This article contains spoilers forCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2, episode 7, “Piranha.”
David Rossi reunites with an old flame in the latest episode ofCriminal Minds: Evolution.
How do things pick up next week?
Felicity Huffman as Dr. Jill Gideon and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss on ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’.Michael Yarish /Paramount+
Well see, Mantegna tellsEntertainment Weeklyduring a joint chat with Huffman.
I think it mirrors what people might expect [between characters] put in that position.
Obviously, there’s been a lot of water under the bridge between these two.
Felicity Huffman as Dr. Jill Gideon on ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’.Michael Yarish /Paramount+
And now we’ll find out: Is it calm water?
Is it turbulent water?
We don’t know.
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Well, she broke Rossis heart, adds Huffman.
Do you think thats true, Joey?
I think it’s somewhat of a red herring in a way, he says.
What does that mean, she broke Rossi’s heart?
Is there something more to it than that?
And that’s what makes it interesting.
I mean, it’d be too simple to just say, oh, it’s just that.
We still have miles to go before we sleep between these two characters.
Mantegna is a good friend ofWilliam H. Macy, Huffmans longtime husband.
This also isnt their first time sharing the screen.
I’ve looked up to him forever, and so it was 1.
A level of admiration, Huffman says of creating that onscreen dynamic.
So you just make a run at not screw up.
Its a meaty, exciting aspect to our show.
I love when we get into these personal stories.
Huffman still remembers some of the earlier days of meeting her costar, including one as a new mother.
I had my first kid and I was kind of a basket case, she recalls.
What do you need for the baby?
He got me food.
I was in love.
I was like, this is a gentleman.
For now, it’s unclear if their characters share the same admiration for one another.
It’s a complicated relationship.
Gold Star, it turns out, is a twisted offshoot of North Star.
What is North Star?
The BAU, meaning Gideon and Rossis paper is the blueprint for Gold Star.
What comes next remains to be seen.
Paramount+ recently renewedEvolutionfor a third season (and 18th overall for the franchise that began on CBS).
Mantegna insists he has zero intel on what comes next.
Its in the hands of the writers and Erica Messer," he says.
“I have every faith in them keeping the quality as it has been.
Huffman, though, would be game to return.
It’s the nicest cast.
It’s such a lovely environment, she says.
It’s a very small boat.
You want to fill it with people you love, and they certainly did.”
New episodes ofCriminal Minds: Evolutiondrop Thursdays on Paramount+.
