FBI season 9, episode 6 provided us with a personal glimpse into Eva’s life while she also worked to help the team on a time-sensitive case. What did we learn about Eva as she helped the team fight to prevent a radiological attack?
The team looks into the theft of radio frequency microchips. Someone had posted on the dark web looking for microchips, so the FBI looked for the hacker who was hired to program the chip. He made a keycard for a medical disposal company but didn’t have a name or much of a description for the person who hired him.
Eva is on her own as the team works to prevent an attack while she is on a ferry
Unfortunately, their investigation didn’t prevent the theft of radiologic material. As the team is looking into the case, Eva is on a ferry heading back after going to visit her mother. Her mother has been struggling with domestic violence but has not been able to leave her abusive boyfriend.
While Eva is heading back to the team to join them, a young woman on the ferry threatens to jump overboard. The ferry starts protocol for stopping the boat while Eva deals with the situation. She surreptitiously takes a photo of the girl to send it to JOC and learns she has a history of suspected DV calls.
This hits close to home for Eva, as she is experiencing this with her mom. She works to gain Jess’s trust while also not revealing who she is at first. In the meantime, the team learns more about what was stolen from the medical disposal facility.
Cesium 137 is a radioactive isotope that was stolen and could be deadly if exposed to the city. They have security footage of a man named Bruce Medina stealing the equipment. Bruce Medina is a high school teacher, and he uses a ruse to make demands about stopping a project known as R913. The team learns he was against a data center being built in the city, and then when watching a video of a town hall where there was demand against it, a familiar face appeared to JOC.
Jessica Wells is seen with Medina on the video. Once they learn Jess is with Eva on the ferry, they realize the reason she is threatening to jump is because of her involvement in the impending attack. Once Eva learns what is happening, she reveals her identity and urges Jess to help her stop the attack.
They deduce he is likely going to attack Central Park after rewatching the video and using the demand letter to determine where he likely planned to hit. Even though they caught Bruce as he was pouring Cesium into the pond, they learned that there was actually no radioactive material in the container or the pond itself.
Bruce realizes he was set up by the person actually helping him, and he tells the FBI that he wasn’t dating Jessica and she was not the one involved in the planning. He didn’t realize Lewis would betray him and take the Cesium for himself.
Lewis Mitchell is Jessica’s actual boyfriend who convinced her to take part in the attack against the city. Now armed with the Cesium, they need Jessica to tell them where he is. Eva is the only one who can help the team discover the real target and find Lewis.
Eva works to get Jess to listen to her, but then when she tries to get her to come down, Jess says, “Not yet.” She begins to realize there is more to this than Jess is letting on. With the ferry not moving, this leaves one of the port’s connecting Staten Island to Manhattan empty, meaning more people are stuck at Whitehall Station.
The team immediately heads to the terminal to find Lewis as Eva convinces Jess to step down. Maggie and OA work to stop Lewis even though they still need to find the Cesium. Unfortunately, they end up finding his cousin instead, who claims he has set a dirty bomb while Lewis is somewhere else with the detonator.
Just as Eva helps Jess, she is hit from behind by Lewis himself, who was apparently on the ferry. While he sets a timer for the Cesium to go off, Eva struggles after being knocked to the ground. She manages to get away to try to get the detonator, but he stops her and tries to convince Jess to toss the detonator into the water.
Luckily, Eva’s words are stronger, and she convinces Jess to stop the detonator countdown. She later tells Maggie she is confused about why she tried to find the words before to help someone in this situation, and it never worked before. Maggie guesses that Jess trusted that she meant what she said.
This inspires Eva to go see her mom and apologize for coming on strong and assure her she wanted to hear from her. She wanted to make sure to keep an open line of communication, hoping her mom would be ready to ask for help.
Not only did this episode have a high-stakes case, but it also showcased Eva and allowed us to see how she works when she doesn’t always have the team. Even though we’ve gotten to know her through her time with the FBI, this was the closest look we’ve gotten at her personal life in addition to how well she works as an agent.
FBI airs Mondays on CBS at 8/7c.
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