Missy Peregrym will return from maternity leave to resume her role as Special Agent Maggie Bell on the Nov. 15 episode of “FBI.”
To account for her absence since leaving late in Season 4’s run, Peregrym’s character was shown suffering severe nerve damage after being exposed to sarin gas on the CBS procedural.
The CBS series will depict her character coming back on the job to help the team investigate the homicides of a law student on track to attend Quantico and a young man with possible gang ties. The network said in a release for the episode that a subplot will involve her partner, Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, played by Zeeko Zaki worrying that she is rushing back to the job too quickly after an “inadvertent revelation.”
Shantel VanSanten, who has been filling in for Peregrym as Special Agent Nina Chase, is not listed as a cast member for the episode, which was directed by Stephen Surjik.
The show has seen some controversy during Peregrym’s absence, including having the finale of Season 4 put on hold after the Uvalde school shooting in May. The episode, which involved the investigation of a cache of automatic weapons intended for use in mass shooting, aired on Oct. 4.
