Criminal Minds' Paget Brewster exit: Joe Mantegna says, 'Different than the last time'

By Jay Bobbin

Joe Mantegna confirms it's a week of mixed emotions on the set of "Criminal Minds."

The cast and crew of the CBS crime drama are wrapping up work on the seventh-season finale, a rare two-hour episode set to air Wednesday, May 16. While the extended length is a nod to the show's continued strength, it also marks the departure of Paget Brewster -- alias Agent Emily Prentiss of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit -- as a cast regular.

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