FBI season 5

FBI
Season 5
Starring	Missy Peregrym Zeeko Zaki John Boyd Katherine Renee Kane Alana de la Garza Jeremy Sisto
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20) – May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
Season chronology

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The fifth season of the American crime drama television series FBI premiered on CBS on September 20, 2022, and concluded on May 23, 2023 with a total of 23 episodes produced. The season featured the series' 100th episode as the season finale.

FBI centers on inner workings of the New York City field office criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A three-way crossover with spin-offs FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted took place during the season in episode 17.

The fifth season of FBI ranked #4 with an average of 9.52 million viewers for the 2022–23 U.S. television season.

Cast

Main article: List of FBI (TV series) characters

Main

• Missy Peregrym as Maggie Bell; FBI Special Agent.
• Zeeko Zaki as Omar Adom "OA" Zidan; FBI Special Agent and Maggie's partner.
• John Boyd as Stuart Scola; FBI Special Agent and Tiffany's field partner.
• Katherine Renee Kane as Tiffany Wallace; FBI Special Agent and a former NYPD officer and White Collar Division agent.
• Alana de la Garza as Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) Isobel Castille; Mosier's replacement as the team's supervisor.
• Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine; FBI Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge (ASAC), who runs the office's fusion center.

Recurring

• James Chen as Ian Lim, an FBI Technical Analyst.
• Thomas Phillip O'Neil as Dr. Neil Mosbach, an FBI Medical Examiner.
• Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran, an FBI Analyst.
• Roshawn Franklin as Trevor Hobbs, an FBI Special Agent and an Intelligence Analyst.
• Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, an FBI intelligence analyst.
• Shantel VanSanten as Nina Chase, an FBI Special Agent.

Crossover

• Dylan McDermott as Remy Scott, FBI Special Agent and the Supervisory Special Agent/team leader of the Fugitive Task Force.
• Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes, FBI Special Agent and second in command of the Fugitive Task Force.
• Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson, FBI Special Agent and Technical Analyst assigned to the Fugitive Task Force.
• Luke Kleintank as Scott Forrester, FBI Supervisory Special Agent who is head of the FBI's International Fly Team for the FBI.

