WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS for FBI season 7, episode 22, "A New Day"The FBI season 7 finale looking for clues as to who the real traitor was.
This was more than just one traitor in the FBI’s midst, though. With a terrorist attack threatening everything in the United States, the team has to work under the cover of darkness without any access to their usual tools, as they are shut down. With the knowledge of FBI season 8 happening, the series writers also had the opportunity to bring a major cliffhanger that would leave a life in the balance.
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There’s More Than Just The One Traitor
The FBI season 7 finale started with Kevin (Kevin Sussman) coming to Jubal with news of an attack that is being planned. This attack is called “A New Day,” but Kevin isn’t willing to give up all the information at once. He’s afraid, and it turns out that he has a reason to be. Due to everything that he has gained from the computers at the Department of Justice, he is being watched, and it doesn’t take long for the threat to break into the secret FBI location and kill everyone in there except Jubal.
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After sending out a distress signal, an FBI agent comes to Jubal’s aid, but he doesn’t trust her. She arrived far too quickly, considering she was supposed to be from the New Jersey Field Office. After Jubal kills her, he finds a tattoo on her arm and sees that a terrorist group, Forefront, is behind the attack; Forefront is a group working with the Chinese, which has infiltrated the FBI via traitors.
With this, the New York Field Office has to be shut down, with the entire office placed on istrative leave and no access to the FBI framework.
Forefront was able to have exploding cell phones delivered to others within the FBI, leading to setting off the explosions. With this, the New York Field Office has to be shut down, with the entire office placed on istrative leave and no access to the FBI framework. Yet, the team manages to get to the bottom of the situation, and while the real traitor is arrested, Forefront remains out there and ready to bring Chinese threats to the United States in season 8 of the Dick Wolf series.
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It was easy to understand why Jubal quickly became the main suspect as a traitor when Director Reynolds (Ben Shenkman) started questioning him. Jubal’s poor decisions in the past and being ed over for a promotion could mean he was willing to work with a terrorist organization or be open to being blackmailed.
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Of course, Jubal and Isobel (Alana De La Garza) started to question whether Reynolds was the one involved in the initial attack. That was until his phone exploded, killing him instantly. Fortunately, Maggie got up to the floor to find Isobel ed out and was able to hide as Assistant Director Keene walked into the room with one of his lackeys. Maggie overheard a conversation that made it clear Keene was the traitor, and he had done all of this to take over the New York Field Office.
As the office was shut down and everyone was put on istrative leave, Maggie got back to the group to share the news. Now they were left without any access to the FBI mainframe to get to the bottom of the attack, and they still needed to prove that Keene was behind it all. With access to CIs, they knew they could do some damage, but it was one member of the team willing to put herself in harm’s way to take Keene down for good.
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Will Isobel Survive in FBI Season 8?
Despite initially being declared dead, Isobel arrived in the hideout where OA (Zeeko Zaki), Maggie, Dani (Emily Alabi), Scola (John Boyd), Elise (Vedette Lim), Ian (James Chen), and Jubal grouped together to figure out the situation. Getting over the initial shock, the group realized they would need to work their CIs to get to the reason why eight particular agents were attacked. It all comes back to operators looking into the influence cases.
With this information, Isobel went back to the office and revealed she survived. On top of that, she shares that she agrees with Keene and wants to help him, and she’s willing to give up the location of Maggie and OA, sharing that they are working off the books to take Keene down. Naturally, Keene plays into her hands, and he sends a team to the group, who are waiting for the terrorists to come to them.
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With Forefront temporarily taken down, Isobel reveals that she recorded the entire interaction, with Keene itting to working with the Chinese. One of his men is also willing to give his own statement about it. It seems like the FBI has won and saved the day, until the very end of the episode. The FBI season 7 finale ends with Isobel struggling to talk during a speech, and then she collapses, ending with Maggie sharing that she doesn’t have a pulse.
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Forefront Is Sure To Remain A Threat In FBI Season 8
The biggest question going into season 8 of the flagship FBI series is whether Isobel will live. There were already concerns that she was leaving the New York Field Office throughout season 7, but in the end, she made it clear that she trusted her people and she was looking forward to working with them. She may have suffered some delayed complications from the blast earlier in the episode, which isn’t surprising considering she didn’t get medical attention when she should have, and now the team may need to deal with grief, along with a terrorist threat still out there.
This will allow for Jubal to step up in her position temporarily, showing that he shouldn’t be held back in his career anymore.
Even if Isobel survives, she’s likely to take medical leave. This will allow for Jubal to step up in her position, showing that he shouldn’t be held back in his career. That will also mean someone else will need to be temporarily promoted into Jubal’s position, which could be either Maggie or OA.
At the same time, there is still a threat in FBI season 8. Forefront is still out there, and while the terrorists will need time to regroup, it’s clear that international threats are a concern. On top of that, there are people within the FBI who agreed with Keene, and they may still be hiding in the shadows, giving Forefront a new way in.
FBI is a procedural drama that explores the workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's New York office as dedicated agents tackle high-stakes cases involving terrorism, organized crime, and various formidable threats.
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