Angela Bassett’s Erika Sloane is finally returning in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and her appearance in the eighth film’s teaser trailer finally explains her absence from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The introduction of Angela Bassett’s Erika Sloane was one of the biggest moments in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, with the movie setting her up to be a major player in the future of the franchise. Despite this, Sloane was completely absent from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, something that the teaser for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is already addressing.