Season two of CBS’s CIA continues with episode three, which finds the team facing a terrorist cell. Episode three, “Radio Active,” will air on Monday, October 9, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Radio Active” Plot: In order to stop a terrorist cell carrying out a chemical bombing at an unknown location in the city, the team joins forces with an old-school code breaker who is suffering from agoraphobia. Together they decipher a seemingly unbreakable cipher. Meanwhile, Colin wrestles with Toni’s return to the field, and Bill braces for Katie’s response to his recent admission.
Alex Berger wrote the episode and Milena Govich directs.
Tom Ellis stars as CIA Agent Colin Glass, Nick Gehlfuss plays Special Agent Bill Goodman, Necar Zadegan is Deputy Chief of Station Nikki Reynard, and Natalee Linez plays CIA Analyst Gina Gosian.
CIA Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Wolf Entertainment and Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf, CIA focuses on a clandestine CIA/FBI task force where secretive and roguish CIA Agent Colin Glass finds himself teamed up with by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman. The duo work together on covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells and geopolitical secrets. Also on the team is Deputy Chief of Station Nikki Reynard and CIA Analyst Gina Gosian.
On CIA, Bill continues to learn the rules of this murky world on the fly as Colin leads him deeper into spy games where only one thing is clear – their work keeps America safe, even if no one will ever know what they did in the shadows.
Executive producers include Dick Wolf, Mike Weiss, Ken Girotti, Paul Cabbad, Alex Berger, Rebecca McGill, Kevin Plunkett, Anastasia Puglisi, and Peter Jankowski.