Criminal Minds
Criminal Mindsreboot showrunner Erica Messer confirms why Doctor Spencer Reid is n’t in the Paramount+ reboot . Played by Matthew Gray Gubler , the character is part of the original ensemble when the CBS police procedural premiered in 2005 . The actor proceeded to toy the rooter - pet profiler untilCriminal Mindsended with time of year 15 in 2020 .
Ever since it was support that theCriminal Mindsrebootis officially moving forwards , work on the project has been quiet progressing . motion-picture photography started in August 2022 with several cast of characters members deal stoolie peeks from the show ’s set . According to the revival assumption , the BAU ’s next fount will involve them hunt down a connection of UnSubs that was create during the coronavirus pandemic . The core cast ofCriminal Mindswill be recapitulate their roles in the Paramount+ enterprise , except for Daniel Henney ’s Matt Simmons and Gubler ’s Reid . But while Henney ’s absence is due to a programming conflict , Gubler ’s non - involution is a personal selection .
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As a long - time member of the special FBI unit , there are understandable questions about Reid ’s fate in theCriminal Mindrevival . In a new interview withEW , Messer confirms that BAU ’s boy genius remains a profiler , with his things still on his desk . It just so occur that while working on this case , Reid will be away . Read Messer ’s full quote below :
But Dr. Reid ’s desk still has all of his book of account on it and all of his holding . Almost that same clock time capsule that … I do n’t know if any of you have gone back to the office , but it ’s a weird experience because whatever was important to you in March 2020 is still pose on that desk and must not have been that important because it ’s still model on that desk . So we want that connection still with Dr. Reid and Matt Simmons ( Daniel Henney ) , who is on another assignment as well . It ’s something we ca n’t really talk over . But if and when they repay , it ’s up to them . It ’s dependent on their schedules . I ca n’t prognosticate anything correctly now . But it ’s the Leslie Townes Hope .
It ’s good tidings that Reid is still a penis of the BAU . This make it easier to bring him back if Gubler decide to reprise the function in succeeding seasons ofCriminal Mindson Paramount+ . In any case , it is n’t like it ’s new that the son genius is not partake in some of the BAU ’s case . In the last few season of the show , the squad had towork without Reid for alter reasons , more often because he need to pass more clock time with his ailing mom . It ’s curious if this will also be the case in the reboot , especially in the time of the coronavirus pandemic . Otherwise , it ’s also possible that he ’s simply scaling back on his profiling responsibility and focus on his teaching calling . Whatever the case may be , it ’s reassuring to cognize that he can always come back .
While Messer does n’t promise anything , it sounds like she is bright thatGubler will eventually link up theCriminal Mindsreboot . After give 15 old age of his life playing Reid , it ’s totally understandable that the role player want to adventure out and try other things , including direct . But with a much poor season , with only 10 episodes per year , appearing on the Paramount+ project wo n’t hog all of Gubler ’s time the same elbow room that its CBS twin did .
Source : EW
