criminal mind Kept the surprises coming with a big twist that could change the direction of the season.
During the Thursday, June 25 episode of the Paramount+ series, Brian (Paul F Tompkins) told the BAU that Voight (zach gilford) Being sentenced to life in prison Instead of the death penalty.
The BAU did not know that any of them secretly supported Voight’s rehabilitation – until Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) eventually found out it was her. This news shocked everyone, but Rossi (joe mantegna) took this for the worst as it created divisions among BAU agents.
criminal mind, Which premiered in 2005, it follows a group of criminal profilers who work as members of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. The crime drama explores various fictional cases and shows how behavioral analysis helps the team explore their unknown subjects.
Original criminal mind The series was revived by Paramount+ following its initial conclusion in 2020. Criminal Minds: Evolution With Mantegna brought back most of the artists, AJ Cookwangsness, Ayesha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez And paget brewster Reprising their roles. Other major characters – e.g. Matthew Gray Gubler’S. Reed – has a cameo.
first season of Criminal Minds: Evolution (aka Season 16 of OG criminal mind The series) introduced Voight as the main antagonist. The BAU spent the entire season searching for the prolific killer, who they linked to 62 murders and was the mastermind behind setting up an online network of fellow serial killers.

Voight’s status as a villain He was left on the air at the beginning of this season when his memory diminished enough for him to no longer be labeled as a psychopath. Guilford and the rest criminal mind The cast has acknowledged that Voight cannot remain on the show forever.
“I was supposed to leave the show a while ago and I was like, ‘Okay, I have to leave at some point. If you’re not killing me, we should make a spinoff,'” Gilford, 44, exclusively quipped to US Weekly in May 2025. “It’s called Criminal Minds: Voight and it tells the story of what Voight is doing when he’s out in the world. Somehow he either escapes or is released and he’s a white whale in the BAU. So Criminal Minds can keep doing their (unsub) thing of the week – but they’ll always be like, ‘I wonder if Voight had something to do with this.'”
While Guilford returned to his scene-stealing Regarding the role in Season 19, he previously said that his focus is only on where Voight is right now.
“No matter what it (the role) is, I try to make people like the character. It doesn’t matter what they’re doing or how bad they are. It’s fun, especially with someone like a serial killer. Or even when I worked on Good Girls, I was a guy who cheated on his pregnant wife and I was like, ‘But I want everyone to like me,'” he told us. “The thing is just people. To make you likeable and draw you in.”
Gilford continued: “I feel very, very blessed and fortunate – especially as the guy who started out as Matt (Saracen in Friday Night Lights) – the nicest guy in the world. For a long time, everyone wanted me to be a good guy. I’m still a good guy, (but) I’ve just done bad things (as Voight on screen).”
Criminal Minds: Evolution Airs Thursdays on Paramount+.


















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