Episodes

See also: List of FBI episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
78	1	"Hero's Journey"	Alex Chapple	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	FBI501	6.81
Working undercover on a sting operation, OA succeeds in getting close to the buyer, but things take a turn when the buyer's partner is murdered and the bomb they were after has disappeared. Via information from Curt, they learn that the man that stole the bomb is intending to use it at a building where the Federalist Society conference will be held. With still more than 300 people inside the building, OA decides to act against Castille's orders which are to leave the area. He takes an SUV, puts the bomb in it, and manages to get to a safe distance before it denotates. The main suspect flees, taking a young man hostage and the two enter a building with Jubal arriving to lead the hostage negotiations. As Jubal talks to him, Scola and Tiffany use the opportunity to sneak up on him, bringing the crisis to an end. Jubal finds himself struggling to fulfil a promise to attend his son Tyler's birthday party and eventually misses it. Tyler's mother, Sam informs Jubal that four children came to the party, a relief for Jubal as Tyler is going through a tough time as a result of being diagnosed with leukaemia. Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
79	2	"Love is Blind"	Jon Cassar	Alexander Maggio	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	FBI502	7.08
The FBI team investigate a shooting at a pawn shop that leaves two people dead, one of whom is a police detective. Scola and Nina are revealed to be in a relationship, but keeping it a secret. The team investigate the shooting and arrest a suspect after tracking his phone. He took a photo of the robber's car, which comes back as being stolen. It is traced using GPS with Nina and Scola being dispatched to the scene, where they are fired on by a masked individual. The individual, Dev, is in a relationship with a woman named Skyler that Dev's parents believe "ruined" him. Further investigation reveals that Dev was on a drug run, but lost the drugs he was supposed to deliver. His boss, Ramon, kidnapped Skyler to make Dev deliver the drugs. Ramon is found dead at his house, and the team realize Dev killed him - freeing Skyler and they are on the run. Spotted at a gas station, Dev and Skyler take hostages after being confronted. Dev sustains a wound that means he only has an hour to live, and Skyler takes charge. With time running out, OA is ordered to take point and tries to negotiate with Skyler. Nina goes in disguised as a paramedic, against Scola's wishes, and attempts to convince Skyler to peacefully surrender. When this fails, Skyler is shot by a sniper, ending the crisis. Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
80	3	"Prodigal Son"	Alex Chapple	Rick Eid	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	FBI422	6.97
Two masked assailants rob a gun store and kill the owner in the process. The FBI manages to identify one of them through surveillance cameras, Clayton Hall, who has a history of odd behaviour and resorting to violence. When they arrive at his house, he commits suicide after refusing to leave his room. The case becomes personal for Jubal when it's discovered that his son, Tyler, plays video games with a friend group which the second assailant might be a part of. The case becomes more complicated when Jubal learns that Tyler was on speaking terms with the second assailant, Zac O'Connor. The FBI discovers through social media that he is targeting a girl from another high school. In addition, Tyler leaves home in order to talk Zac down, but with his father's arrival, he is taken hostage by Zac in a book shop. Jubal tries to negotiate with Zac, but shoots down his demands in order to convince him to let the hostages go. When he refuses, Jubal asks him to shoot him, but Tyler manages to knock the gun away from his father before shots are fired. Once Zac is detained and arrested, Jubal thanks his son for saving him and the two bond. Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
81	4	"Victim"	Carlos Bernard	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)	FBI504	7.41
Before heading to work, OA is robbed at gunpoint by a man and a woman. Though he brushes it off, the NYPD launches an investigation, which reveals that the couple were responsible for at least ten similar robberies. The FBI investigate the murder and rape of a young woman, which is just the beginning of a string of many more rapes and murders of other women. With limited clues at their disposal, the FBI reach out to surviving victims, notably Citra Susanti. Her recollection of what happened to her is minimal, but she is able to remember it all later when OA puts her through a visual examination process. The FBI later identify the assailant as Jason Tanner, who was a clerk at a accessory store which the FBI had previously visited for the investigation. They manage to stop him from raping another woman. OA, taking notes from the rape investigation, decides to fully cooperate with his robbery investigation and manages to identify the robbers, and even checks on another victim who was shot by the couple. Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
82	5	"Flopped Cop"	Carl Weathers	Thomas Kelly	October 18, 2022 (2022-10-18)	FBI503	7.11
