Weeks after FBI introduced the idea of Isobel being promoted from her longtime role as SAC at 26 Fed, she was on the verge of moving on up in the latest episode of the 2025 TV schedule. She was in no rush to break the news to Jubal that he wouldn’t be her successor, and the case of the week had the field team in so much danger that there was little time to focus on the changing of the guard until a game-changer in the final minutes. Alana de la Garza opened up to CinemaBlend about Isobel’s ultimate decision, the potential “fallout,” and more.
What Happened In “Fadeaway”
The episode started with AD Ropac telling Isobel that her promotion to ADIC would happen shortly, and she just needed to break the news to Jubal that he’d be staying ASAC instead of getting her old job. Ropac went ahead and did it before she could, and while Jubal was clearly disappointed, he covered well and went back to his usual job in the bullpen. Isobel had one last case as Special Agent in Charge before becoming Assistant Director in Charge.
And the last case started with a building explosion, which was somehow one of the least harrowing parts of the episode. The investigation took Scola and Eva, and then Maggie and OA, into a prison on the verge of a riot. The simmering fury boiled over, with Scola and Eva trapped in an infirmary with no real weapons, behind a door with an easily-breakable glass window, and just a matter of time before a violent mob of murderers would get in.
After Jubal and Co. back at 26 Fed saw a prisoner stab a guard on surveillance, there was every reason to fear for Scola and Eva’s lives. The infirmary was quickly swamped, with the unarmed agents only able to try and fend off the prisoners with blunt objects and bare fists. In a desperate attempt to stop the leader from murdering their suspect, Eva deliberately provoked him, and he pinned her against the wall with an obvious intent. (Juliana Aidén Martinez certainly wasn’t kidding about jumping into the “deep end” when she joined FBI after Law & Order: SVU.)
Scola freed himself long enough to stab the leader and turn that fury on himself, and they managed to last long enough for Maggie and OA to come to their rescue. Eva quietly thanked Scola, and he thanked her right back. Meanwhile, back at HQ, Isobel and Jubal could breathe a sigh of relief after the agents were saved and they caught a break in the case that started it all.
Jubal seized the moment to say that he was “thrilled” for Isobel to get her much-deserved promotion, but he didn’t know how the team was going to “do it without” her. This prompted Isobel to drop some great news: