FBI Season 2 Review

 

The second season of CBS's FBI made additional adjustments that made the series even better. Here are my thoughts.

While I liked the first season of FBI, the second season got even better with the additional cast changes.

John Boyd joins the team as Agent Stuart Scola, who teams up with Kristen Chazal. Alana de la Garza, as SAC Isobel Castille, is also added to the series after being part of the backdoor pilot for FBI Most Wanted.

The addition of Boyd and Garza changed the series' tone and brought some outstanding storylines from "Little Egypt," which showed how Garza's character put her stamp on how she runs things with the team.

"Ties That Bind" and "Fallout" were excellent non-two-part episodes that dealt with how Boyd's character didn't critique his partner's work enough, which soon led to her getting stabbed in the field while taking down a wanted suspect.

Once again, Missy Peregrym and Zeeko Zaki are some of the best new television partnerships. I still see this partnership as the Stabler and Benson on this series.

Jeremy Sisto steals the series for me as Jubal Valentine, the assistant special agent in charge. Jubal knows how to catch bad guys, and the way he talks with the analysis team is just excellent.

The series had some incredible episodes from "Legacy," "Safe Room," and "Outsider." One of my favorites in the second season was "Codename: Ferdinand," which kept me on the edge of my seat with suspense.

While I thought "Studio Gangster" and "Payback" were good, the character development in the episodes was lacking.

Plus, the season got two crossovers with FBI Most Wanted that dealt with the hijacking of 26 elementary students kidnapped by a white supremacist. At the same time, FBI fugitive Taskforce Jess LaCroix's daughter is taken during an ICE raid. The episodes were as perfect in story and character development as they could have gotten.

The one crossover I wouldn't think happened is the FBI-Chicago PD crossover, as Detective Hailey Upton joins the FBI New York team as part of a training program. This was after Voight sent her over due to her decision-making in Season 7 of Chicago PD. I wanted more.

Watching Tracy Spiridakos teaming up with Zaki was so damn good as they playoff with the jokes (Chicago pizza vs. New York pizza) and the bonding. I will go out on a limb and say we could be looking at a two-network, three-night, six-show crossover. And that is something that I really, really want to see.

Overall, the second season of The FBI improved on the first season in terms of character development and stories. I really love this ensemble cast. I don't know about you, but after watching all 19 episodes of season two, I'm looking forward to seeing what Season three has in store for us. I give this second season a 9/10.

What did you think of the second season of FBI? Are you looking forward to season three? Leave your comment below and tell us your thoughts.

You can catch the FBI returning this fall on CBS.