Accountant Frank Leone is assassinated by two gunmen in the middle of broad daylight. His wife hands the FBI his laptop, which leads them to the notorious drug leader El Feo, who was a client of Leone prior to his death. The FBI learns from the state attorney that El Feo was going to be imprisoned, and Leone was most likely going to testify against him. They discover he had an informant on the judge panel, but she is later found tortured and killed. Wallace reaches out to a friend, Ralphie, who is the cousin of El Feo and a former cop and lost his brother to El Feo's drugs; who is willing to help. He goes in undercover to get a job from El Feo, while also cloning his phone to gain intel. Scola is skeptical to Ralphie's motives, which is later proven correct when he takes matters into his own hands and is willing to kill El Feo as revenge for his brother's death. The ensuing hostage situation forces Wallace to shoot Ralphie, while Scola shoots El Feo who tries to retaliate. Ralphie later dies of his injuries, and Wallace tells Scola why Ralphie flopped; it being that he didn't give up the names of officers who were involved in a prank. Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
83	6	"Double Blind"	Alex Chapple	Claire Demorest	November 6, 2022 (2022-11-06)	FBI505	6.88
The five year old son of Liza Peters, Luke Peters, is kidnapped and his nanny killed in the process. The FBI learns that Liza had once dealt business in Eastern Europe, but she is withdrawn about the specifics of it. This is despite them unraveling the fact that Chechen terrorists kidnapped Luke, and the team being forced to kill one of them who tries to flee. Liza escapes from her home after guards are put out to protect her. A second examination of her house reveals a safe containing money and passports form four different countries and four different identities. The CIA confirms that Liza was an agent of theirs and notably worked in Chechenia, but has recently been assigned to desk work. Together with the CIA, the FBI deduces that Liza is going to exchange an informant for her son. Scola and Chase find Liza, and the latter decides to disguise herself as the informant during the exchange. However, the plan changes and they head towards an undisclosed location together with the goon assigned to them. After their arrival, Chase and Liza take the goon out and go into the compound to retrieve Luke. After Liza is injured, Chase continues solo and retrieves Luke. Chase reveals to Scola that she is pregnant with their child, and is later reassigned to white-collar crime.
84	7	"Ready or Not"	Stephen Surjik	Heather Michaels & Thomas Kelly	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)	FBI506	7.31
Marisol Lugo and Enrique "Kiko" Cortez are killed by a gunman in a park, and the FBI learns that Marisol had aspired to be an FBI agent. Cortez' girlfriend tells them that they were threatened by the MHB, a local Bronx gang, warning him against selling drugs on their territory, despite him not being affiliated with any rival gangs. They identify the assailant as Mateo Diaz, who has been frequenting an LGBT youth club to meet his boyfriend, Sam Sloan. The FBI asks Diaz to meet the gang boss, Jose Florial, in order for him incriminate himself, but Diaz notes that he isn't a commander and thereby can't meet Florial. Instead they try to convince a gang commander, Frankie, to do it, but the operation to flip him goes south. With Frankie hospitalised, Florial calls in Diaz to explain his business connection to Maggie. Florial asks Diaz to execute her, but he refuses just as the FBI moves in to arrest Florial. Maggie, who has returned from her hospitalisation, faces uncertainty as she tries return to her duties. OA discovers anxiety pills in her bag, and tries to substitute for her in relation to the undercover operations of the investigation, much to her annoyance. With the investigation successful, Diaz and his boyfriend enter witness protection as promised by Maggie, and he praises her for keeping her word.
85	8	"Into the Fire"	Gonzalo Amat	Joe Webb	November 22, 2022 (2022-11-22)	FBI507	7.54
Trucker Clay Parker is killed when he tries to prevent two robbers from gaining access to his trailer. The robbers successfully steal barrels of ammonium nitrate, suspected to be utilised for a bomb. The FBI determine the Norseman Brotherhood to be behind the robbery, which Maggie is in the process of infiltrating. She manages to get a jacket from the leader, Eric Ward's home, which confirms his involvement. The FBI arrest him after Maggie fails to put a tracker on his pickup truck. They discover a farm in Staten Island which has been utilised to construct the bomb, and an unknown person flees the scene. Security camera footage also reveals that Nick Foster, the owner of the Brotherhood's frequent gun store, driving a truck of supplies. The FBI manage to retrieve his phone in a joint effort undercover by Maggie and Scola, but its sudden disappearance nearly blows her cover before Foster is apprehended. The phone reveals that Ward's brother, Deke, is taking the bomb to its location. The FBI and NYPD surround his van and Maggie manages to talk him into surrendering. Maggie and OA agree to renew their partnership despite OA blaming himself for her near death experience with the sarin gas.
86	9	"Fortunate Son"	Alex Chapple	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)	FBI508	7.39
Teen Trevor Logan departs home quickly with his father, who is shot by another driver in a black car. While his father is hospitalised, he asks Trevor to secure a bag of drugs, which Trevor instead takes to the FBI, believing they could help them both. The FBI asks Trevor to gain more info from his father about the fentanyl in the bag, which he reveals once belonged to someone named Nick, who he is in debt to. Trevor also leads them back to their house where they retrieve his father's phone and chase the driver from earlier. The FBI identify "Nick" as Nico Chao, who they set up a meeting with to return the drugs. Trevor gets the chance to tell his father he loves him, but he becomes suspicious of Trevor instead. Sometime later, his father sneaks out of the hospital and kills Chao and retrieves stolen items from his club. As law enforcement surround him, Trevor goes forward to try and talk his father down with Scola by his side. Despite their combined efforts, his father resists arrest and is killed. Chase reveals to Scola that she is moving to Los Angeles with their baby and asks him to sign a waiver, which in effect strips him of his parental rights. After some thought, he refuses to sign the document and desires for himself to be present in the child's life. Chase accepts and reveals the baby's gender to be male.
