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21-05-2025
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‘What In The World Are They Doing?' CBS' FBI Stars Hype The ‘Frightening' Season 7 Finale, And It's Been A Long Time Coming
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Season 7 of FBI is coming to an end in the 2025 TV schedule, and the season that started with one agent departing 26 Fed will end with 26 Fed possibly infiltrated by double agents. Called "A New Day," the finale's first preview had me concerned for Jubal and Isobel in particular, and comments from Jeremy Sisto and Alana De La Garza haven't allayed those concerns in the least! When I spoke with the FBI stars, they previewed what to expect from the last episode of the spring and why it's been a long time coming. According to CBS, the finale that airs on May 20 (and streams next day with a Paramount+ subscription) will kick off with Jubal narrowly escaping an attack on an FBI office that's supposed to be secret, leading to the discovery of the infiltration of the Bureau by a rogue terrorist group. Our heroes won't know who to trust within the NYC field office, and the promo even suggests that Jubal will be accused of betraying the FBI, while Isobel has strong words for... somebody, who hopefully isn't Jubal! So, how high are the stakes truly for "A New Day" as the final episode of FBI this spring? Well, I asked the stars that very question, and Jeremy Sisto shared: I feel like it's an idea we've been talking about since the beginning of the show. Because of the JOC being a sort of a character in the story, it's been an element of a lot of writers [who] have been like, 'We should do an episode where there's some bad guys inside the agency, and we don't know who they are.' And so I think there's probably been a lot of pitch meetings about ways to do that, and a lot of them were just too far this way or that way. They really pulled it off in a very believable way. While the idea for an episode with the bad guys coming onto the good guys' turf has apparently been circulating for some time, the Season 7 finale will finally deliver the storyline. It should be interesting to see if the core group of agents who usually trust each other without hesitation question the loyalties of any of the others. I can't see Maggie or OA having any doubts about the other, but the promo already suggests that Jubal could be in hot water. Sisto continued: It's obviously frightening that people within the agency could be swayed, but it also comes at a point where our fan base, they feel really connected to us. So the idea of realistically showing how this kind of organization could be brought down through nefarious means, I think, is something that's going to get people glued to their couches. "Glued to the couches" might be just what fans of the franchise need, in light of FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted's series finales airing right after FBI on Tuesday night. While we can't say just yet if a happy ending is on the way for the agents of the two cancelled shows, it certainly sounds like we're in for some excitement on the original series. (FBI is already renewed through Season 9.) Paramount Plus: from $7.99 a month/$79.99 a yearSubscribe to Paramount Plus to watch every episode of FBI so far. Opt for its Essential plan or go ad-free and get double the catalog with Showtime through the Premium plan from $12.99 a month. Alternatively, get 12 months for the price of 10 with its annual Deal As for Isobel, she looks somewhat worse for the wear in the earliest preview footage for the Season 7 finale. Alana De La Garza of course didn't spoil everything fans should expect from the big episode, but she did share a prediction for the kinds of questions viewers will be asking throughout the "journey." The former Law & Order actress previewed: They're going to be on the edge of their seat. This is unlike anything we have shot or I have read for the whole team... It's so exciting and there's so many twists and turns... I haven't even seen it. I know that we performed it and we read it, and it was like, 'What?! Have you guys read this?!' That was us coming to set every day, going, 'Oh my gosh, this is incredible.' So it's really, really fun. It was fun to be a part of, and I think it's going to be fun for the fans to go on that journey with us, and figure out: 'What in the world are they doing? Are they going to be okay?' Which is great. The wait is nearly over to check out the Season 7 finale of FBI, whether you watch live on CBS or stream via Paramount+. "A New Day" airs on May 20 in the hit drama's usual 8 p.m. ET CBS time slot, opening the very last FBI Tuesday with three full hours of the franchise. Check out the promo below: FBI returns in the fall for Season 8 with a new spot in CBS' TV lineup. Instead of its longtime 8 p.m. ET slot on Tuesdays, new episodes will air on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET ahead of CIA, the new spinoff starring Lucifer vet Tom Ellis. It remains to be seen if any FBI: International or FBI: Most Wanted characters will migrate over to the original series following their finales, but at least fans can count on FBI coming back.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
