‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ Sneak Peek: Where are JJ & Luke?

Criminal Minds: Evolution showrunner Erica Messer instructed TV Insider that “it’s gonna take an actual massive factor to occur for us to get [the jet] again,” and because the sneak peek Paramount+ has launched from the January 12 midseason premiere, that’s precisely what’s occurred. (Remember, they blew up their earlier one within the original run’s finale.)

Last we saw the BAU, that they had a lead on Sicarius (Zach Gilford’s Voit), although they’ve but to establish him, and JJ (A.J. Cook) and Luke (Adam Rodriguez) have been trying out his underground storage container when there was an explosion. Those again on the workplace — Prentiss (Paget Brewster), Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), Lewis (Aisha Tyler), and even Bailey (Nicholas D’Agosto) — may solely watch in horror as they misplaced the feed from their physique cameras.

Now, within the clip (which you’ll watch beneath) shared on Twitter, everybody’s looking for a strategy to attain their teammates and get backup to them. Bailey (unhelpfully) remarks, “Power’s been knocked out. That means towers are most likely down.” Fortunately, there are nonetheless the physique cameras, and Garcia realizes, “that isn’t related to any GPS. But if I can reestablish the uplink — ”

She and Rossi hurry to her workplace, and one of many cameras comes on-line, permitting them to see JJ. But the place’s Luke? “I take again each imply factor I ever stated. Please let him be OK,” Garcia says.

And so the BAU must get to Georgia ASAP. “It’s time,” Prentiss tells Bailey, who affords to dispatch the Atlanta Division. He nods, and with that, Prentiss, Rossi, and Lewis are off — and no, they’re not driving. “Return it stuffed up, and never simply with gasoline. Bring ‘em dwelling, Emily,” Garcia says as she sees them off. “We will,” Prentiss guarantees, earlier than including these oh-so-familiar phrases: “Wheels up.” Oh, it’s going to be good to see the jet once more.

With Criminal Minds: Evolution heading into the second half of the season, the BAU will start to get some wins, Messer beforehand instructed us. Furthermore, “massive issues shift and alter and [Bailey] grows quite a bit as a personality and as a colleague of the BAU.”

We’re on our approach! Here is a primary have a look at subsequent week’s all-new episode. #CriminalMinds pic.twitter.com/tgCnfW7Vvi

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Criminal Minds: Evolution, Midseason Premiere, Thursday, January 12, Paramount+