jj came back in the season seven premiere episode of criminal minds.
jj came back in the season seven premiere episode of criminal minds.
in what episode of criminal minds does jj come back?
the season seven premiere
played by paget brewster, ssa emily prentiss is the daughter of an ambassador and a u.s. diplomat. after agent elle greenaway left the bau permanently following a case when she had shot an unsub in cold blood, prentiss showed up with papers stating she was the newest member of the bau which caught both hotch and gideon off-guard as they hadn't signed off on her transfer. she became a permanent member of the team in "lessons learned" where it was revealed that she was fluent in arabic. she also has a tough relationship with her mother. she got pregnant at the age of 15 and later chose to have an abortion. prentiss is also skilled at chess. in "the thirteenth step" (episode 6.13), prentiss receives some disturbing news from her previous boss at interpol. in the following episode, "sense memory", after coming home from work, she notices that someone had been in her house because her cat's back was wet and her window was open. she also received several strange phone calls, with the caller id saying "caller unknown". this also leaves agent morgan concerned for prentiss. prentiss appears in only 18 episodes of season 6. she faked her death to escape an old nemesis with the help of both hotch and jj while the rest of the team continued to assume she was dead. in season seven premiere ("it takes a village"), emily returns to the team when doyle resurfaces and she rejoins by the end of the episode. at the end of the season, she leaves the team to return and run interpol in london. she returns for the 200th episode to help rescue a kidnapped ssa jennifer jareau and again in the episode "tribute" (season 11), where she enlists the help of the bau in catching a serial killer who had originally killed in europe before killing in the united states. paget brewster was confirmed to return for a several episode arc in season 12. following the dismissal of thomas gibson, brewster was promoted to a series regular again starting from season 12, episode 3; later prentiss is promoted to hotch's position of unit chief.
list of criminal minds characters
simmons was introduced to "criminal minds" in the [[criminal minds (season 10|episode19) titled barbados in which the irt is called i. to help the bau with the death of a family overseas. he was brought in by [[penelope garcia]] to help the team after they were ambushed in the field and [[emily prentiss]] was kidnapped by notorious serial killer peter lewis ("mr. scratch"). when asked what he was doing at the bau headquarters, he vaguely mentioned that he was awaiting a new assignment as the irt had been dissolved as a result of events in the "criminal minds: beyond borders" episode "[[criminal minds: beyond borders (season 2)#ep22|blowback]]" – in which the irt was targeted by assistant director linda barnes, who herself would have the bau shut down temporarily – and is offered a position on the bau team by prentiss by the end of the episode. as he and jj are the only two members of the team who are married with children they often exchange jokes about the mishaps of parenting. in the episode "ex parte", simmons' wife kristy is caught up in a hostage situation at her workplace. the usually calm and collected simmons nearly strangles the hostage taker to death in a fit of rage but stops when kristy tells him "it's not you", prompting her husband to let go of the criminal and arrest him instead.
matt simmons (criminal minds)