FBI Review: Ghost from the Past (Season 4 Episode 20)

On FBI Season 4 Episode 20, “Ghost from the Past,” the entire team doubts OA, but he stands his ground and continues to be a phenomenal agent.

OA has been through a lot in the last few episodes — saran gas, his partner being down for the count, his supervisor almost being killed. So FBI thought, “what else can we do to sweet, sweet OA?” and introduced a terrorist he thought was dead.

Nina Nina Bobina

Nina Chase is a great agent. She’s conscientious, cares about her teammates, and always tries to be a team player even when it may go too far.

Nina doesn’t know OA as well as the rest of the team does — especially not as well as Maggie. 

So when she becomes concerned with how he’s acting, it makes sense. Then, though, she takes an issue that wasn’t incredible, and she brings it to Jubal.

This makes sense. Nina wants people that know OA personally to check on him. But it feels like she pulled the trigger a little early on that call, especially considering OA was correct the entire time. 

OA, I Would Never Doubt You

While I understand why the team doesn’t believe OA, especially after the multiple pieces of “proof” stating that this man is dead, it does disappoint me.

We’re now at a point where OA has known this team for upwards of four years. Despite that, and again, this is a pretty wild thing to suggest, I expected the team to back him up. 

Nina makes sense. She doesn’t know him too well. But Scola? Jubal? It makes me upset that OA basically had to go through that alone. 

Even though I don’t believe Maggie would have bought into the entire thing, she would not doubt him so boldly. 

TSA Agent With a Twist

Sometimes I watch FBI, and I think, “Wow, what an interesting case. Good thing that will most likely never happen.”

On “Ghost from the Past,” though, it becomes dangerously clear how close the team could come to a plane full of casualties. 

And while I’m sure there aren’t that many TSA agents running drugs, there are definitely some, which makes me feel uneasy. 

FBI is at its best when it presents a problem that could be real because it leaves you thinking for hours, days, or even weeks after the episode has ended. 

This is one of the show’s better episodes — one of the best of the season — because the storyline holds enough real-life fear to bring the agents into the real world.

Stray Thoughts:

• Was there a real reason for me to include this photo of Scola in glasses? No. Did I anyway? Of course, I did.
• How are you gonna introduce Nina through a romance storyline and then not allow that romance to blossom? Give me Scola and Nina on a date, dangit! 
• OA speaking to his therapist is one of my favorite things they’ve done with OA this season. It’s a relief to see that the man who holds all the pain finally lets it out somewhere. 
• Nina’s messy bun is the equivalent of Maggie’s beanie. 

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FBI airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on CBS.

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