There ain’t no rest for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). Last year saw Criminal Minds wrap up its eighteenth season and the third season of the Evolution continuation on Paramount+, finally locking away serial killer Elias Voit (Zach Gilford) and taking down the Disciple (Jordana Spiro) along with him. After so many years of being pushed to their limits as they anticipated and confronted the worst of humanity, though, the profilers’ big break turns out to just be the beginning of their biggest test. Season 19 is right around the corner on May 28 and, with it, the team is about to see just how contagious evil can be even after bringing one of their most elusive and twisted targets to justice and dismantling his network of killers.
Picking up where the previous finale left off, Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 19 kicks off a chilling string of new cases that have the BAU scrambling. Although Voit is safely behind bars awaiting arraignment and seeking to atone for his past, another formidable foe has emerged from his shadow — the Fan. This copycat killer was inadvertently born from Voit’s newfound infamy and haunts the team as he seeks not just to replicate, but to surpass his idol’s work with frightening precision and careful planning. With their backs against the wall, the team will once again have to turn to their former foe for help cracking this difficult-to-read UnSub whose capacity for evil seemingly has no limits.
Ahead of the premiere, Paramount+ has shared the official trailer, teasing what’s next for the BAU and Sicarius as they reunite. After a chilling tease of the new UnSub, the footage cuts to the FBI as the team ponders whether there will one day be some clear behavioral link shared by all serial killers, or if they’re all “sick snowflakes.” The BAU will certainly wish the former is true as they deal with Voit’s copycat. Given their similar methods, he’s practically a living resource on everything the Fan will do next, but there’s a level of desperation to prove themselves and a certain untraceability that will make them all the more dangerous. Worse, Voit hits the analysts with a harsh reality — even if they stop one copycat, there’s no telling how many others could keep the cycle of violence going. Either way, they’ll need him to reckon with the Sicarius Killer inside him to save lives in the here and now, though it’s unclear if he’ll be able to keep that side of him in check.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What’s clear is that the BAU will find themselves in the line of fire more than ever during their hunt in Season 19. Back in the saddle are Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, RJ Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster, alongside Gilford. Additionally, they’ll be joined by a stacked group of guest stars, headlined by Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie in a very different role from the hockey romance series. Alongside him will be Justin Kirk, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jeri Ryan, Clark Gregg, Paul F. Tompkins, Cress Williams, Kofi Siriboe, Dash Mihok, and Nicholas Gonzalez. **Erica Messer **is also back at the helm as showrunner and looking to keep the momentum up after the series clocked in a staggering 24.1 billion minutes streamed last year.
Criminal Minds: Evolution begins Season 19 with two episodes on May 28, followed by new episodes weekly thereafter through July 23. Check out the trailer in the player above.
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