SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for FBI Season 8, Episode 13.

As FBI Season 8 reaches its halfway point, there will be some more standalone episodes. Not every installment of the CBS show can be a major event or have some character revelation. “Fanatics” is one of those hours; it’s not filler, but it doesn’t stand out either.

The plot of the episode concerns a death row inmate named Eric Atwood. The men Eric mentored before his arrest have hatched a plan to get his conviction overturned by having basketball team owner Stan Gibney admit that he influenced the trial. And to do that, they’ve taken Stan’s son Landon hostage—or so they think. The guest characters are predictable throughout, so the audience pretty much knows where the story is headed. The heroes ably get from Point A to Point B, and the show gets a break between bringing back villains.