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[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about Wednesday's episode ofCriminal Minds. Read at your own risk.]
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about Wednesday's episode ofCriminal Minds. Read at your own risk.]
JJ is MIA.
In the final minutes of Wednesday's Criminal Minds, JJ (A.J. Cook), who had been distracted and furiously texting Cruz (Esai Morales) all episode, gets kidnapped by a mysterious perpetrator unbeknownst (for now) to the rest of the BAU.
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Because of that, the BAU will call in reinforcements in the form of Prentiss (Paget Brewster), who knows a tad bit more about JJ's past than the rest of the team. "For me, one of the best parts was having Paget come back and and seeing her beautiful face every day. It's going to be so exciting for the fans to see that too. She and I have a few great scenes together," Cook says. "You learn that they talk and they are true friends. ... JJ revealed a little more to her while JJ was getting her to safety after Doyle and that whole thing. It's really cool to see the inner workings. The writers did a really great job putting this huge jigsaw puzzle together."Cook says she was "thrilled" when she heard the whole story line and believes that fans will be equally as satisfied with the reveal, as it will flesh out JJ's character and background. Viewers, she acknowledges, were a little thrown when JJ returned in Season 7 as a tough profiler with a mean roundhouse kick in her arsenal. "This story is about showing how she became that person," Cook says. "It's interesting to see old JJ and the evolution of where she is now. After these two episodes, she's going to yet again be different. You can't go through this and be the same."Criminal Minds airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on CBS.(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)