The FBI team — and viewers — were given quite a scare near the end of this season’s finale, when it appeared that an agent had shot dead an unarmed man.
This week’s episode revolves around the re-emergence of Hakim Siran, the terrorist who in the premiere was responsible for the death of Agent Hobbs, with whom Special Agent Tiffany Wallace was working undercover. Just a few weeks back, the very notion that Hakim had slipped back into the States had Tiffany on edge, so when he actually resurfaced this week, in the flesh, there was almost no telling how Tiffany would react — especially having just seen the commemoration of Hobbs’ passing be installed at HQ.
The following contains spoilers from the May 21 season finale of CBS‘ FBI.
The FBI team — and viewers — were given quite a scare near the end of this season’s finale, when it appeared that an agent had shot dead an unarmed man.
This week’s episode revolves around the re-emergence of Hakim Siran, the terrorist who in the premiere was responsible for the death of Agent Hobbs, with whom Special Agent Tiffany Wallace was working undercover. Just a few weeks back, the very notion that Hakim had slipped back into the States had Tiffany on edge, so when he actually resurfaced this week, in the flesh, there was almost no telling how Tiffany would react — especially having just seen the commemoration of Hobbs’ passing be installed at HQ.
As the finale built to its climax, Jubal’s team tracked Hakim and a henchman to a country club. Scola took out the henchman, and OA was nearly taken out by a grenade. That left Tiff to get the drop on Hakim himself. But with Maggie’s view of Tiffany and Hakim’s standoff obstructed, multiple shots rang out. Hakim, who had seemed just surrendered to Tiffany with his hands up, was dead. And no gun of his was in sight. But luckily, when OA arrived and turned over Hakim’s dead body, they in fact found the gun Tiffany said he’d gone for. Afterward, Tiffany paid Hobbs’ widow a visit, with news of what happened.
TVLine spoke with Tiffany’s portrayer, Katherine Renee Kane, about the finale’s nail-biter of an ending, and how she first was started by the hint of a very bad shooting.
TVLINE | What do you think is going through Tiffany’s mind as the episode comes to an end and Hakim is dead?
I think she’s shocked. She’s really shaken in the immediate moments after. There’s a lot of hesitation about what’s transpired. It happened so quickly, and I imagine that’s how it happens in real life when agents are pursuing a suspect. You have no idea what they’re going to do in a moment, and you try your best to choose the best response in order to protect your fellow agents, to protect the people you’re sworn to protect — and also yourself. So, I think it was really arresting, but she’s now able to breathe a little bit better, knowing that all things have resolved themselves. She can really close this chapter.
TVLINE | Were you, the actress, as relieved as Maggie, the character, was to find that there was a gun under the body?
Oh my god, yes! Because I was very, very worried—
TVLINE | I was like, this is about to get really dark.
This is about getting dark! [Laughs] Is this going to continue into some sort of [bad shooting] investigation? I was so relieved when we saw that there was a gun, and that’s a testament to the writers’ room, how they like to keep the suspense up.
TVLINE | What have you been discovering about Tiffany over the past season or two?
I’ve been discovered that she has a lot of passion, and she leads with her emotions, and those can have positive and negative aspects. That’s absolutely something that’s been tested through the season. And I think that she’s coming into a lot more self-possession. She’s growing a lot, a coming-of-age in a sense, you know? Coming from the NYPD [as Tiffany does], it’s a different tone. I mean, they’re sworn to serve and protect in the same sense, but this is a whole other level of having to engage our intellect and our techniques and talents. I think has pressed her to think about her work and what she has to offer in any way, and to not lead so much bullish, but a bit more thoughtfully.