About Last Night…FBI: INTERNATIONAL, THE SIMPSONS, FBI: MOST WANTED, and More

Let’s talk about Tuesday night’s TV!

FBI: Well, it felt obvious the Clay situation was going to end badly—but I didn’t anticipate it being that much of a mess.

The standoff was tense and painful, and I kept hoping (against all TV logic) that somehow it wouldn’t end the way it did. I understand the logical need for compartmentalization (both because of the job and also because the nature of procedural TV means you can’t really dwell on the trauma), but, man, that had to gut OA. (My favorite scene of the hour was OA talking to Maggie about his history with Clay, though. He was vulnerable, she was honest about her own concerns, and it just felt earned and lovely.)

[For more on the episode, here’s what Zeeko Zaki shared.]

ST. DENIS MEDICAL: Okay, forcing someone to admit they lied because they fraudulently were collecting money from GoFundMe was a brilliant way to get around the restrictions of doctors having to keep their patients’ secrets. (I would also like to see Joyce’s full lip sync video, because it looked absolutely delightfully silly.)



FBI: INTERNATIONAL: Not to be dramatic, but I would like the next episode ASAP, please. Like, logically, I can convince myself that Vo will be fine; I can’t fathom she’s going anywhere. But how much will this experience change her? How far will Wes go for revenge? (And will logic prevail, or will the “devil” on his shoulder—AKA Booth—win out?) Will Csonka be caught in the next hour or will he be a lingering foe for the rest of the season?

The performances in the hour were incredible, too. Jesse Lee Soffer and Carter Redwood, in particular, were absolutely brutally good as Wes and Raines tried to grasp the severity of Vo’s health spiral. Ow, ow, ow.

NIGHT COURT: This was fun! I figured they weren’t going to have a full homicide on this show—because, uh, it’s NIGHT COURT—but even I didn’t anticipate all of the layers of deception in play.

THE SIMPSONS: For as much as THE SIMPSONS is timeless, one of the best beats they’ve done in the past couple of decades is acknowledging that Ned has now lost two wives, and touching on the lingering grief that comes with that. The notion he might leave post-it notes for Maude and still be texting Edna was, as strange as it feels to write this, so absolutely real and human and wonderfully beautiful.

But it was a sweet hour, too. It’s interesting: Showrunner Matt Selman pointed out that it was the show’s first double-episode (which really did have a different feel from a two-parter), but the show has also done extended storytelling before in THE SIMPSONS MOVIE. On an absolutely nerdy level, stuff like this should be done more. If you’re an established franchise, and you have the ability to push the limits of your storytelling (especially on a streaming platform), do it. Take the two episodes here and tell an extended story. I liked the episode, but I might love what it could mean for how they tell stories moving forward even more. (Look, I’ve never hidden I’m a nerd about all of this.)



FBI: MOST WANTED: In hindsight, the sundown town comment should have been a warning that things were going to get bad…and while I thought (and feared) there might be a racist undertone to the crimes, holy…

Roxy Sternberg and Edwin Hodge were gutting in the hour, full stop. Honestly, even thinking about their performances is making me nauseous. The stop and subsequent attack by the officers was horrific enough, but the secondary trauma—the microaggression with Sheryll’s name, them witnessing a young Black man (who was trying to save his father) be murdered in front of them—was…so much, too. This was a viscerally upsetting episode in a way I didn’t anticipate going into the hour. I know they’re fictional characters, but I hope they had support when they got home because they (especially Ray) were not okay.

Which shows did you watch last night?

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