Spoilers forward for Episode 12 of FBI Season 7, known as “Manhunt” and set to be obtainable streaming with a Paramount+ subscription.
The FBI workforce was on the case of against the law worthy of Legislation & Order: SVU elsewhere within the Dick Wolf TV universe, with the clock ticking on saving a younger lady and busting a intercourse trafficking ring. OA was nowhere to be seen this week, with Maggie partnered up with Scola after his current breakthrough. She additionally made an sudden connection in “Manhunt,” and I did not belief it in any respect for almost all of the episode.
In reality, it wasn’t till the final scene that I accepted that FBI wasn’t about to tug and bait and change to disclose the newcomer as a villain. Joel the 911 operator may very well be what Maggie wants at this level in Season 7… so long as I am flawed about not trusting him.
Joel, performed by Invoice Barrett, did not truly seem on display till the very finish of the episode. He was only a voice on the road to Maggie as he helped join a younger sufferer to 26 Fed in order that they may try to save her earlier than the worst may occur. It was an intense case, and I used to be half satisfied that Joel was faking his compassion and utilizing the open line to assemble data and assist the traffickers keep one step forward of the feds.
Even on the very finish, when Joel arrived within the hospital to examine in on the sufferer they’d managed to rescue on the final minute, I believed that he may need arrived for the aim of silencing her. Maggie has taken hit after hit this season, and giving up custody of Ella was devastating, so I simply could not be assured that one thing good was going to occur for her.
However Joel seemingly actually was simply there to examine in on the sufferer, and he was charming sufficient that his supply to purchase Maggie some hospital espresso got here throughout as very candy. Assuming that he actually is without doubt one of the good guys and never pulling a protracted con of some kind, I feel he may very well be nice for Maggie as Season 7 continues. Is it time for a brand new love curiosity?
In any case, giving up on her try to be each a mother to Ella and a discipline FBI agent was a giant loss for her at residence, even when it was for the very best for the younger lady. And certain, an earlier episode dropped a touch that Maggie and Erin are spending time collectively once more as sisters, however her strongest bond on the present has at all times been with OA.
And the OA/Maggie bond is considered one of my favorites on TV, however OA additionally has Gemma as anyone he can speak to exterior of the job. Scola’s private life associate can also be an FBI agent, however Nina works for one more workforce (with Shantel VanSanten an everyday on a distinct present). Tiff is gone after a candy remaining scene with Maggie, and each Jubal and Isobel are superior officers and due to this fact probably not friends to Maggie.
It simply appears to me that Maggie may use anyone to speak to who is not a boss or a fellow discipline agent concerned in the identical robust instances that she is. May Joel be to Maggie what Gemma is to OA? We will solely speculate after he appeared in a grand whole of 1 episode with no assure that he’ll be again, however I will try to belief the character and hope for the very best for Maggie to make a reference to him. She deserves a win in her private life.
See if Joel returns with new episodes of FBI on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, forward of FBI: Worldwide at 9 p.m. ET and FBI: Most Wished at 10 p.m. ET. Of the three reveals, FBI is the one one which has been renewed past the 2024-2025 TV schedule, so followers can not less than depend of extra of the unique present for the foreseeable future.