Legal Minds: Evolution is heading into its nineteenth season. When the drama returned on Paramount+, it did so with a majority of the solid that had been with the present when Legal Minds ended its 15-season run on CBS in 2020: Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss, A.J. Cook dinner as Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis, and Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez. Matthew Grey Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid) and Daniel Henney (Matt Simmons) didn’t return, with scheduling making it unimaginable for visitor spots — till Season 18.
Gubler returned within the third episode of the season, for the funeral of JJ’s husband Will (Josh Stewart).
“We had been so fortunate to get him, that the celebs aligned for him to be there and for such an essential episode and such an emotional time. And I really feel like that’s what pals do for each other and each onscreen and off, proper? It’s like, ‘Are you able to be right here for this?’ And it simply labored out that he might, which was a dream,” showrunner Erica Messer tells TV Insider.
Reid’s reunion with the BAU was temporary, with restricted dialogue however his and JJ’s bond was nonetheless clear, and A.J. Cook dinner informed us on the time that was “by selection.”
“They didn’t want a monologue. They didn’t want a bunch of dialogue. It’s all in appears,” she shared. “And after we had been within the conception section of this episode, Erica and I — it will really feel like one thing main was lacking if we didn’t have Spence, it simply would. It will really feel bizarre not having him there. So I, in fact, picked up the telephone and referred to as him and stated, ‘Hey,’ and defined what we had been doing. And he was similar to, ‘Are you kidding me? In fact I’ll be there.’ Like a real good friend does. You present up in these moments. And we had been so fortunate to get him again. And sure, it was a quick second, however it was so impactful and it felt so nice having him there, simply type of felt like a homecoming. And my youngsters love Matthew and Matthew’s like my third child. It was fairly cute. Seeing him again on set with everyone, it was fairly particular.”
Gubler celebrated his return to the collection in an announcement obtained by TV Insider after his episode aired. “It’s a pleasure to get to inform tales with individuals you’re keen on so I’ll at all times cherish any second, huge or small, that I get to hug my Legal Minds household or slip again into my expensive good friend Spencer’s outsized wingtips,” he stated.
However looking forward to a doable return from Matthew Grey Gubler or, say, Daniel Henney or Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan), nothing is deliberate in the meanwhile.
“Season 19, we acquired going within the writers’ room in February of this yr, and we’re now capturing. So after we’re determining our season, we don’t know. We will’t really matter on these visitor stars as a result of they will’t inform us in the event that they’d be out there or not, six months from then or no matter,” explains Messer. “So we don’t have any plans proper now, however you by no means know.”
Who would you prefer to see return in Season 19? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.
Legal Minds: Evolution, Season 19, TBA, Paramount+