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The Worst Episodes of FBI: International

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Worst episode
S1E4 American Optimism
7.0381 votes
Best episode
S4E8 You'll Never See It Coming
8.3305 votes
Top season
Season 4
7.9avg
Binge time
2d 6h
78 episodes

Seasons4

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    FBI: International Season 1 Episode 4 - American Optimism
    7.0/10(381 votes)
    S1:E4

    The team investigates an American citizen who is proclaiming his innocence after seeking sanctuary at Madrid’s U.S. embassy while still covered in the blood of his murdered Spanish boyfriend. Also, Vo and Raines continue to grow their friendship.

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  2. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 2 - The Edge
    7.1/10(427 votes)
    S1:E2

    The International Fly Team is called on when a young mother flees to Hungary with her son, after losing partial custody of her son in the U.S. However, after the boy is kidnapped from his mother in broad daylight in Budapest, the team questions which parent is the danger in the child’s life

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  3. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 5 - The Soul of Chess
    7.2/10(342 votes)
    S1:E5

    The team investigates an American journalist’s death by poison after his attempt to meet with an anonymous source in Poland. Also, Kellett takes Forrester to task for being overprotective with her during the mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 19 - Get That Revolution Started
    7.2/10(325 votes)
    S1:E19

    The Fly Team works to hunt down the sniper responsible for killing an American during an attack targeting a biomedical lab in Belgium. Also, Jaeger clashes with her boss at Europol over her allegiance to the Fly Team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot (III)
    7.3/10(581 votes)
    S1:E1

    Special Agent Scott Forrester and his Budapest-based FBI fly team head to Croatia, after Isobel Castille enlists their help to capture an American fugitive who escaped to Zagreb with a 14-year-old girl. OA continues with the mission overseas, intent on bringing the fugitive to justice, while Europol agent Katrin Jaeger attempts to help the team secure the necessary support and access from the less-than-cooperative local authorities. The crossover starts on FBI S04E01 All That Glitters (I) and FBI: Most Wanted S03E01 Exposed (II).

    Writer:Unknown

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  6. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 3 - Secrets as Weapons
    7.3/10(390 votes)
    S1:E3

    The team investigates when the hijacking of millions worth of cryptocurrency en route to a safety vault in Switzerland leaves an American transporter dead and another on the run.

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  8. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 7 - Trying to Grab Smoke
    7.3/10(346 votes)
    S1:E7

    When an American founder of an illegal adults-only site is killed in Prague, the team is tasked to locate his co-founder, who is still on the run in Czech Republic; Kellett struggles to maintain a relationship with her mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 8 - Voice of the People
    7.3/10(345 votes)
    S1:E8

    When a group of Americans are among the victims of a bombing at a festival in Budapest, the team is brought in to find the perpetrators before they strike again. Also, when Vo's new beau is injured in the blast, she re-evaluates what dating truly means while in the bureau.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 6 - The Secrets She Knows
    7.3/10(339 votes)
    S1:E6

    After a U.S. intelligence negotiator goes missing and her ransacked Paris apartment is discovered to be covered in her blood, the team is on the clock to find her before the country's nuclear secrets fall into the wrong hands. Also, Forrester finds himself drawing certain parallels to his mother's disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 5 - Yesterday's Miracle
    7.3/10(308 votes)
    S2:E5

    The Fly Team searches Bucharest for a Romanian surrogate who goes missing shortly before carrying the biological child of an American couple to term. Also, Forrester’s concern about the safety of his neighbors in Budapest intensifies.

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  12. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 6 - Call It Anarchy
    7.3/10(283 votes)
    S2:E6

    Vo’s friend from the U.S. Navy calls in a favor to help find her missing nephew in Crete. Meanwhile, Forrester hangs back in Budapest to take care of personal business.

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  13. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 10 - Close to the Sun
    7.4/10(314 votes)
    S1:E10

    Kellett and the team reluctantly join an investigation in Northern Ireland, when one of Kellett's informants is arrested for his connection to a robbery and murder, and calls her to help clear his name.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 7 - A Proven Liar
    7.4/10(281 votes)
    S2:E7

    When an American businessman’s bodyguard and girlfriend are kidnapped a few feet away from him in Barcelona, the Fly Team questions if the man is as innocent as he claims. Also, Raines grows closer to Maya, the owner of the team’s favorite local bar.

