CRIMINAL MINDS - Matthew Gray Gubler Directs "Realistic" Episode: I Had to Bring the Insanity - Interview

Matthew Gray Gubler has directed six episodes of Criminal Minds, but there is still a first time for everything.

"This one is probably the most grounded of any of the ones I've directed," Gubler, who plays Reid, tells TVGuide.com of Wednesday's episode. "It's a little more realistic. I was like, 'Wow, there's nothing insane in this episode!' So I had to bring the insanity a little bit."

Not that he didn't ask for it. After helming five episodes with weird crimes and unsubs tailored to his signature quirky, offbeat style, Gubler says he was looking to go outside his comfort zone this time around. "I wanted to try something different, so the most different thing for me would be to direct an episode that is a little less from Jupiter," he says. "Most Criminal Minds episodes are on Earth. Mine are usually from Jupiter. This one is from Mars."

Mars — or Boston. On Wednesday's episode (9/8c, CBS), the BAU heads to Beantown to track a voyeuristic unsub [SPOILER] whom Gubler describes as the "Boston...

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