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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The judge complaining about not wanting to tarnish his credibility stopped talking when the fact he sentenced a 16 year old black kid to 20 years while giving his white co-defendant probation.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The judge complaining about not wanting to tarnish his credibility stopped talking when the fact he sentenced a 16 year old black kid to 20 years while giving his white co-defendant probation.
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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Creator/MissyPeregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.

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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Creator/MissyPeregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), (Creator/ZeekoZaki), bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.
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** Isobel is jarred to learn her former FBI mentor stole money from a bust to pay his bills, telling him off (in his hospital bed) about how she had trusted him so much and he lied to her.

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** Isobel is jarred to learn her former FBI mentor stole money from a bust to pay his bills, telling bills which led to his son being kidnapped by the cartel he ripped off. Isobel tells him off (in his hospital bed) about how she had trusted him so much and he lied to her. her and has him arrested.
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** Isobel is jarred to learn her former FBI mentor stole money from a bust to pay his bills, telling him off (in his hospital bed) about how she had trusted him so much and he lied to her.


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* PhonyNewscast: A captured terrorist says that a bomb is set to go off at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. Jubal is convinced he's bluffing but Isobel says they can't take the chance and are cutting him a deal. Taking advantage of the guy being locked up all night, Jubal gives him his watch (set a few hours early) and then invites him to watch a live feed of the Exchange opening. In reality, it's not due to open for another two hours and the video has been altered with today's date. Jubal figures if the bomb is real, the man will be confused at it not going off. When nothing happens, the guy just shrugs "had to try," confirming it was all a bluff. By the time he learns it was all faked, he's on his way to jail.
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A spinoff, ''FBI: Most Wanted'', debuted in 2019, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force.

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A spinoff, ''FBI: Most Wanted'', ''Series/FBIMostWanted'', debuted in 2019, January 2020, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: In "What Lies Beneath", OA gets into a dispute with an Egyptian diplomat visiting New York for a heart transplant. Said diplomat is the head of the Egyptian [[SecretPolice secret police]], who is notorious for imprisoning a huge number of political protesters without trial, including OA's cousin. When confronted about it, the diplomat admits to it...and states that said protesters had planned to steal munitions from the army and use them to blow up a school as part of a false flag operation to vilify the government. The Egyptian diplomat admits to OA he's done questionable things, but he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo refuses to apologise]] for [[WouldNotHurtAChild saving the lives of over 100 children]] by arresting a few dozen people and throwing away the key.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: In "What Lies Beneath", OA gets into a dispute with an Egyptian diplomat visiting New York for a heart transplant. Said diplomat is the head of the Egyptian [[SecretPolice secret police]], who is notorious for imprisoning a huge number of political protesters without trial, including OA's cousin. When confronted about it, the diplomat admits to it...and states reveals that said protesters had planned to steal munitions from the army and use them to blow up a school as part of a false flag operation to vilify the government.government, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that repulsed even him]]. The Egyptian diplomat admits to OA he's done questionable things, but he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo refuses to apologise]] for [[WouldNotHurtAChild saving the lives of over 100 children]] by arresting a few dozen people and throwing away the key.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: In "What Lies Beneath", OA gets into a dispute with an Egyptian diplomat visiting New York for a heart transplant. Said diplomat is the head of the Egyptian [[SecretPolice secret police]], who is notorious for imprisoning a huge number of political protesters without trial, including OA's cousin. When confronted about it, the diplomat admits to it...and states that said protesters had planned to steal munitions from the army and use them to blow up a school as part of a false flag operation to vilify the government. The Egyptian diplomat admits to OA he's done questionable things, but he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo refuses to apologise]] for [[WouldNotHurtAChild saving the lives of over 100 children]] by arresting a few dozen people and throwing away the key.

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* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI will often clash with other agencies on cases. One episode has them running into the DEA on a case as it turns out the DEA is more interested in capturing a drug lord than rescuing a missing driver and withhold information that nearly causes the man's death.

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* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI will often clash with other agencies on cases.
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One episode has them running into the DEA on a case as it turns out the DEA is more interested in capturing a drug lord than rescuing a missing driver and withhold information that nearly causes the man's death.death.
** Another time the team must work with a CIA officer who clearly has a hard time sharing secrets on a case.
** The agents help a woman trick her gang into confessing they were behind the death of a teacher. The plan is for her to go into witness protection only for Immigration agents to arrest her as an illegal and leads to a legal fight.
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* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI will often clash with other agencies on cases. One episode has them running into the DEA on a case as it turns out the DEA is more interested in capturing a drug lord that rescuing a missing driver and withhold information that nearly causes the man's death.

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* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI will often clash with other agencies on cases. One episode has them running into the DEA on a case as it turns out the DEA is more interested in capturing a drug lord that than rescuing a missing driver and withhold information that nearly causes the man's death.
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* LoopholeAbuse: One episode has Maggie and OA being unable to interrogate a suspect without an attorney present... but that doesn't mean they can't go into his interview room and say things to ''each other'' that indirectly threaten him into talking.
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* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI will often clash with other agencies on cases. One episode has them running into the DEA on a case as it turns out the DEA is more interested in capturing a drug lord that rescuing a missing driver and withhold information that nearly causes the man's death.
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* BrokenPedestal: Maggie gets this when she realizes a Senator running for President who she's long admired deliberately buried evidence that would have proven a suspect didn't commit a crime. Worse, the woman ruined the career of a co-worker who wanted to go public about this and still defends herself on how the man was "obviously" guilty.

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* BrokenPedestal: In "American Idol," Maggie gets this when she realizes a Senator running for President who she's long admired deliberately buried evidence that would have proven a suspect didn't commit a crime. Worse, the woman ruined the career of a co-worker who wanted to go public about this and still defends herself on how the man was "obviously" guilty.
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** In the same episode, OA reveals that when he was a kid, he met his favorite baseball player and told him that he wanted to be just like him when he grows up. But the player just looked at OA and told him that that was the stupidest thing he's ever heard.
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* BrokenPedestal: Maggie gets this when she realizes a Senator running for President who she's long admired deliberately buried evidence that would have proven a suspect didn't commit a crime. Worse, the woman ruined the career of a co-worker who wanted to go public about this and still defends herself on how the man was "obviously" guilty.
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* ItsPersonal: Happens a lot; a victim or someone connected to a case is an old friend of one of the agents, or some aspect of the case relates to something in an agent's background.
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* SmugSnake: The villain of "A New Dawn" is an authority figure who has a cult leader-like hold over his followers. He boasts that they practically worship him, but if they commit terrorist violence against people he hated it's not his fault. (He's lying about that last part.)

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* SmugSnake: The villain of "A New Dawn" is an authority figure who has a cult leader-like hold over his followers. He boasts that they practically worship him, but if they commit terrorist violence against people he hated hates it's not his fault. (He's lying about that last part.)

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* GratuitousNazis: The series' premiere features a white nationalist named Robert Lawrence, plotting with violent black gang leaders to ignite hate and have New York City turn on itself.

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* GratuitousNazis: The series' premiere features a white nationalist named Robert Lawrence, plotting with violent black gang leaders to ignite hate and have New York City UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity turn on itself.itself.
* ManOnFire: The fate of a right-wing hatemonger in "A New Dawn", who is burned to death by a MolotovCocktail.


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* SmugSnake: The villain of "A New Dawn" is an authority figure who has a cult leader-like hold over his followers. He boasts that they practically worship him, but if they commit terrorist violence against people he hated it's not his fault. (He's lying about that last part.)
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A spinoff, ''FBI: Most Wanted'', debuted in 2019, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force.
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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Most Wanted" has all the hallmarks of an incipient spinoff (presumably to be titled ''FBI: Most Wanted''). A new FBI agent character has a touching scene with his daughter before Maggie and OA investigate the episode's case, and their suspect is placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list and handed off to the new character and his task force, which is devoted to hunting suspects on the list. All of the usual characters disappear from the story in favor of the new team, which has scenes establishing its dynamics and history. Maggie returns at the end to help take down the suspect by her own request.
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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Missy Peregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.

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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Missy Peregrym) Creator/MissyPeregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.
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* StoryArc: "Exposed" reveals [[spoiler:Maggie's late husband's car crash was orchestrated. The hitman responsible dies before she can learn anything, beginning her quest for who hired him and why.]]
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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan, bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.

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These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Missy Peregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan, Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Jubal.
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''FBI (2018)'', from Emmy-award winning Creator/DickWolf, is a fast-paced CBS PoliceProcedural about the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI.

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''FBI'' (2018),
from Emmy-award winning Creator/DickWolf, is a fast-paced CBS Creator/{{CBS}} PoliceProcedural about the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI.






* GratuitousNazis: The series' premiere features a white nationalist named Robert Lawrence, plotting with violent black gang leaders to ignite hate and have New York City turn on itself.

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* GratuitousNazis: The series' premiere features a white nationalist named Robert Lawrence, plotting with violent black gang leaders to ignite hate and have New York City turn on itself.itself.
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[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fbi_2018.jpg]][[caption-width-right:340:some caption text]]

''FBI (2018)'', from Emmy-award winning Creator/DickWolf, is a fast-paced CBS PoliceProcedural about the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI.

These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan, bring all their talents, intellect and technical expertise to tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime and counterintelligence, in order to keep New York and the country safe.
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* GratuitousNazis: The series' premiere features a white nationalist named Robert Lawrence, plotting with violent black gang leaders to ignite hate and have New York City turn on itself.

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