Peter Connelly

Agent Peter Connelly is a member of the FBI.

FBI service
In 2015, Peter was stationed in Jerusalem on a mission to track down Yussef Khalid, a Palestinian American believed to have murdered the son of a senator on American soil. As Peter closed in on the suspect, he ran into Detective Golan Cohen of the Israeli Police, who was also after Khalid, but for a local robbery. This wasn’t the first time these two had stepped on each other’s jurisdictional toes. After a pursuit through East Jerusalem, Detective Cohen apprehended Khalid. Peter, however, came upon a young redheaded woman—it was like he was seeing a ghost. But she disappeared before he could figure out if she was real.

Later that evening, outside of a café in the Old City, Peter found the striking redheaded young woman, an archaeology fellow from UPenn who had been working on a dig in the tunnels beneath the city led by a famous British archaeologist, Ian Margrove. She lead him through a secret door down to the site of her dig, and they decided to take swim in an underground natural pool. The midnight romance came to an abrupt end when they heard religious chanting and the cries of a baby lamb. They snuck back out of the tunnel, and she slipped a small stone into Peter’s pants pocket.

The next morning, Peter found Detective Cohen in Lynn’s office. Cohen reported that they found the body of a young woman named Emma Wilson with multiple stab wounds to the torso and neck. The only lead they had was security camera footage of her walking with a man, but his face was blurry. Peter saw that it was him and the redheaded girl and confided with Lynn that he wanted in on the case, but Lynn had reservations.

Peter was then tasked with making sure Khalid’s extradition handoff went smoothly and that Khalid was safely delivered to US soil. While taking a detour to avoid traffic, Peter’s vehicle was hit by another car—clearly, a planned ambush to allow Khalid to escape. Peter gave chase but lost Khalid, though he realized that he had wound up in front of Emma’s apartment building. He went inside and discovered that her apartment had been ransacked. Khalid was there with a gun and told Peter to empty his pockets. Peter was surprised to find the precious stone Emma gave him, which Khalid grabbed and took off.

When Peter was back his hotel room, he found a drawing of the same stone in Emma’s diary. Suddenly, he heard police cars pulling up outside of the hotel. He hid the diary just as there was banging on his door.

Behind the Scenes
Peter Connelly was portrayed by Jason Isaacs in Season 1 of Dig.

Description
"Peter is a dedicated, headstrong FBI agent and Quantico-trained criminologist. After a heart-wrenching death in Peter’s family led to a rift between him and his wife, Peter requested a reassignment that took him from Washington to Jerusalem. That was six months ago, and he’s still living in a hotel. Peter is about results, and that usually means following his gut rather than doing things by the book. But after a serious misstep in a previous case, Peter’s got a chip on his shoulder and to prove he still has what it takes he’ll have to cooperate with his current superior, and sometimes lover, Lynn Monahan. Peter better learn to play nice, because with a family life in shambles, and with the agency looking for any excuse to fire him, Lynn may be the only ally he’s got. Peter has thrown everything into his work, but if he’s not careful, he could lose that, too."

- Official description