Followers of CBS’ Dick Wolf TV exhibits knew going into the finales that they’d be the last-ever episodes of FBI: Most Wished and FBI: Worldwide, however who would have guessed that FBI would finish on a life-or-death cliffhanger for one of many foremost characters? Not precisely a present recognized for serialized storylines or season-ending cliffhangers earlier than the 2025 TV schedule, the Season 7 finale appeared prefer it was about to finish with the great guys successful, the unhealthy guys shedding, and followers feeling fairly okay heading into hiatus. As an alternative, Isobel’s life is on the road!
Alana De La Garza and Jeremy Sisto did not spoil to CinemaBlend what occurs subsequent, however they proved to be a really enjoyable duo when paired up for interviews even after previewing a “scary” finale. Whereas dodging any spoilers, the 2 FBI stars got here up with some wild spinoff pitches and enjoyable alternate explanations for why Isobel collapsed with no pulse on the finish of the Season 7 finale. Once I spoke with the actors, I needed to ask the apparent query: will De La Garza seem in Season 8? The Regulation & Order alum teased:
Look, you by no means know. It’s a must to watch! It’s a must to watch Season 8 to see if I am alive. Does she make it? How does she make it? Is there really a name? Is she a zombie?… Zombie Apocalypse: FBI. She simply comes again [like that].
Hey, if any TV universe may pull off a procedural about zombies, I might wager that one within the FBI/One Chicago/Regulation & Order Dick Wolf world would have a combating likelihood. Jeremy Sisto wasn’t offered on the thought of Zombie Apocalypse: FBI, although, and the actors went backwards and forwards on a possible supernatural spinoff:
- Jeremy Sisto: “I do not suppose that is a good suggestion. That may be leaping the shark for positive.”
- Alana De La Garza: “We’ll ask Dick [Wolf].”
- Jeremy Sisto: “Has Dick ever carried out a vampire [show]? I don’t suppose he has. A zombie factor?”
- Alana De La Garza: “I don’t suppose so. Blood and gore, however not that sort.”
Dick Wolf’s present slate of shared universe TV exhibits through the Wolf Leisure manufacturing firm consists of Regulation & Order, Regulation & Order: SVU, Regulation & Order: Organized Crime, Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and naturally FBI. (CIA will be a part of on CBS within the fall to a sure extent.) They’re all completely different sufficient exhibits, however one factor all of them have in widespread? No zombies or vampires.
Jeremy Sisto went on to handle what it will imply to lose Isobel, so quickly after she decided with no regrets. With the Season 7 finale at present obtainable streaming with a Paramount+ subscription, the previous Clueless star mentioned:
I imply, it is enormous. Clearly, simply the thought of shedding Isobel… All of us had been like, ‘What is going on on?’ So regardless of the followers are feeling, now we have additionally felt, though maybe we all know the outcomes, however we do not know. We can’t say.
Regardless of the laughs between the celebs, no person was smiling when the ultimate credit rolled on the finale. After Maggie and Jubal seen Isobel stumbling over her phrases, the ASAC immediately collapsed to the ground with out a pulse. Evidently head wound that had me anxious within the promo was extra critical than it appeared!
In a contact that I notably beloved, Jubal saved calling her “ma’am” when one thing simply appeared a bit off, however converted to “Isobel!” as soon as she collapsed. Having seen that tragic ending, I acquired a kick out of De La Garza and Sisto persevering with to spin sillier choices for what the longer term holds. They instructed me:
- Alana De La Garza: “We can’t reveal.”
- Jeremy Sisto: “That is the thought of it. Both I am extraordinarily saddened proper now as a result of she’s not coming again, and I am hiding that from you.”
- Alana De La Garza: “He is an effective actor!”
- Jeremy Sisto: “Or she is coming again and you will simply have to attend and see. I am hiding that too. That is what we’re alleged to be doing right here. I am taking part in the center.”
However what about Maggie asserting to the assembled brokers that Isobel did not have a pulse, simply after they scored such an enormous victory in opposition to the villains who had infiltrated the Bureau? That is the largest cliffhanger left after the credit rolled on Season 7, and that left me very pleased that FBI scored an early renewal for Season 8. Nicely, the celebs pitched an evidence for the absent pulse:
- Jeremy Sisto: “She would not have a pulse. I checked once more, nonetheless no pulse. Perhaps she simply would not have a pulse. That is the opposite factor. They minimize out the half the place I used to be like, ‘Maggie, it is high-quality. She simply would not have a pulse.’”
- Alana De La Garza: “‘Simply depart her there. It is high-quality.'”
Will FBI choose up within the speedy aftermath of the cliffhanger within the fall, to point out precisely what occurred to Isobel after her collapse? Or will Season 8 choose up in actual time, with months handed in-universe since Isobel ended the spring with out a pulse? Season 7 began final yr with the exit of a collection common following a time soar, though Katherine Renee Kane’s Tiff Wallace acquired to stroll out alive and properly. What about Isobel?
We are able to solely speculate for now, however at the least Paramount+ has the complete run of the collection to date to supply for summer time hiatus rewatching.