Yes! Criminal Minds Reboot Will Feature BAU’s Most Important Character
The Criminal Minds reboot will thankfully feature the Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) most important character. Premiering in 2005 on CBS, the FBI procedural series ran for 15 seasons before it wrapped up in 2020. Criminal Minds followed the BAU as they hunt down serial killers by profiling them. Over the years, the roster changed several times, but there were some who continued to be pivotal parts of the show for years until it officially ended.
Not long after the BAU capped off their run on CBS, a Criminal Minds reboot on Paramount+ was announced. For a while, the project was stuck in production limbo until star Paget Brewster shared that it was no longer moving forward. After whatever hurdle they were facing was ironed out, Criminal Minds season 16 is officially moved forward with a 10-episode order on the streaming service. While most of the core cast from the show's original network outing is confirmed, there will be a couple of profilers that won't be involved, which is disappointing.
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Luckily, the Criminal Minds revival will feature the BAU's most important character — Penelope Garcia (Kristen Vangsness). Brewster, Joe Mantegna, Adam Rodriguez, A.J. Cook, and Aisha Tyler are all joining her in the reboot as officially confirmed. Noticeably absent from the roster is original Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders star, Daniel Henney, who played SSA Matt Simmons, and long-time cast member Matthew Gray Gubler who portrayed Criminal Minds' genius Doctor Spencer Reid. Admittedly, there's an assumption that the team's core player is Reid, which is totally understandable. He is one of the only two characters who had been in the show from the beginning until it wrapped
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