes to television, the business side seems to rise a lot, and everything ends. However, as viewers, we all want the answers as to why. There is nothing wrong with wanting to know the why as long as you accept the fact that you may never get any answers.
With FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted ending, we’re probably never going to get the answers that we want. And even with answers, you never know what the truth is. However, when the “truth” comes out, it is subjective. There are always many sides to a story.
And while the story is ending for FBI: International, we’re taking it all in stride. We’ll keep expressing our sorrow, but we’ll love this show right down to the last second.
SO MUCH FOR R&R
Sometimes the rudest awakening is that your past will always catch up with you. You can try to outrun the past, but the past will decide if it will let you go. The past is not going to stay in the past forever. That’s because some people can’t just let it go.
When it comes to Wes Mitchell, he wants to leave the past as a different time. The issue is that his biological father doesn’t want that at all. He wants to talk to his son.
Sometimes, though, the trauma is too much. The trauma of the past changes us and makes us into different people. His father destroyed him and set him on a path where he can’t have a meaningful relationship, nor is it easy to let one in. But the last person he wants to see is Dean.
I can’t understand how it is that Dean was even allowed to travel internationally. I do commend Amanda for putting up with Dean’s drama, even going as far as to see the man to try and gauge what he wanted from Wes.
Amanda and Wes are my new favorite ship, but it does suck to become invested in that and knowing I will never get pay off. Is this Wolf Entertainment’s revenge for all of the mean things that we’ve ever said? It feels like it, and for that, we don’t have anything nice to say.
What I also disliked about this part of the story is that you’re giving us all of this with again – no payoff. Wes gets his separation from Dean, but also gets the knowledge that he’s got a sister. What are we supposed to do with that? How do we know that he’s telling the truth? Why does it even matter?
SMITTY IS IN THE…
Smitty is one of those characters that sticks with you. Why? Because she’s complex and you believe that she’s fearless. She’s in the center of what is going on here, and I think that seeing Smitty undercover is always fun. She looks a little out of place at times, but also as if being undercover is where she feels most alive.
I think that is a beautiful thing. So many times, we spend so much time hiding who we are that we forget what is real and what isn’t.
For Smitty, she’s been this woman who has had to persevere through the hardest moments and work extra hard because she is a woman. I think that these episodes that explore Smitty’s sexuality a bit are great. In the same breath, I wish that we could have done this earlier. It is very important to be able to see yourself in characters on television, and for the possibility of someone seeing that they aren’t alone, through a character like Smitty – that’s priceless.
The wife of the man that they are trying to get to – she wants to “have fun” with Smitty, and you can see that Smitty is exploring who she is. She didn’t mean to, and maybe walked into it accidentally. BUT – it’s not the first time.
The struggle to figure out who you are is not easy. But it can be a beautiful thing. Seeing Smitty allow herself grace is a reminder that we should all do the same.
DRONES
Living in the New York area, I am over drones. They were everywhere last year, and no one knows why. What I do know is that they are dangerous, and so the team has to make sure they procure something interesting. It’s interesting how they choose who goes where, who is right for the overseas work.
Mitchell and Smitty are undercover for this case. Smitty was able to get to the weapons dealer’s nephew and make him help. Go Smitty.
The two are able to get themselves invited to a party, and Mitchell manages to get close to the dealer. BUT, he’s not buying who Mitchell says he is, and that leads to chaos.
Well, at least chaos internally. Some think that the mission is compromised. Watching the push and pull between the rest of the team, deciding what is happening when they are flying blind. Booth says, Let’s wait and Vo is like We need to breach.
Mitchell is a man who can take care of himself, but is learning to allow people into his circle of trust. The team has trust for each other, but I am beginning to wonder if being as close as they are both helpful and hindrance to the system.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
The truth is, I don’t really have much to say about this episode besides what I have said. Everything in this episode felt like it was trying to move the story forward and give us insight into the characters. I didn’t like it, and I didn’t hate it. I was more angry that all of these things were opening up, and we’re probably not going to get closure.
I am glad that Booth has been on the past two episodes, and I do hope that he remains until the end. The friendship that these two have is ride or di,e and I appreciate that. These two will protect each other until the very end.
OTHER THOUGHTS
- Amanda willing to be there for Wes… please, please let these two get together
- I really feel like they’ve done her a disservice – Smitty I mean. She’s deserved more throughout the years
- Vo and Raines vying for the new job – I really don’t like it, but I hope Vo gets the job.
FBI: International airs Tuesdays on CBS.
