Erica Messer, the executive producer of the long-running American police procedural drama TV series “Criminal Minds” on CBS reveals that the upcoming 12th season of the show would premiere late in September focusing on the efforts of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) of the FBI to apprehend the 13 serial killers who managed to escape during the Season 11 finale.
In a recent interview, Messer said that there are still five out there when “Criminal Minds” returns to the small screen on September 28 including Mr. Scratch, played by Peter Lewis.
The showrunner pretty much confirmed that of the 13 serial killers who escaped during the Season 11 finale, eight would be easy pickings while the five will be tougher to apprehend.
She said that Mr. Scratch is going to be the show’s big baddie for Season 12. Messer confirmed that the TV series will stretch Mr. Scratch and tell his creepy tales, notes Cinema Blend.
The showrunner also confirmed previous rumors that when Season 12 of “Criminal Minds” return, it shall have an expected time jump and it is presumed that during that time, new character Luke Alvez, played by Adam Rodriguez, and other BAU agents would have caught and re-processed the first eight serial killers that were at large.
Reports also have it that Mr. Scratch and the remaining four serial killers still at large will cause a lot more terror activities in the upcoming Season 12 of “Criminal Minds.”
A boogeyman to Agent Hotch
Peter Lewis was introduced back in Season 10 and he used drugs and other psychological tactics to turn Mr. Scratch into a boogeyman of sorts against Agent Hotch and others, causing his victims to attack and sometimes kill others.
If Mr. Scratch is going to be the overarching baddie for Season 12 of “Criminal Minds,” fans should expect more seriously creepy episodes and situations, unless he already changed his M.O. to housing birthday parties for his victims.
There have been two major casting spoilers for Season 12 “Criminal Minds” on CBS thus far.
Following the departure of former series regular Shemar Moore, who played the role of BAU agent Derek Morgan in the TV series, veteran TV actor Adam Rodriguez was taken in by the show for Season 12.
Subsequently, reports started coming out saying that actress Paget Brewster shall be coming back to the TV series for Season 12, which actually emanated from her previous image teases on social media showcasing her favorite outfit while she was still in the TV series.
During the San Diego ComicCon, Erica Messer confirmed that Paget Brewster will indeed be reprising her role as Emily Prentiss in the upcoming Season 12 of “Criminal Minds.”
Messer said that they are excited to have Paget Brewster back for multiple episodes in Season 12 of “Criminal Minds” She added that the BAU could certainly use more help in the upcoming season since the team had a lot of known and unknown subjects to catch.
Third time in the series
Brewster stint with “Criminal Minds” is actually her third time in the course of the 12 seasons of the show. She first joined the series during its second season in 2006 and was a regular until Season 7. She made a comeback again in Season 11 before her character decided to join the Interpol.
Reports have it that it is still not clear if her return for the show’s Season 12 would be as a series regular or shall only be good for a couple of episodes.
Another interesting and exciting development on the cast of “Criminal Minds” Season 12 is the confirmed return of Aisha Tyler, who started playing the role of Dr. Tara Lewis in June.