FBI: Most Wished – Cash Strikes – Critiques: Household Issues

“Money Moves” – FBI: Most Wanted, Pictured (L-R): Caroline Harris as Cora Love and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon. Photo: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The theft occurred at Agee Cash, a pseudo-banking facility that warehouses excess cash for banks at their off-site location. Remy (McDermott) finds himself talking to the facility’s manager, Jody (Gulturk). She explains that she’d made several unheeded requests for additional security, and now a guard is dead. Her easy cooperation immediately piqued my suspicion, which was later confirmed by Remy when he discovered that she was, in fact, the reason Agee Cash’s previously undisclosed location, got disclosed.

“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured: Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Particular Agent Remy Scott. Photograph: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 Members of the prison crew embody Nate (Stanton) who’s Jody’s fiancé, his brother, Mike (Fischer), and two of Mike’s ex-con buddies, Wayne (Barrington) and Chico (Arroyo). Viewers rapidly study that Nate is the brains of the outfit. His brother Mike is the brawn, I suppose. No, it is extra correct to explain Mike as daring, given that he’s clearly the extra reckless of the 2. For instance, when a safety guard responds to the breach, Nate makes an attempt to speak to him. Nate causes: “The money is insured. We’ll be out of here in 58 seconds.” The safety guard, heroically attempting to do his job, shoots Nate. Mike then kills the guard regardless of Nate’s protests.

Remy and the group arrive onsite. Remy appropriately intuits that this crew is in the beginning of their spree. The DNA from the blood proof on the scene linked no less than one unsub to an inmate serving time for—anticipate it—financial institution theft. Remy and Ray (Hodge) race off to satisfy with this man who’s Mike and Nate’s uncle. Remy quips, “You taught them the family business.” “You’re damned right,” the uncle boasts. The uncle confirmed that Nate was sensible; a observe Remy filed away. He additionally promptly offered the FBI together with his nephew’s cellphone quantity in change for a discount in his 25-year sentence.

“Money Moves” – FBI: Most Wanted, Pictured (L-R): Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase and Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott. Photo: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Special Agents Nina (VanSanten), Sheryll (Sternberg), and Hana (Castel-Hughes) investigate Nate’s home. The home gives up several of his secrets, including his plan to leave the country, proof of a recently acquired pilot’s license, and an engagement ring.

Nate’s crew is holed up outside the pharmacy, where they went to get supplies to treat his gunshot wound. Nina and Remy narrowly avoid apprehending them due to Nate’s clever ruse of throwing “humorous cash” at the public. This action created a crowd that stood between them and the FBI. The spree continued as they hijacked a second Agee Cash armored truck that had been rerouted to an alternative location in Charlotte in response to first heist. The Charlotte facility has $100 million stored. The crew knocked out one guard and kidnapped the driver. Nina recognizes that the crew retained the truck and the regular driver, using them as a ‘trojan horse’ to enter the facility.

Watching the latest video footage, the Fugitive Task Force sees Mike hit Jody. Remy notes dissension within the ranks as Nate stops Mike from further attacking Jody. The question is: Was Mike’s attack planned to sell Jody as a legitimate hostage, or was he truly hostile toward his brother’s fiancé? I think it was a bit of both. Remy announces that he’s spoken with their uncle. Negotiations begin. Nate offers to release one hostage, Jody. Remy counters, asking for the release of a “actual” hostage, since Jody is an accomplice.

Cornered, the crew prepares to make a mad dash to the nearby airfield, where Nate’s airplane is gassed up and waiting. Nate tells everyone that the plane can only hold four people. Without hesitation, Mike executes Chico. Nate agrees to release all the hostages. Mike, Nate, Jody, and Wayne pile into the armored car and use the fleeing hostages as a screen as they escape. Predictably, the FBI fires at the truck, but armored vehicles are bulletproof, right? The FBI’s actions here seem useless and over the top.

Inevitably, there’s a final showdown between the Fugitive Task Force and Nate’s remaining crew. Wayne panics. He cries out, “I am not going again to jail,” effectively committing suicide by cop. Earlier in the episode, Mike also said he wasn’t going back to jail. He screams, “No,” clearly upset as Wayne is gunned down. His reaction is in sharp contrast to when he murdered their other partner, Chico. Mike’s response suggests that Wayne, in terms of his core identity and values, may have been more like family to him than Nate.

“Cash Strikes” – FBI: Most Wished, Pictured (L-R): Bryce Michael Wooden as Louis and Edwin Hodge as Particular Agent Ray Cannon. Photograph: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Remy is aware of that the remaining crew is mainly household, and household issues. He makes use of the discord he witnessed earlier between the brothers to encourage them to give up. Nate, the sensible one, prioritizes his fiancé—his household—over himself and his brother’s destiny. He instructs Jody to say it was all his fault as a result of she would possibly get a lighter sentence. Nate held Mike at gunpoint, demanding that he surrender. Mike is probably going pondering “Et tu, Nate,” then slowly smiles and surrenders.

 “Money Moves” ends the place it began—at Ray’s dwelling as a result of household issues. Lou (Wooden), Caleb’s bio dad, reveals as much as take Caleb to a rap live performance. Ray, with out cracking a smile, warns Lou to not take the boy round drunk folks as he’s solely 14. Lou chortles uncomfortably, “Is this what it’s like to be married to a cop?” Cora reminds him to have Caleb dwelling by 11:00 p.m., whereas Caleb seems on, absorbing the strain between the adults in his life.

General, this episode exemplifies FBI: Most Wished’s potential to speak the complexities of human relationships whereas nonetheless fascinating viewers with a literal ‘cops and robbers’ drama. The showrunners of “Money Moves” deftly discover how household issues via quite a lot of dynamics, together with the deep bond throughout the fugitive process power household, Ray’s evolving household with Cora and Caleb, Mike’s virtually familial relationship together with his fellow convicts, and the seemingly breakable bond of blood brothers. By diving into these areas, the episode broadens our perspective of what household issues means, delivering to viewers a must-see, multifaceted story.

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General Ranking: 

9/10