History Series / FBI

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Peter [=DeLeon=] in "Unreasonable Doubt". He seems like a NiceGuy with CreepyGood vibe. But it is later revealed he is a murderous serial rapist who rapes and strangles young married women he finds on an incel website. Once he's finished, he bounds his victims with wire and steals their wedding rings before sinking them underwater. The chilling part is that his first kill was eight years ago and is still killing. The reason why he hadn't been caught? He underwent a bone marrow transplant in his youth due to having acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His DNA merged with his donor's. In other words, his semen came back as his donor and not him, which lead to the said donor being wrongfully imprisoned. And even when he is being interrogated by Jubal and Scola, he still puts on a friendly face.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The BigBad of "Trigger Effect" [[spoiler: is a fired lawyer who was accused of having sex with underage girls via online deep fakes created by an envious coworker. He soon starts killing people responsible for the destruction of his career.]]

* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Elise Taylor in "Trigger Effect" after having a bomb planted on her neck in "Liar's Poker". Her trauma even causes her to make an error that kills a woman.]]

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The first episode of the show [[spoiler: opens with the explosion of an apartment complex that kills a number of tenants, including a ''[[DeathOfAChild 7-year-old boy]]''. When the main characters investigate the intended target's apartment who received the bomb, they find him decimated into nothing but a ''[[AnArmAndALeg leg]]'' severed from the hip.]]

* BrokenBird: Elise Taylor in "Trigger Effect" after having a bomb planted on her neck in "Liar's Poker".

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The BigBad of "Trigger Effect" [[spoiler: is a fired lawyer who was accused of having sex with underage girls via online deep fakes created by an envious coworker. He soon starts killing people responsible for the destruction of his career.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Peter [=DeLeon=] in "Unreasonable Doubt". At first sight, he seems like a [[NiceGuy nice young man]]. But it is later revealed he is a murderous [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil serial rapist]] who rapes and kills young married women he finds on an incel website. Once he's finished, he bounds his victims with wire and steals their wedding rings before sinking them underwater. The chilling part is that his first kill was eight years ago and is still killing. The reason why he hadn't been caught? He underwent a bone marrow transplant in his youth due to having acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His DNA merged with his donor's. In other words, his semen came back as his donor and not him, which lead to the said donor being wrongfully imprisoned. And even where he is being interrogated by Jubal and Scola, he still puts on a friendly persona.]]

** In "Salvation", [[spoiler: the agents help a young girl trick her gang into confessing they were behind the death of a teacher trying to help her escape. The plan is for her to go into witness protection only for ICE agents to arrest her which leads to a legal fight.]]
* 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.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Peter [=DeLeon=] in "Unreasonable Doubt". At first sight, he seems like a [[NiceGuy nice young man]]. But it is later revealed he is a murderous serial rapist who rapes and kills young married women. Once he's finished, he bounds his victims with wire and steals their wedding rings before sinking them underwater. The chilling part is that his first kill was ''eight'' years ago. The reason why he hasn't been caught? He underwent a bone marrow transplant in his youth due to having acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His DNA merged with his donor's. In other words, his semen came back as his donor and not him, which lead to the former being wrongfully imprisoned.]]

These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Creator/MissyPeregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (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.

* DoubleStandard: A judge gave an African-American 16-year-old boy 20 years in prison while letting his white accomplice off on probation.

** In "Salvation", [[spoiler: the agents help a girl 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 ICE agents to arrest her which leads to a legal fight.]]

** The episode "Hacktivist" has the FBI investigate a case of hacking in a hospital, which is done by a literal hackitist to get the FBI investing other crimes that happened, which the agency overlooked.

* 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 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, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that repulsed even him]]. The Egyptian diplomat admits to OA he's done questionable things, but he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo refuses to apologize]] for [[WouldNotHurtAChild saving the lives of over 100 children]] by arresting a few dozen people and throwing away the key.
** In the same episode, the diplomat admits to hiring an assassin to kill the son of a political rival...because said son was a [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil serial rapist]] whose family were sheltering him from the justice the diplomat felt his victims were due.

* ManOnFire: The fate of a right-wing hatemonger in "A New Dawn", who is burned to death by a MolotovCocktail.

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: "Legacy" has the FBI investigating the Negara Islamiyah Asia (Asian Islamic State), where OA was previously involved in an anti-terrorist operation during the War on Terror. Majority of its members are Bruneian Muslims.

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: "Legacy" has the FBI investigating the Negara Islamiyah Asia (Asian Islamic State), where OA was previously involved in an anti-terrorist operation during the War on Terror.

* MeaningfulName: The episode "Hacktivist" has the FBI investigate a case of hacking in a hospital, which is done by a literal hackitist to get the FBI investing other crimes that happened, which the agency overlooked.

A spinoff, ''Series/FBIMostWanted'', debuted in January 2020, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force. In May 2021, Dick Wolf announced that a third spinoff called ''Series/FBIInternational'', is in development by CBS.

The show is currently airing the third season.

These first-class agents including Special Agents Maggie Bell (played by Creator/MissyPeregrym) and her partner Omar Adom "OA" Zidan (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.

A spinoff, ''Series/FBIMostWanted'', debuted in January 2020, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force. On May 2021, Dick Wolf announced that a third spinoff called ''Series/FBIInternational'', is in development by CBS.

* 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 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, [[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.
* 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.
** 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.
** Isobel is jarred to learn her former FBI mentor stole money from a bust to pay his 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 and has him arrested.

* DoubleStandard: A judge gave an African-American 16 year old 20 years in prison while letting his white accomplice off on probation.

** 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.
** 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.

* 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.]]

A spinoff, ''Series/FBIMostWanted'', debuted in January 2020, focusing on the Fugitive Task Force.

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The show is currently airing the second season.

* TheCameo: "Emotional Rescue" sees Hailey Upton from ''Series/ChicagoPD'' make an appearance; Looks like FBI has been added to the same [[TheVerse 'Verse]] as the [[Series/ChicagoFire various]] [[Series/ChicagoPD Chicago]] [[Series/ChicagoMed series]], as well as the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise.

* TheCameo: "Emotional Rescue" sees Hailey Upton from ''Series/ChicagoPD'' make an appearance; Looks like FBI has been added to the same [[TheVerse 'Verse]] as the various [[Series/ChicagoPD Chicago]].

* TheCameo: "Emotional Rescue" sees Hailey Upton from [[Series/ChicagoPD]] make an appearance; Looks like FBI has been added to Dick Wolf's [[TheVerse 'Verse]].

* TheCameo: "Emotional Rescue" sees Hailey Upton from ChicagoPD make an appearance; Looks like FBI has been added to Dick Wolf's [[TheVerse 'Verse]].

* HideYourPregnancy: Happens to Missy Peregrym in season 2. Luckily for her, her partner is the 6'5" OA so the camera is always up higher to fit him into the frame.