A news anchor is killed and the Fugitive Task Force needs to figure out why. Here are the FBI: Most Wanted spoilers you need for Season 4, Episode 19.
The latest episode is going to hit a little close to home for a few people. After all, there are a lot of journalists who face death threats for the things they say or the stories they work on. We just have to take a look at an episode of Alaska Daily to see how dangerous situations can get in an attempt to prevent people sharing a different opinion.
Well, that’s the case in the latest episode of FBI: Most Wanted. The Fugitive Task Force is called in when a news anchor is killed, and it could be linked to a story she’s working on.
FBI: Most Wanted spoilers: 4×19 promo
The promo gives us a look at the situation. Remy Scott describes what’s going on. Parasocial is a term that involves people becoming obsessed with people they see on TV. It happens a lot. We often see it in fandoms when people get attached to a character and then struggle to see an actor in any other TV series or as any other type of character. They even start to see the actor as that character they played.
In some cases, it is an obsession with a real person. That’s what is happening in this episode, but the obsession is taken much further.
FBI: Most Wanted spoilers: 4×19 synopsis
The synopsis tells us a little more. The news anchor isn’t going to survive, and it looks like it is something to do with a story that she’s been working on. Is she doing some investigative work, or is this something about a story she shared on her news program?
The Task Force will need to work it all out if they want to find her killer. And they really want to find her killer.
"When a news anchor is shot dead in the station’s parking lot, the Fugitive Task Force must dive into a story she was working on in order to track down her killer. Also, Remy debates revisiting the case around his brother’s murder."
FBI: Most Wanted airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on CBS. Catch up on Paramount+ the following day.