FBI First Look Photos: OA and Gemma Are in Danger on a Train! (Exclusive)
In the 14th episode of Season 7, titled 'Hitched' and airing Tuesday, March 11 at 8/7c, Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan (played by original cast member Zeeko Zaki) and his girlfriend of over a year, Gemma Brooks (Billions' Comfort Clinton, in her sixth appearance on FBI), are on holiday on a high-speed passenger train when it is hijacked and rerouted.
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While the FBI team races to somehow wrest control away from the unhinged perpetrators and prevent a catastrophe, will OA, though unarmed, also do what he can to neutralize the threat on-site?
Meaning, are we getting FBI's take on the underrated Under Siege 2: Dark Territory? Review the exclusive photos above and below, and share your predictions for how this deadly drama unfolds!
Comfort Clinton made her debut as Gemma exactly one year ago today, when FBI viewers learned that OA had quietly started dating. That happiness was quickly tempered as OA and the team discovered that Gemma, who was raised on the Upper East Side in a world of penthouses and private schools, had some unsavory friends. But all that is behind us now.
FBI was not among the nine shows that CBS renewed early in one fell swoop last week; that's because the franchise's mothership earned a three-season renewal last spring, meaning it will be around through at least Season 9.
In fact, FBI will attempt so sire a third spinoff with a springtime episode that doubles as a backdoor pilot for a prospective offshoot titled FBI: CIA; you can read much more about that here.
FBI this season is averaging 8.2 million viewers (with delayed playback), ranking No. 3 — trailing only Tracker (broadcast TV's most-watched entertainment program) and the freshman hit Matlock — among all the dramas the network has aired this TV season.Best of TVLine
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