SPOILER ALERT AND WARNING: The following contains spoilers for FBI Season 9, Episode 6. It also contains discussion of domestic violence.
FBI Season 9, Episode 6, “Ultimatum” is really a domestic violence story wrapped in a terrorism story. What also seems like a solo episode for actor Juliana Aidén Martinez is also much more of an ensemble piece. And those distinctions are what make the CBS drama work.
Firstly, it’s interesting that FBI wrote an entire episode around the AI data center controversy. For anyone who’s not familiar with the subject, the PBS series Breaking the Deadlock had an incredible discussion about AI and the effects of data centers just two weeks ago. Obviously FBI has to shape the topic into a “case of the week” format, but it’s timely to see this episode so soon after such an incisive examination of the issue. The general plot within “Ultimatum” is that a group of protesters plan to launch a radiological attack on Manhattan in retribution for a planned data center project. But all of that largely feels secondary to the personal storylines, both of which are driven by Martinez’s character Eva Ramos.
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FBI airs Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Photo Credit: Courtesy of CBS.
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