Also on Monday, January 24, 2022, Wolf Entertainment and CBS announced the replacement for Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix would be Dylan McDermott in the lead role as Supervisory Special Agent, but the name of McDermott's new character was not disclosed. McDermott is moving from another Wolf Entertainment franchise, Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021), where he portrays organized crime boss Richard Wheatley. Wolf and CBS also did not disclose whether McDermott's new character would be introduced during the same episode where McMahon bows out, or whether McDermott's character would be introduced during a subsequent episode.
After the actor announced on Saturday, January 22, 2022 that he would be leaving the show after three seasons, CBS confirmed on Monday, January 24 that this March 8, 2022 broadcast would be the final episode with Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix.