List of FBI: Most Wanted episodes

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FBI: Most Wanted is an American crime drama television series created by René Balcer and produced by Wolf Entertainment that was ordered to series by CBS in May 2019. It premiered on January 7, 2020. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season; which premiered on November 17, 2020. In March 2021, CBS renewed the series for a third season; which premiered on September 21, 2021. In May 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season. The fourth season premiered on September 20, 2022. The fifth season premiered on February 13, 2024. In April 2024, CBS renewed the series for a sixth season which is slated to premiere on October 15, 2024.

As of May 21, 2024, 86 episodes of FBI: Most Wanted have aired, concluding the fifth season.

Episodes

Backdoor pilot (2019)

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For the backdoor pilot, "No. overall" and "No. in season" refer to the episode's place in the order of episodes of the parent series FBI.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
18	18	"Most Wanted"	Fred Berner	René Balcer	April 2, 2019 (2019-04-02)	FBI118	9.08
When ICE agent Thomas Gilman flees after killing his wife and two children with the explosion destroying his house and leaving one of his neighbors dead and two others wounded, Maggie and OA are called in to investigate the scene with the FBI's New York field office eventually contacting the Fugitive Task Force led by SSA Jess LaCroix to help arrest Gilman while determining the motive for his killings. The episode's story is based on FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives "Robert William Fisher".

Season 1 (2020)

Main article: FBI: Most Wanted season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Dopesick"	Fred Berner	René Balcer	January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)	MW101	7.19
When Justin Brock fatally kills his wife after also shooting dead an intruder in his home with the 911 call recording everything that happened, he is placed on the Bureau's most wanted list and the FBI's Fugitive task force led by SSA Jess LaCroix is assigned to track him down. They learn that Brock gave multiple prescription’s provided by the Forsaken Sons biker gang, with whom he worked. An associate of his, upon being arrested, reveals that Brock operates another clinic in Pennsylvania under a different name. Brock transferred money to an account in Richmond, Virginia, which he plans to deposit from with the help of his estranged daughter. LaCroix and his team convince her to deposit the money herself to lure her father, after revealing to her that his military history was fake. Brock enters their trap and confronts his daughter, who outsmarts him and LaCroix talks her down from killing her father. Henry Thomas (Justin Brock) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
2	2	"Defender"	Nicole Rubio	Richard Sweren	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	MW102	6.51
When her son is given a harsh sentence for a petty crime, single mother Denise Tyson goes on a deadly rampage at a Public Defender's office, taking justice into her own hands. Her rampage takes her across state lines and injuring the ones she blames for dissolving her perfect image of her family. The Fugitive Task Force face a delicate challenge when it is revealed that she also has a daughter that was in the foster care system before running away to Miami. LaCroix decides to use her anonymity of appearance to their advantage upon Denise's arrival in Baltimore by having a police recruit and Barnes pose as the daughter and foster mother. However, Denise sees through their ploy, but LaCroix manages to talk her into surrendering. On the personal front, LaCroix seeks to support his daughter coping with the loss of her mother.
3	3	"Hairtrigger"	Jim McKay	Story by: Gina Gionfriddo & Jerome Hairston Teleplay by: Gina Gionfriddo	January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)	MW106	6.59
When young mass shooting survivor Doug Timmins radicalizes into becoming an anti-government terrorist and shoots a cop and a hit-and-run driver, the team works to track him down to prevent from exacting revenge against those he blames for his trauma. The Fugitive Task Force manages to stop his associate Max Kellerman, who shares his beliefs, and has his wife get audio samples they can use to trick Doug's stepsister about new targets. However, they quickly realize that she and Doug already planned to target the location in question, which is also where she works. As the evacuation gets underway, she sneaks away to help Doug prepare. The task force and SWAT team raid their location, causing Doug to threaten to kill himself. Both LaCroix and his stepsister try to talk him down with different aims, but LaCroix tackles him in a moment of hesitancy.
4	4	"Caesar"	Fred Berner	Kathy McCormick	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)	MW105	6.11
Tyrone Jackson, leader of the Rolling Sixs gang, plans to gain more power and territory and seemingly steals robbery plans from a rival gang. The Fugitive Task Force deduces a meeting place he and Cleo Wilkens shared, only to find him dead inside the water tower. They're quick to deduce that Cleo was behind the murder and that she herself wants to continue his work. As she continues her quest for power, Barnes decides to go undercover, reassuming an identity she utilized five years ago to get in touch with an old associate that leads her to Cleo. She proves her loyalty and is soon tasked to aid Cleo and her crew in a robbery, utilising the same plans that she stole disguised as Tyrone. Once the FBI raids the location, she holds Barnes' associate hostage, but she and LaCroix talk her into surrendering. LaCroix grapples with how to explain to his daughter what her mother worked with in the name of protecting her loved ones. Alana De La Garza (Isobel Castille) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
5	5	"Invisible"	Elodie Keene	Dwain Worrell	February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11)	MW107	6.11
When military veteran Scot Weitzen snaps after the death of his brother-in-arms, the decorated sniper's expert abilities are put to use when he kills five people in a gun range and continues to lead the Fugitive Task Force on a cat-and-mouse hunt. The Task Force uncover mass drug addiction usages and other struggles by veterans in order to understand who Weitzen is and how he operates. The case becomes personal for Crosby with his veteran history, and he treads a delicate line after losing his temper. With the help of the same nurse that treated his brother-in-arms, the Fugitive Task Force try to talk Weitzen down, but he upholds his resistance. Gibson utilizes his phone in order to give Clinton acoustic assistance in order to take him out. LaCroix and his family unite to tend to his wife's grave.
6	6	"Prophet"	Rose Troche	Richard Sweren	February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)	MW108	6.29
Quinten Garvey, a former con man and now cult leader, orders the death of his family when he has a "dream". Unknown to him, his wife escapes with their infant. The Fugitive Task Force tracks Garvey and his most trusted as they utilize burner phones, and corners them at his second property, Rising Sun. However, he escapes with the girls brought along. Things escalate when his group takes a teenage girl with them, who later escapes. The Task Force learns that his paintings belonged to his former cell mate, who they trick into being released early to confirm their contact. Everything comes full circle and leads to a last stand in Clayton, Georgia where Garvey demands free passage, but allows LaCroix to check on the girls. He confronts him with his con past and convinces the two remaining girls to turn against him. LaCroix manages to secure the last girl and shoot Garvey. LaCroix attempt to get his daughter back into orienteering, but after failing, turns to Clinton for a solution. The next time he tries, Tali accepts his offer.
7	7	"Ghosts"	Jean de Segonzac	Story by: Gina Gionfriddo & Jerome Hairston Teleplay by: Gina Gionfriddo	March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10)	MW109	5.99
After the disappearance of his daughter is ignored by local PD, Reginald Waters, a Native American man decides to take matters into his own hands and the Task Force must track him down before his crusade claims lives. Waters' crusade crosses multiple state lines, pursuing a possible sex trafficking ring his daughter was forced into. In Maryland, he kidnaps a prostitute who tells him that his daughter was killed by another don. The Task Force learns that the don was later killed, and that Waters turns back to his father to stop the cycle of abuse his family endured. He takes his younger brother to his father's former reservation school outside Ontario, Canada, where they conduct a ritual to lift the curse. When surrounded, Clinton talks Waters into surrendering. His daughter's remains are later found and identified and given a proper burial. Martin Sensmeier (Reginald Waters) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
8	8	"Predators"	Fred Berner	Elizabeth Rinehart	March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17)	MW110	6.44
The Fugitive Task Force desperately hunt for Ronnie Bishop and his girlfriend, a young couple who rapes and murders young women across multiple states. As they learn more about Bishop, they figure out that his targeted locations where the same ones where his prostitute mother was arrested when he was younger. Bishop also goes out of his way to target older men with the younger women, including someone who once was his mother's boyfriend until he kicked them out. The Task Forces secures his girlfriend after she is used as bait for another victim, who he keeps hostage along with his mother's ex boyfriend. In one last ditch effort, the Task Force allows him to see his girlfriend, which tips him over the edge for a final stand-off, claiming his life. LaCroix worries that he's missing out on Tali's achievements when she gets an arts reward, and later decides to learn how she pieced her art together.
9	9	"Reveille"	Fred Berner	Ryan Causey	March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24)	MW114	9.49
After taking down a terrorist who was responsible for kidnapping 26 children, the Fugitive Task Force and Special Agent OA Zidan from the New York field office as well as OA's colleagues in the New York office search for the terrorist's wife, who is determined to follow through with her husband's deadly plan while Jess attempts to find Tali who was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers when the local food bank she volunteers at was raided. This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on FBI season 2 episode 18. Zeeko Zaki (Omar Adom "OA" Zidan), Ebonee Noel (Kristen Chazal), John Boyd (Stuart Scola), Alana De La Garza (Isobel Castille) and Jeremy Sisto (Jubal Valentine) are all credited as Special Guest Stars.
10	10	"Silkworm"	Ken Girotti	Dwain Worrell	March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)	MW113	8.10
After former FBI counterintelligence agent Paul Hayden is caught leaking classified information to the Chinese government and attacks his former partners, leaving one dead from cyanide poisoning and the other in a coma, the Fugitive Task Force must track him down before he escapes the country for good. A Chinese asset working in a church points then to someone going by the name "Silkworm", who they through undercover work learn is Hayden's mistress, with whom he has a son. Hayden asks his Chinese handlers to escort her and their son, but the task force stop them to use her and the son as leverage against Hayden before he can leave the country. Despite the revelation that she is transgender, Hayden decides to remain in the US. LaCroix has his reservations about Tali publishing a dancing video from the Georgia immigration camp to social media, but ultimately decides to respect her wishes.
11	11	"Ironbound"	Alex Chapple	Elizabeth Rinehart	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	MW103	8.95
After Morristown police officer Gabriel Clark claims he's the victim of a deep-rooted conspiracy and begins taking revenge on those he believes are responsible for his downfall, Jess and the team learn that he might be right. They learn that his recollection from a drug raid during his tenure with the Newark PD was contradicted by his colleagues and superiors. Further information added notes that the police raided the wrong house, with all the collective information and ongoing rampage leading to an internal investigation. Clark however still refuses to surrender, and LaCroix and his team turn to his former mentor, hoping he can get through to him. After releasing a falsified email to lure Clark, they drive him to a rendezvous point where both LaCroix and the mentor attempt to talk him down. Clark enters the house and sets himself ablaze, but LaCroix stamps out the fire and saves him. On the personal front, he decides to ground Tali after her grandmother gets worried after she looked for a hawk. LaCroix later changes his mind and vows with Tali to model their decision-making after her mother.
12	12	"Ride or Die"	John David Cole	Story by: Jerome Hairston & Gina Gionfriddo Teleplay by: Jerome Hairston	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	MW104	7.16
After manipulative student Connie Romano commits murder in a fit of jealousy, the team races to capture her and her accomplice Amber Matos before she escapes across the Mexican border and out of their jurisdiction. Through everything LaCroix and his team learn about Romano, it becomes obvious she is psychopathic and is manipulating Amber into believing her plans for a better life for her. They also learn that Romano's ex fed into her ego by showing some remaining affection despite their split. Once they capture Matos in Georgia, she claims responsibility for Connie's crimes. During interrogation, they feed into Connie's ego with her lust for her father who abandoned her as a child, which gradually leads to her confession. LaCroix also teaches Tali to stand up to bullies, and is impressed when she handles an issue without his advice.
13	13	"Grudge"	Leslie Libman	Kathy McCormick	April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28)	MW112	6.96
The Fugitive Task Force searches for an unknown subject who is a cyberstalker who recently attempted to kidnap market staffer Chris Thompson. They find the van the stalker utilized and it being filled with torture equipment. The common theme for both the man who sold the stalker the van and the one who made the equipment, was that they both were blackmailed by him. The stalker is identified as David Fallon, who targets anyone he believes wronged him, also having a history of stalking tracing back to when he was eight. Thompson takes matters into his own hands, seeking to put an end to Fallon's reign of terror himself, but ends up captured. The Task Force arrive in New Jersey, to a neighborhood Fallon chose to recreate the scene of his father's humiliation by their neighbor. LaCroix talks him down, forcing him to accept that his father suffered from depression and had committed suicide. During the case, Hana receives texts from a former date willing to share relevant information on Fallon, but eventually deduces that he used as a ruse to get back together with her. Once Fallon is arrested, Hana puts her former date in his place and severes ties once and for all.
14	14	"Getaway"	Ken Girotti	Story by: Jerome Hairston & Gina Gionfriddo Teleplay by: Jerome Hairston	May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05)	MW111	6.62
Father and son duo Blake and Steve Wilson escape from a prison transport van on their way to their trial, father and son unite with Blake's prison pen pal Jeri Earls to plan their next robbery to secure passports to leave for Canada. As they go, the Fugitive Task Force sees a pattern of erratic murders in their wake, which they narrow down to being Steve's doing. Once they manage to trap Jeri, they find passports in her home for only her and Blake, implying they want to get rid of Steve. LaCroix decides to use this to their advantage when the Wilsons strike a bank in Hartford, Connecticut, causing Steve to shoot his father, feeling betrayed, while LaCroix talks him into surrendering. On the personal front, Tali and Clinton convince him to re-enter the dating scene after he strikes up conversation with a woman at their local coffee shop.