87	10	"Second Life"	Jon Cassar	Claire Demorest	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	FBI510	7.59
Chloe Rogers, a pizza delivery woman, is abducted while heading out to make some late night deliveries. The FBI find it difficult to identify her despite the small amount of information they receive about her from her boyfriend and college students. DNA samples from her toothbrush confirms her identity to actually be Annabelle Collier, a girl who went missing 18 years ago, and whose abduction Castille and her partner Jake Reed then investigated. The FBI re-question the original suspect, Eddie Lyman, who they confirm had an alibi for both the original and recent abduction. Castille asks Annabelle's mother, Joan, to look at a photo array of other suspects and she identifies Jeff Whalen. Whalen had once worked for her husband and had a close connection with Annabelle before they both disappeared. Further investigation reveals that Whalen has been living in multiple places under different aliases, recently in Nelsonville. Noting Whalen's constant use of aliases, the FBI determine his purchase of a cabin to be done by him. At the cabin, Maggie and OA apprehend Whalen, and Castille finds Annabelle inside the cabin after an explosion caused by a rigged stove.
88	11	"Heroes"	Milena Govich	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	January 10, 2023 (2023-01-10)	FBI509	7.44
Kelly Moran finds himself in a hostage situation during a bank robbery on his way to work, but manages to alert Jubal. The NYPD and FBI quickly ascend on the scene and the investigation into the perpetrators ensue. The FBI identify them as Marco and Jennifer Salazar, whose target is a deposit box registered in the former's father's name. Further investigation into the father's background reveals that he owned several shell companies and dealt with money laundering to Colombia. Maggie and OA find the father tortured and deceased in his home in Long Island. A secret security camera reveals he was tortured by two unknown goons about his safety deposit box, which contained a key to his Bitcoin transaction. Marco and Jennifer have thereby robbed the bank in order to save their daughter who was kidnapped by the same goons. Jubal enters the bank disguised a locksmith and is guided by Ian to unlock the deposit box. However, a malfunction causes the security gate to come down. The Salazar daughter's location is pinned and Maggie and OA manage to save her. Jubal's cover is blown when Marco knocks out his earpiece. Kelly takes the opportunity to use their daughter's rescue as a distraction until SWAT and the FBI enter to apprehend the Salazars.
89	12	"Breakdown"	Alex Chapple	Alexander Maggio	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)	FBI511	7.47
Two MTA workers die when they accidentally trigger a Botulinum toxin gas bomb hidden on a bus. The bomber is quickly identified as another MTA worker, Aurelio Martinez, who is subsequently found murdered. The FBI discovers that Martinez was paid to plant the bomb by Bin Zada, the alias of an operative working for a Houthi extremist group. They detain Amal Janubi, another accomplice of Bin Zada, who reveals that Bin Zada is planning to detonate another chemical bomb soon. The FBI learns Bin Zada's real name is Hassan Nasif. Nasif is out for revenge after his mother was killed by an American-made cluster bomb in Yemen. The FBI tracks Nasif down to his next target - Grand Central Terminal, where Jubal captures him and Maggie disarms the bomb before it can release the toxin. Meanwhile Jubal relapses into drinking after he gets potentially worrying news about Tyler's health. When this adversely affects his job, Maggie urges Jubal to seek help, warning him that she'll have no choice but to report him to Castille if he doesn't. Jubal later visits his ex-wife, Sam and learns that they found a cyst. The episode then ends with Jubal attending an A.A. meeting.
90	13	"Protégé"	Stephanie Marquardt	Joe Webb	February 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)	FBI513	7.20
The FBI investigates when a man is found murdered in an Opportunity zone in Red Hook. The victim is identified as Cole Dixon, an informant who was working for Agent Gwen Carter, Maggie's friend and former mentor. Gwen joins the investigation, despite Maggie's growing concerns over her friend's health. The investigation leads the agents to Walt Taylor, a former chemist. The FBI raids Taylor's home, only to find him dead. The agents discover that bomb-making material was stolen from Taylor's home and that the same gun used to kill Taylor was also used to kill Dixon. A witness reports seeing two Asian men fleeing the scene at the time of the shooting. A DEA agent later informs the FBI that Taylor was being paid by Rex Yu, the head of the Chinese gang East-19. When Maggie's team tries to arrest Rex and his accomplice, an ailing Gwen fails to provide backup in time, resulting in OA getting shot. Although OA is not seriously hurt, Rex escapes with a bomb. Scola and Tiffany interrogate Rex's accomplice, but he refuses to turn against his boss. The FBI later determines that Rex has been hired by Chinese oligarchs to assassinate Victor Ho, a prominent dissident living in New York. Maggie's team and Gwen arrive at Ho's penthouse, where OA disarms Rex's bomb while Maggie chases after Rex. However, Rex ambushes and overpowers Maggie and grabs her gun. Carter, despite having been instructed earlier by Maggie to hang back, shows up just in time to shoot Rex and save Maggie. Afterwards, Gwen confesses to Maggie that she's been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Recalling the lessons Gwen taught her years earlier, Maggie convinces her former mentor to retire from the field.
