‘FBI’ Season 9 Gives Eva Ramos a Very Different Kind of Emergency in Tonight’s New Episode

It’s been over a year since the fateful death of Agent Dani Rhodes (Emily Alabi) at the start of Season 8 left the door open for Law & Order: SVU alum Juliana Aidén Martinez to join the New York field office on FBI, and so far, she’s fit in with the team quite well. Season 9 is now underway, and she’s fully settled in as Scola’s (John Boyd) new partner, Eva Ramos. However, the Dick Wolf-co-created crime drama has yet to dig too deep into her personal life and history as it has with the more established agents. Next week’s episode will finally seek to remedy that.

Season 9, Episode 6, “Ultimatum,” will send the team on a high-stakes mission to stop a thief who has made off with a highly radioactive material from a medical disposal facility. In between the chase, however, Eva takes the time to check in on her mom. What unfolds is an emotional and very fragile incident on a Staten Island ferry that will challenge the agent in an entirely new way. It’s a chance to learn more about Eva’s mother and the complicated relationship they share that has defined who she is beyond her professional experience. Ahead of the episode, Collider can exclusively share a new sneak peek that teases a heavy episode for the agent.

The footage picks up in the middle of a powerful moment between mother and daughter that sets the emotional tone for “Ultimatum.” A worried Eva drops in to find her mom taking out the trash, but her concern becomes intertwined with rage upon finding a fresh scar on her face. Her husband has been abusing her again, and Eva wants to waste no time gathering her things and leaving. However, her heart breaks when her mom tries to stop her and vehemently refuses to file assault charges. This has been ongoing for four years, creating a rift between the two that’s become nigh impossible to bridge.

When her mother makes a comment about wasting her “precious time,” Eva reaches her breaking point, giving her an ultimatum that could decide the future of their relationship. There’s clearly a lot of love in their relationship, but this week’s episode will explore how it has been strained by a toxic marriage that Eva wants to protect her mom from, against her own wishes.

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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

‘FBI’ Is About to Welcome Back a Familiar ‘Most Wanted’ Face

Meeting Eva’s mother is another major moment in what will be a busy couple of weeks for FBI. On November 16, the series will see the return of FBI: Most Wanted star Shantel VanSanten in another crossover that will pair her up with her life partner, Scola, for a mission in need of her skills in hunting down the most elusive of criminals. They’ll be on the trail of a killer who recently murdered a high-profile online influencer.

Fortunately, the team has a huge lead after one of their cameras picked up a criminal on the Most Wanted list who may be their man, though time is of the essence to capture him before he slips through their fingers again. With Nina’s help, they aim to cut off his escape before more harm can be done. The mission may also have major implications for “Scolina’s” future after recently learning that Nina has been offered the opportunity to run her own task force in San Diego.

FBI Season 9, Episode 6, airs on CBS on Monday, November 9. Check out our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.