Season 2 (2020–21)

Main article: FBI: Most Wanted season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
15	1	"Rampage"	Jim McKay	Richard Sweren	November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17)	MW202	5.38
LaCroix and the Fugitive Task Force must hunt for 17-year-old Kyle Dennison and his accomplice Harris Folger who are on a rampage throughout a small town in Pennsylvania, killing people they believe oppressed them. They learn that both suffered heavy losses in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Folger losing his wife and job, while Kyle lost his disapproving father not long after his mother in a car accident. Remaining acquittances of Kyle describe him as a good person despite his involvement, and LaCroix asks his art teacher to make a message for him in addition to urging his surrender. When Folger and Kyle scope their last target, he has second thoughts and kills Folger and escapes to his mother's memorial, where the task force talks him into surrendering. LaCroix's father Byron returns to celebrate Tali's birthday, bringing a new girlfriend with him, with whom they announce that they will get married. Despite his re-emergence into LaCroix' life, the animosity between them still lingers. This is the first episode to have Yaya Gosselin (Tali Skye LaCroix) credited as a series regular while Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
16	2	"Execute"	Jim McKay	Elizabeth Rinehart	November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24)	MW201	5.69
The Fugitive Task Force searches for a hacker after he triggers a car crash in which three members of the same family are killed, leaving a young girl as the only survivor. Through the deceased son's game chat, they identify a user that he and others bullied for an alleged malfunctioned hack, subsequently identifying him as Lucas Earley, who was kicked out of his family home for his refusal to give up gaming and find a job. Earley targets a hospital in Boston, where his mother works and shuts down its electrical system, causing two fatalities. He later targets a tech company he used to work briefly for, which he utilises as a midway point to hack an airliner. The task force track his location to a former computer camp councillor's house, where he keeps her hostage. LaCroix and his team storm the house, while Hana and Crosby work to neutralise his hack on the airliner while LaCroix attempts to talk Earley down. He is however unsuccessful once Earley becomes more and more dangerous, allowing Clinton to snipe him. At a group dinner later, Hana reveals that she was adopted and is considering seeking out her biological mother, which her colleagues encourage her to do.
17	3	"Deconflict"	Elodie Keene	Wendy West	December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08)	MW203	4.92
Avery Garnier is abducted from her own home after an elderly man steals from her safe and kills her husband. The task force investigate and Jess discovers similarities in the case to an old case he worked 18 years ago in 2002 when he first joined the FBI, with them learning that the fugitive is the same as back then, Maurice Hewitt. Their investigation crosses paths with the U. S. Marshals and bounty hunter Jackie Ward, who is also on the hunt for Hewitt. His murder pattern strikes anyone close to Garnier, whose real name is Elyse Shipchuck when she was placed in witness protection. As his final stand, Hewitt robs the same bank as he did 18 years ago, but traps Garnier in the process. LaCroix outsmarts him and cuffs him, and learns that Hewitt blames him for some of his actions and that he has a son. On the personal front, his relation with his father nears a boiling point and LaCroix reveals that he was upset that he didn't attend his wife's funeral. His father reveals he spent 15 months in prison for a petty crime, and ultimately decides for him and his fiancee to stay at LaCroix's sister's place. This episode marks the final appearance of Nathaniel Arcand (Clinton Skye) while Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) and Amy Carlson (Jackie Ward) are credited as Special Guest Stars.
18	4	"Anonymous"	Deran Sarafian	Spindrift Beck	January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19)	MW204	5.81
With Clinton on TDY for the director in regards to a case concerning public corruption that requires the use of agents with law degrees, the team search for Eva Martin, who's embarked on a killing spree and heading down a deadly road all while using her ties to an online conspiracy organization to help further her agenda. They learn that she was once was an aspiring law student, but struggled to meet her father's expectations until finally quitting shy of her graduation. When they learn she is targeting a local New Jersey councilman running for re-election, they discover an accomplice who shares the organisation's values, who reveals that Eva is carrying a bomb. At her former law school, they learn that Eva filed an accusation against fellow student Yates Warren, but the case was dismissed. After subduing a waitress, Eva infiltrates a private gentleman's club to seek revenge against Yates and his father, killing him and taking Yates hostage. Barnes manages to talk her into surrendering. On her personal front, she is hesitant with her wife's suggestion of having a second child, but is convinced to do so after the case.
19	5	"The Line"	Jean de Segonzac	Dwain Worrell	January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26)	MW205	6.23
The Fugitive Task Force hunts for a rogue militia group after they shoot at several native teenagers crossing into the U.S. from Canada, working together with special-agent-in-charge Mike Fritts. They quickly learn from the shooters' family that they're weapons at illegally bought and that the group has never killed before until now. They surround a radio cabin, where Rob Wahl and his uncle Paul Flanks are hiding, where Paul tries to shoot back, but is swiftly taken down, while Rob surrenders. He points them to the third shooter, Anthony Noel, a former Iraq veteran turned radical, fighting against those he seems to have invaded his country. LaCroix and his team learn that he attempted to brainwash border guard Whitney Anderson, with whom he also fathers a child. They and police surround Noel at the immigration centre in Plattsburgh, and Crosby takes him out when he charges forwards. LaCroix and his father reconcile and he asks LaCroix to forgive him and asks him to come to his wedding, which he later accepts. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
20	6	"Dysfunction"	Jim McKay	Melissa Scrivner Love	February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09)	MW206	5.64
The Fugitive Task Force is called in after a robbery goes wrong which ends with two dead and a mother and her daughter abducted. The second perpetrator, Peter Timmons, has a history of being non-violent, thereby proving his actions alongside accomplice Sam Rutledge to be out of character. The Task Force learns that the abducted mother, Amelia Cartwright, worked at the same prison Timmons was imprisoned at and the two had a relationship, resulting in their daughter Gracie, who is abducted daughter. It is also revealed that Amelia was the mastermind behind the robberies and the two kill Rutledge. The Task Force further learns that Amelia is manipulative and controlling, also bringing former football star David Collins into her plans for her and Timmons. The Task Force surround the Collins cabin and has him and Timmons arrested. Hana is shot when she tries to arrest Amelia, but Crosby prevents her from escaping. He also settles in with Hana and her roommate when his apartment is being repaired for leaks.
21	7	"Winner"	Eric Laneuville	Wendy West & Spindrift Beck	March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02)	MW207	5.73
Travis Russell, a man on trial for murder, escapes before his trial starts and goes on a murder spree, seemingly targeting people who won the lottery. LaCroix and the Fugitive Task Force work with Jackie Ward, who is Russell's bonds person to capture him. Further investigation into the lottery factory, reveals that Russell had an accomplice on the inside to aid him tamper with the lottery prices in order to turn it into his ideal of lottery, but that she betrayed him and that he now seeks revenge. When his accomplice dies of food poisoning, the Task Force and Ward race to stop his second accomplice who he thinks betrayed him. Upon stopping her car, she tries to shoot Ward before Crosby tackles her. They discover Russell's body in the car, having been overpowered by the accomplice. On the personal front, LaCroix takes an interest in Tali's horseback riding teacher Sarah, but she declines his invitation for dinner. Amy Carlson (Jackie Ward) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
22	8	"Vanished"	Rose Troche	Elizabeth Rinehart	March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09)	MW208	6.14
As Special Agent Ivan Ortiz from the FBI counter-terrorism unit and also a Los Angeles native joins the Fugitive task force, the team hunt for repeat offender Samuel Smith who kidnapped a young boy, Caleb Vaughner, after killing his mother and grandmother. The Task Force paints a picture of a traumatised Smith who was kept in strict line as a kid, which he later put over his victims, two of which supposedly died. They identify an accomplice of Smith, who provided him with potential victims and arrange a meeting in a parking garage. Once they surround him, they attempt to retrieve Caleb's location from Smith, but he commits suicide by jumping, claiming they'll never find Caleb. His phone triangulation leads them to an old house, where they find his second victim, Daniel Cain, alive many years after his supposed death. Cain provides them with clues to Caleb's location, who survives and hospitalised. Simultaneously Daniel is reunited with his parents. Sarah tells LaCroix she is recovering from a recent breakup and wasn't prepared for him to ask her out, which she asks him to do again, which she this time accepts. This episode marks the debut appearance of Miguel Gomez (Ivan Ortiz)
23	9	"One-Zero"	Tess Malone	Richard Sweren & Dwain Worrell	March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16)	MW209	6.26
The Fugitive Task Force sets out to catch Ira Kopec, a serial killer who is placed on the FBI's Most Wanted List in the wake of the murder of several high school jocks. Kopec's actions escalate when he attacks and rapes a woman, who survives the ordeal. The Task Force learns that he also utilised medical substance provided by a medical colleague at his medical school used to drug his victims. They learn from his mother that he had a rough childhood, suffering from bullying by specifically jocks, whom he now blames for his suffering. They race to prevent him from shooting up his class' 10th anniversary reunion, where he also brings the former girlfriend of one of the former jocks, trapping her in a bathroom. Though they try to talk him down, Kopec resists and is gunned down. Hana returns from her medical leave, albeit continuing work in a limited capacity. On the personal front, LaCroix meets Sarah's ex husband for the first time, who desperately tries to get her back.
24	10	"Spiderwebs"	Carlos Bernard	Ticona S. Joy & D. Dona Le	April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06)	MW210	6.44
When Crosby's old army buddy Matthew Turner is attacked late at night and the police suspect a drug deal gone wrong, it leads the team to search for answers and uncovers a dangerous web of conspiracy that originates with the murder of two gang members of a notorious Filipino gang in a prison in New Jersey. They soon learn that the fugitive is prison guard Brendan De Rossi who is trying to get back at the gang by using their burner phones as evidence. After his new girlfriend, who also conspired with him, double crosses him, he kills her and her mother as he goes to confront the head of the organisation responsible who also has ties to the prison, the gang and a sex trafficking ring. The Task Force finds themselves in a shootout with De Rossi and the gang before making their way through to apprehend De Rossi. Sarah comes to LaCroix to apologise for the encounter with her ex-husband. He questions if she still loves him, which Sarah rejects and he forgives her.
25	11	"Obstruction"	Ken Girotti	Melissa Scrivner Love	April 27, 2021 (2021-04-27)	MW211	5.62
Former teacher Claudia D'Ambrose commits a double murder in Philadelphia, which the Task Force suspects was caused by her psychosis from bipolar disorder. They further discover that she blames herself for the murder of her favourite student Anissa Gomez in Sunnyvale, Maryland, who was murdered alongside her boyfriend Derek Krohl. With her murder pattern becoming unpredictable, all they gather is that she acts like a vigilante to seek justice for Anissa, much to the townsfolks' satisfaction. But as her pile of innocent victims grow, the Task Force learns that a recording of the killer's voice was edited to cover up the killer's identity, as admitted by the local sheriff. Claudia takes the sheriff's daughter and the mayor's son hostage and forces the latter to confess to killing Anissa just as the Task Force and police storm the diner. As LaCroix's relationship with Sarah grows, her ex-husband Hugh trashes her home, but is caught on a doorbell camera. LaCroix meets him to confirm Hugh's motives and local police arrest him.
26	12	"Criminal Justice"	Milena Govich	Richard Sweren	May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04)	MW212	5.49
James Johnson, a young African American man accidentally shoots a white cop in self-defense and goes on the run which leads to the team members finding themselves in a moral dilemma on the best way to carry out justice while public support for Johnson increases despite his racking criminal actions. Members of the public sympathetic to his cause aid his escape, and the case becomes challenging for Barnes when her wife becomes a part of Johnson's legal defense team. Johnson releases a video to the media where he confesses to killing the cop, but remains vague on if he thinks it was justified. With the help of another young African American, he holds a former undercover cop hostage in Queens, who identifies his half-brother as a drug dealer scene years ago. The Task Force manages to get the half-brother to the scene from prison for him to talk to Johnson. Barnes' wife Charlotte arrives to give assurances to Johnson and he, his half-brother and Johnson's accomplice surrender in the end. Charlotte is offered a position at a law firm, giving her a chance to return to courtroom practise and she and Barnes lay out plans to have a second child.
27	13	"Toxic"	Ken Girotti	Gina Gionfriddo & Elizabeth Rinehart	May 11, 2021 (2021-05-11)	MW213	5.79
The Fugitive Task Force sets out to track brothers Greg and Wyatt Hammond, both placed on the Most Wanted List after they are set on getting revenge against members of Griffin Coal & Power that caused their town's environmental destruction. Their pattern of killings starts with Greg's former supervisor, a member of the HR department and another employee before they go after the company boss Larry Griffin. A bomb goes of in an art gallery which the company spent money on instead of aiding the community and the Task Force stop Wyatt from getting to Griffin's attorneys. When his daughter is kidnapped by Greg, Griffin takes matters into his own hands in order to end it all. His confrontation with Greg makes his daughter change views on him once Greg is apprehended, she decides to relinquish the land that she was set to inherit from Griffin, forcing his company to finally publicly acknowledge that they dumped illegal waste. Sarah gets to meet LaCroix's family, but his father and sister share a heated disagreement about letting her stay at their place without Jess' input. However he accepts the proposal. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
28	14	"Hustler"	John Polson	Wendy West & Spindrift Beck	May 18, 2021 (2021-05-18)	MW214	5.48
The Fugitive Task Force works with the JTTF, heads to Washington, D.C., to protect a former informant, Sheri James, of Ortiz after a hitman tries to kill her, but killing her sister instead. The case becomes personal for Ortiz who was in a relationship with Sheri, but things take a turn when she is murdered. The Task Force also deduces that Max Nikolla, who Sheri had helped Ortiz get behind bars and who was recently released from prison, wasn't responsible for her death, but solely the bombing of a marathon event. Ortiz also learns that to his dismay, Sheri had been hustling her clients, including himself, and was also pregnant. They track down the hitman, Nancy Lawson, who was paid by Indiana congressman Reese Holland, and deduces that he might be the father of Sheri's child. Holland is arrested for his involvement. Byron and Marie get married on the LaCroix farm, also attended by Jess' colleagues and Sarah. His father also encourages him to go further with his relationship with Sarah. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
29	15	"Chattaboogie"	Milena Govich	David Hudgins	May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25)	MW215	5.79
A Special Agent with the Office of the Inspector General enlists the help of LaCroix and the Fugitive Task Force to locate DEA agent Clayton Smith, who is laying low or operating undercover in Tennessee after they suspect he may have turned dirty. However, when they find his informant and Smith dead, they suspect he may not have gone rogue after all. The Task Force and local police tactically begin to question three families involved in a drug and money laundering ring out of a car dealership, where the shooter, Evan Greeter, is trying to take over his deceased father's place in the operation by wiping out everyone he believes failed his family. The Task Force and police get ahead and surround the Kleinman residence where Greeter and his girlfriend holds Susan Kleinman hostage. However, she manages to break free and they take out Greeter and his girlfriend, with the former surviving. Sarah wonders if she was too quick to move in with Jess and Tali. At the end of the episode, Sarah's estranged husband, who has been released on bail, turns up at Jess's house with a gun. He breaks in, Kenny and Jess follow, round a corner and multiple shots are fired, ending the episode in a cliffhanger.

Season 3 (2021–22)

Main article: FBI: Most Wanted season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
30	1	"Exposed"	Ken Girotti	Story by: Dick Wolf & David Hudgins & Elizabeth Rinehart Teleplay by: David Hudgins & Elizabeth Rinehart	September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)	MW301	7.12
As they wait for news on Kenny, who is being treated for wounds he received after being shot by his old friend, Curtis Williams, an Army veteran turned hired assassin, while assisting agents Maggie Bell and OA Zidan of the FBI's New York field office on a case which started with the murder of a woman on federal property and led to the uncovering of a sex trafficking ring during the FBI Season 4 premiere episode, "All That Glitters", the Fugitive Task Force are assigned to hunt down a suspect believed to be responsible for the murder of billionaire Nathan Tate which triggers a gunfight in downtown New York City that ends with both the suspect and an NYPD officer dead and has the team meeting Kristin Gaines, an agent from the FBI's Miami field office who has been investigating the suspect as well as his movements. Jess also learns that he and Kenny have been cleared of the shooting that occurred at Jess's house which also reveals that Kenny shot dead Hugh Hill, the ex-husband of Jess's girlfriend, Sarah Allen. With assistant from OA who temporarily joins the team and Kristin, they race to apprehend Colin Kent and his associates, only to discover that Kent has not only fled the mansion he was staying in via an airplane and is heading to an unknown location but that he now has information concerning the identities of those involved in the sex trafficking ring. This episode continues a crossover event that begins on the season 4 premiere of FBI and concludes on the pilot episode of FBI: International. It also marks the debut appearance of Alexa Davalos (Kristin Gaines) while Missy Peregrym (Maggie Bell), Zeeko Zaki (Omar Adom "OA" Zidan) and Alana De La Garza (Isobel Castille) are credited as Special Guest Stars.
31	2	"Patriots"	Peter Stebbings	Richard Sweren	September 28, 2021 (2021-09-28)	MW302	5.59
With Hana off helping her sister move in and Crosby having returned to Oklahoma to recover from his gunshot wounds, the Fugitive Task Force welcome Kristin Gaines who has officially joined the team. When three people are killed in a Washington D.C. hotel, one of the victims also a federal police officer, the team search for a motive for the killings and discover a possible connection to the January 6 United States Capitol attack. They learn that the receptionist, Calie Martin had correlated the IDs of several customers to those of most wanted from the attack, supposedly to avenge her father who was injured during the attack. The Task Force track the suspect to Virginia, where also his brother and his wife is a part of a militant group. Tensions between the brothers escalate when Travis discovers Cole cheating with his wife, leading to him getting strangled. After two ambushes and a subsequent surrounding by law enforcement, Gaines talks the son down and the mother surrenders in favour of her son. The remaining brother attempts to shoot her but is fatally shot by Ortiz. LaCroix and Sarah deal with the aftermath of her ex's death and challenges of keeping a teenage Tali in order.
32	3	"Tough Love"	Marc Roskin	Stephanie Sengupta	October 5, 2021 (2021-10-05)	MW303	5.65
When the body of judge Stuart Weaver is found tortured in the woods in West Virginia, the team investigate and uncover a link to an academy that deals with tough love of their students, whose principal bribed the judge into giving harsh sentences to juveniles so they could take them on. Several more murders happen in a similar pattern to the judge, and the Task Force identify the perpetrator as Luke Hadley, who had help from former survivor Emily Wilton. However, as they make their escape from the Task Force, Hadley pushes her out the car window, Emily dying as a result. Letters between Hadley and his now deceased girlfriend point to an endgame against the owner of the academy. Barnes attempts to talk Hadley down, but he commits suicide. Gaines faces hurdles of her own as she resettles with her teenage daughter into an apartment in New York City, but loses her planned Airbnb due to shading dealings from the owner. However, her ex-husband Nick Vargas offers her and their daughter a vacant apartment in his building, solving her concerns of proximity to him and their son.
33	4	"Inherited"	Romeo Tirone	Wendy West	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)	MW304	5.50
When Chinese-American Carrie Chen is kidnapped after having dinner with her friends, the Task Force investigate the possibility of her being victim to a hate crime. The matter is complicated when her husband Stephen Beck tries to meet a ransom and two supposed Chinese agents ascend on scene. Beck is later kidnapped himself while the Chinese consulate deduces the agents' identities to be fake. Beck later breaks into his lab to retrieve blood samples to aid the son of Frank Zhao, the man who arranged his and his wife's kidnapping, with his most recent scientific discoveries. However, the son reacts poorly to the treatment and the Task Force ascend on the house and LaCroix talks Frank down. LaCroix and Sarah keep facing a rebellious teenage Tali, who Sarah discovers was lying about studying with friends and LaCroix grounds her. He also wows to prioritise Sarah equally to his daughter.
34	5	"Unhinged"	Ken Girotti	Melissa Scrivner Love	November 2, 2021 (2021-11-02)	MW305	4.97
As Hana rejoins the team while struggling to adjust the new changes in her life, the team find themselves investigating a deadly fire at an arcade in Pennsylvania, leaving two dead and one severely injured. Gradually they discover that Fred Duncan, the father of the arcade's manager, hired two people to torch the place to gain insurance money in order to pay his son's gambling debt. Said two people are later found dead alongside two more victims, with the latter of which having a connection to Angelo Carpenter, who served 35 years in prison for a rape and murder he never committed and is now seeking revenge against Fred Duncan, who was the real culprit, Fred's father, Fred Duncan Senior having paid those involved to frame Angelo while protecting his son, Fred Junior. He kidnaps his granddaughter, Abby and returns them to the Duncan residence to re-enact said events. The Task Force surround the residence, rescuing Fred and Abby but Carpenter attempts to escape, only to be shot dead by Ortiz while Abby is reunited with her mother and Fred Junior is taken into custody. Hana connects with Ortiz, deciding to go to the bar with him. Tim DeKay (Angelo Carpenter) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
35	6	"Lovesick"	Jean de Segonzac	Ticona S. Joy	November 9, 2021 (2021-11-09)	MW306	4.88
Cecil Walsh, a seemingly regular family man, murders his family after throwing them a party and goes on to kill a pastor and attack another man before abducting Nora Bryant. The Fugitive Task Force learn that all the individuals are connected to Walsh, with Bryant being his daughter who was adopted away to Eli Prant, who survived his attack. The pastor sat on the board of the Christian academy his wife was sent to and where his daughter was born; the former later dying of a drug overdose shortly before Walsh killed his family. Bryant herself learns that Walsh wishes for him to have the family he long wanted, and accepts his recount of her life story before attacking him and attempting to flee captivity. When Walsh finds her and attempts to kill her, the Task Force guns him down. Barnes finds herself struggling when her mother begins adding pressure to her marriage, with Charlotte disagreeing that she should act as a nanny for their daughter, and asks Barnes to take parental leave to substitute for her.
36	7	"Gladiator"	Tess Malone	Spindrift Beck	November 16, 2021 (2021-11-16)	MW307	5.64
The wife of professional basketball player Sonny Langer, Esme Langer, a famous lifestyle guru, is found dead in her own home. The Task Force is given the case and learns that Esme had a stalker, who snook around her children's school, and is identified as Mike Short by his roommate, whom he also kills before committing suicide, likely given his history of being a pedophile. The team also identify a burglar, Douglas Jones, who admits that he stole from the Langer house, but didn't kill Esme. The Task Force discover that Jones was hired by a company who built a machine designed to combat CTE who Sonny also sponsored, and they arrest its CEO after Sonny's agent is murdered. LaCroix deduces that Sonny killed both Esme and his agent and has now taken his children to the Hudson baseball stadium. The Task Force and local police surround Sonny and his children at the stadium, with LaCroix and Gaines attempting to talk him down, which almost succeeds before Sonny commits suicide. Gaines finds herself growing closer to her ex-husband, but later learns that he has met a new woman.
37	8	"Sport of Kings"	Carlos Bernard	Richard Sweren	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)	MW308	5.45
The team investigate when a prized Kentucky race horse is stolen with its groomer being taken hostage. They also learn that two murders at a country golf club and of the horse transport's driver came in addition as collateral damage. The groomer, Tessa Sanders, manages to convince Willy Burke, Solomon Pensky's accomplice, to let her go and work together to get the money demanded from the horse owner, Grace Roland, however she ditches him when the FBI is caught up on them. Initially Roland stonewalls the Task Force citing the demands of no law enforcement involvement, but is convinced by Barnes and Gaines. With the horse's return, Roland decides to let Sanders get away with the money, expressing that she earned it for her work with the horse. Byron, Jess's father returns to celebrate the holidays with Jess and Tali, while Jess also worries about the possibility of Tali getting accepted into a boarding school in Canada. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
38	9	"Run-Hide-Fight"	Ken Girotti	Elizabeth Rinehart	December 14, 2021 (2021-12-14)	MW309	6.86
A trip to the mall for some holiday shopping turns deadly for Jess and Barnes when they along with the other shoppers find themselves caught in the middle of a shooting with the exits being rigged with so that no-one can escape. Gibson, Ortiz and Gaines are notified and in turn is the NYPD, who works with them to defuse and locate the bombs and finding the mastermind behind it. On the inside, LaCroix and Barnes secures the former's family along with other shoppers in a staff room and work with former cop Linwood to disarm the shooters and find more survivors. A total of five bombs are discovered, but the fifth one remains of radar for the outside team until Ortiz discovers a timer at the mastermind, Rob Murphy's house. Linwood risks his life to save LaCroix and Barnes from the bomb while Byron assists Gaines and SWAT entry through the roof. With all bombs defused and shoppers evacuated, Charlotte, who was also trapped in the mall, goes into early labor and gives birth to a baby boy. Linwood is reunited with his son and LaCroix finds himself supporting Tali who's going to boarding school in Canada, with her application having been accepted. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
39	10	"Incendiary"	Milena Govich	D. Dona Le	January 4, 2022 (2022-01-04)	MW310	5.43
The Fugitive Task Force takes the case of Binh Dao, who utilised napalm bombs in a casino, injuring two and killing one. Initially they speculate his motives are political, but this changes when he targets multiple people who had a role in his upbringing, including the mother of his childhood friend. The Task Force learns from his stepfather that he shot his marine roommate for racist remarks, which was reported as an accident. They later discover that the stepfather gambled money away at the casino targeted earlier, which was meant for the mother's back surgery. Binh further targets his mother's former employer and heads to the lab that his mother once interviewed for because of her PhD engineering degrees. His ultimate motive is deduced to be standing up against the ones he thinks wronged his mother. The Task Force and lab security manage to stop Binh on their property and talk him into surrendering with his mother's help. LaCroix and Sarah see Tali off as she leaves for boarding school and share a movie night with his sister. This episode marks the final appearance of Yaya Gosselin (Tali Skye LaCroix).
40	11	"Hunter"	John Murray	Rickey Cook	January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	MW311	5.56
The Fugitive Task Force find themselves searching for a killer who's playing a twisted game of cat and mouse, collecting their heads as trophies. However, this is limited to his first victims, who are revealed to have a connection to abuse cases from boy scouting, one of them being the man who perpetrated the abuses. The killer, skilled hunter Wally Turner, turns his focus to other sexual predators, killing two after a game in a warehouse and brings another to the woods behind a diner. The Task Force learns that his psychologist aided him by giving him a new rifle and ammunition. They find Turner's last victim tied to a tree and LaCroix attempts to talk him down, but Turner stays determined of his way of justice. Ultimately this becomes his downfall as on Jess's command and Barnes's signal, the SWAT team accompanying them use smoke canisters to prevent Turner from aiming which gives Ortiz enough time to find Turner and shoot him dead. Ortiz, now Gibson's new roommate, learns that she is adopted and encourages her to send her drafted email to her biological mother, which she ultimately does.
