History Series / FBIMostWanted

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: One armed abusive stalker ex-husband + one armed ex-wife in MamaBear mode + two armed FBI agents, one of whom is in PapaWolf mode and is dating said ex-wife, equals [[spoiler: one dead abusive stalker ex-husband]]. Just to add insult to injury, [[spoiler: the abusive ex got taken out by the one person out of the other three who had the least stake in this fight besides being on Jess's team and having been invited back to his house for a celebratory drink following a successful case.]]

* MeaningfulName: The episode title "Incendiary" refers to how napalm works. The suspect used napalm in his attacks.

** "Inherited" is for anti-Asian hatred in non-Asian countries after the COVID-19 pandemic and the crackdown on pro-democract groups in Hong Kong.

By Season 3, Gaines has left the Fugitive Task Force to spend time with her children, and is replaced by Nina Chase (Creator/ShantelVanSanten) on the team's personal recommendation.

* FirstDayFromHell: In the Season 5 premiere, Special Agent Nina Chase's first day on the team involves foiling a terrorist attack on FBI HQ that nearly results in the destruction of the entire complex.

The series premiered on January 7, 2020 and is currently airing its fourth season.

** "Obstruction": The team catches a marathon bomber (see TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame) they think killed the sister of a female FBI informant and said FBI informant because she got him incarcerated. It turns out he didn't do it. It was actually a [[SamusIsAGirl female]] RogueSoldier hired by a [[CorruptPolitician corrupt congressman]] to assassinate the informant because he got her pregnant months prior and she was going to have his baby.

** In “Run-Hide-Fight”, we have a mass shooting at a New York mall that leaves several dead and wounded and the exits rigged with bombs. The shooters and their leader are [[spoiler: four mall security guards who were fired and charged with grand larceny.]] Agent Ortiz is incredulous when he finds out.

* IRejectYourReality: In "Patriots," a captured member of a Proud Boys group refuses to talk as his lawyer states "worst-case scenario, once the current illegitimate government is ousted from power, he'll be pardoned." Jess clearly can barely keep a straight face at that.
* LifeSavingMisfortune: A young girl in "Execute" was supposed to go on a camping trip with her family, but she had to stay behind because she had a migraine. If not for that, she would have been killed with them when their car got hacked.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Many of the fugitives are rapists and some of ''[[AssholeVictim the victims]]'' murdered by the fugitives.

** In "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS04E2 Taxman]]", a witness describes the bomber of an IRS building that killed an IRS worker as a male due to the bomber having short hair and wearing an Army jacket. [[spoiler: DNA from the jacket reveals it is actually a female IRS worker with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder]] who is [[RapeAndRevenge killing the two men who gang-raped her]] and [[ChildByRape got her pregnant by it]].]]

** [[PsychopathicManchild David Fallon]] in "Grudge" stalked and harassed a man and his pregnant wife mercilessly because they indirectly broke off a conversation he was having with the couple's obstetrician. The reason for that was because the wife was in pain and afraid she was having a miscarriage.

** [[AxCrazy David]] [[PsychopathicManchild Fallon]] in "Grudge" stalked and harassed a man and his pregnant wife mercilessly because they indirectly broke off a conversation he was having with the couple's obstetrician. The reason for that was because the wife was in pain and afraid she was having a miscarriage.

** An AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild in "Grudge" cyberstalked and harassed a man and his pregnant wife mercilessly because they indirectly broke off a conversation he was having with the couple's obstetrician. The reason for that was because the wife was in pain and afraid she was having a miscarriage.

** A [[PsychopathicManchild cyberstalker]] in "Grudge" harassed a man and his pregnant wife mercilessly because they indirectly broke off a conversation he was having with the couple's obstetrician. The reason for that was because the wife was in pain and afraid she was having a miscarriage.

** The opening of "Heaven Falling" has the team (sans Remy) dealing with a bank robbery turned hostage barricade. The robber is immediately restrained by Ray.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Some of the fugitives' motives are very petty.

** In "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS04E2 Taxman]]", a witness describes the bomber of an IRS building that killed an IRS worker as a male due to the bomber having short hair and wearing an Army jacket. [[spoiler: DNA from the jacket reveals it is actually a female IRS worker with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder]] who is [[RapeAndRevenge killing the two men]] who [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil gang-raped]] her and [[ChildByRape got her pregnant by it]].]]

** The opening of "Heaven Calling" has the team (sans Remy) dealing with a bank robbery turned hostage barricade. The robber is immediately restrained by Ray.

** In "Obstruction", the mayor of Sunnyvale, Maryland was responsible for covering up the events of a rape and murder case when he finds out that his son is said rapist/killer. He's arrested by the town's sheriff deputies.

* DarkerAndEdgier: A subtler variant compared to ''Series/{{FBI}}''. While the original tends to be more straightforward about who the bad guys and good guys are, ''Most Wanted'' has plenty of GreyAndGreyMorality; often establishing plenty of suspects as a great deal more sympathetic here. When the suspects aren't sympathetic, they are monsters and they ''know'' it, unafraid of shoving it to the team's faces. This is entirely {{justified}}: while the original focuses on the investigative aspect, this one focuses on the pursuit - which usually features suspects that are quite a bit more dangerous than the suspects in ''FBI''.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The team catches a marathon bomber (see TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame) they think killed the sister of a female FBI informant and said FBI informant because she got him incarcerated. It turns out he didn't do those killings. It was actually a [[SamusIsAGirl female]] RogueSoldier hired by a congressman to assassinate the informant because he got her pregnant months prior and she was going to have his baby.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** A PsychopathicManchild cyberstalker in "Grudge" harassed a man and his pregnant wife mercilessly because they indirectly broke off a conversation he was having with the couple's obstetrician. What makes it extremely petty was that the wife was afraid she was having a miscarriage.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Jess]] is shot and killed by a [[DomesticAbuse fugitive]] in "Shattered".

!Tropes for this series include:

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Many of the fugitives are rapists.

** In "Taxman", a witness describes the bomber of an IRS building that killed an IRS worker as a male due to the bomber having short hair. It's actually [[spoiler: a female IRS worker with Dissociative Identity Disorder who is [[RapeAndRevenge killing the men]] who [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil gang-raped]] her.]]

* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: "Whack Job" as two wives each agreeing to kill the other's cheating husband.

* TerminallyIllCriminal: [[Recap/FBIMostWantedS02E03 "Deconflict"]] has the team dealing with Maurice Hewitt, a fugitive from Jess's past who eighteen years ago was responsible for a bank robbery that resulted in several deaths, including that of a pregnant police officer. The reason why he's resurfacing now is that he's dying from untreatable cancer, having decided to use the time he has left to get revenge on his partner who betrayed him after the robbery and to have one last showdown with Jess in the process. After being apprehended, Hewitt tries to goad Jess into killing him by taunting him about his late wife, only for Jess to decide not to since he's going to die anyway, although he confiscates Hewitt's remaining meds so that his death in prison will be more painful. However, it turns out Hewitt actually did regret killing the aforementioned officer, having visited her daughter along the way to give her a gift as a form of atonement for his actions.

* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': [[ColonelBadass Colonel Adam Desai]] from "[[Recap/GrimmS3E11TheGoodSoldier The Good Soldier]]" was the