Warning: SPOILERS for FBI season 7, episode 22, "A New Day."
An old menace resurfaces at the end of FBI season 7, and their newest threat to the 26 Fed building may affect Jubal Valentine and Isobel Castille’s team in ways that continue to be felt in the following season. The FBI season 7 finale begins with Jubal meeting an informant at a secret off-base site, but the office is raided before Jubal can get all of the information he needs. As it turns out, the feds are part of a targeted anti-America attack, the effects of which will almost certainly be felt by FBI’s cast of characters in future episodes.
It's impossible to say at this point what FBI season 8 will truly look like, but Jubal actor Jeremy Sisto notes that the bureau can’t continue as is after the finale’s biggest reveal. After it’s learned that the FBI is once again dealing with the criminal organization known as Forefront, it’s also revealed that several of their members have infiltrated the bureau’s ranks. Speaking with Parade, Sisto notes how that reveal will have to force changes on the bureau in season 8:
“Yeah, to know that some people that were vetted, and they vet FBI agents a lot. To think that multiple of those people have turned out to be anti-government is probably going to be handled in the infrastructure. They vet pretty hard, they’re going to vet even harder after this. So listen, we’re going to reignite a trust in the organization, into the FBI, all the agents and analysts. There’s going to be something to address that from the top [down]. I’m not sure if Isobel makes it through this crisis. But I’m sure she and the ADIC, or whoever’s at the top, will figure out some way to figure out something. See how I did that?”
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But Sisto’s comments go beyond Isobel’s fate. Whether she survives or not, the next season of FBI will have to dive deeper into how she got this way. As of now, the most obvious answer is that Forefront infiltrated the FBI with so much success that they gained access to Isobel in the process, including the ability to drug her food or drink. As Sisto notes, the bureau’s next run of new characters will need to be vetted more than ever before. That alone could alter the series significantly, but there are other considerations to take into account.
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Source: Parade