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  15. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 19 - Dead Sprint
    7.4/10(266 votes)
    S2:E19

    After an American tourist is killed while visiting Stockholm with his girlfriend, the Fly Team must work together to take down a Swedish group responsible for the hate crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 1 - Unburdened
    7.5/10(328 votes)
    S2:E1

    The Fly Team and new Europol liaison Megan “Smitty” Garretson investigate when an American police detective on the Federal task force is murdered in Paris while looking into a U.S. company suspected of selling illegal weapons in France and the Middle East.

    Writer:Derek Haas

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  17. FBI: International Season 1 Episode 13 - Snakes
    7.5/10(305 votes)
    S1:E13

    A couple flees to Albania while awaiting sentencing for bilking millions in COVID-19 relief funds from the U.S. government; Kellett works the case from Budapest as she and Forrester try to regain their professional boundaries.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 10 - BHITW
    7.5/10(282 votes)
    S2:E10

    When an American basketball player for a Lithuanian team goes into cardiac arrest, the team investigates along with Zoey McKenna, the new agent appointed by Dandridge.

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  19. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 13 - Indefensible
    7.5/10(265 votes)
    S2:E13

    The team investigates the death of an American lawyer working out of Budapest, Hungary, after his is killed by a car bomb; Kellett begins to grow close to Hungarian lieutenant Benedek Erdős as the critical case progresses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 21 - Fed to the Sharks
    7.5/10(262 votes)
    S2:E21

    The Fly Team jets off to Portugal when the daughter of a prominent American hotelier becomes the primary suspect in the murder of an employee. Also, Raines becomes concerned about Vo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 17 - Jealous Mistress
    7.5/10(256 votes)
    S2:E17

    The Fly Team heads to Vienna to find the culprit of an acid attack on a rising American prima ballerina. Also, Smitty receives some troubling intel from a familiar face.

    Writer:Unknown

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  22. FBI: International Season 3 Episode 9 - Rules of Blackjack
    7.5/10(254 votes)
    S3:E9

    When a U.S. mercenary claiming to fight child trafficking abroad is apprehended at a remote Romanian border police outpost after the U.S. DOJ suspects his crew of embezzlement, Tate and Raines attempt to get him to flip on the leader of the group. The mission takes a turn when the outpost is attacked as they work to secure evidence.

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  23. FBI: International Season 3 Episode 4 - Cowboy Behavior
    7.5/10(250 votes)
    S3:E4

    The Fly Team heads to Bulgaria in search of a wanted criminal who is exploiting underage American girls. Meanwhile, Raines becomes curious when Forrester asks him to keep an eye on Powell.

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  24. FBI: International Season 3 Episode 5 - Death by Inches
    7.5/10(239 votes)
    S3:E5

    When a disgraced former U.S. cabinet member is arrested in Vienna, the Fly Team is sent to investigate whether he and his assistant were peddling classified government documents. Powell struggles as he is forced to stay behind on desk duty.

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  25. FBI: International Season 2 Episode 16 - Imminent Threat (I)
    7.6/10(363 votes)
    S2:E16

    When the abduction of an American architect in Rome appears to be connected to a brewing terror threat in New York City, FBI’s Jubal and Nina join Forrester and his Fly Team in Italy as they work together to find the missing American and shed light on the terrorists’ U.S. target. The crossover continues on FBI S05E17 Imminent Threat (II) and FBI: Most Wanted S04E16 Imminent Threat (III).

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  26. FBI: International Season 4 Episode 1 - A Leader, Not a Tourist
    7.6/10(360 votes)
    S4:E1

    The Fly Team meets Supervisory Special Agent Wesley "Wes" Mitchell when his partner is shot in LA and the suspects flee to Budapest, sending Mitchell overseas.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"American Optimism" is the worst rated episode of FBI: International. It scored 7.0/10 from 381 votes. Directed by Deborah Kampmeier and written by Matt Olmstead, it aired on October 12, 2021. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Edge".

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