91	14	"Money for Nothing"	Jean de Segonzac	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21)	FBI514	6.89
An armored truck delivering cash to a strip club is robbed by a masked man in broad daylight. The same perpetrator is linked to two other robberies. Maggie's team eventually track down and arrest the suspect, Tom Hoffman. Hoffman admits to committing the robberies but explains he's being threatened by Mason Simonian, whom he owes $300 thousand. Simonian is suspected in several other murders, including the killing of an entire family in Queens. Hoffman agrees to meet Simonian while wearing a wire, with Tiffany posing as Hoffman's girlfriend. However, despite Hoffman and Tiffany's efforts, Simonian doesn't admit to the murders. The operation then takes a turn for the worse, when Simonian abducts Tiffany. The rest of Maggie's team track down Simonian and rescue Tiffany, while Simonian and his henchman are killed in a gunfight. Meanwhile, OA starts to panic when his investments in cryptocurrency tank. While he initially plans to take out a high interest loan, upon reflecting on the similar circumstances that led to Hoffman's downfall, he ultimately decides not to.
92	15	"The Lies We Tell"	Lisa Robinson	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)	FBI515	6.81
Off-duty diplomatic security guard John Reagan attempts to detain a man whom he recognizes but is shot dead in public. When the FBI tries to investigate the Reagan's background, they are repeatedly stonewalled by the State Department. The shooter, Luca Cilic, is eventually linked to a religious Croatian rebel group. The situation becomes even more perilous when it's discovered that Cilic has stolen an extremely deadly mutant strain of Covid-19 from a Hudson Genetics lab and plans to bring it back to Croatia. When his co-conspirator, James Levins, is determined to be the only man who can help the FBI find Cilic and the virus refuses to cooperate without proof that his kidnapped wife has been rescued, Castille resorts to using a deepfake video to trick him into cooperating. Despite this, Levins' wife is later found dead. The FBI determines that Cilic is headed back to Canada where he was seen before New York. After they approach Cilic and is associate, he flees and takes several hostages and threatens to release the virus. SWAT moves in and Cilic is neutralised and the virus secured.
93	16	"Family First"	Eduardo Sanchez	York Walker & Thomas Kelly	March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14)	FBI512	7.16
Corrections officer Mia Lopez is shot in broad daylight. The FBI tracks the casings to a gun owned by Kenny Nelson, a member of a MC club, who reveals he sold the gun to a man the day before. Surveillance from the MC's bar reveals a company van, which was driven by Michael Landry, a former soldier who served during the Afghan War. More shootings occur against a judge, a police officer and a doctor, all involved in the case of Michael's sister Haley's death, who died in custody. Michael suspected foul play and killed the ones he blamed for Haley's death. After he steals a car and crashes, the FBI surrounds his location and chase him to a roof top, where he threatens to kill himself, but has run out of bullets and is subsequently arrested. Tiffany tries to convince her troubled younger brother Brian to seek help for his increasingly erratic behaviour, which he eventually agrees to.
94	17	"Imminent Threat - Part Two"	Alex Chapple	Rick Eid	April 4, 2023 (2023-04-04)	FBI516	6.54
Chase is rushed to the hospital and Forrester is assigned to keep tabs on her while Jubal is summoned back to New York to aid Scola's undercover operation. Scola manages to secure a meeting with his contact, Nico Sabalenka's boss, Andrej Chernin, with help from the Fugitive Task Force's Remy Scott. When Chernin meets Scola, he becomes suspicious and is later arrested. However, an agent from the State Department takes over Chernin's arrest. Jubal discovers that the agent tortures Chernin, and tries to stop him, but Chernin breaks loose and commits suicide. An unrelated HR manager is kidnapped by Lenkov's men, and Nico is tied to his operations. At the penthouse of a real estate building where Nico works, the FBI discovers notebook pages that supposedly outlines a hit on the US President. This episode continues a crossover event that begins on FBI: International season 2, episode 16 and concludes on FBI: Most Wanted season 4, episode 16. Luke Kleintank (Scott Forrester), Heida Reed (Jamie Kellet), Vinessa Vidotto (Cameron Vo), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Hana Gibson), Roxy Steinberg (Sheryll Barnes) and Dylan McDermott (Remy Scott) are credited as Special Guest Stars.
95	18	"Obligation"	Alex Zakrzewski	Claire Demorest	April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11)	FBI517	6.84
Colonel John Sittenfeld is abducted and tortured before the abductors take his keycard to gain access to his home base and steal Javelin anti-tank missiles. When the FBI finds him, he dies after recounting what happened. The FBI manage to secure fingerprints from a trolly and find the driver, Ray Nichols, who refuses to cooperate. His wife reveals he worked for a former Turkish army man who sells stolen weapons. She goes in with a wire, but her cover is almost blown before Maggie's team intervenes and kills Adem Polat and his associate. Nichols eventually cooperates and tells them a Mexican hitman bought the missiles to take out a witness scheduled to testify against a former cartel leader. The FBI secures the armoured van and Scola attempts to stop the assailants from firing the missiles. The rest of the team come to his aid and they manage to stop the assassination. Both Scola and Nina decide to change jobs, but Scola later decides to remain in his.
