How FBI: Most Wanted Explained Miguel Gomez’s Absence As Ortiz In The Season 4 Premiere

Spoilers ahead for the Season 4 best of FBI: Most Wanted on CBS, called “Iron Pipeline.”

FBI: Most Wanted went back to primetime with a Season 4 best that lastly presented Sheryll Barnes (after requiring time off for maternity leave) to brand-new group leader Remy Scott, however there was still a hole in the ensemble regardless of her return. Ivan Ortiz was no place to be seen, as star Miguel Gomez was cut from the cast over the summer season hiatus. Here’s how “Iron Pipeline” described why Ortiz was unexpectedly gone!

News broke that Miguel Gomez would not be back as a series routine in Season 4 back in June, after Ortiz did not appear in the highly dangerous Season 3 finale. The thinking at the time was that the representative remained in Los Angeles to assist his unhealthy dad. So, the factor that Most Wanted provided for his lack in Season 4 makes good sense. Early in the best, right after Remy and Barnes fulfilled, he offered her an upgrade:

And with that, Agent Ortiz is gone from FBI: Most Wanted! Remy didn’t make a huge offer about it, however Barnes stated that she’d currently heard and prepares to connect to him about it. He didn’t get a remarkable goodbye like Kenny did a season previously after actor Kellan Lutz decided to leave, and he likewise didn’t get a permanent farewell like Jess LaCroix last season when Julian McMahon chose to leave.

Hana and Barnes have both returned after long lacks; could the very same hold true for Ortiz? Fans can just hypothesize about that in the meantime, however a lot of people had thoughts after the news of Gomez’s exit. Most Wanted did discover a brand-new star to bring into the fold, and he’ll be a familiar face from in other places in the nine-show Dick Wolf TV universe. 

Chicago Fire alum Edwin Hodge is on board to play a cop-turned-FBI agent who will sign up with the system. The program is moving onward without Ortiz, and it’s a bit of a disappointment that he didn’t get another episode after he didn’t appear in last season’s finale. Viewers didn’t understand they were seeing the last of the character back when what ended up being his last episode aired!

FBI: Most Wanted has really had a reasonable quantity of cast turnover throughout the years, a minimum of compared to the other FBI programs. Of the initial core cast, just Roxy Sternberg and Keisha Castle-Hughes stay as Barnes and Hana, respectively. After a decreased existence in Season 2, Nathaniel Arcand was officially out as Clinton Skye ahead of Season 3. Kellan Lutz was gone early in Season 3 after Kenny was shot (although his character made it through), and Julian McMahon left prior to the 3rd season ended. 

Alexa Davalos was generated as Kristin Gaines in Season 3 to fill a job, and Law & Order: Organized Crime’s Dylan McDermott concerned CBS to play the brand-new leader of the group. It stays to be seen if the cast will go through another significant modification (beyond the addition of Edwin Hodge) as the 4th season continues. 

Tune in the CBS on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET for brand-new episodes of FBI: Most Wanted (opens in brand-new tab) Season 4 to liquidate a complete night of FBI action in primetime. FBI: International (which airs at 9 p.m.) likewise lost a character over hiatus and utilized its fall best to provide an update on what happened, The initial FBI left to an explosive start in the 8 p.m. hour, with star Zeeko Zaki opening about its effects on OA.