FBI’s Missy Peregrym Returns After Maggie’s Absence Over [Spoiler]’s Death

FBI‘s Missy Peregrym returned to the show after Maggie took a leave of absence following a major death.

Maggie came back in the Monday, March 30, episode, where she spoke with Isobel (Alana de la Garza), saying, “I’ll be honest, it’s a lot. But I have taken the time and I’ve really let myself feel all of it. I know that grief is a process. It’s going to come and go but I have been taking care of myself.”

She continued, “And I just had my last session with my counselor and he agrees. I’m ready to be back. I got his recommendations.”

Isobel, meanwhile, noted that she had to “sign off” on Maggie being back in the field.

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“Maggie, losing your sister, that was an incredible trauma. You said the exact same things after losing your husband — verbatim,” she said, to which Maggie replied, “I wish I could say I haven’t been here before. I have. … The man who killed my sister is dead. I got justice for Erin as much as I could.”

Maggie’s partner, OA (Zeeko Zaki), was excited to have her back in the field. After Isobel asked him to “keep an eye” on Maggie, he checked in with her later in the episode.

“It’s not a conspiracy, Maggie. I was going [to check in on you] anyway,” he said, before Maggie explained that it was “tough” to be back but she would “be all right.”

Earlier in the month, Maggie’s first arrest — serial slasher Ray DiStefano (Matthew Rauch) — kidnapped her sister, Erin (Adrienne Rose Bengtsson). Maggie spent the episode trying to save her sibling, only to find her dead in the back of DiStefano’s truck.

Peregrym, 43, later denied plans to leave the show after Maggie’s personal loss.

“I’ll be honest. I’m on a procedural show, and I wonder what impact this is possibly making? And sometimes I get freaked out because I think we’re just highlighting some of the horrors of humanity every week,” Peregrym told Deadline. “And what is this? What are we doing this for? What am I investing a lot of my life in to do this for?”

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Peregrym was relieved to see how the show would continue to explore relevant topics.

“I think it’s really important what we’re doing, because we’re highlighting how to move forward. Everybody experiences loss. Everybody goes through the depths of emotions in life,” she explained. “You have an opportunity to show connection, relationship, intimacy and growth. And this is exactly why I do what I do. I hope this makes people feel seen and that they want to keep going after such a horrific experience, and that they don’t give up.”

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“To go so far. I was like, ‘What are we doing after this?’ You know, I’ve been playing the same character for eight years, and we’re going so far,” she noted. “What’s the plan? How are we going to move through the next steps of getting back on your feet and being able to be in the world again? We’re not a drama where we sit around in our underwear and chat on the couch. We’ve got to get back to work.”

She concluded, “So at what point are we going to address the reality of this scenario, and we are, we are doing it in the best way that we can with our show, like the way we do it on a procedural. But you know, as much as it scared me, I was terrified to go into that space at the end. I’m finding it really interesting to play my character now and finding these beats of when I can insert this stuff and when to work. And it’s just a challenge. It just feels like we’re doing a new show again. Do you know what I mean? And maybe that’s a gift.”

FBI airs on CBS Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.