User Reviews

For a first episode of the season I was bothered by the fact that the agents were off their game over and over again.

The first perpetrator- the bomber escapes because they didn't properly clear the building and then he took a hostage when they couldn't contain him - and they were forced to kill him.

The second suspect kills an FBI Agent in a surveilled location and also escaped. After which they interview someone who turns out to be his accomplice and release her before checking her background.

Later the office based agents who are definitely having a better day locate the perpetrator again. But he again escapes and activates a timer based explosive. Once again he is chased into a building - takes hostages and surprisingly escapes once more - into another room with more hostages.

In the meantime the FBI bomb expert begins his work on the bomb with over 3 minutes on the timer. Don't ask why the bomb has digital countdown.

Agent Zidan calls for everyone to clear the area - and barricades magically appear less than 20 feet away with lots of onlookers. Then he says if the bomb cannot be defused then they need to evacuate the area - and the bomb expert says its too late for that - what?. Short time later after bomb expert said it was too late to evacuate timer there is still over 2 minutes and plenty of onlookers who are still less than 20 feet away. Later the timer is down to 8 seconds and bomb expert clips the blue wire, yay?

Back to the suspect - office agents stream video of suspect to field agents outside the door - it shows suspect and hostages. But then the agents discuss a plan and all take their eyes of the tablet showing suspect and hostages - and when they look again at the tablet which is still in Maggie's hand - the suspect has disappeared - WHAT?.

The FBI enter the room and suddenly the suspect escapes out another door of the building which apparently was also not cordoned off? Agent Wallace pursues alone - bringing into question where everybody else is now. Agent Wallace is clipped by a van and the suspect disappears on the non- barricaded streets.

Hopefully they will be more successful next time around and stop him.

I like the show and the characters - but that was a bit disappointing.

Terrorists from Africa blow up a bus full of people. The FBI pretends it is probably some white guy from a local church group and goes in all the wrong directions, with Scola taking the lead as official apologist for the Anglos and non-minorities.

After Scola gets benched for being too much of a wimp, the team goes undercover at the local Ethiopian restaurant and a detective gets killed as soon as he orders lunch. Like usual, when the terrorist shoots at the FBI, they all tell him to give up.

Zeeko makes a lot of remarks about how everyone from his part of the world is a librarian or comic book collector, not a villain. Like usual, the FBI is five steps behind the curve. The restaurant owner that they trusted turns out to be one of the terrorists. Missy tells everyone to be sensitive not to profile the terrorists, and Sisto urges caution in jumping to conclusions.

It goes downhill from there, as Wallace tries once again to emote compassion, sympathy, or sadness and cannot get there. The bad guy gets away when Wallace runs in front of a van and gets clipped. He actually looks back at her and laughs.

Everyone at the FBI office gets to hear career failure Sisto shout that they are doing something good, but nobody is sure what. The computer guy cries when Hobbs dies. Later in the garage they all gather for an impromptu memorial to emote about how Hobbs was an inspiration to them. Are they are afraid to go to a proper restuarant since they know the terrorist / bomber is still out there? Wallace tries to cry again, and manages to grimace.

I always have high hopes for this show and it constantly lets me down. These agents are supposed to be highly trained specialists. They run around like headless chickens.

They go to an address to apprehend a bombing suspect, enter the premises without securing all the exits. Allowing the suspect to escape.

A bomb expert trying to defuse a bomb with FBI agents looking over his shoulder, countless police officers less than 10 feet away and the general public watching from across the street. Even though they said the area needed to be cleared Also, why do they always kill their suspects. Can't they shoot them in the legs to disable them? If they're such good marksmen that they always manage a kill shot, surely they could bring a suspect down without killing them.

As usual rogue agent OA taking the moral high ground because a suspect was described as Middle Easter looking. OA forever taking things into his own hands and disobeying direct orders, would've beer fired by now.

And of course the shouting at a suspect when he's across the street. Giving him ample time to escape.

Wallace gets another officer killed. Second time she is partnered up with someone that ends up dying. The first one was her informant friend last season. Now its two.

As tradition dictates, she goes on a rampage to avenge the death. As usual, Missy runs around letting everyone know that they have to be professional, and that Wallace needs to calm down. What a drag she is on this show.

Zeeko Zacko who plays OA gives another speech about his people not being terrorists, even though they are. This show is like some kind of politically correct propaganda class. At least for the first time in about five seasons, the bomber was not an Aryan skinhead.

I watched the FBI season 5 finale when it aired last May but haven't had a TV in months and I just got Paramount Plus on my phone. I didn't miss anything. Literally, zero improvement with this show. The biggest problem I have with this episode is the bad guy gets away ONLY because the FBI failed. Why didn't the FBI use the media to splash Hakim's photo and let people in NYC find him? According to IMDB, Agent Nina Chase transfers to the FBI Fugitive Task Force (FBI Most Wanted) during or after this episode but all we learned is she was visiting her sister. Chase debuted in the season premiere of FBI Most Wanted so that was a huge miss in this FBI episode. Sadly, CBS crime drama writers have had a lot of misses.

Listen. As a Season six opener, it's a love-hate episode. The dynamics between Tiff & Hobbs were intriguing. It showed potential, yet predictably, they had to kill off the black character first. However, I envisioned it evolving into something akin to OA & Maggie's dynamic. If Season seven follows past patterns, it might explore another love-hate relationship, with Maggie and OA leading the narrative. Nevertheless, it's evident that Dick Wolf and the other writers are opting for a cautious approach, Mr. Wolf, sir. When will we see the return of "AIR WOLF"? Please and if so can you use netflix.