41	12	"El Pincho"	Ludovic Littee	Wendy West	February 1, 2022 (2022-02-01)	MW312	5.91
When notorious Colombian drug lord Estevan Martin Maldonado manages to escape from a Pennsylvania prison, the team are given the assignment of searching for him, and works with the DEA's Greg Galson. Maldonado leaves several murders in his wake, including his co-conspirator, Charlie Simmich, a prison guard on his payroll. The Task Force and DEA secure Maldonado's wife, who refuses to cooperate. Gaines follows US Marshals deputy Tara McPherson's lead on a possible location of Maldonado's stash house, where they almost take him out before he escapes. The Task Force arrests Galson after he refuses to shoot Maldoando, also revealing he was on his payroll. They track Maldonado to a convent, which serves as a front for a drug smuggling tunnel to New York. He takes Gaines hostage and down to the tunnels, where she stabs him to disable him. Gaines also tells her ex-husband what happened to her during her last undercover assignment and why she never opened up about it until now.
42	13	"Overlooked"	Milena Govich	Stephanie Sengupta	February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)	MW313	5.70
The Fugitive Task Force investigate the double homicide of the mother and daughter of the high ranking Osterholm family in a small town in Maryland, whose husband and father Daniel Osterholm is on the run for involvement in an embezzlement scheme. Daniel is later found dead in his own car and his friend admits that he forced his gun against him so he could shoot himself, but his prints are not found at the scene. When Craig Osterholm, the son, is kidnapped at his aunt's house, the Task Force learns that he was notorious on the dating scene and was involved in the disappearance of Brittany Walsh, whose father, Caleb, is responsible for the murders. Caleb forces Craig to confess for Brittany's death, which he claims was an accident and reveals her body in a freezer. LaCroix talks him down, and further consequences ensues with the sheriff resigning for lack of investigation and protecting the Osterholms, Craig arrested for killing Brittany and Caleb himself for his murders. Jess takes advantage of his own empty nest to properly court Sarah and invites her out for a dance.
43	14	"Shattered"	Lisa Demaine	Elizabeth Rinehart	March 8, 2022 (2022-03-08)	MW314	5.55
LaCroix and the Task Force search for Harley Ross, the abusive boyfriend of Lucy Carver, who killed Dr. Darien Johnson and his family in the search for her. They learn that Lucy sought sanctuary and protection from a covert website specialising in domestic abuse victims, and Ross continues his killing spree of people who would have insight to her whereabouts. They manage to save her handler, Alicia Dutton, while also learning that Lucy had a daughter, which triggered Ross. With intel from her, Ross goes to the ER to find their daughter who needs a transplant due to her having leukaemia, and sneaks out when the FBI surrounds him. LaCroix finds a bruised Lucy in the parking lot and shields her when Ross re-exits and begins shooting at the two. The rest of the FBI team arrive, shooting Ross dead while learning that Jess has been fatally wounded after Ross shot him in the neck. The ER personnel at the hospital attempt to treat Jess but he presumably dies off screen, devastating the entire team. Barnes and Gibson informs Sarah of LaCroix's passing, putting their travel plans on indefinite hold. Together, Sarah and Byron go to Canada to inform Tali of her father's death. This episode marks the final appearance of Julian McMahon (Jess LaCroix) while Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
44	15	"Incel"	Carlos Bernard	Zach Cannon	March 22, 2022 (2022-03-22)	MW315	5.79
Struggling to come to terms with Jess's death, Barnes, Hana, Ortiz and Gaines are given the assignment of tracking down a member of the incel community, Erik Perwin, who has begun embarking on a murder spree, targeting the people he believes never even gave him a chance. The incel community is in an uproar and another member, Jericho Brown, shoots up a saloon and seeks to work together with Perwin. They target a fashion show, where Perwin takes his idol model Chance Robbins hostage while Brown is shot when he brandishes his weapon. Gaines distracts Perwin, until Robbins breaks free himself and Ortiz subsequently tackles Perwin. Isobel Castille checks in on the team upon giving them the assignment, and the team decides to help Sarah finish the painted walls in her and Jess' home and share a meal with her and Byron. Terry O'Quinn (Byron LaCroix) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
45	16	"Decriminalized"	Tim Busfield	Melissa Scrivner Love	March 29, 2022 (2022-03-29)	MW316	5.84
When married couple Marianne and Will Conway, who grow illegal marijuana, kill their employees, the team head to Vermont to investigate and find the couple. Along the way, they learn that their operational application for marijuana has been rejected and that much of their personal information remain cryptic. Gibson and Gaines are trapped in their marijuana cellar when the couple returns home for seeds used as insurance, but Barnes frees them. From analogue records, they learn that Marianne is the daughter of Russian mobster Vasily Matrushok, whom they suspect ordered their daughter's kidnapping, only to learn that he retired longtime ago and left the mob's leadership to Marianne's sister Laura. Marianne and Will meet her at a secret marijuana site that Will set up, and she hands over their daughter in return for their seeds, but quickly goes back on her word just as the Task Force arrive with the resulting gunfight seeing Will and Laura being shot dead and Marianne being arrested while the couple's daughter is rescued. Barnes contemplates seeking maternity leave to be more present in her newborn son's life, which Castille accepts just as the CID's announcement of a new Task Force leader comes through. Alana De La Garza (Isobel Castille) is credited as a Special Guest Star.
46	17	"Covenant"	Ken Girotti	David Hudgins & Spindrift Beck	April 12, 2022 (2022-04-12)	MW317	5.43
The team are introduced to their new leader, Remy Scott who's returned to live in New York, just as they begin to investigate the supposed abduction of teenage girl Lillie Jones. They soon learn that she went voluntarily along with her troubled boyfriend Jeremy Hamm as both their parents are found dead and later also a private investigator. Both Hamm and Jones have ties to the Covenant church and Intentions rehab facility, with the former in practise being a cult. When the pastor is found dead, they suspect his wife killed him as they learn from an undercover IRS agent that the church was suspected to be involved in tax evasion. Lillie is also revealed to be pregnant and scheduled to be married to Jeremy in a ceremony held by one of the rehab center's leaders Ken Clymer. On scene, Hamm is found dead and they track a rental vehicle to a motel, where Pat Mitchell, the pastor's wife, is arrested and Lillie saved. Scott invites the team out to throw axes and drink, and also shares the story of his brother Mikey. This episode marks the debut appearance of Dylan McDermott (Remy Scott)
47	18	"Reaper"	Alex Zakrzewski	Elizabeth Rinehart & D. Dona Le	April 19, 2022 (2022-04-19)	MW318	5.25
The Task Force are called in to investigate when army veteran turned journalist Art Weller is found murdered in a Washington DC motel room. When they go to question his army friend, he is shot by a sniper in an ensuing panic. Later a renowned Afghan author who praises the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is abducted and executed on a live stream. The team soon identify the fugitive as Taliban operative Badi Wazeer, who killed Weller and his friend for their involvement in a 2012 drone strike that was covered up. Wazeer joins forces with US veteran Joe Haas, who also shares disdain for the botched withdrawal. Further clues reveals the two are planning a terrorism attack against a MIT science event for Afghan women. They take out Joe and Wazeer and subsequently the drone used to perpetrate the attack. Gibson receives news about her biological mother in New Zealand who recently passed away, in addition to a surprise visit by her half-brother.
48	19	"Whack Job"	Cory Bowles	Richard Sweren & Ryan Causey	April 26, 2022 (2022-04-26)	MW319	5.44
The Task Force investigate a home invasion gone wrong which led to the death of a witness in witness protection and his daughter injured. They learn that the witness, Larry Lewis, was in relationship with NYPD officer Janine Viano, who is renowned for helping domestic violence victims, who seemingly has no knowledge of her husband's prior history and witness protection status. The fugitive is later identified as Kyra McCall, who attended the same gym as Viano, who had also tasked her to take out Lewis and his daughter. Viano visits the crisis center McCall resides at and kills her when she fails to take out the daughter for the second time. She goes to her partner, Justin Hill, asking him to take her across the Canadian border. Half way there, Hill stops the car and surrenders to the Task Force, and Viano is arrested when she attempts to flee. Scott visits his sister Claire, who is taking care of their mother. However, her Alzheimer's hinders her in remembering him and he presents a care home option to Claire. She decides to accept the offer when he reveals that their mother blames him for their brother's death when they were younger.
49	20	"Greatest Hits"	Ken Girotti	Stephanie Sengupta & Zach Cannon	May 10, 2022 (2022-05-10)	MW320	5.28
In 1989, a notorious gangster is killed at a drive-by fast food chain by hitman Jackie "The Fox" Bianchi. In 2022, a mother and her two young sons are killed in a similar fashion at the same location. Shortly after, three people are killed at a funeral, again replicating a hit perpetrated by Bianchi. The Task Force enlist the help of Terry Daniels, the former lead investigator from Organised Crime in the case against Bianchi, to utilise inner mafia sources to get ahead of the copy cat, Joey Messina, who idolises Bianchi. Scott attempts to convince judge April Brooks to sign off on a warrant to retrieve info from Bianchi's podcast despite him being presumed dead in 1992. The application is denied, but the team deduce that Bianchi is alive and resides in Las Vegas based on a cooking video. Scott's ex-wife Carmen from the LVMPD aids in the raid and arrest of Bianchi. Brooks signs of on a revised deal for Bianchi's assistance to lure out Messina. Messina changes meeting locations, but Bianchi utilises him as a means to escape, but is arrested and Messina is gunned down after refusing to surrender. With encouragement from Carmen, Scott decides to seek out Brooks, whom he has developed a small fascination for. Wendy Moniz, as Judge Brooks, begins a short (4 episodes) run as a love interest for the character of Remy Scott.
50	21	"Inheritance"	Jean de Segonzac	Gina Gionfriddo & Ticona S. Joy	May 17, 2022 (2022-05-17)	MW321	5.46
When Cassandra Mason, a female con artist pretending to be a personal trainer murders a wealthy couple from the East Hamptons, she goes on the run and murders the ones she thinks could expose her past. The Task Force struggle to pinpoint her real identity, linking Jenny Bentz to a private school Treetops, who seemingly drowned at the school lake. Accounts from her mother confirms that Mason stole Bentz's identity, and her real name is revealed to be Dehlia Holby. She tries to borrow money from her sister, but is furious when the amount is not enough, and takes her and her mother hostage. Through the Treetops principal's brother, a lawyer who helped settle a case against him about Dehlia's relationship with the former. It's because of this Dehlia has been doing what she has in order to escape her past. Scott talks her down and shoots her gun to disarm her. Ortiz is asked by Gibson's half brother George to lend him money to pay back a drug deal debt. Having considered his options, Ortiz ensures that George does pay him back by having him work at his local gym. This episode marks the final appearance of Miguel Gomez (Ivan Ortiz)
51	22	"A Man Without a Country"	Heather Cappiello	Story by: David Hudgins & Wendy West Teleplay by: David Hudgins	May 24, 2022 (2022-05-24)	MW322	4.77
A valuable painting is stolen from delivery by stealth assassins, with the owner, Trofim Sarkov, having sent his goons to get it back from delivery. Once the FBI confiscates it after the Task Force stops it going onto a plane in Massapequa, Sarkov ups the ante and orders a hit on the visiting trade commissioner, before moving onto the families of the Task Force members, threatening their lives. However, Scott orders a mass action by the New York Office, which secures them all in a new location. Sarkov's body pile keeps rising until he also sets loose sarin gas on a subway, which the Task Force learns of through an FBI mole Sarkov controls. All but one subway passenger is evacuated in time. Sarkov's demands for $500 million falls on deaf ears, while a bounty on him rises. He then kidnaps his own daughter, Polina who has opposed the invasion of Ukraine, forcing her to retract her opposition, then brings her to the Russian consulate to use as a bargaining tool. However, the Task Force stop them just shy of the consulate, and save her. Sarkov enters the consulate, only to end up being executed by gunshot seconds after entering the gates as punishment for not only failing to deliver Polina to them but for also bringing the unwanted attention of the FBI to them. Scott enters a relationship with Brooks and asks her out for dinner for the first time.

