Criminal Minds: Core members are back

I am glad the that producers of Criminal Minds has decided to bringing back the whole cast to the delight of the most fans as Season 7 has started. The premiere episode of new season is considered a closure to last season's finale on which lead to people thinking that Paget Brewster will be leaving the show permanently while A.J. Cook will be coming back to reprise her role as agent Jennifer "JJ" Jarreu- but I assume with this development, it might be better for the show to keep the core cast intact for now.

For those who are wondering what would happen with Agent Ashley Seaver (played by Rachel Nichols), According to Wikipedia, Nichols's contract was not included for season seven, and her character departed the show off-screen. It was mentioned during the episode that he was being transferred into another unit within the FBI.

You can read an in depth review and discussion about the premiere episode on ScreenRant

JJ coming back to Criminal Minds for Season 7 and 8

Criminal Minds fans and specially those who are fans of SSA -Media Liaison Jennifer "JJ" Jarreau (that includes me) will be delighted as A.J. Cook has sign on to return to show as the series regular for two seasons.

This would be a great news since they need another female agent on the team and there no one more suitable than JJ herself. She will also be a good compliment to new agent Ashley Seaver (played by Rachel Nichols) as she is basically Emily Prentiss' "replacement".

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour Review

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour is CBS's new spinoff of one of their hit TV series Criminal Minds. The new series is almost similar to the main show but this time the group is more of a "rapid response team" called Red Cell and they are reporting directly to the director of FBI. What makes this group differ from the parent series is that they are quick to create profiles and are more direct-to-the-point. This unit is lead by Agent Sam Cooper (played by Forrest Whitaker) his colleagues are Agent Beth Griffin (played by Janeane Garofalo), Agent Jonathan "Prophet" Simms (Michael Kelly), Agent Gina LaSalle (Beau Garrett), Agent Mick Rawson (Matt Ryan) and Tech assistant Penelope Garcia (which is still played by Kirsten Vangsness) rounds up the group. This show is broadcasted right after Criminal Minds

Emily Prentiss does a "Horatio Caine"

Criminal Mind's Season finale has thrown a "Horatio Caine" scenario as Emily Prentiss faked her own death so that she can go after the Ian Doyle with the help of former BAU colleague Jennifer "JJ" Jarreu. Initially we thought that Paget Brewster will also be "cross-out" because of her death to find out there's a "mind game" that is being played to catch Ian Doyle in the end. The finally is basically a cliffhanger that will setup a final showdown between Prentiss and Doyle. I really approciated that the producers decided to guest A.J. Cook on the show. Personally, I would really hope that the show's producers would decide to bring JJ back into the show.

Any idea of Paget Brewster leaving the show is deemed "premature" in my opinion.

Rachel Nichols becomes a regular on Criminal Minds

Last December 2010, the producers of Criminal Minds has decided to add Rachel Nichols (which she plays FBI Cadet Ashley Seaver). So far she's been doing fine but her character is still well received by most since most fans still can get over the loss of Jennifer "JJ" Jarreu (played by A.J. Cook) from the show.

I would hope that the producers of the show develops her character more turn her into a full fledge agent.

Farewell Jennifer Jarreu

Criminal Minds episode 3 was basically a sad episode to watch not because their current case was not solve (it was solved), it's because it's the last episode we will see AJ Cook on the show (making her the 3rd major casting chance after Mandy Patinkin and Lola Glaudini left the show). I am a bit relieved that AJ Cook's character has a chance that she can comeback in the future as her character was just "ordered" to transfer her services to another branch of government to which Hotchner (even Erin Strauss) has no control of the situation. 

Well at least her character was not killed off.

Criminal Minds Season 6 episode 1

photo courtesy of CBS.com

The conclusion to the last season's cliffhanger is basically a typical episode of any Criminal Minds episode but there's somewhat a slight preview of this to come for this TV show. If you haven't read my previous post, AJ Cook (on which she plays FBI Agent Jennifer (JJ) Jarreau) will be leaving the series and the upcoming episode will be her final episode in a sort of tribute to her character. On this episode, JJ was forced by her team leader agent Hutchner to be the hostage negotiator for this case to which she did very well yet gave her somethings to think about.

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Crime Scene TV is a blog about my favorite police procedural TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and the upcoming spin-off to the Criminal Minds tentatively entitled Mind 2.0.