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

“Ratlined” isn’t the first FBI episode with an international storyline. In fact, there have been so many of those that CBS had a whole spinoff devoted to the idea (and FBI: International still had plenty of life left in it). But FBI Season 8, Episode 8 knows exactly what it is and does that fairly well—until an ending that feels forced.

The episode takes its title from the slang for the Chinese government running illegal “precincts” on American soil, and secretly disappearing people back to China. Naturally, the plot largely revolves around trying to avoid an international incident while still getting justice done. The important thing about this plot is that it avoids stereotyping any of its guest characters. In fact, Isobel Castille’s respectful relationship with the Chinese Envoy General is the major factor in getting the case closed. So many times in plots like these, the “other” government gets characterized as a hostile antagonist—in the same way that FBI agents often play heel on TV cop shows. “Ratlined” doesn’t do that.