96	19	"Sins of the Past"	Oscar Lozoya	Thomas Kelly	April 18, 2023 (2023-04-18)	FBI518	6.76
Trucker Vince Duggan is killed by his contacts after crossing the Canadian border. The FBI originally suspects he was drug smuggling, but his contractors are revealed to be terrorist planning a large scale attack in New York and that he delivered explosives. The team is joined by Jubal's former colleague Jack Lombardo. OA goes undercover in a childhood restaurant where the terrorists once visited. They question the owner, and get him to talk more with a "Queen for a day" deal. His explanation narrows the target to the 1 Police Plaza. During the confrontation with the main culprit, Mustafa Samir, he accuses Lombardo of having killed his father shortly after 9/11. OA later unearths the police report, with medical exams concluding that Samir's father died of a fall and had bruised ankles, indicating he was held over the edge. Jubal wears a wire to gain a confession from Lombardo, who is then arrested.
97	20	"Sisterhood"	Tim Busfield	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	April 25, 2023 (2023-04-25)	FBI519	6.80
Rafael Morales, a drug dealer and guard at the Emeralds bar is found shot and dead in a federal park. The investigation coincides with Maggie's sister's return to New York, who is quickly involved in the case when her friend Nikki is kidnapped, which is linked to another dealer, JJ Gomez. Gomez tries to secure money from Nikki's father to pay a debt to the bar owner, Samuel Rowe. Erin goes in undercover to gain intel on Rowe's drug operation and Nikki's whereabouts. Maggie grows weary and doesn't believe Erin when she claims she didn't snort cocaine while talking to Rowe. Maggie reluctantly agrees to Erin being undercover a second time after Gomez dies from injuries sustained from a fall. She manages to secure a deal to pay JJ' debt to Rowe and confirmation that Nikki is alive. Maggie tries to hold her back from meeting Rowe at Pier 90, but Erin convinces her. As she hands over the money, her cover is blown, and the FBI are forced to neutralise Rowe when he resists. Scola and Wallace rescue Nikki from her captor, the barman from Emeralds. Later, OA gives Maggie the results of Erin's drug test, proving that her sister was telling the truth.
98	21	"Privilege"	Carlos Bernard	Claire Demorest	May 9, 2023 (2023-05-09)	FBI520	6.46
Allison Becker, the daughter of Senator David Becker, is abducted from the streets of Brownsville. His father tells the FBI that she thought she was being stalked, but said person turns out to be working to get suspicious pictures for a super pac. They use one of his photos to discover where Allison worked, a halfway house, where a similar-looking girl, Katie Ryan, has been missing for three days. They take on both cases and identity the suspect as Caleb Vance, and Castille improvises to differentiate Allison and Katie, as he targets addicts and women who looked like his abusive mother. They together with the NYPD, find Allison alive, but Katie deceased. During the investigation, Maggie accuses the NYPD's dispatched detective of ignoring Katie's abduction because the victim was an addict, but OA tells her that the blame lies with the system itself. She eventually manages to put aside her differences with the detective.
99	22	"Torn"	Yangzom Brauen	Thomas Kelly	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)	FBI521	6.58
A worried mother discovers her missing daughter and other teenagers dead in a forest, from overdose. The FBI learns that the position utilized stems from usage in animals, and are aided by organized crime to take down the Albanian mafia led by Fabian Shabani. Organized crime's undercover agent Val Sula utilizes his connection within the mafia to learn more about the dealings of the poison. The uncle of the distributor to the teens is revealed to be making it for the mafia. Sula's devotion to his Muslim faith puts the mission on the edge of breakdown, and he withdraws when he finds it hard to handle. O. A instead plants a secondary bug in the apartment above the mafia's bar. He also holds up the Imam who resides there, who's unaware of the mafia using it as a meeting location. The FBI follow the mafia to a warehouse, where their own secret lab is located. A shootout ensues, with all surviving members arrested. In the wake of the mission, Sula resigns from Organised Crime.
100	23	"God Complex"	Alex Chapple	Rick Eid & Joe Halpin	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	FBI522	6.54
Dr. Paul Hendrix a Renowned Neurosurgeon, is abducted and later found dead in a federal park. The FBI question Derek Lawson, who threatened Hendrix, blaming him for his wife's death, but his alibi checks out. Surveillance footage edges them closer to identifying the suspect after a retired army colonel is found dead in a similar fashion as Hendrix. A pastor from a church identifies him as Frank Silver, who worked for the church as a janitor but was fired for erratic behaviour. A psychologist determines that Silver suffers from a form of narcissism. The FBI investigate an abandoned church, where they uncover Silver's hideout and torture chamber and a new victim who is alive. Newspapers from his hideout helps the team determine that he targets individuals who works with life and death situations, and they determine that a judge is the next target. They secure the judge and evacuate the court house, but Silver escapes through the subway. He re-emerges at a cemetery, where he holds Maggie hostage before the team subdues him. Nina is hospitalised after an infection is discovered, and Scola is faced with choosing to save her or their baby. He ultimately aims to save both, but only Nina if all else fails. Fortunately, the doctors manage to save both mother and child. Scola reveals to his colleagues that he and Nina have a baby son, named after his brother who died on 9/11.

