The FBI’s Most Needed’ s latest episode, “100%”, exhibits the devastating results of a dysfunctional system—the Veterans Administration (VA)—and its lack of ability to honor people who sacrificed a lot for this nation. The episode subtly challenges gender norms by mixing systemic critique with private tragedy. The episode doesn’t absolutely ship on its theme, “Broken systems. Broken people,” due to defective pacing and inconsistencies within the character-driven battle that typically feels pressured.
Let’s evaluate.
“100” opens with Particular Agent Hana Gibson (Keisha Citadel-Hughes) checking her ex, Ethan McPherson (Michael Raymond-James) right into a VA-sponsored drug rehab program. A disturbance erupts when two military vets, Dani Harrigan (Ashley Crowe) and Carver Fleck (Tobias Forrest), start arguing with the clerk named Stuart (Eric Elizaga).
The difficulty—Fleck, a wheelchair-bound vet, wanted to get his incapacity ranking up to date from 50% to 100%. Fleck’s paperwork is lacking. It nearly takes an act of Congress to get this ranking modified. Pissed off, Fleck’s literal ‘ride or die’ Dani escalates the scenario. Dani, additionally probably affected by a traumatic mind harm (TBI), pulled her gun, shot the guard (Bob Roseman), and took everybody within the ready room captive, together with Hana and Ethan.
“100%” – FBI: MOST WANTED, Pictured (L-R): Nakia Dillard as Janitor Wally, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Michael Raymond-James as Ethan McPherson. Photo: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Unaware she’s taken an FBI agent and a US Marshall captive, Dani gets Hana to collect all the cell phones, but not before she sent a text to the Fugitive Task Force as the onsite police presence swells. Protocols are followed. The negotiator, Rick Deschain (Josh Marcantel), makes mistakes that put Hana’s life in danger.
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Hugh Puglia (Ben Cain), thinks a woman might better get through to Dani. Special Agent Sheryll Barnes (Roxy Sternberg) takes over negotiations. She successfully gets Dani to release the injured guard and one hostage in exchange for chewing tobacco. Special Agent Ray Cannon (Edwin Hodge) volunteers to be part of the EMT Team that evacuates the guard out so he could smuggle a phone to Hana and deliver Dani’s dip.
“100%” – FBI: Most Needed, Pictured (L-R): Ben Cain as Assistant Particular Agent in Cost Hugh Puglia and Roxy Sternberg as Particular Agent Sheryll Barnes. Photograph: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The janitor Wally (Nakia Dillard) was launched as a result of he thanked Dani for her service. Sadly, media protection alerted Dani that she had an FBI agent in her midst. Dani mistakenly assumed it was a tall, white man (Josh Wingate). She knew it wasn’t Stuart as a result of he labored on the VA. She dominated out Ethan as a result of he was actively ‘dope sick’. She dismissed Hana – nicely as a result of she was a middle-aged lady. Via strategy of elimination, it needed to be tall, white man who swore he was a schoolteacher. Dani was ready to shoot him, till Hana confessed to being the FBI.
Dani centered her rage on Hana. She known as Sheryll to let her know that Hana was her new bargaining chip. Sheryll Counters, by convincing Dani to speak to her ex-husband (William Nicol). The 2 talked about her child’s studying progress, which was deeply transferring to SA Barnes who herself is a mom of two. The Agent in Cost Hugh Puglia disregarded Sheryll’s pleas to not breach the ability. A swat workforce was dispatched. Dani wired a door with explosives. Hana despatched a textual content warning them to not enter, nevertheless it was too late, and a number of other officers had been injured.
“100%” – FBI: Most Wanted, Pictured (L-R): William Nicol as Keith, Ben Cain as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Hugh Puglia, and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes. Photo: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
After the explosion even Sheryll planned to eliminate Dani and Carver. The swat team lined up their kill shot. Carver is killed, but Dani bent to pick up the tobacco she dropped. Panicked she moves the hostages to the chapel. During the transfer, Ethan takes the phone from Hana to keep Dani from finding it in her possession.
Suffering from the effects of opioid withdrawal, Ethan can’t control his tremors enough to send a text to Hana’s team. Ethan calls the team instead and declares he’s the FBI agent, not Hana. His gambit works. Dani places Ethan on his knees– execution style. Service member to service member, Ethan delivers a great speech. He appeals to Dani’s sense of duty letting her know that killing him won’t achieve anything but intensify her feelings of self-loathing because she blames herself for the injuries Carver sustained rescuing her in combat, and for getting him killed earlier that day.
Dani tells Ethan that she’s not going to shoot him. As she prepares to shoot herself, Hana prevents her from pulling the trigger. “You matter,” Hana says. She continues, “Don’t abandon your kids. Your kids can’t grow up without a mom.” And the coup de grace–Hana says,” There are other ‘Carvers’ out there that you can use your voice to help.” By then, the SWAT team was through the doors and the site secured. Dani was arrested. Ethan and Hana embrace as he declares, “I love you!” Hana ambiguously responds, “I know.”
“100%” – FBI: Most Needed, Pictured (L-R): Edwin Hodge as Particular Agent Ray Cannon, Roxy Sternberg as Particular Agent Sheryll Barnes, Shantel VanSanten as Particular Agent Nina Chase and Ben Cain as Assistant Particular Agent in Cost Hugh Puglia. Photograph: Mark Schafer/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“100%” had an bold thematic throughline, “Broken systems. Broken people,” that was meant to unveil the brutal fallout of bureaucratic ineptitude and institutional neglect. The episode’s most intriguing (and divisive) characteristic is its gender-inflected storytelling. The central antagonist, a divorced mom of two and a former soldier, brings an sudden layer of complexity to the narrative.
Dani’s descent into violence feels uncooked and inevitable, a harrowing reflection of a system that fails even probably the most decided people. Her characterization, whereas chilling, forces the viewers to confront how gender may reshape our perceptions of rage and desperation. This narrative selection, whether or not deliberately profound or coincidentally provocative, succeeds in making the antagonist greater than a trope of a TBI broken soldier—she turns into a lens by way of which we look at the price of neglect, difficult the normal male-dominated narrative about veterans. “100%” dared to indicate girls not simply as caretakers or victims however as members in high-stakes battle.
“100%” earns factors for ambition. Regardless of the execution faltering in some locations, the episode stays a thought-provoking, if uneven, piece of social commentary reflecting the cracks in methods and the human spirit. Ultimately, I used to be left with some unsettling questions: What number of lives will probably be misplaced or shattered earlier than damaged methods are repaired? And in presenting girls on the coronary heart of its story, does it empower or merely exploit? What query did this episode increase for you? Let me know within the feedback.
General Score:
7:10
Lynette Jones
