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Stuart Scola won’t be left without a partner much longer on FBI.
The CBS drama has added Emily Alabi (Magnum P.I., S.W.A.T.) in a recurring role as a new agent, TVLine has confirmed. (Our sister site Deadline first reported the news.)
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Alabi’s character is expected to be Scola’s new partner, with her possibly being promoted to series regular in Season 8.
FBI this season has been aiming to permanently fill a void left by Katherine Renee Kane, whose Special Agent Tiffany Wallace left the team in the Season 7 premiere.
At first, Special Agent Stuart Scola (John Boyd) in Episode 2 was assigned a temporary partner who elected not to stick around, sensing she had huge shoes to fill.
In Episode 4, Lisette Olivera (National Treasure: Edge of History) began an arc as Syd Ortiz, a Behavioral Analysis Unit agent who was rotated onto Jubal’s (Jeremy Sisto) team. But in late October, ahead of Olivera’s on-screen debut, it was reported the actress would be departing the series after filming only a handful of episodes.
Alabi already has some experience in the world of CBS procedurals: She played firefighter Mahina, who became a love interest for T.C., on Magnum P.I., and plays war correspondent Olivia Navarro on S.W.A.T. (She guest-starred in an episode of FBI: International as well.) Her other TV credits include NCIS, Teen Wolf, The Rookie and Jane the Virgin.
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