Overview

• Paramount+ released the Season 18 finale on July 10, concluding the BAU’s long-running investigation into the Sicarius network.
• Tessa Merrick’s true role within Sicarius was unveiled, reshaping the team’s understanding of the network’s inner workings.
• Elias Voit’s character arc reached a turning point as his capacity for empathy clashed with his darker instincts.
• Penelope Garcia and the Behavioral Analysis Unit coordinated a takedown that brought the network’s principal operators into custody.
• Paramount+ has confirmed Season 19 of Criminal Minds: Evolution, which is already in production under showrunner Erica Messer.