‘How dare you!’ FBI fans rage as CBS show kills off beloved character in ‘heartbreaking and stupid’ storyline

Viewers also believe the death could change the trajectory of another character’s life forever

CBS’ flagship FBI series has said goodbye to one of its newer characters.

Fans were left furious after the show killed off Jessica Blake (played by Charlotte Sullivan) in Tuesday’s new episode, just weeks after she joined the show.

Charlotte’s character quickly became a fan-favorite as FBI fans loved seeing the actress back onscreen with her former Rookie Blue co-star, Missy Peregrym.

The two starred on the police drama for six seasons together from 2010 until its finale in 2015.

Missy soon landed the lead role of Special Agent Maggie Bell on FBI, which premiered in 2018.

Now in its sixth season, FBI gave fans a reunion between Charlotte and Missy when the former’s character, Jessica, joined for a recurring role earlier this season.

Viewers, though, admitted they didn’t expect the newcomer’s role to end in tragedy.

In Tuesday’s new episode, Jessica admitted she’d been feeling dizzy and tired, leading doctors to find a mild aneurysm.

Before undergoing surgery, she asked Maggie to be her daughter Ella’s temporary guardian, to which her old pal agreed.

After Maggie wrapped up her case-of-the-week, she went to the hospital to wait with Ella until her mom made it out of surgery.

Unfortunately, Jess never returned to her friend or her daughter.

The doctors came out to break the sad news to Maggie that Jessica died in surgery.

Earlier in the episode, Maggie revealed she’d been contemplating IVF and motherhood.

With the death of her friend at the end of the episode, she’s now set as Ella’s guardian – at least temporarily.

FURIOUS FANS

None of this sat quite right with viewers.

“Jessica just ‘conveniently’ dying just as #Maggie is thinking of becoming a mom leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth,” one upset fan wrote on social media.

“The writers should have handled this better,” they added.

“I am sorry tonights episode was a poorly written episode,” a second viewer tweeted. “…No build up at all for the Maggie storyline and then her friend just conveniently dies. Like what?”

“That was unexpectedly sad,” a third fan said on X (formerly Twitter). “If they killed Jessica off just for Maggie to adopt her kid, it’s a bit stupid. Imo.”

“Oh my god, this is not how Maggie wanted to become a mom,” another fan insisted.

“Did they really just kill off a character so Maggie could have a kid,” one X user asked. “Please tell me I’m wrong.”

Hours before the broadcast, star Missy had teased a major storyline was on the way.

“Tonight is a huge episode for Maggie – you don’t want to miss it,” she warned fans on social media.