Season 4 (2022–23)

Main article: FBI: Most Wanted season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
52	1	"Iron Pipeline"	Peter Stebbings	Richard Sweren	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	MW402	5.27
As Barnes returns from her maternity leave, meeting Remy for the first time with it also being revealed that Ortiz has permanently transferred back to Los Angeles, to continue looking after his sick father, the Fugitive Task Force investigates, with the help of an ATF agent, when a family of four is found dead in a motel room in Georgia. The team discovers a link between the victims and the sale of illegal guns, which was stolen by Walker Hawley and his friend Donte Colson. Midway on I-95, Colson escapes, but Hawley shoots him. Hawley makes it to Pennsylvania to sell his guns. Barnes struggles to adjust to the changes in the team that have occurred during her absence as well as Scott's leadership style and raises questions about his ethics about going undercover to meet Hawley's buyer. Despite nearly being made, Scott makes it out. The Task Force arrests the buyer and disarms Hawley. They also track down another customer to the buyer, who is the father of a summer camp shooting victim who seeks to bring attention to the shooting by targeting a NRA event. He holds the leader hostage and forces him to share his daughter's crime scene photo with the NRA followers online. When he has a breakdown, the Task Force move in to arrest him. Scott asks his sister, Claire to have their mother sent to a care home after an incident, which he begins to regret until he sees how well their mother has settled in.
53	2	"Taxman"	Ken Girotti	David Hudgins	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	MW401	5.40
As the Fugitive Task Force meets FBI agent Ray Cannon, the team's newest member, they find themselves searching for a criminal who's targeting IRS offices in Tennessee. They learn that the now fugitive, Darla Crais, suffers from multiple personality disorder as a result of being abandoned at a gas station by her parents as a child and has recently developed a third personality, which take the form of an abusive man. Another IRS agent is killed, and the Task Force learns that said agent and the first victim, was incrimated in a complaint at Cairs' workplace, also an IRS office, claiming they raped her during a conference in Colorado, however she later withdraw the complaint. In addition, it's revealed that Cairs was pregnant and likely didn't want to be registered for abortion because her DID could be revealed. Cairs takes the director of a clinic hostage in Atlanta, Georgia and attempts to open her wound and get the baby out herself. The situation is diffused and Cairs is further treated. Both Barnes and Cannon experience difficulties with Scott, the former feeling she has been downgraded despite her longtime experience. Gibson advices Cannon to learn from his mistakes. Barnes and Scott agree that the latter should do better by her going forwards. This episode marks the debut appearance of Edwin Hodge (Ray Cannon)
54	3	"Succession"	Tess Malone	Wendy West	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	MW403	5.28
As the team, along with the DEA, begin searching for people who attacked and robbed a diamond store in the Diamond District in downtown New York, it is revealed that the case is connected to Kristin's own undercover past during her time as an agent in Miami with connection to the Zamora family. Two of the brothers are in New York following the assassination of their father, both vying to take over the cartel. In hindsight, the oldest son, Manuel, has secretly taken over and conspires with the youngest son Oscar, who is vying a seat at the table. Gaines and the Task Force secure the daughter, Lucia, who was her informant while undercover, and put her and a former prostitute in a safe house. The DEA receives inside information that Manuel is conducting a drug sale in Newark, which the Task Force break up. Gaines confronts Oscar, who also raped her during her time undercover, but ends up strangling him to death after he resists arrest. Lucia escapes from hospital after getting drugged, and is revealed to have masterminded the entire case so she could take over the cartel herself. Despite arguing against her daughter in getting a tattoo, Gaines decides to do so anyway after the case.
55	4	"Gold Diggers"	Don McCutcheon	Stephanie Sengupta	October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)	MW404	5.41
After a professor who had her throat slashed manages to dig herself outside of a grave she was buried in and eventually dies during surgery, the team investigate her murder and discover it is connected to gold that went missing during the Civil War, although there is evidence that indicates it may be a myth. Through connections to a thief turning up dead with stolen era maps and the discovery of a cave in Pennsylvania, the Task Force find themselves sidelined when the Treasury Department steps in to search the cave for the gold. Meanwhile, the Task Force discovers that Ranger Toby Medina had cleared the grandparents of Sadie Sykes, one of three participants searching for the gold in the local area; to dig up the gold and get a fair share. Medina takes Sadie hostage, believing she knows where the gold is. When negotiations fails, Cannon shoots Medina in the head, killing him and saving Sadie's life. The Treasury Department doesn't find the gold, concluding it was a hoax all along. Scott and Brooks attend an art event and he wins the betting and is reunited with an old friend, Fiona Paley, who Brooks becomes wary of after she personally hands Scott the award.
56	5	"Chains"	Ken Girotti	Elizabeth Rinehart	October 18, 2022 (2022-10-18)	MW405	5.29
While heading to visit her sister in Texas, Gibson is kidnapped after helping a girl she suspects is being abused. It turns out her father and stepmother is trafficking her to pedophiles via a contact, Doug Sandwood. She forms a bond with the girl, Ollie, and sets out to get them out of the house their trapped in. Meanwhile, Scott and the Task Force work with local law enforcement and other FBI offices to triangulate Gibson's location and discover the awful truth of Ollie's life ever since her mother separated from her father. When Gibson and Ollie escape the house, they take with them a kidnapped infant, only to be stopped by her father. Just then, Scott and the Task Force arrive and shoot the father when he resists. Ollie is reunited with her mother, and Gibson admits that the story she told her while they were held captive; about using pain for good causes, was about herself.
57	6	"Patent Pending"	Sudz Sutherland	Ryan Causey	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)	MW406	4.74
When a tech entrepreneur is murdered, the team investigate and soon find themselves entering the world of psychedelics to find his killer, leading them to a depressed and troubled young man, Jake Cooley, dealing with the effects of his mother's suicide and the manipulative wife, Becca McCann, of a couple owning a private school he worked at. They also learn that she is using a specialised substance and pull to make him do her bidding, somewhat resembling scopolamine. After they drug the water bottles at her rival's presentation, McCann brings him to Hudson Gorge, where Cooley's mother died. The Task Force and state police arrive and Scott talks Cooley down while McCann is shot dead and plunges into the gorge when she tries to kill Cooley. Barnes saves Cooley from committing suicide. Gibson struggles with the aftermath of her kidnapping, refusing to take pills. Cannon proposes an alternative way of coping to get her mind of things.
58	7	"Karma"	Cory Bowles	D. Dona Le	November 22, 2022 (2022-11-22)	MW407	5.11
The team find their Thanksgiving plans being put on hold as they investigate a shooting at a Buddhist temple. Through surveillance footage in the city, they identify the shooter as Adam Moore, who according to a DOJ agent, demanded the arrest of people he deemed war criminals for pirates near slaughtering Vietnamese refugees on an island outside of Thailand in the 1970s. Two of the victims at the temple were related to the event in addition to former Senator William Hunter. Moore later abducts his ailing father to join him in facing the pirate mastermind at a shopping mall. Surrounded in the kitchen, Scott attempts to speak Moore down, but his father does so before executing the pirate mastermind and is killed in return. Scott's relationship with Brooks comes to a close when she states that it's obvious he is more devoted to his work then someone in a relationship. Scott instead spends Thanksgiving with Gibson and Cannon.
59	8	"Appeal"	Heather Cappiello	Spindrift Beck	December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)	MW408	5.00