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FBI's Jubal Is In Serious Danger In CBS' Season Finale, But The Promo Has Me More Worried About A Totally Different Character
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Spoilers ahead for the penultimate episode of FBI Season 7, called "Devoted" and available streaming with a Paramount+ subscription, plus light spoilers for the upcoming finale. FBI revisited the past in "Devoted," with the return of Duke Ducoyle and the problems that "Calvin" caused for Isobel in particular, although she was spared the fate of the two IRS agents who were murdered in the second-to-last episode of the spring 2025 TV schedule. Based on CBS' episode description for the upcoming finale as well as most of the preview, Jubal seems to be the one in the most danger... but one clue has me more concerned about Isobel for the second episode in a row. The upcoming Season 7 finale of FBI is called "A New Day," and it won't have to double as a series finale thanks to the drama's triple renewal last year. (Both FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted will end with their upcoming spring finales.) Per the description from CBS, Jubal is going to have a close call early in the hour, and the danger will only increase from there. Take a look: After Jubal narrowly escapes a calculated assault on a secret FBI office, the team discovers a rogue terrorist group has infiltrated the FBI. Unsure of who to trust, the team must work in the shadows to unmask the culprits threatening the sanctity of the New York field office. Well, that certainly sounds like a case fit for a finale! I'm officially curious about this secret FBI office, and whether Jubal is working on a case out of that office or just visiting. The preview for the finale shows Jubal crashing through a glass door, so I have no trouble believing the "narrowly escapes" part of the episode description. The moment with Isobel struck me for a different reason. Check it out, in case you missed it: Isobel is sporting a pretty nasty cut on her face in that preview, and she didn't have that injury at the end of "Devoted." There's no sign that she was with Jubal at the secret FBI office, which suggests that there will be some kind of follow-up attack that successfully injuries the SAC. All this, not too long after FBI gave her a great excuse to quit! Another interesting moment comes at about the 8-second mark of the preview, which shows Jubal and a woman in an FBI jacket crashing through a glass door. I initially thought that it might be Jubal tackling Maggie to the ground to save her from something, since the woman in the FBI jacket has dark hair pulled back into a ponytail, but in light of the episode description, I'm inclined to think that this is a double agent with her gun drawn with the intent to use it on Jubal... and she just happens to be a brunette with a ponytail. For the full context of what's going down, fans will have to tune in to CBS on Tuesday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET for the FBI Season 7 finale, followed by FBI: International at 9 p.m. ET and FBI: Most Wanted at 10 p.m. ET. After CBS' decision to cancel International and Most Wanted, the original series will be paired with CIA, starring Lucifer vet Tom Ellis, on Monday nights in the CBS fall 2025-2026 lineup.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Spine-Tingling FBI Season 7 Finale Leaves [Spoiler]'s Life in Limbo
The following recap, by the very definition of the word 'recap,' contains spoilers from the Season 7 finale. FBI front man Zeeko Zaki had told us that the Season 7 finale was a 'very different' episode of the CBS procedural, and that it'd end with a 'cliffhanger' — and he told no lies. More from TVLine The Handmaid's Tale Kills Three Major Characters in Last Episode Before Series Finale - Read Recap Chicago Fire Boss Previews Severide's Pascal Doubts, Carver and Ritter's Goodbyes... and Future Returns? The Voice Recap: Did Season 27's Finale Just Set the Stage for an Underdog to Come Out on Top? 'A New Day' opened with Jubal (Jeremy Sisto) meeting with a whistleblower named Kevin (Big Bang Theory vet/upcoming spinoff star Kevin Sussman) at a secret FBI intake facility (that I'm 90% sure was used as a consulate in The Night Agent Season 2). Alas, before Kevin could say much more than Forefront (the terrorist group Jubal dealt with at midseason) was planning an attack on the FBI office, Forefront operatives stormed the building, guns a-blazing. The cold open left us thinking that Jubal had been shot dead as well, but after the credits we saw that he'd only been wounded, and now was darting down the street to find some bandaging. After ducking into a bodega, Jubal found himself face to face with an FBI agent claiming to offer help, but she turned out to be a Forefront mole — meaning, they have cunningly infiltrated the bureau. Jubal got into a struggle with this agent, and wound up shooting her dead. Afterwards, he was grilled back at the office by ADIC Reynolds (Ben Shenkman), who had to wonder if Jubal himself had been leveraged into joining Forefront. We in turn were led to suspect that Reynolds was actually the sus one. Ill-fated whistleblower Kevin left behind a USB drive that led Jubal's team to discover that any bureau cell phones issued in the past month were at risk of being rigged with an explosive. Soon enough, booms were heard within the building. Isobel (Alana de la Garza) was meeting with/confronting Reynolds when his phone blew up in their faces. Maggie (Missy Peregrym) arrived at Reynolds' office immediately after, then hid around a corner when Reynolds' boss, Keane (hey, it's Campbell Scott!), showed up with an FBI agent to survey the damage. Eavesdropping, Maggie confirmed that Keane is leading the Forefront operation there at their office! Both Reynolds and Castille were reported dead to JOC, but — after an agonizing few minutes where we too were asked to mourn Isobel — we saw that the latter in fact had survived. A bruised, bloodied Isobel revealed herself to the team in a defunct subway station meet-up location, after Keane ordered JOC to turn in their guns and badges and disband. With Maggie confirming Keane's complicity, it was decided that the JOC gang — Taylor, Lim and Moran included! — would arm themselves best they could and lie in wait. An alive Isobel in turn revealed herself to Keane, pretended to want in on Forefront, and snitched on JOC's whereabouts to prove her disloyalty. Keane dispatched agents to take out JOC at the subway station, but they got picked off one by one by OA (Zaki), Scola (John Boyd) et al. Afterwards, Isobel showed up at the JOC office with police to arrest Keane, having 1) secretly recorded their meeting from earlier, and 2) secured testimony from his lead henchman. Some time later, Jubal rallied and cheered the troops back inside HQ, then turned the floor over to Isobel to relay her own kudos. But early into her speech, Isobel began repeating herself, then scrambling her words. She then paused, clearly addled, and collapsed to the floor. Maggie raced to Isobel's side and found no pulse, beckoning the others to call 911…. Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Mrs. Maisel Flash-Forward List: All of Season 5's Futuristic Easter Eggs Yellowjackets Recap: The Morning After Yellowjackets Recap: The First Supper
The Guardian
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Heck, why don't we just come up with a book?': how Gene Hackman became an author
The Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his marine archaeologist friend Daniel Lenihan were chatting in a cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when they came up with the idea for their first book. The swashbuckling sea yarn, Wake of the Perdido Star, would be the first of five novels written by the celebrated actor, who was found dead on Wednesday. Hackman was introduced to Lenihan in preparation for filming 1993 legal thriller The Firm alongside Tom Cruise, as he needed to learn how to scuba dive. The pair would talk about writers they both enjoyed – Robert Louis Stevenson, Conrad, Melville, Hemingway – until one day, they thought, 'Heck, why don't we just come up with a book like we like to read?', Lenihan told the Guardian in 2000. It took the pair three years to put together Wake of the Perdido Star, which is set in the early 19th century and follows a young man, Jack O'Reilly, who becomes a pirate, 'Black Jack', after his parents are murdered. Two further collaborations followed: the 2004 courtroom drama, Justice for None, and Escape from Andersonville, published in 2008. One intriguing writing project that never came to fruition was a screenplay of The Silence of the Lambs. According to screenwriter Ted Tally, the rights to Thomas Harris' novel were originally snapped up by Orion Pictures with a view to giving Hackman his first outing as a writer and director (even possibly playing the lead role, Hannibal Lecter). But as he relates in the book Screenwriters' Masterclass, the studio quickly handed over writing duties to Tally, telling him that Hackman 'was up to page 30 of the screenplay and only on page 30 of the book, so that's not going to work out.' Jonathan Demme went on to direct with Anthony Hopkins giving an Oscar-winning performance as Lecter. Hackman formally retired from acting in 2004. Asked why he got into writing that same year, he said he could do it 'without 90 people standing around' waiting for him to perform. 'I feel it's creative. And I like the loneliness of it.' His first solo writing effort came in 2011 with Payback at Morning Peak, a dime store western which sees the teenage Jubal pursuing outlaws on horseback through New Mexico's gold mining towns. Jubal 'looked to the darkening skies of the west', Hackman writes in chapter 18. 'A flash of light in pewter-coloured clouds. Jubal raised his pistol. As the thunder clapped, he fired'. Hackman said that he drew on his time in the marines, which he joined aged 16, for the book. 'A lot of what I experienced as a young man I kind of exaggerated into what this young Jubal may have found himself doing.' For Hackman's final novel – Pursuit, published in 2013 – he pivoted from 19th-century western to police thriller. Writing is 'very relaxing for me,' he said in 2009. 'I don't picture myself as a great writer, but I really enjoy the process'. While critics weren't always kind, fans enjoyed Hackman's novels. 'I was totally awestruck by the writing talents of Gene Hackman', wrote one Goodreads reviewer of Payback at Morning Peak. 'He has always been one of my favourite actors, and now he is one of my favourite authors.'
