Nina ( Shantel VanSanten ) is usually ready for anything when it comes to a case. But for her father’s (John Finn) visit? Not so much. It’s a family affair for Nina in the October 29 episode of FBI: Most Wanted , with her dad Jackson and her sister Tink (Hannah Adrian) in town to see her and Scola ( FBI ‘s John Boyd ) and get to know their son.
Drama, of course, ensues. Below, VanSanten previews the family visit and shares an update on Nina and Scola’s relationship. How’s Nina’s dad and sister visiting going to go for Nina and for Nina and Scola as a couple? Shantel VanSanten: In this episode, we get to see Nina’s family visiting town, which is a rare thing for Nina as well, for her father at least.
We’ve spoken about how Nina’s sister has come in before and helped out with Dougie, and so I think that she’s a regular fixture in their life, but her father, not so much. He’s the kind of dad who, I want to see you so you better get your butt home and come see me. And the way that that’s kind of working in the relationship with Scola and what Nina needs from him in order to be able to function, do the job, handle the parents being in town, it’s a juggling act, and I think it’s a juggling act more emotionally than Nina was ready or prepared for.
It stirs up a lot of her past that ends up bubbling up to the surface in one of their interactions. What does Nina’s dad think of Scola? Dad has a very specific picture for what life should look like for his d.