Criminal Minds
After fifteen years,Criminal Mindsended its long tenure with a ten-episode final season.
Few television shows have had such lengthy and successful runs asCriminal Minds.
The show was thefifth longest-runningAmerican procedural TV show and the third longest-running procedural show on CBS.
Once contract negotiations were resolved, there was no need for the storyline.
Gideon’s Storyline
Mandy Patinkinabruptly leftCriminal Mindsat the beginning of the third season.
It turns out, a romantic relationship wasnever the intention of their dynamic.
It was always the goal to portray a unique, male-femalefriendship between the two.
On-screen, Aaron Hotchner and his son enter Witness Protection for the remainder of the twelfth season.
This was due to the actresses' contracts ending and other off-screen drama that haslong been cause for speculation.
New profiler Ashley Seaver was introduced as the replacement for the female characters, namely JJ.
In the process of recovering from this ordeal, he starts using the prescription pain medication Dilaudid.
He quickly becomes addicted to the medication, but only for a few episodes.
Apparently being resolved, his addiction is rarely ever referenced again.
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