'Criminal Minds' comes to an emotional end with visits from past characters
After 15 seasons, Criminal Minds came to an end Wednesday night. The procedural FBI drama has been a cornerstone of CBS's primetime night lineup since 2005.
The show treated fans to flashbacks of some of their favorite characters who are no longer with the show, and even brought back a few as guest stars. In one of the plot lines, Dr. Spencer Ried (Mathew Gray Gubler) suffers a brain hemorrhage and hallucinates the return of Chief Strauss (Jayne Atkins), Maeve Donovan (Beth Riesgraf) and George Foyet (C. Thomas Howell).
The finale also teased a budding romance between Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). Garcia is starting a new job at a "non-profit," which leads to Alvez asking her out to dinner.
The response to the finale on Twitter was immense. The show was trending all night as fans celebrated the end of a long journey.
The ways this episode is bringing old characters back and paying homage to the past 15 years is everything 🖤@CrimMinds_CBS #CriminalMinds
— alexandra s (@alee_umf) February 20, 2020
I grew up watching this show and I just feel like I lost my childhood 😭😭 #CriminalMinds pic.twitter.com/YHhQA8TKkN
— metlifeday2😭 (@btskink2) February 20, 2020
I definitely cried not gonna lie 😭😭 this show was great and I'm gonna miss watching it. Thank you for creating some of my favorite characters! I can't believe it's over 😔💕💕💕 #CriminalMinds
— vane (@vane_oln) February 20, 2020
just finished the series finale of #CriminalMinds and I am literally in tears, like SO much tears! it was so sad to see the final episodes but it was such a beautiful ending. pic.twitter.com/z6j33kskYC
— CrazyChickenSam 🐣 (@CrazyChickenSam) February 20, 2020
FINALLY!!!! Alvez and Garcia!! #Garvez #CriminalMinds pic.twitter.com/YvHijYhq5j
— mary alice 💚 (@maryalice_mo) February 20, 2020
It was a happy ending but these tears won’t stop y’all #CriminalMinds pic.twitter.com/bOc3erZU2g
— Taylor M.💝🧁 (@Tay_Marsh) February 20, 2020
It's been an hour and I miss my #CriminalMinds babies like crazy, still processing everything on the finale. BRAVO! @CrimMinds_CBS pic.twitter.com/8QCXyDmsNl
— Fabs (@MissInMistake) February 20, 2020
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