Derek Morgan was on the Criminal Minds team from season 1 until season 11.

Here’s why Shemar Moore left Criminal Minds, and if he’ll return.

When Voit uses Penelopes computer to help them find something, he asks her who Chocolate Thunder is.

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Hopefully,Criminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 will provide further evidence of this.

Derek appeared inCriminal Mindsseason 13, episode 5, but not to help the team with a case.

Instead, Derek was there to help Penelope.

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Derek Morgan and Penelope Garcia

Original cast members continuing 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.

Penelope Garcia and Derek Morgan on a plane in Criminal Minds

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Derek Morgan and Penelope Garcia

Criminal Minds Evolution

InCriminal 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 continuing 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.

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