by Joyce Eng
Erica Messer can't think of a more perfect day for
Criminal Minds to turn 10.
"Episode 10.1 airs on 10/1. How cool is that?"
Messer tells
TVGuide.com. "It wasn't planned. We didn't know that until we started back up and we were well in the swing of things, and [CBS] mentioned that the premiere would be a little later than usual because of
Extant and
Survivor. So it's great timing."
But for
Messer, "seven" is the magic number for
Season 10. After
Jeanne Tripplehorn left the series in the
Season 9 finale,
Messer told
TVGuide.com at the time that she wasn't sure if they would replace her or just stick with the remaining six BAU members. "It was a really big, long conversation with the network and the studio, and they said, 'Let's go...
1. Undercover boss
Kate is not who you think she is when we first meet her. That's because she's...
2. Kate's secret
Like the introduction of
Blake (
Tripplehorn),
Kate has a mysterious backstory that viewers will get a peek at when we follow her...
3. The long road to recovery
As we previously reported,
Garcia (
Kristen Vangsness) will be suffering from PTSD as a result of shooting the pseudo-nurse who tried to poison
Reid in the season finale. In the second episode, she will meet...
4. Jane Lynch is (maybe) back!
It's been six years since we last saw
Reid's schizophrenic mom
Diana, but now that
Glee is ending — with a shortened season at that — chances are looking...
5. Don't scratch
The season's still young, but
Messer promises that the fourth episode is the show's "grossest episode yet." There's not much in the way of...
6. A love letter for you — yes, you!
To celebrate the big 1-0,
Messer is planning a major midseason episode — similar to last season's 200th episode — that will have many...
7. Replicating The Replicator (story line)
For the second time ever, the series will feature a season-long unsub, who will be introduced at the end of...
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Mega Buzz: Various Shows
by Adam Bryant
Q: Criminal Minds scoop! — John
A: Need some relationship updates?
Morgan's lady
Savannah will return in the seventh episode and they're "still going strong," according to executive producer
Erica Messer. We'll meet one of
Rossi's old...
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