6.9/10324 votesLoading...#1 - American Optimism
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2021
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.
Director: Deborah Kampmeier
Writer: Matt Olmstead
7.1/10362 votesLoading...#2 - The Edge
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2021
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
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Derek Haas
7.2/10291 votesLoading...#3 - The Soul of Chess
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2021
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10273 votesLoading...#4 - Get That Revolution Started
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/10/2022
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10282 votesLoading...#5 - The Secrets She Knows
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2021
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10290 votesLoading...#6 - Voice of the People
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2021
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10260 votesLoading...#7 - Yesterday's Miracle
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2022
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.
Director: Attila Szalay
Writer: Hussain Pirani
7.3/10233 votesLoading...#8 - Call It Anarchy
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2022
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.
Director: Milena Govich
Writer: Rachael Joyce
7.4/10486 votesLoading...#9 - Pilot (III)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2021
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).
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: N/A
7.4/10330 votesLoading...#10 - Secrets as Weapons
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2021
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.
Director: Deborah Kampmeier
Writer: Matt Olmstead
7.4/10292 votesLoading...#11 - Trying to Grab Smoke
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2021
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10260 votesLoading...#12 - Close to the Sun
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2022
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10254 votesLoading...#13 - Snakes
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/2022
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10276 votesLoading...#14 - Unburdened
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2022
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.
Director: Jonathan Brown
Writer: Derek Haas
7.5/10232 votesLoading...#15 - A Proven Liar
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2022
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.
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Kristina Thomas
7.5/10215 votesLoading...#16 - Dead Sprint
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2023
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10276 votesLoading...#17 - One Kind of Madman
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/2022
The team jets to Bulgaria when terrorists hold hostage for millions in cryptocurrency a concert hall filled with multinational student performers and their families. Raines is intent on proving his field skills, and Forrester receives news of their dog, Tank.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10244 votesLoading...#18 - One Point One Million Followers
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/22/2022
When a notorious American tech tycoon becomes involved in a murder in Frankfurt, Germany, the team must chase him down amid the local protesters he's incited with his conspiracy theories on social media.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10257 votesLoading...#19 - The Kill List
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2022
The team must figure out how to keep the U.S. attorney general safe amid a possible security breach while she's in Hungary for an important meeting.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10253 votesLoading...#20 - Money Is Meaningless
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2022
The team travels to Mallorca when an American is found brutally murdered on the estate of her powerful father-in-law.
Director: Jonathan Brown
Writer: Wade McIntyre
7.6/10235 votesLoading...#21 - BHITW
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2023
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.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Matt Olmstead
7.6/10217 votesLoading...#22 - Indefensible
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/2023
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10222 votesLoading...#23 - Trust
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/14/2023
The Fly Team lends a helping hand to the Hungarian National Police when one of their police officers is accused of murdering a couple in Budapest; Kellett questions her relationship with Erdős.
Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado
Writer: Derek Haas
7.6/10297 votesLoading...#24 - Imminent Threat (I)
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/4/2023
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).
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Wade McIntyre, Rick Eid
7.6/10205 votesLoading...#25 - Jealous Mistress
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/11/2023
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.
Director: Eduardo Sánchez
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of FBI: International
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Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"American Optimism" is the worst rated episode of "FBI: International". It scored 6.9/10 based on 324 votes. Directed by Deborah Kampmeier and written by Matt Olmstead, it aired on 10/12/2021. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Edge".