‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Season 3 Episode 9 Photos, Cast, and Plot Details

CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season three episode nine finds innocent shoppers trapped inside a mall with a shooter. Directed by Ken Girotti from a script by Elizabeth Rinehart, episode nine will air on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. The midseason finale airs at 9pm ET/PT.

The season three cast includes Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, Alexa Davalos as Special Agent Kristin Gaines, YaYa Gosselin as Natalia “Tali” LaCroix, and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes. Keisha Castle-Hughes plays Special Agent Hana Gibson and Miguel Gomez is Special Agent Ivan Ortiz.

Terry O’Quinn, Jen Landon, Fedna Jacquet, Oriana Bustamante, and Mat Hostetler recur in season three.

“Run-Hide-Fight” Plot: While holiday shopping, Barnes and Jess are caught in the middle of a mall shooting, with the exits rigged so no one can escape. Also, Gaines, Hana and Ortiz try to help from the outside, knowing their team’s family members are inside and at risk.

FBI: Most Wanted Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:

From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the Law & Order brand, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list.

Led by Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, an expert tracker and profiler with a complicated past, the team includes: Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert who is raising one child with her wife with another on the way; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; and Special Agent Kenny Crosby, a young Army vet and brash Oklahoma farm boy who specializes in weapons and tactics; Special Agent Ivan Ortiz, a transplant from Los Angeles with a street cop’s instincts and a gift for undercover work; and their newest member, Special Agent Kristin Gaines, a Navy veteran who became a star in the FBI’s Miami Field Office as a result of her dogged pursuit of cold cases.

Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.

FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes in ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ season 3 episode 9 (Photo: Mark Schfer / CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
YaYa Gosselin as Natalia “Tali” LaCroix and Jen Landon and Sarah Allen in the midseason finale (Photo: Mark Schfer / CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Terry O’Quinn as Byron LaCroix, K. Todd Freeman as Linwood Williams, YaYa Gosselin as Natalia LaCroix and Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix in season 3 episode 9 (Photo: Mark Schfer © 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix and K. Todd Freeman as Linwood Williams in season 3 episode 9 (Photo: Mark Schfer © 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
Jen Landon as Sarah Allen, Terry O’Quinn as Byron LaCroix, YaYa Gosselin as Natalia ‘Tali’ LaCroix, Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes in season 3 episode 9 (Photo: Mark Schfer © 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)
FBI Most Wanted Season 3 Episode 9
K. Todd Freeman as Linwood Williams, Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, YaYa Gosselin as Natalia ‘Tali’ LaCroix, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Jen Landon as Sarah Allen and Terry O’Quinn as Byron LaCroix in season 3 episode 9 (Photo: Mark Schfer © 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)