CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 Photos Sicarius – As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU. s16e02 16×02 16.02 s16e2
Written By Breen Frazier
Directed By Nelson McCormick
The 10-episode season will premiere with two episodes on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, exclusively on Paramount+. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, until its mid-season finale on Thursday, Dec. 15.
The season will then return on Thursday, Jan. 12 with all-new episodes dropping weekly through the finale on Thursday, Feb. 9.s16e01 16×01 16.01 s16e1
The news was revealed by CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION showrunner, executive producer and writer Erica Messer during Paramount+’s virtual Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation today. In addition to Messer, the CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION virtual TCA panel featured cast members Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Paget Brewster and Zach Gilford.
CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION will continue and expand the beloved franchise for streaming audiences, blending serialized elements into the series’ format. CBS’ original “Criminal Minds” series, which ran from 2005-2020, followed the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, the best of the best who profiled the worst of the worst.
In CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION, the FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.
Original cast members reprising their roles include Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. Zach Gilford joins the dynamic cast as a recurring guest star in a season-long arc.
CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION is produced by ABC Signature and CBSStudios. Erica Messer (“Criminal Minds,” “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”) serves as showrunner, executive producer and writer. Breen Frazier and Chris Barbour will serve as writers and executive producers, Glenn Kershaw will direct and executive produce and Mark Gordon will also serve as executive producer.
CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 Photos Sicarius
CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 photo – “Sicarius” – Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 picture – “Sicarius” – Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Zach Gilford as Elias Voit in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 image – “Sicarius” – Zach Gilford as Elias Voit and Kiele Sanchez as Bridget Voit in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Nicholas D\’Agosto as Deputy Director Bailey in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 still – “Sicarius ” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – – (L-R) Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis, A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – (L-R) Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis, A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 “Sicarius” – Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS EVOLUTION Season 16 Episode 2 – “Sicarius” – A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau and Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” episode 2, season 16 streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – – Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION- “Sicarius” – Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION- “Sicarius” – Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Director Nelson McCormick(left) with Kirsten Vangsness and Joe Mantegna on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Zach Gilford as Elias Voit with director Nelson McCormick on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Zach Gilford as Elias Voit on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Zach Gilford and Kiele Sanchez on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS of Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, A.J. Cook as Jennifer \’JJ\’ Jareau, Joe Mantegna as David Rossi with director Nelson McCormick on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION – “Sicarius” – BTS OF Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi on the set of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” streaming on Paramount+, 2022. Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+