FBI: Most Wanted Season 5: Cast, Latest News, Release Date, and Everything to Know

FBI: Most Wanted is the first spin-off of Dick Wolf and Craig Turk's FBI franchise. Created by Rene Balcer, the one-hour crime procedural follows members of the Fugitive Task Force of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they track down and capture dangerous criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Characters were first introduced in a 2019 backdoor pilot on FBI. After Julian McMahon departed the series as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix in March 2022, Dylan McDermott joined the franchise a month later as the new team leader Remy Scott.

There will be changes in front of the camera when FBI: Most Wanted eventually returns for Season 5. Series regular Alexa Davalos, who played FBI Special Agent Kristin Gaines, will no longer be part of the cast, with the Season 4 finale — which saw the killer of Remy's brother locked up for good — marking her final appearance. In her place, Shantel VanSanten is moving over from FBI to FBI: Most Wanted.

The wait for FBI: Most Wanted's return is almost over, and we've got everything you need to know about Season 5 below.

FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 latest news

Ray Cannon (Edwin Hodge) has a dad! According to an early February report by Deadline, actor Steven Williams (The X-Files, Snowfall) is joining FBI: Most Wanted this season as Ray Cannon Sr., a retired New York Police Department officer who becomes a target in a series of bomb threats against former cops. Williams will make his debut in the second episode, titled "Footsteps," but will return in multiple episodes this season. 

FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 release date

Happy Valentine's Day Eve! FBI: Most Wanted Season 7 will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 10/9c, following FBI: International on CBS's FBI x 3 day. The date was announced in November, when CBS revealed its 2024 midseason premiere schedule.

Due to the writers and actors strikes, FBI: Most Wanted — which was originally slated to return for Season 5 in the fall in its Tuesdays at 10/9c time slot — was taken off CBS's fall schedule. Fortunately, the writers strike officially ended after 148 days of picketing, and the writers room of FBI: Most Wanted reopened in early October.

FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 plot

The new season will deal with the fallout from the Season 4 finale, "Heaven Falling." In the episode, Remy finally came face to face with his brother's real killer after 25 years. With the help of his trusty team, Remy learned his brother, Mikey, was actually murdered by a close friend, Benji, who covered up his crime with the help of the prosecution withholding key evidence. During the investigation, Remy and the Task Force discovered that Mikey's girlfriend, Jenna, was also involved and that she had planned to tell him she was pregnant. Ending the season on a nice note, Remy was able to meet his brother's secret son for the first time.

FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 trailer

CBS released a short peek at the new season, and wouldn't you know it? Things are looking treacherous out there as Scott discovers a bomb threat.

Who will be in FBI: Most Wanted Season 5?

There have been major cast shake-ups over the course of the show's run, namely the Season 3 departure of Julian McMahon, who played team leader Jess LaCroix. That led to the introduction of Dylan McDermott's Remy Scott as the new head of the team.

Other significant exits include Kellan Lutz (Season 3), Nathaniel Arcand (Season 2), YaYa Gosselin (Season 3), and Miguel Gomez (Season 3). In August, Alexa Davalos was confirmed not to be returning as Special Agent Kristin Gaines for Season 5. Time will tell if new additions will be filling the voids left by the former cast members or how Davalos' absence will be explained.

But some new players are coming in, and one is a huge change. Shantel VanSanten is moving from FBI to FBI: Most Wanted this season, once again playing Special Agent Nina Chase, Deadline reported in November. Chase, who helps fill the hole left by the departure of Kristin Gaines, remains in a relationship with FBI's Stuart Scola (John Boyd), and the two are raising a son together. In February, Deadline reported that Steven Williams will join the season on a recurring basis as Ray Cannon's father, Ray Cannon Sr.

FBI: Most Wanted main cast members:

• Dylan McDermott as Remy Scott 
• Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes
• Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson 
• Shantel VanSanten as Nina Chase
  
• Edwin Hodge as Ray Cannon

Where can I watch FBI: Most Wanted?

Though FBI: Most Wanted is a CBS show, the first four seasons are available to stream on the NBCUniversal-owned Peacock.