Jeremy Sisto Explains Why FBI’s Fall Finale Event ‘Needs To Be Two Hours,’ And The Action-Packed Preview Makes More Sense Now
The final episodes of CBS’ FBI in the 2025 TV schedule are just days away, and the first half of Season 8 is going to end with a bang… literally. The hit drama is wrapping with an explosive two-hour finale event on December 15, and according to Jeremy Sisto, there’s a reason why the crime will take two episodes to tackle. His comments to CinemaBlend clear up what the midseason finale trailer skimmed over, and fans are in for an intense experience.
The two episodes are called “Lone Wolf” and “Wolf Pack,” set to air on Monday night (and stream next day with a Paramount+ subscription). The team starts out planning their holidays for the FBI version of a Christmas episode, when a murder investigation leads them to a larger plot that could result in a lot of destruction, based on the trailer. Chaos is coming to New York City, and Jubal will have some extra stress to deal with after he gets a troubling call from his son, Tyler.
Jubal often has to split his attention in episodes that feature his family, and that could be complicated with how big the case is. The promo footage had me wondering how on earth the show could deliver so much within two hours, but speaking with Jeremy Sisto set the stage. He confirmed that the cast knew ahead of time that the midseason finale was going to be a big deal:
We did hear that it was going to be the two-hour fall finale, and that Jubal was going to be wrapped up in it a bit more than usual, but didn’t have too much of an understanding of what that meant until I read the scripts.
Fans will have to wait until the two episodes air on December 15 to find out exactly what the scripts reveal about Jubal ahead of the 2026 TV schedule, but Jeremy Sisto could preview what about the crisis of the week requires two hours rather than the usual one. He shared:
There’s a lot of losses. The reason it needs to be two hours is we can’t figure it out in one [episode] with the danger. We fail to stop something pretty bad, and then something even worse is about to go off. So it accelerates, no pun intended, but it accelerates very naturally.
The team typically runs into a problem or two early in their investigation each week on FBI, but “a lot of losses” indicates that it could take a lot more than usual for them to close the case before winter hiatus. Considering that Season 8 kicked off with a surprise death while also confirming Isobel’s post-cliffhanger survival, the stakes feel high. These will also be the first two episodes centering on Jubal since he learned that he won’t be promoted to SAC. Sisto went on:
There’s a level of personal investment that comes into play, and that’s something also that allows [it to be longer] or makes it want to be longer, because the level of investment is different. Each episode has its own arc and it really plays like a film, so I’m excited to see it myself.