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FBI: John Boyd Teases Insight Into Scola’s Military School Past in ‘Unearth’

February 24, 2025 by  
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“Unearth” – After two jurors for a high-profile mafia trial are gunned down, the team jumps into an organized crime investigation until it is discovered that the jurors may not have been the intended targets at all. The case becomes personal for Scola when he learns that one of his former drill instructors from the military academy he attended may be linked, on FBI, Tuesday, Feb. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase and John Boyd as Special Agent Stuart Scola. Photo: Bennett Raglin/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

When two jurors in a mafia trial are killed on the Tuesday, February 25 episode of FBI, the team is enlisted to discover what’s going on…and they realize the case is considerably more complex than they anticipated.

“We’re doing a really interesting episode about Scola’s upbringing,” John Boyd, who plays Scola, tells Give Me My Remote in the video below. “We find out that Scola went to a military school upstate; that he had behavioral issues as a kid. You find out about some history and that’s related to the case.” Read more

FBI: John Boyd Previews Scola’s Personal and Professional Turmoil in ‘Descent’

January 17, 2025 by  
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“Descent” – The suspected suicide of a former Assistant United States Attorney puts the team onto an airline whistleblower scandal. But when the investigation uncovers a sinister terrorist plot hacking the computer systems of airlines, they must race to stop planes falling out of the sky. Dealing with the memory of his brother, who was a victim of the 9/11, the case pushes Scola hard to prevent another catastrophe, on FBI, Tuesday, Jan. 28 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine and John Boyd as Special Agent Stuart Scola. Photo: Bennett Raglin/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

When FBI returns on Tuesday, January 28 with its winter premiere, “Descent,” the agents are tasked with a terrifying case: Terrorists have taken control of commercial flights and are threatening to crash the planes.

For Scola (John Boyd), this hits close to home after losing his brother, Doug, in the 9/11 attacks. “It’s a really interesting predicament for this character because we don’t have time to stop and feel about it—but we all know it’s in the ether of the case,” Boyd tells Give Me My Remote in the video below. “So we’re going, ‘I can’t believe this is what’s happening. Okay, we’ve just got to get through it.’ And, yeah, it’s a big one.” Read more