DJariya

https://deadline.com/2019/05/fbi-mil...ma-1202609421/

Milena Govich, who was one of the stars of the original Law and Order in the later seasons, was hired and director and EP for season 2.

Apparently she's segued to directing.


Fell behind on FBI. I'm currently on episode 13. Binge watching it on CBS Al-Access.

DJariya

If you don't remember Milena Govich, she played detective Cassady 12 years ago. That's her and Alana De La Garza.

Alana is in the running for the FBI spinoff series.

morriscroy

It appears so. Just noticed Govich was the director on this past evening's episode of Chicago Med.

DJariya

https://deadline.com/2019/05/cbs-ord...se-1202611303/

The spinoff with Julian McMahon and Alana De La Garza was officially ordered to series by CBS.

Cellar Door

DJariya

Just spent the last 4 days binging the shit out of this to get caught up with the season finale. Finally caught up.

This is actually a damn good FBI procedural. Maggie and OA are solid characters and I love Sela Ward and Sisto as their bosses. It's really focused on the cases and doesn't get bogged down by filler. They actually did a few really good episodes that added depth to Sisto's character and Zaki (OA) characters.

I'm actually liking this better than the NBC Chicago dramas. Also, looking forward to the Most Wanted spinoff in the Fall. I liked the backdoor Pilot that aired as an episode of this season.

Looks like the finale will probably go into the mystery of the death of Maggie's husband more.

mphtrilogy

yep, great new show.. I didn't care for the spinoff ep, but will probably give it a try.. I really like the chemistry of this cast...

DJariya

The season finale aired on Tuesday.

Good, but low key episode. No cliffhanger. They wrapped up the underlying arc about the death of Maggie's husband.

Disappointed that Sela Ward was written out. Apparently she only signed a 1 year contract. She confirmed on social media that she was indeed leaving. I thought she was a really good leader of the team. I guess next season Sisto's role will be bigger.

Overall, a solid season and a good new procedural.

DJariya

Sela Ward confirmed that she's 1 and one on FBI

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randian

Unfortunately my contract was only for one season? What an oddly passive statement. She says that as if it can't be changed.

DJariya

Cellar Door

Sorry to hear that Ward won't be on next season. I liked her character. She had good chemistry with the rest of the cast.

The season finale was good. I had expected them to string out the mystery of Jason's death longer, but I'm glad it wasn't a cliffhanger ending.

This was my favorite new network show this year.

Noonan

Too bad she won't be returning. I hope they just let Sisto's character the lead of the office. I'm glad they wrapped up the "who killed my husband" story line. That won't have to bleed into other seasons.

mphtrilogy

She was good, gonna miss her...

Original Desmond

The Sela ward character was good but not an essential part of the show. She looks good for 63 !

I hope the new boss if it isn't Sisto's character isn't an antagonist one

DJariya

The season premiere last week was good. But, I was surprised that restaurant bombing only killed 1 person. Seemed like that was a significant explosion.

With terrorism, the kids involved are often misguided and that's what I think they tried to show in that episode and what OA's feelings on the topic were.

and Alana seems like a decent replacement for Sela Ward. She had a brief appearance last season in that backdoor pilot for Most Wanted. She was supposed to be on the spinoff, but is now permanently on this show.


Haven't seen last night's new episode yet. But this along with SWAT are now my 2 favorite CBS action shows.

mphtrilogy

the premiere didn't record well on my tivo via antenna, so switching to the dvr for this one, looking forward to s2

DJariya

You can still watch the premiere on demand. It's a good episode and worth watching.

mphtrilogy

thanks, will try that route...

Cellar Door

Enjoyed both episodes so far. I liked the confrontation between the new boss and the social media exec in Ep 2.

Cellar Door

This week's episode was pretty 'meh'. The characters and their motivations weren't that interesting and the political aspect of the story felt like it was trying too hard to be topical (female Presidential candidate who is a former DA known for being tough on criminals--hmmm... who does that sound like?) without any real substance behind it.

It was good to have a little more screen time for Alana de la Garza, though.

Noonan

I can't say I'm a fan of her on this show yet. Still prefer Ward in the role.

Although it's nice seeing the guy from the last few seasons of Bones join the cast.

Cellar Door

I really enjoyed this week's episode.

I gotta admit, when that guy rear-ended Maggie I immediately thought he would turn out to be a spy or something. Looks like he was just a red herring. But if he shows up again in a future episode, I'm still going to side-eye him.

Also, it was kind of silly for the male sleeper agent to get that fancy sniper rifle just to shoot at the kid from like 30 yards away. Hell, he probably could have killed him with a slingshot from that range.

mphtrilogy

I was gonna bump this as well, this weeks ep was terrific, I think the show has been so-so this year, but this ep it seemed to find its footing, felt like a mini movie and a lot going on. really enjoyed it!

Noonan

Yeah, they could have done better with the writing. If he was a good shot, a handgun would have been fine from that range.