Episode
FBI: Descent
Overview
The investigation into an assistant U.S. attorney’s death leads the team to a related airline whistleblower scandal and the chilling discovery that they don’t have much time to thwart terrorists from crashing numerous in-flight commercial airplanes. Dealing with the memory of his brother, who was a 9/11 victim, the case pushes Scola hard to prevent another catastrophe.
Details
- Series
- FBI
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2025-01-28
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Descent is Episode 9 in Season 7 of FBI. It aired on 2025-01-28. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 14: Hitched
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Episode 3: Détente
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