Warning, spoilers! The following article will reveal the main plot elements of “Criminal Minds (2022)”.
From 2022, Esprits Criminals reinvented itself. After a two-year hiatus, CBS’ flagship series, dubbed “Criminal Minds: Evolution” in English for the occasion, has indeed returned to streaming and direct to Paramount+ this time.
And for its second online season, the show is betting big and adding a famous face from the small screen to its cast: Felicity Huffman, who has become a rare presence on television since her legal setback in 2019. In addition to appearing in an episode of The Good Doctor in 2023 and the subsequent TV movie, the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Desperate Housewife and Lynette’s translator will now return in a role that looks to be even more substantial in the next season of the iconic detective series.
According to TVLine , the actress has been cast as Dr. Jill Gideon, a brilliant biological psychiatrist who ends up helping the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murder conspiracy theory.
At first, Jill is reluctant to help them, given her complicated history with David Ross (Joe Mantegna) and her late ex-husband Jason Gideon (played by Mandy Patinkin in the early seasons of Criminal Minds), but she quickly relents. Realizing that their skills will help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery that began in Season 1.
However, according to TVLine, filming for the new season would take place in mid-January: a premiere date has not yet been set.
A tense first season
In the first season of this new version, the elite profiles of the Department of Behavioral Sciences’ “DSC” – or “BAU” Behavior Analysis Unit – saw “their biggest threat yet”: Elias Voit, UnSub (“Unknown Subject” used in the brief investigation, which can be translated into French, as the “unknown perpetrator of crime”) who spent the COVID pandemic cultivating a network of serial killers.
The team consisted of franchise veterans like Joe Mantegna (David Ross), Padgett Brewster (Emily Prentiss), AJ Cook (Jennifer Jarreau), Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia), Aisha Tyler (Dr. Tara Lewis) and Adam Rodriguez (Luke Alves), while Friday Night alum Zach Guilford Lights, starred , that the aforementioned Elias Voit.
In the new season, they will all return – as well as Ryan-James Hatanaka (Tyler Green). Joe Mantegna, AJ Cook, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Zach Guilford will also shoot episodes.
As for Josh Stewart, also a longtime recurring character, he shared on X (formerly Twitter) last January that Will LaMontagne Jr. will not be returning.
“No, unfortunately my Will LaMontagne Jr. playing days are over. you were the best“, he wrote.
When the new seasoncriminal mind will begin, it will be just two weeks after Voit taps, showrunner Erica Messer shared with TVLine last February, giving Prentice only a short time “Find out what’s going on with this Gold Star mystery, which he thinks has something to do with Doug Bailey’s death.“
“She feels a bit of survivor’s guilt“, the showrunner meant. “He is having a hard time with it.“
will continue later this year.
Meanwhile, Criminal Minds can be seen on Paramount+.
Source: Allocine
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