Tonight's the night! Paget Brewster makes her long awaited full-time return to Criminal Minds! Paget Brewster, who plays Emily Prentiss, will make her long awaited and much anticipated return to Criminal Minds in tonight's episode which airs on Oct 12. (which all die-hard Criminal Minds fans know is Prentiss' birthday. See: "Cold Comfort"). Her return was made possible only after her Fox comedy Grandfathered was canceled after one season in May. Talking to TV Guide, Brewster reveals why she came back to the show. "I was on Grandfathered and that didn't get picked up, but that's how these things work. Criminal Minds contacted me and said, 'Would you come back?'" Brewster explains. "I love that I've been able to do other stuff. ... I'm able to do Another Period and Drunk History ... so I said I would love to and I said I really want to work with Aisha [Tyler], so if we can make a deal." The initial plan was for Brewster -- who has twice returned since leaving after Season 7, most recently in March -- to recur in six episodes, with the possibility of more in the back half of the season. She was promoted to series regular in the wake of Thomas Gibson's firing in August, after already filming her first episode back. “because she’s a fan favorite and we all love and miss her so much here,” executive producer Erica Messer explained in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “She’s been running Interpol for four years and now it’s just really nice to be back on the team full-time,” the actress said of Prentiss’ whereabouts over the last several years. “So far, they’ve made [Prentiss] powerful and good at the job and invested.” Brewster "The fact of the matter of is, there really aren't that many shows that I love as much as Criminal Minds," Brewster, who talked to TV Guide before the cast shake-up and her promotion, says. "I left at the right time for the right reason, but I love those guys. We've never stopped being friends. It's such a great group there. "It's a true family. There are not families without problems, and people fight, but it's because we all care a lot about the show. Even when I left, I still cared about the show and everybody on it," she continues. "I came back whenever it was possible. I never, ever written it off like, 'Oh, I'll never do that again.' I love that show and I love our fans and I love everyone on it. I love the cast and the crew. It's the best situation I've ever been in." The Criminal Minds cast also spoke glowingly of new series regular Adam Rodriguez, who made his debut in the season 12 premiere as Luke Alvez. “All of a sudden, you bring a new, great player you’ve traded,” Joe Mantegnasaid of the former CSI: Miami star, “and all of a sudden you bring back a player that was with the team back in the days when you were winning all the games and now you’re still doing it.” Longtime star A.J. Cook explained why Criminal Minds is able to keep chugging along, even with changes in front of the camera. “We’re finding new personalities that fit into this machine that works really well and we’ve been lucky enough to find those pieces,” she said. Prentiss returns to the BAU to help out after Hotch (Gibson) is assigned a TDY ("temporary duty"), and doesn't exactly get off on the right foot with newbie Alvez (Rodriguez). "She messes up by profiling him and he can hear her," Brewster says. "She sort of has to make up for this big social faux pas. Adam's a great guy and a great actor ... and [Alvez] is a great addition to the team." It's safe to assume Prentiss' decision to leave Interpol and stay at the BAU is related to Hotch's ultimate exit or maybe, like Brewster, she just can't stay away from her fam. "I would be happy to keep doing [the show] until something else comes up that I really want," Brewster says. "But what am I going to want more than Criminal Minds?"
Catch the 3rd episode of Criminal Minds Season 12 on Wednesday, 12 Oct at 9/8c on CBS.
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