Eva-Jane Willis was just as excited as we FBI: International The alum returned to help catch a murderer in the last episode of the CBS series.

Warning: Spoilers below for season 4, episode 11 of the FBI: International.

“It’s so fantastic when relationships like that – important relationships – are continued and not forgotten throughout the seasons,” said Willis, 40 years old US WeeklyReferring to his character of Megan “Smitty” Garrets, the mentor back for the episode of Tuesday, February 11.

During “Veritas Fidelis”, Smitty tripped on A matter of murder in his former university In the United Kingdom, when the fly team discovered the identity of the killer, the student managed to escape on his father’s private plane. To continue the pursuit, Smitty called for the old team of the Europol Katrin Jaeger (Christian Paul) to hold the murderer in Germany, where she is now stationed.

“Having jaeger in a way at the last minute and saving the day for Smitty is not only appropriate but wonderful to read and play, because this relationship is so important,” said Willis.

She noted: “Jaeger was such a mentor for her and is the kind of agent that Smitty wants to be, and she always admired her.”

The actress, who joined the casting during season 2, noted that when Smitty was presented to the team, it was Jaeger who showed her the strings and finally recommended that she is taking over when Jaeger obtained a different concert. (Paul left the series in July 2022 after a season.)

“At the time, Smitty was an agent much younger and much more inexperienced and certainly felt that she had very large shoes to fill,” recalls Willis.

When Jaeger returned to her cameo, it was clear that she and Smity were both Excel in their work. Although Smitty’s hands were tied when the murderer fled the country, she was quickly on his feet and called on Jaeger’s help.

Jaeger arrested the criminal and his father on the Tarmac in Germany before Smitty’s crew finally understands how to force him in the United Kingdom where he was arrested for assassinating his other member of the Covington club, Emma, The first woman in more than 100 years authorized to join her other.

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“It’s almost like three generations of powerful womenWho works in a team, ”said Willis about the conclusion of the episode. “First, then Smitty then Jaeger to eliminate the club of this boy. It is a boy club in every sense of the word. He has all the worst attributes of what we know that the boys’ club means. »»

Willis said We This smitty had not only the impression that she had an ally in Jaeger, but she felt like a “media spirit” with Emma because they were both victims by the university.

“She wants to take the mission of Emma and to complete what Emma could not do because her life was shortened,” said Willis. “She takes him personally, obviously even more because of what happened to her. It is this link that she feels with Emma, ​​she sees almost her younger self in her. »»

While the case took place, viewers learned that like Emma, ​​Smitty was mistreated by the elite group who led the school. Smitty was not part of the Covington Club, but she was expelled when a friend left a bottle of gin in her room when she was on the right track to be a doctor.

Smitty discovered that she had been withdrawn from the institution because a rich donor did not like that she would signal their child for fault and that the Gin bottle was planted – and the director looked in the other sense.

At the end of the episode, Smitty gave the director a bottle of gin as a separation gift, and as the school counselor was removed from her office for her role in the concealment of the murder.

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“I loved it,” said Willis We of the moment. “Giving him this little excavation at the end was his own justice. She needed to let this director know that she had not managed to pull the wool in her eyes. »»

Willis teased this smitty closure and the fact that she was Ok to blur a few lines During the episode, he will continue as the season continues.

“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, greater mutual respect and, hopefully, A flowery friendship“Said the actress We. “But that does not mean that they will not make their heads anymore because I am sure that they will do it simply because [Wes] To a chaotic sequence and Smitty is all about order. »»

She teased that while the coloring outside the lines is “difficult” for Smity, she “can try to enter a little more into the rebellion [and] its rebellious nature too, thanks to [Wes]. “”

FBI: International is broadcast on Tuesday CBS at 9 p.m. he.