Production

On May 9, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. The fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022.

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of FBI season 5

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Hero's Journey"	September 20, 2022	0.6	6.81	0.2	2.78	0.9	9.59
2	"Love is Blind"	September 27, 2022	0.5	7.08	0.2	2.54	0.8	9.62
3	"Prodigal Son"	October 4, 2022	0.6	6.97	0.3	2.39	0.8	9.35
4	"Victim"	October 11, 2022	0.6	7.41	0.2	2.42	0.8	9.83
5	"Flopped Cop"	October 18, 2022	0.5	7.11	0.3	2.62	0.8	9.73
6	"Double Bind"	November 6, 2022	0.6	6.88	0.3	2.66	0.9	9.54
7	"Ready or Not"	November 15, 2022	0.5	7.31	0.3	2.57	0.8	9.89
8	"Into the Fire"	November 22, 2022	0.5	7.54	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	"Fortunate Son"	December 13, 2022	0.5	7.39	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"Second Life"	January 3, 2023	0.6	7.59	0.3	2.80	0.9	10.39
11	"Heroes"	January 10, 2023	0.6	7.44	0.3	2.55	0.9	9.99
12	"Breakdown"	January 24, 2023	0.6	7.47	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
13	"Protégé"	February 14, 2023	0.5	7.20	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
14	"Money for Nothing"	February 21, 2023	0.5	6.89	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
15	"The Lies We Tell"	February 28, 2023	0.5	6.81	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
16	"Family First"	March 14, 2023	0.5	7.16	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
17	"Imminent Threat - Part Two"	April 4, 2023	0.5	6.54	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
18	"Obligation"	April 11, 2023	0.5	6.84	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
19	"Sins of the Past"	April 18, 2023	0.4	6.76	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
20	"Sisterhood"	April 25, 2023	0.4	6.80	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
21	"Privilege"	May 9, 2023	0.4	6.46	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
22	"Torn"	May 16, 2023	0.5	6.58	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
23	"God Complex"	May 23, 2023	0.4	6.54	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD