# FBI season 3

The third season of FBI premiered on CBS on November 17, 2020, and concluded on May 25, 2021. A total of 15 episodes were produced.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Missy Peregrym as Maggie Bell, FBI Special Agent.
* Zeeko Zaki as Omar Adom "OA" Zidan, FBI Special Agent and Maggie's partner, West Point graduate, and a retired Army Ranger.
* John Boyd as Stuart Scola, FBI Special Agent and Kristen's, and later, Tiffany's field partner. He was a stock broker prior to joining the FBI.
* Katherine Renee Kane as Tiffany Wallace, FBI Special Agent and a former NYPD officer and White Collar Division agent. She is Kristen's replacement.
* Alana de la Garza as Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) Isobel Castille, Mosier's replacement as the team's supervisor.
* Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC), who runs the office's fusion center.

### Recurring

* James Chen as Ian Lim, an FBI Technical Analyst.
* Thomas Phillip O'Neil as Dr. Neil Mosbach, an FBI Medical Examiner.
* Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran, an FBI Analyst.
* Roshawn Franklin as Trevor Hobbs, an FBI Special Agent and an Intelligence Analyst.
* Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, an FBI Intelligence Analyst.
* Josh Segarra as Nestor Vertiz, an FBI Supervisory Special Agent.
* Kathleen Munroe as Rina Trenholm, FBI's Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office.

### Guest

* David Zayas as Antonio Vargas, the most notorious drug lord in the world and leader of the Durango Drug Cartel.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 42 | 1 | "Never Trust a Stranger" | Alex Chapple | Rick Eid | November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) | FBI301 | 8.21 |
| The team welcomes newcomer Tiffany Wallace, who is partnered with Scola. Maggie returns from her undercover assignment, just as the team investigates the shooting of employees at a media house. They trace the perpetrators to stem from a group of freedom fighters. The case becomes more complicated when O. A.'s informant, Zayne Wells, is revealed to have been the driver for the shooters. Zayne flees when O. A. and Maggie attempt to meet him, taking seven people hostage. They track a second assailant, who Wallace manages to stop before he enters the target location. O. A. goes in and manages to talk Zayne into surrendering. Later, Maggie prepares to leave to attend a ceremony where she'll be rewarded for her work in the undercover operation that saw many people being arrested and reveals to OA that she befriended a woman during the operation but was later forced to shoot her when the woman attempted to attack. This episode is the debut appearance of Katherine Renee Kane (Tiffany Wallace) ||||||||
| 43 | 2 | "Unreasonable Doubt" | Jean de Segonzac | Tom Szentgyorgyi | November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) | FBI302 | 8.39 |
| The discovery of three murdered women in a lake in Westchester County, makes Jubal revisit an old case he investigated eight years earlier where Cory McMay was convicted for allegedly murdering a woman in a similar way. Bell and Zidan are handed the old case, but do not discover anything new. Castille and a former colleague of Jubal, Rina Trenholm, question his intentions with revisiting the case. As another victim is discovered, Jubal decides to prove McMay's innocence. The team discovers that McMay's DNA was found on the recent victim, although he has been in prison the last eight years. They discover that Peter Deleon, whose car was allegedly stolen by the killer, received a bone transplant from McMay to treat his leukaemia when he was a boy, resulting in McMay's DNA being a part of his body. With Deleon arrested, Jubal initiates the process to have McMay released from prison. Jubal later meets Rina at a bar, informing her the night they broke up, he got so drunk he blacked, waking up the next morning in his driveway, unable to remember how he ended up there or what happened. He also learnt his car had a huge dent in it and blood, leading him to conclude he must have hit an animal with the incident prompting Jubal to begin attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and get sober. ||||||||
| 44 | 3 | "Liar's Poker" | Alex Chapple | Joe Halpin | December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) | FBI303 | 6.71 |
| Upon arriving in New York, drug cartel leader Antonio Vargas' driver kills an NYPD officer while on a traffic stop. The FBI are called in to apprehend Vargas, but an explosion in one of his warehouses wounds several SWAT members. During interrogation, Vargas reveals he warned SWAT members of explosives, but was not believed. Agent Elise Taylor is kidnapped and sent to the FBI's New York office with a bomb around her neck. Vargas's men demand his release or the bomb will detonate, prompting Isobel to order the office to be evacuated with Jubal, Ian Lin and Kelly Moran staying behind to further investigate the case. Despite her and Assistant Director Reynolds's best efforts, Castille reluctantly decides to let Vargas go in exchange for the bomb's code, risking her job in the process. The bomb reaches six seconds before the timer stops and Elise is released. At a press conference, Castille vows to bring Vargas to justice. ||||||||
| 45 | 4 | "Crazy Love" | Jean de Segonzac | Rick Eid & Tamara Jaron | January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24) | FBI304 | 8.99 |
| A shooting at a quinceañera leaves a 15-year-old girl and her mother dead in what seems to be a racially motived crime. However, as the FBI digs deeper, they uncover that a waiter, Gabriel Ochela, was the intended target by the Latin Players Queens leader Jose Martinez. Ochela was targeted after Martinez that his girlfriend Valentina, was seeing him. Ochela is lured to a meeting place to supposedly meet Valentina, but is ambushed and killed by Martinez. The FBI brings in his girlfriend and make her an informant to get closer to Martinez. However, Nestor Vertiz's RICO investigation into Martinez forces Castille to put their investigation on hold for five days. As Valentina's situation gets more dangerous, Vertiz allows Maggie's team to move in to secure Valentina and apprehend Martinez. ||||||||
| 46 | 5 | "Clean Slate" | Rose Troche | Claire Demorest | January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26) | FBI305 | 8.27 |
| Five-year-old Grace Harris is kidnapped from her parents' cabin while they're out by a campfire with friends. A man in the area, Don Kirkpatrick, reveals to the FBI he saw someone forcibly drag Grace from the scene. Suspicions turn to Grace's father, Ben, who is revealed to have changed his legal name after having been arrested for murdering ten-year-old Lucy Parkin when he was twelve. They conclude that her brother, Ray, is out to seek revenge. Maggie and O. A. stop Ben after he tries to escape to pay a ransom for his daughter. His wife, Rhonda, takes matters into her own hands and tries to negotiate with Parkin, but he is shot once the FBI arrive on scene. They track Grace to a motel, and eventually find her in the trunk of Parkin's roommate's car. ||||||||
| 47 | 6 | "Uncovered" | Alex Chapple | Kristy Lowrey | February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09) | FBI306 | 7.72 |
| Armored robbers steal a small ammonia tank from a harbor, leaving two toll officers dead and one severely injured, who manages to injure one of the perpetrators. The FBI identify the injured perpetrator as Damon Marshall, and manage to corner him at his mother's house before he is shot by Maggie and falls to his death. They track the second perpetrator, who through undercover work with the gang unit, manage to identify him as Clint Helms. Helms refuses to cooperate, while Scola and Wallace capture another man at an abandoned warehouse. They also uncover that the gang is not making meth, but a bomb. The third perpetrator, Ronny Wilkinson, plans to bomb a federal building. Vertiz brings him to O. A. and Maggie who try to defuse the bomb. Though reluctant, Wilkinson eventually gives up the deactivation switch's location within the car. Maggie decides against moving in with Vertiz after he presents her with a new apartment. ||||||||
| 48 | 7 | "Discord" | Carlos Bernard | Andy Callahan | March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02) | FBI307 | 7.36 |
| Congressman Logan Reed is shot and killed at his home after a brick is thrown through his window. The FBI quickly link activist Damian Thomas to Reed, whom he disliked, but he has an alibi for the time of the murder. Thomas provides them with intel regarding the murder of Marcus Ervin, who was murdered in a similar way. They conclude Reed and Ervin were killed by the same person. Wallace clashes with Thomas' daughter over her stance with the black community. The team tracks down Cody McGowan who beat Ervin as revenge for his brother's imprisonment. A vigil is held for Damian Thomas after he is also murdered by the assailant. McGowan reveals his car and gun were taken by someone else, and the team deduces said person is his mother, Janine. Scola and Wallace arrest her at the vigil before she can shoot Thomas's daughter. ||||||||
| 49 | 8 | "Walk the Line" | Mykelti Williamson | Rick Eid | March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) | FBI308 | 7.66 |
| A car bomb detonates in a street after another car with a loudspeaker causes a distraction a block away. After some initial investigation, the FBI narrows in on a suspect pool of a Middle Eastern restaurant owner, Hassan Ali, and his associates. Rina Trenholm steps-in to assist, calling on an informant of hers, Vega Assad, to help but he surprisingly refuses. They convince him otherwise in exchange for full citizenship, but he again backs down. O. A. struggles to satisfy the bureau and protect Vega simultaneously. Via Ali's restaurant security footage, they discover the real suspect, Philip Stafford, whose business was filed for bankruptcy. They corner him after he narrows down his sister-in-law as his next target. Stafford resists, and is shot by Scola. Castille and Trenholm confront O. A. about the Vega operation, and he is sent to arrest him prior to subsequent deportation. ||||||||
| 50 | 9 | "Leverage" | John Polson | Erica Meredith | March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) | FBI309 | 8.07 |
| Political journalist Addie Ricard is kidnapped while on the way home. The FBI learns from a former cop turned private investigator that she was involved with political higher-ups, having had a discussion with Senator Walter Hoffman's chief of staff, Ethan Shaw. Shaw reveals he tried to sort of the message to the press about Hoffman's relationship with Ricard. The FBI identify Ricard's kidnapper as Viktor Branislav, the nephew of property developer Sergei Ivanovic. Shaw learns from Senator Hoffman that Ricard was kidnapped in retaliation for his inability to take action in a property of interest development process. The senator plans to give Ivanovic a ransom, which the FBI follows. Branislav tries to escape, but is killed, while Ivanovic and Senator Hoffman are arrested. Ricard is found alive in Branislav's car. ||||||||
| 51 | 10 | "Checks and Balances" | Stephen Surjik | Tamara Jaron & Claire Demorest | April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06) | FBI310 | 8.07 |
| Howard Kirkland, a security officer who notably patrolled the 26 Fed, is shot and killed in a bank robbery. The FBI is assisted by the NYPD, and track down the original robbers. One of them, Justin Maynard, gives them an alibi for him in his partner, thereby making the actual robbers copycats. Scola and Wallace collide on the issue of having her former superior, Frank Dixon, and his partner Roger Palmer, involved in the investigation. The tension between the two only increases when evidence suggests that Palmer was involved. Another detective, Kyle Webb, is also revealed to be involved, but is killed before he can answer further questions. Dixon reveals to Wallace and Scola that he filed a witness report for him and Palmer to give the latter an alibi, having essentially obstructed the investigation. Palmer is arrested, and Scola decides to not pursue an obstruction charge against Dixon. ||||||||
| 52 | 11 | "Brother's Keeper" | Alex Chapple | Tom Szentgyorgyi | April 27, 2021 (2021-04-27) | FBI311 | 7.57 |
| ATF group supervisor Henry Lasher, is injured when a package bomb detonates in his home, killing his husband Russel Griffin in the process. The FBI connect the bombing with Mark Frazier, who becomes a person of interest. Frazier reveals that a rant blog post the FBI has discovered was posted by his brother, Richard, who is mentally unstable. When he is later asked to come in for further questioning, Mark escapes and buys cigarettes for his brother and to meet him in Times Square. However, they arrest him and Richard escapes. Frazier reveals his brother is targeting anyone or anything related to an artificial intelligence program, Aurora, because he fears machines are taking over from humans. The FBI corner him at the program's lab, and Richard escapes into a restaurant, holding his last stand. Maggie manages to talk Richard into surrendering. Maggie also deals with the recent arrival of her sister, Erin, in New York, where she is studying. However, she grows skeptical and suspects she is on drugs again, which proves her right when she discovers pills in her dorm. She promises her to be by her side when she reenters rehab. ||||||||
| 53 | 12 | "Fathers and Sons" | Stephen Surjik | Rick Eid & Joe Halpin | May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04) | FBI312 | 8.08 |
| Dr. Nicole Wright an anasthesiologist, is abducted near the hospital where she works, and the FBI, along with the NYPD, soon discover that another doctor, Lucas Caldwell, was also abducted from his home by the same person. The kidnapper is later revealed to be a former Mexican soldier, Octavio Diaz, who kidnapped the doctors to perform kidney surgery on his twelve-year-old son, Tony. As the FBI stake out the property, Diaz spots the snipers and opens fire. He wants another doctor to assist Wright after Caldwell is shot. Jubal goes in undercover as a doctor after disagreements with Castille. Though hesitant, he is forced to pull aside for the snipers to get a shot on Diaz. Caldwell and Tony are rushed to the hospital. Jubal learns from his ex-wife, Samantha, that his son, Tyler, has been feeling sick, which is later revealed to be caused by leukaemia. The doctors say it's curable, given it was discovered at an early stage. ||||||||
| 54 | 13 | "Short Squeeze" | Joanna Kerns | Rick Eid & Joe Halpin | May 11, 2021 (2021-05-11) | FBI313 | 7.69 |
| Wall Street CEO of ‘Regular Joe’, Tim Davis, is murdered outside the SEC while talking to protesters. Protester Paul Winters' recording of the shooting, points the FBI in the direction of Elliot Plank, who they apprehend shortly after searching his home. Scola confronts ‘Kix’ CEO Nathan Gold, who was present at the protest against Davis' company, putting his job on the line. Scola is knocked out by a new assailant and Gold is kidnapped. The new assailant's motives are revealed to be against Kix, alleging them to be fraudulent. Wallace and Scola question another company CEO, Gunner Crenshaw, who reveals one of his employees, Nick Wilkes, had an interest in Kix. The FBI deduce Wilkes kidnapped Gold, holding him hostage at a silo. Wilkes demands Kix's chief scientific officer admit the company is fraudulent, but she refuses, citing the company's reputation. Instead, Castille goes in guised as her, and shortly after giving a false confession of fraud, Wilkes is arrested. ||||||||
| 55 | 14 | "Trigger Effect" | Monica Raymund | Andy Callahan & Tamara Jaron & Kristy Lowrey | May 18, 2021 (2021-05-18) | FBI314 | 7.59 |
| A shooting in a local restaurant in Morningside Heights leave several people dead or multiply injured. The FBI discovers that the target was lawyer Frank Olsen, who recently fired a lawyer, Neil Jacobs, who ended up suing his firm for wrongful firing. Jacobs however proves to have an alibi despite having a record of harassing Olsen. Their focus turn to Fraudster, a company whose aim is to reveal people's darker secrets, after the assailant kidnaps its chief, Maria Muños. They track her location to her home, only to find her dead. The FBI learns that Olsen's firm partner, Bob Avery, was fired after alleged pictures of him being published, implying him to be a pedophile. Avery targets Jacobs, but he survives with minor injuries. The FBI corner Avery at his son's school, where he takes a girl hostage, and his son, Josh, refuses to talk to him. Bell manages to tackle Avery before he can commit suicide. Bell convinces Elise to seek council after she expresses suffering from trauma from her bomb incident. ||||||||
| 56 | 15 | "Straight Flush" | Alex Chapple | Teleplay by : Rick Eid & Joe Halpin Story by : Claire Demorest & Heather Michaels | May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25) | FBI315 | 7.08 |
| Castille and the New York office are forced to return their focus to Durango drug leader Antonio Vargas after his biological son, Felix Serrano, is killed in a trendy hotel along with four other wealthy men. Castille's team arrests Miguel Rojas for the murders, who is revealed to be a Durango lieutenant going against Vargas. They have him wear a wire upon Vargas's return, but he shoots him before he is arrested. Rita Trenholm is made acting assistant director, and causes friction with Castille and Jubal over relaying ongoing information. Castille dispatches Bell and Zidan to Mexico to use Vargas's wife and younger son as leverage against him. Vargas reveals that three bombs have been planted in Grand Central Station. Bell sneaks into Vargas' house and films his wife and younger son, which Castille uses against Vargas, forcing him to give up the code for the bombs, and he is subsequently arrested. Trenholm is offered the assistant director position permanently, which she accepts, while also entering a relationship with Jubal. ||||||||

## Production

On May 6, 2020, CBS announced that FBI was renewed for a third season.
On August 28, 2020, Katherine Renee Turner was cast as a series regular for the third season.

## Release

The season premiered on November 17, 2020.

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of FBI season 3 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Never Trust a Stranger" | November 17, 2020 | 0.9 | 8.21 | 0.4 | 3.38 | 1.3 | 11.62 |
| 2 | "Unreasonable Doubt" | November 24, 2020 | 0.9 | 8.39 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | "Liar's Poker" | December 8, 2020 | 0.6 | 6.71 | 0.4 | 3.02 | 1.1 | 9.72 |
| 4 | "Crazy Love" | January 24, 2021 | 2.0 | 8.99 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | "Clean Slate" | January 26, 2021 | 0.8 | 8.27 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | "Uncovered" | February 9, 2021 | 0.8 | 7.72 | 0.5 | 3.43 | 1.3 | 11.16 |
| 7 | "Discord" | March 2, 2021 | 0.7 | 7.36 | 0.4 | 3.41 | 1.1 | 10.78 |
| 8 | "Walk the Line" | March 9, 2021 | 0.7 | 7.66 | 0.5 | 3.46 | 1.2 | 11.12 |
| 9 | "Leverage" | March 16, 2021 | 0.8 | 8.07 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | "Checks and Balances" | April 6, 2021 | 0.8 | 8.07 | 0.5 | 3.11 | 1.2 | 11.19 |
| 11 | "Brother's Keeper" | April 27, 2021 | 0.7 | 7.57 | 0.4 | 2.50 | 1.1 | 10.07 |
| 12 | "Fathers and Sons" | May 4, 2021 | 0.8 | 8.08 | 0.4 | 3.11 | 1.2 | 11.17 |
| 13 | "Short Squeeze" | May 11, 2021 | 0.7 | 7.69 | 0.5 | 3.24 | 1.2 | 10.94 |
| 14 | "Trigger Effect" | May 18, 2021 | 0.7 | 7.59 | 0.4 | 3.07 | 1.1 | 10.67 |
| 15 | "Straight Flush" | May 25, 2021 | 0.6 | 7.08 | 0.4 | 3.17 | 1.1 | 10.25 |