The second season of FBI, an American police procedural drama television series, premiered on CBS on September 24, 2019, and concluded on March 31, 2020. Only 19 episodes were produced due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The season is produced by CBS Television Studios.
The season featured a crossover event with spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted, which took place a week before the season finale. The finale itself was also a crossover with NBC's Chicago P.D. with Tracy Spiridakos reprising her role as Detective Hailey Upton.
Cast and characters
Main
Missy Peregrym as Maggie Bell; FBI Special Agent.
Zeeko Zaki as Omar Adom "OA" Zidan; FBI Special Agent and Maggie's partner, West Point graduate, and a retired Army Ranger.
Ebonée Noel as Kristen Chazal, FBI Special Agent and an Intelligence Analyst.
John Boyd as Stuart Scola; FBI Special Agent and Kristen's field partner. (Recurring episodes 1 to episodes 4, main from episodes 5 onward)
Alana de la Garza as Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) Isobel Castille; Mosier's replacement as the team's supervisor.
Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine; FBI Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge (ASAC), who runs the office's fusion center.
Recurring
Derek Hedlund as Special Agent JT, an FBI Special Agent who frequently worked in the field with OA and Maggie.
James Chen as Ian Lim, an FBI Technical Analyst.
Thomas Phillip O'Neil as Dr. Neil Mosbach, an FBI Medical Examiner.
Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran, an FBI Analyst.
Roshawn Franklin as Trevor Hobbs, an FBI Special Agent and an Intelligence Analyst.
Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, an FBI intelligence analyst.
Catherine Haena Kim as Emily Ryder, an FBI Special Agent who temporarily fills in for Kristen when she is injured in the line of duty.
Crossover
Julian McMahon as Special Agent Jess LaCroix, FBI Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and Team leader of the Fugitive Task Force
Kellan Lutz as Special Agent Kenny Crosby, FBI Special Agent in the Fugitive Task Force
Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, FBI Special Agent and second in command of the Fugitive Task Force
Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, FBI Special Agent and Technical Analyst assigned to the Fugitive Task Force
Tracy Spiridakos as Detective Hailey Upton, a member of the Intelligence Unit for the Chicago Police Department.
Episodes
Production
Development
On January 25, 2019, during the TCA press tour, FBI was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 24, 2019. On May 7, 2019, following the renewal it was announced that Milena Govich joined as co-executive producer and director.
On March 12, 2020, Universal Television has suspended the production of the last three episodes of the second season following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Casting
During the first season finale, it was indicated that Ward would be departing the series after the first season. On July 9, 2019, Alana de la Garza—who played Isobel Castille in a guest appearance in the first season—was promoted to the main cast for the second season; she also recurs on the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted.
On August 6, 2019, John Boyd was cast as Special Agent Stuart Scola, Kristin's new partner in the field, in a recurring role with the option to be promoted to regular at a later date. Boyd was promoted to regular on October 7, 2019.