FBI

The New York FBI office at the center of this series is a tight crew of agents, analysts and supervisors who pool their skills to stop the city’s biggest threats. Cases range from high-stakes terrorism and organized crime to complex kidnappings, and each episode shows how investigative instincts combine with technical forensics, surveillance and interrogation. Missy Peregrym plays Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki is Omar Adom "OA" Zidan, John Boyd appears as Stuart Scola, Jeremy Sisto handles Jubal Valentine, and Alana de la Garza is Isobel Castille. The show focuses on quick decision making, the pressure of public safety, and the way teammates balance rules, instincts and moral questions while racing to prevent the next major attack.

FBI premiered on CBS in 2018, created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk and produced by Wolf Entertainment. It arrived as part of Wolf’s lineup of procedurals and was positioned as a prime network crime series from its debut season.

The series hasn’t taken home major Emmys or Golden Globes, but it’s been a dependable performer for the network, earning multiple season renewals. That steady backing helped justify expanding the concept into additional series within the franchise, showing network confidence even without top-tier awards.

Its cultural footprint includes crossover episodes with other Wolf shows and the launch of spin-offs like FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International, which helped turn it into a small broadcast universe. Casting an Arab-American lead in OA has also prompted conversations about representation and the complexities of portraying Muslim and immigrant identities within law enforcement storylines.

Critics and viewers tend to praise the cast’s chemistry and the show’s procedural clarity, while some reviews point out occasional formulaic plotting. On fan-driven sites it holds a 7.9/10 from 872 votes, and recurring themes include team loyalty, ethical tradeoffs in investigations, the balance between surveillance and civil liberties, and how personal backgrounds shape agents’ choices.