After the news of the tragic elementary-school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, today, CBS announced that it is pulling tonight’s FBI season finale, titled “Prodigal Son.â€Â Written by showrunner Rick Eid, the episode follows FBI agents who investigate and prevent a school shooting that involves an agent’s son’s classmate. In its place, CSB will air an older episode of FBI from February 2022 about an anti-government investigation. The network will continue to air the season finales of FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International as scheduled tonight. Missy Peregrym, who plays Maggie Bell in the series, spoke out about the pulled episode and tragedy on Instagram: “Nothing I say here will satisfy the depth of grief I feel for the families of this heartbreaking and hateful reality. I commend CBS for pulling the finale.â€
The official episode synopsis is below:
As the team investigates a deadly robbery that garnered a cache of automatic weapons for the killers, they discover one of the perps is a classmate of Jubal’s son, who is reluctant to cooperate with the case.