Criminal Minds: Evolution has been renewed for Season 19, with the announcement coming ahead of the show’s 18th season premiere, debut on Paramount+ May 8 with new episodes dropping weekly thereafter.

“Evolution” picks up after the events of the original “Criminal Minds,” which aired on CBS for 15 seasons (2005-2020), and reunited many of the original series’ cast — including Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, and Aisha Tyler, with Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. RJ Hatanaka and Zach Gilford joining the series when it was revived in 2022.

Gilford portrays Elias Voit — also known as Sicarius Killer — with the upcoming season showing the aftermath of an attack against him. An official synopsis states that the incident prompted “his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.”

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