The timeline of Criminal Minds: Evolution gets clarified by showrunner Erica Messer. With the show’s successful revival on streaming, Criminal Minds: Evolution season 3 was renewed before the second installment even premiered. The early greenlight added assurance, considering the crime drama’s tendency to conclude with major cliffhangers. But the latest update from Messer hints that the series will take a somewhat different approach when it returns.
In comments to TVLine, Messer confirmed that season 3 will begin six months after the events of the season 2 finale. This is a relatively significant time jump for the Paramount+ revival series, which previously unfolded with just two weeks between seasons.
What The Criminal Minds Season 3 Timeline Means For The Show
Unresolved Questions Will Unfold Differently
Among the other major questions raised by the Criminal Minds: Evolution season 2 finale is whether Elias Voit (Zach Gilford) is really dead. The original antagonist gets attacked by two men while behind bars, with uncertainty about whether he might’ve staged the attack. There are also the ways in which Voit impacted the BAU team, such as JJ (A.J. Cook) confronting Voit about the pornographic deepfakes he created and finding a way to rightly use it against him.
There are also smaller questions, such as Tyler (Ryan-James Hatanaka) applying for a profiler job, which will likely be impacted by the time jump. Rather than deal with the immediate aftermath, the time jump means that audiences will catch up with the Criminal Minds: Evolution characters after they’ve had some time to deal with these shifts. It means that the mystery of Voit’s stabbing will likely be solved. Although, in typical fashion for the series, it may open the door to an even larger mystery.
Our Take On Criminal Minds’ Evolution Timeline
It’s One Of A Few Changes
Although a release date is not confirmed for Criminal Minds: Evolution season 3, with overall plot details remaining under wraps, work is underway on the upcoming episodes. Lucifer star Aimee Garcia has joined the crime drama in a recurring role and is set to appear opposite Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez). With a plan to focus a bit more on the case-of-the-week structure, the timeline change is another shift that’s coming to the revival.
