American Idol 

After a female presidential candidate, Valerie Caldwell, is targeted with a car bomb, OA and Maggie must find them before they strike again; the case leads them to wonder if she is being targeted for her political aspirations.

Director:

Milena Govich

Writers:

Dick Wolf (created by), Craig Turk (created by)

Stars:

Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Ebonee Noel

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Missy Peregrym	...	Special Agent Maggie Bell
Zeeko Zaki	...	Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan
Ebonee Noel	...	Special Agent Kristen Chazal (as Ebonée Noel)
Alana De La Garza	...	Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille
Jeremy Sisto	...	Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine
John Boyd	...	Special Agent Stuart Scola
James Chen	...	Ian Lim
Guy Lockard	...	Len Barker
Fernando Chien	...	Ray Zhao (as Fernando Funan Chien)
MaYaa Boateng	...	Sasha Harris (as Mayaa Boateng)
Nicholas Baroudi	...	Christopher Wharton
Cindy Cheung	...	Ann (NYPD Rep)
Sasha Alexander	...	Valerie Caldwell
Jacob Knoll	...	Daniel Harley
Terron Jones	...	Wayne Simmons

Storyline

After a female presidential candidate, Valerie Caldwell, is targeted with a car bomb, OA and Maggie must find them before they strike again; the case leads them to wonder if she is being targeted for her political aspirations.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2019 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Entertainment, CBS Television Studios, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

41 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sasha Alexander plays presidential candidate Valerie Caldwell. Alexander originally played a US Secret Service agent guarding the president on NCIS: Yankee White (2003) before becoming an NCIS agent.

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Goofs

Valerie Caldwell is referred to as Congresswoman and Senator at various times. She is said to be in her third term as the representative for New York's 4th district, therefore, she is a member of the House of Representatives not the Senate.

User Reviews

Bias Creating Unrealistic Storylines

This show needs to try to be more realistic and consider that sometimes violent attacks might be perpetrated by radical leftist. Since in real life they usually are. Instead, this show's usual suspects are always 'right-wing'. Seems like every show, the first 10 minutes they mention the perp possibly being some right-winger.