Criminal Minds keep the surprises coming with big swings that can change the course of the season.
On the Thursday, June 25, episode of the Paramount+ series, Brian (Paul F. Tompkins) revealed to the BAU that the FBI agent's testimony led to Voit (Zach Gilford) life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.
The BAU didn't know one of them was secretly supporting the Voit fix – until Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) finally revealed that it was him. The news left everyone shocked, but Rossi (Joe Mantegna) took it seriously as it created a rift among the BAU agents.
Criminal Minds, which first aired in 2005, follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its behavioral analysis unit. The crime drama explores different fictional cases and shows how behavioral analysis helps the group find their unknown subjects.
The first one Criminal Minds the series has been renewed by Paramount+ after its original run in 2020. Criminal Minds: Evolution brought back most of the cast and Mantegna, AJ CookMisbehaving, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez again Paget Brewster to repeat their roles. Some important characters – like Matthew Gray Gubler's Reid – made cameos.
The first season of Criminal Minds: Evolution (aka season 16 of OG Criminal Minds series) introduced Voit as the main antagonist. The BAU spent the entire season hunting for the killer, who matched them with 62 murders and was the mastermind behind the internet network of serial killers.
Voit's status as a criminal was left up in the air when earlier this season he lost his memory which made him no longer labeled a psychopath. Gilford and others Criminal Minds The cast agreed that Voit can't stay on the show forever.
“I should have left the show a long time ago and I kept throwing, 'Well, I have to go at some point. If you don't kill me, we should have a spinoff,'” Gilford, 44, joked to Us Weekly in May 2025. he is released and is a white whale to the BAU So Criminal Minds can continue to have [unsub] of the church — but they'll always be like, 'I wonder if Voit had something to do with this.'”
Criminal Minds is back with a revival on Paramount+ – but fans have been watching the cast change on and off screen since the series first aired. In 2005, viewers were introduced to a group of criminal profilers working for the FBI as members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Crime drama, created by […]
While Gilford returns to his role as a thief in season 19, he previously said he's just focused on where Voit is right now.
“No matter what [role] that is, I try to make people like the character. No matter what they do or how bad they are. It's fun, especially with someone like a serial killer. Or even when I work onGood Girls, I was the guy who was cheating on his pregnant wife and I was like, 'But I want everyone to love me.
Gilford continued: “I feel very lucky and fortunate – especially as a guy who started out like Matt [Saracen on Friday Night Lights] – the most beautiful boy in the world. For a long time, all anyone wanted me to do was be a nice boy. I'm still a good boy, [but] I just did bad things [on screen as Voit].”
Criminal Minds: Evolution airs Thursdays on Paramount+.
