“The way I prepare for a new season or episode is physically. Our job is very athletic. We film outside, we film for a very very long time, 10 months, so you just have to make sure that you can physically do it. So just get in the gym and pretend that you are actually solving these crimes and chasing these bad guys. And that’s the way you do it.”

‘FBI’ Continues Its Efforts To Find The Right Fit For This Character

With a physically ready OA returning for Season 8, FBI‘s Jeremy Sisto, who plays Jubal Valentine, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the New York Field Office, will have another new agent joining the team. Since the departure of Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, played by Katherine Renee Kane, in the Season 7 premiere, the show has struggled to find a partner for John Boyd‘s Stuart Scola. Come the new season, Magnum P.I. alum Emily Alabi, who recurred as Scola’s partner in Season 7, will not be returning. The show has since added Law & Order: Special Victims Unit alum, Juliana Aidén Martinez to the mix, and while it has not been confirmed that Martinez will partner Boyd’s Scola, it looks likely.

Maggie, OA, Jubal, and the rest of the team will return for FBI Season 8 on Monday, October 13 at 9 p.m. on CBS. The latest franchise spin-off, FBI: CIA, led by Tom Ellis, had been poised to launch on the same day as the flagship series has been delayed till mid-season following a creative redirection.