The real reason FBI star Missy Peregrym left the show twice
Missy plays FBI agent Maggie Bell on the CBS series
FBI star Missy Peregrym has become a fan favorite over the past five years, playing Maggie Bell on the hit CBS drama. But the actress also left the show twice, once during season two in 2020 and again during season four in 2022.
Missy, now 41, stars alongside Zeeko Zaki as the two main characters, both of whom are agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office as they work to keep the city and country safe from terrorism and organized crime. Missy’s challenging profession and its complications caused her character to leave temporarily, but the real reason the actress left was not because it helped the storytelling but because she was and her husband Tom Oakley to grow their family.
In 2019, Missy and Tom revealed that they were expecting their first child together, and to allow her to take maternity leave, the show wrote in for Maggie by announcing in season two episode 17 that she had taken a temporary assignment will see her go undercover for another department. ; The request came from the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI, making this an offer she couldn’t refuse.
The episode was filmed in late 2019 and aired on March 10, 2020, however the COVID-19 pandemic forced the series to cut its second season from 22 episodes to 19, and so it is unclear whether Maggie will come back at the end of the movie or not. season or not.
Missy gave birth to son Otis on March 21, 2020
At the beginning of season three, which returned to screens in November 2020, Missy also returned, but by the end of season four, she took an extended leave when she became pregnant with her second child, a baby girl named Mela. born in June 2022.
This time, the writers took a different tack, and Maggie became critically ill when a canister of sarin, a deadly chemical weapon, fell on the agent and exposed her to toxic fumes. Maggie is taken to the hospital and remains there for the remainder of season four and the first six episodes of season five.
Maggie returns to the field in season five, episode 7, on November 15, 2022, and Maggie’s return takes place in a two-episode arc, following how she reacts to returning to the field after the effects of trauma, and especially how will her partner, OA (Zeeko Zaki) deal with her friend’s return.
Missy also admitted that her return after seven months away felt very similar to Maggie’s return to the New York office.
She told The Wrap: “Maggie had seven months off and we were both a little nervous going back to Day One, hoping we could get it done from there. So it was a Easy transition to play”.