Three prosecutors are murdered outside a bar in a town in Arkansas, and shortly after their boss, the district attorney, is also murdered. Initially all clues point to a hit on another prosecutor by the leader of the Memphis league of a Latino gang, but the lead ends there upon the DA being murdered. Parking garage surveillance points to circuit judge Howard Roarke, who recently applied for the state's court of appeals. His application was rejected on grounds of negative feedback and allegations, and he is seeking revenge against the people he deems ruins white people's position in the system. The Task Force learns he is targeting Arkansas Governor Nancy Novak who is attending a charity event, and needs to be tested for COVID-19. With a mix of fentanyl and vaccine substances, Roarke knocks both the Governor and her bodyguard unconscious, but paramedics are able to save them. The team attempt to stop Roarke from escaping, and a site security guard manages to shoot him in his attempt. Cannon seeks justice for Cora Love and her son Caleb, who have been evicted from their home despite one day remaining on their lease. With Gibson's help, Cannon orders the landlord to write up a new lease or face prison for tax evasion over a $75 000 debt.
60	9	"Processed"	Ken Girotti	Melissa Scrivner-Love	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	MW409	4.40
When celebrity child psychiatrist Olivia Kramer is kidnapped by a relative of a former client, the team race to find her. They identify the victim as Ruthie Denham, the half sister of Noah Tramble, who has kidnapped Kramer. Noah was thrown out of the family after he was supposedly found to have molested Ruthie, but neither of them have any memory of the event. Noah uses Kramer as support to get back with his ex girlfriend, but Kramer escapes with their daughter Rose, and the girlfriend later escapes his wrath as police ascend on the scene. Following Ruthie's hospitalisation after a attempted suicide, Noah hijacks her ambulance and kidnaps her after wrecking. Ruthie explains to him, as with Gaines earlier, that she was molested more than once. Noah and Ruthie go to confront their father, who was the real molester and had used Noah's drug addiction and highness to cover up his own misdeeds. Gaines talks him down from killing his stepfather and both are arrested. Gaines faces challenges with her daughter after she supposedly attended a party, which later proves incorrect and the two reconcile, agreeing that Gaines should tell her whenever she is not feeling OK.
61	10	"False Flag"	Cory Bowles	Zach Cannon	January 10, 2023 (2023-01-10)	MW410	5.02
Delaware State Police detective Phil Brady is kidnapped and later executed by a masked woman, who the Task Force learns is Kim Fogelman, the wife of Joshua Fogelman who they arrested for targeting an NRA event (in "Iron Pipeline"). Kim is revealed to have delved into conspiracy theories fuelled by talkshow host Tanya Waters, that the shooting her daughter was killed in, was a false flag operation by the government. Believing her daughter to be alive, Kim conspires with Wolfgang Blair, Waters' son, to target left wing donor Damon Marshall and find her daughter, Maya. The Task Force convince Waters to talk her son down, which unbeknown to her, is broadcast live and her production crew walk out on her. Upon reaching Marshall's residence, the team knocks Wolfgang out and Barnes, with Marshall's help, talks Kim down. In prison, she is given Maya's belongings, but is still under the guise of her being alive. When their daughter expresses curiosity about religion, Barnes considers going to church with her mother to seek some peace, despite Charlotte's objection to not allow their daughter to do the same.
62	11	"Crypto Wars"	Milena Govich	Christopher Salmanpour	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)	MW411	5.20
The team investigates an explosion at an energy plant in Ohio and soon races to find and save tech entrepreneur Graham Solinder, who has been abducted by former climate protestors Jonah and Billy Tanner. When the Tanner brothers are found dead and Solinder again gone, the Task Force learns that Solinder's energy plant head of security Tom Wallis orchestrated the abduction to get his memory stick containing $20 million. A South African enforcer halts Wallis' plan when he brings Solinder's to a professor who has the stick. The enforcer is revealed to be working for Chinese attaché Lao Tsun, who also seeks the memory stick. Solinder's autistic son Dante helps the team with transferring the memory stick's password to Lao, by having a virus function activate should the password be entered. Scott and his sister sell their mother's house. He later learns that Mikey's killer is considered for early release due to cancer. Determined to not let him out on the streets again, despite his sister's opposition, Scott heads to Florida.
63	12	"Black Mirror"	Jean de Segonzac	Richard Sweren	February 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)	MW412	4.80
Teenagers Luke Spottiswood and Chloe LeBlanc are kidnapped by pastor Jacob Varitek and his brother Rudolph, leading law enforcement on a statewide hunt to find them. When Chloe attempts to escape, she is killed by Rudolph. The Task Force deduces that the brothers' radical actions might be connected to their father's painful death and intend to display the devil by disfiguring Luke. Scott goes in undercover to get Jacob to confess, but scares him away instead. After Luke is relocated by Rudolph, Scott orders Cannon to rescue him, managing to stab Rudolph in this attempt. The rest of the team end up in a high speed pursuit with Jacob, until he crashes. Scott shoots him when he attempts to stab him. Scott travels to Florida to give a statement to his brother's killer, Larry Davis' early release hearing. Ultimately the panel rejects an early release despite Davis' worsening condition. A documentary film maker, Serena Wade, visits Scott and asks him to speak on the victim's behalf in her documentary. In addition she presents evidence that suggests that Davis' judge was corrupt. Despite this, Scott refuses her offer and remains firm on Davis' guilt.
64	13	"Transaction"	Jon Cassar	Khalid A. Moalim	February 21, 2023 (2023-02-21)	MW413	4.72
The Task Force works with the Minnesota FBI office in finding a fourteen-year-old girl who was kidnapped in Minneapolis. They soon find themselves navigating when it becomes clear that a deep-knit Somali community has a mistrust of the authorities. When the kidnapper resists arrest and is subsequently killed, clues point the team back to the girl's family, where the mother arranged the kidnapping to evoke fear in the controlling father, and she had plans to send their daughter away. When the father goes looking for them and finds them, he executes her after refusing to reveal the daughter's location. As the team ascends on scene, the father prepares to execute the daughter out of a religious context. Despite their attempts to talk him down, he attempts to go through with the execution, only to be killed himself with Barnes shooting him in the head. Cannon asks Cora out and the two spend time out in town and almost share a kiss on the ferry home; all the while Gibson is tasked with babysitting Cora's son Caleb.
65	14	"Wanted: America"	Ludovic Littee	Wendy West	February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)	MW414	4.72
Rising star triathlete Sparrow May is murdered in her home and the Task Force narrow in on her boyfriend, fellow triathlete Colby Dysart, who carries a divided reputation. He is quickly ruled out as a suspect and the focus leans into Mavis Kennedy, his previous girlfriend known to have a temper. During the course of the manhunt, Scott navigates the constant presence of the film crew of true crime documentary series Wanted: America, with his old flame Em McAdoo at the helm. Despite their shared history and troubles, the two gradually reconcile. Mavis' family conspires to get her out of the country, but only get her as far as the wilderness of New Hampshire. She enlists the help of her ex-wife Leah Wilson when she gets injured. Wilson holds her captive, but Mavis uses an opening to escape, but Wilson takes chase. As the Task Force and police ascend on scene, they shoot Wilson and injure Mavis before her arrest.
66	15	"Double Fault"	Ken Girotti	D. Dona Le	March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14)	MW415	5.14
The Task Force are tasked with guarding a marathon event, but are dragged into investigating the abduction of Croatian tennis player Lula Arslan just adjacent. Scott, on the way to the event, takes chase in his personal vehicle, but is almost stopped by NYPD officers amid a shootout where the abductors switch vehicles. Gaines and Cannon track the decoy vehicle to a regional airport, where the perpetrators are quickly gunned down in a failed escape attempt. Gibson identifies the perpetrators as members of Iranian intelligence who has been dispatched to silence Lula due to her vocal opposition to the death of Mahsa Amini. Having commandeered a police cruiser, Scott arrives at the warehouse Lula has been brought to, entering a shootout with the perpetrators. With the rest of the team on scene, they attempt to talk them into letting Lula go. She manages to convince a younger member to go against his superior, who releases Lula and fails to execute her. Barnes' mentor Chuck Feld, now a private investigator, assists the team, having had a client put him on Lula's trail. Barnes later returns home, trying to find neutral ground with her father who has long opposed law enforcement. When her attempts fails, she rants about how he fails to see her as an individual opposed to her job. He apologises and promises to do better, which Barnes accepts.
67	16	"Imminent Threat – Part Three"	Ken Girotti	Story by: Rick Eid & Elizabeth Rinehart Teleplay by: Elizabeth Rinehart	April 4, 2023 (2023-04-04)	MW418	6.08
The Fugitive Task Force and the New York field office work to secure the safety of the American President ahead of a UN speech, only to learn that he is in London. After rescuing HR manager Allison Green, the task force learns that her brother works for a security company which David Laporta once helped design, but deduces that the target is JFK airport. At the airport, the FBI works with the administration to localise possible target points, narrowed to the underground pipelines. Along the way, the New York office manages to apprehend Lenkov's closest associates, who were disguised as airport security, before they and the task force surround Lenkov himself, who refuses to disarm the bomb. Underground, Scott and Stuart Scola encounter a security guard, Tom Davidson who is unaware that all the terrorists have already been captured, believing Scott and Scola are the "terrorists disguised as cops" and refuses to get out of their way, forcing Remy to shoot him. Remy and Scola find the bomb and deactivate it. However, Remy learns that Davidson has died at the hospital while Scola flies to Italy to be at Nina's side while she recovers, also meeting Special Agent Scott Forrester, the agent in charge of the FBI International Fly Team for the first time as Scott and Isobel meet at a bar. This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on FBI: International season 2, episode 16 and continues on FBI season 5, episode 17. Missy Peregrym (Maggie Bell), Zeeko Zaki (OA Zidan), John Boyd (Stuart Scola), Luke Kleintank (Scott Forrester), Shantel VanSanten (Nina Chase), Alana de la Garza (Isobel Castille) and Jeremy Sisto (Jubal Valentine) are credited as Special Guest Stars.
68	17	"The Miseducation of Metcalf 2"	Sharon Lewis	Stephanie SenGupta	April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11)	MW416	5.03
Connecticut students Bethany Storm, Maya Addison and Carly Cassidy join the latter's brother Patrick after Addison and Storm's fathers confront Patrick for his strange behaviour as Storm's mother reported. Addison's father is also shot in the process. The Task Force find themselves facing the brainwashed students, now closed-knit around Patrick in something reminiscent of a cult. Despite Bethany's initial hesitation, she becomes gradually fullt devoted. The team bust Carly when she tries to buy weapons, but she refuses to cooperate. Patrick and the remaining two rob a weapons store and consecutive local banks, planning to flee to an isolated island. The team deduces the banks' lack of alarm systems as a common thread and corner them at the next bank. Patrick is shot and Gibson talks Bethany down, eventually forcing her into surrendering. Gibson goes on a side mission to stop a pedophile, by posing as a 13-year-old girl and confronting the man with evidence of his actions, ensuring his downfall.
69	18	"Rangeland"	Loren Yaconelli	Richard Sweren & Ryan Causey	April 18, 2023 (2023-04-18)	MW417	5.06
The team is called to Wyoming after two Bureau of Land Management agents go missing after trying to execute a cattle seizure warrant against a rancher who hasn't paid the land fees. The rancher, Will, killed the agents claiming that he thought were going for their guns. His brother Cole is involved in an anti-government rancher association and previously ran for Sheriff. Meanwhile, the man Gibson outed as a pedophile sends her a video of shooting himself, which causes her to make mistakes. The brothers kidnap the Bureau's chief and the Sheriff and put them in a mock trial before his association's ranchers. They hang the chief, but Will speaks up in favor of the Sheriff before the FBI surrounds them. The ranchers confront the FBI and the National Guard, but the FBI and the Sheriff manage to get Cole out and deactivate them. The Sheriff arrests the ranchers. Back in New York, Gaines tries to help Gibson deal with her trauma.
70	19	"Bad Seed"	Ludovic Littee	Spindrift Beck & Chris Salmanpour	April 25, 2023 (2023-04-25)	MW419	5.10
Local Vermont reporter Lauren Baxter is killed in the parking lot of her work place, and swift initial evidence points to a known stalker, but post mortem it's revealed that he had an alibi for the murder. Following another murder of a pharmaceutical employee in Massachusetts, the Task Force identify their fugitive as Miles Maddox, who suffers from lupus, and likewise does his wife Savannah. They later learn that the two are working together to seek revenge upon Dr. Gregory Scanlon, who is their biological father and of 40 other children, through artificial insemination. Savannah is injured after being recognised at a bank and later ditches Miles to confront Scanlon herself. At his home in New Hampshire, she tortures him into confessing his wrongs. Scott talks her down, revealing that the ME discovered she is pregnant while Scanlon is rescued and then arrested. Convinced by both his sister and Gaines, Scott eventually reads the new motion about his brother's death. He learns that Mikey's stab wounds were post mortem, and thereby his crime scene was staged in order to frame Larry Davis.
71	20	"These Walls"	Peter Stebbings	David Hudgins & Richard Sweren	May 9, 2023 (2023-05-09)	MW420	5.04
Scott and Gaines visit a penitentiary in New Jersey to speak to an informant, Mays Miller, about the death of a fellow agent. Before leaving, riots erupts between the two gangs of the penitentiary, the Aryan Saints and Sixty-Fives, with the former demanding the handover of Miller from the latter, knowing him to be a snitch. The rest of the task force are called in to aid in the search for an inmate's son, who got lost in the chaos after visiting his father. The head of security turns the son to the Saints, having been forced to work for them. Scott makes a deal with the inmate, Jordan Williams, to exchange his son for Miller to the Saints. Cannon overlooks the exchange, and executes the Saints leader before he can kill Miller. In return, Miller gives the name of the agent's killer who is swiftly arrested. Scott learns from Wade that an undisclosed witness proves that Davis is innocent and was nowhere near Mikey before his death. He calls the attorney, determined to learn who the witness was.
72	21	"Clean House"	Milena Govich	Wendy West & Rickey Cook	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)	MW421	5.05
Venezuelan teenage asylum seekers Xiomara Torres and Regina Marquez start working for Carlos Morales, a presumed cleaning job, but are horrified to find themselves burying a body. Regina objects to the job and fights Morales, while Xiomara briefly escapes until Regina is killed and Morales recaptures her. Through the cleaning company he works for, Morales has Xiomara work at a luxury hotel in New York City, and she is assigned to work for property developer Easton Harcourt. After she resists him, Xiomara is later found dead after the Task Force identify Morales and chase him until the discovery. Ensuing information pinpoints that Morales supplies asylum seekers to work at the hotel, while Harcourt sexually exploited them and eventually killed them if they disobeyed. The magnitude of his crimes leads to his attorney quitting to represent him, and he attempts to escape when the Task Force approaches him, but is subsequently arrested. Barnes, Gibson and Gaines attend the funeral of several of his unidentified victims. Scott returns to Florida to apologise to Davis, who reluctantly accepts and gradually allows him to see the report into the unidentified witness. During the clearing process, Scott tasks Gibson to identify the witness.
73	22	"Heaven Falling"	Ken Girotti	David Hudgins	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	MW422	4.83
The Task Force aid police in tackling a hostage situation at a bank, where Cannon sneaks in and tackles the suspect without shots being fired. They later help Scott in re-investigating his brother's case. Scott speaks to the witness, who reveals Mikey had fought with a fellow peer rather than a man. The witness is later found dead some time after Mikey's former friend Benji Piccagli goes on the run. The cop who spoke to the witness 25 years ago confirms the witness statement used in Davis's file is falsified, since he wrote it by hand, but also reveals that a girl was involved, who is identified as Jenna Marks. The Task Force arrest Benji's mother for aiding and abiding before she can kill Jenna. The Task Force board a train to Montreal, where Scott forces Benji to confess. He explains that he hit Mikey with a rock after they drunkenly argued about Jenna. Furthermore his parents helped him cover up the crime, framing Davis and his father bribing the DA into sentencing him. After Benji's arrest, Scott is informed that Davis has died. In Wade's documentary, he issues his apology to Davis. He also meets Jenna, who reveals she had travelled to Florida to inform Mikey that she was pregnant with their child. Scott later goes to a cafe and meets Corey with Scott revealing that he's Corey's uncle while also meeting his long-lost nephew for the first time. This episode marks the final appearance of Alexa Davalos (Kristin Gaines)

Season 5 (2024)

Main article: FBI: Most Wanted season 5

See also

• FBI (franchise)
• List of FBI episodes
• List of FBI: International episodes

External links

• Official website
• FBI: Most Wanted at IMDb