With Emily out of the game, David Rossi is now leading the Gold Star case, but he may not be up for the task. After a gruesome nightmare, he goes to meet with the team and, yup, subconscious Voit is still present, seemingly in the room with them as they\u2019re discussing how to deal with him and here is where the team finally sees just how not okay David is.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tara goes into his office to have a talk with him, but finds him with his gun in his hand and finger on the trigger, which could be nothing, however, with how David has been acting, I\u2019m glad she didn\u2019t take it lightly. She tells him about a detail of the case, but disregards it to focus on David. David reveals that Emily was the person he trusted to talk to about what was happening with him, and with Emily gone, Tara offered to be there for him. This was a beautiful breakthrough for David. Knowing that he could trust Tara, he tells her that talking to UnSubs in his mind helps him with his profiling, but Voit has somehow taken over (well, duh) and he\u2019s talking to Voit all the time, even when he doesn\u2019t want to. Tara suggests therapy but David protests (seriously what is it with men not liking therapy?<\/i>). Tara asks him how he dealt with this in the past to which he reveals visiting them in prison helped. Tara tells him he must do the same with Voit; he has to visit him in order to clear his mind of him (oh, David isn\u2019t going to like this<\/i>).\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d – CRIMINAL MINDS – EVOLUTION. Pictured: Joe Mantegna as David Rossi and Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara LewisPhoto Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n J.J., worried about how Emily is handling restricted duty after everything that has happened, or well hasn\u2019t happened, with the Gold Star case, goes to check on her. She\u2019s staying at Penelope\u2019s for a bit and when J.J. arrives, the place is a mess and Emily, well, she\u2019s not quite herself. She\u2019s not making much sense and J.J. is thinking she\u2019s just had a few too many to drink but then realizes it\u2019s something else: Emily is high.\u00a0<\/p>\n J.J. enjoys some of Emily\u2019s snacks while trying to get through to her after she says she\u2019s going to leave the FBI. However, as J.J. takes a seat on the couch she realizes that (oh no<\/i>) one of Emily\u2019s snacks weren\u2019t just snacks. She has been snacking on edibles and they are now both out of commission, but still able to have a heart to heart. Later on we learn that Emily is reinstated, but she isn\u2019t sure she wants to come back. She feels like she should be like her old colleagues (Jason Gideon, Aaron Hotchner, and Derek Morgan mention \u2013 loved it<\/i>) who left. That she should leave before she loses herself, loses loved ones, or loses her sense of honor. This moment between Emily and J.J. was wonderful to see. The vulnerability of being women in the FBI and just how important the job has been for them and to be there for one another. J.J. tells Emily that they don\u2019t quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d – CRIMINAL MINDS – EVOLUTION. Pictured: Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and A.J. Cook as Jennifer \u2018JJ\u2019 Jareau Photo Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In last week\u2019s episode, we learned that Tyler knows someone who may be in trouble and this trouble could be linked to the Gold Star case. Her name is Teresa, and she\u2019s Tyler\u2019s ex-girlfriend (Penelope, this may get awkward<\/i>). She shows Alvez pictures sent to her that someone took of her. Alvez shows her a list of Gold Star players, but she doesn\u2019t recognize any of them. Maybe this isn\u2019t Gold Star related? (Sike, of course it is<\/i>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Penelope runs a test on Teresa\u2019s phone and it turns out it was hacked and the hacking pattern was similar to the one Tyler did with David\u2019s phone (Tyler? What did you do?<\/i>). Because of the GPS tracking shown, we learn it wasn\u2019t Tyler who actually hacked Teresa\u2019s phone, but someone wanted to make it seem like it was. Penelope figures out that it must be someone they both know. In order to not make things awkward (let\u2019s be honest, it\u2019s going to be awkward either way<\/i>), Penelope talks to Teresa and Alvez talks to Tyler. While they\u2019re trying to figure this out, Alvez tells Tyler that Teresa says this started a week ago and it suddenly clicked for Tyler who could be behind this: Sebastian Gasper.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d – CRIMINAL MINDS – EVOLUTION. Pictured: Joe Mantegna as David Rossi Photo Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sebastian is brought in for questioning but doesn\u2019t offer anything. He later reaches out to Tyler to meet him and to come alone (that\u2019s never a smart idea<\/i>). He wants Tyler to bring the cloned phone to hand it over; once that\u2019s done, Teresa will no longer be stalked. Tyler meets with him with conditions met and gives up the phone, but PLOT TWIST \u2013 once Tyler hands over the phone, Sebastian draws a gun. Tyler quickly figures out that it wasn\u2019t about the phone but more about what Tyler could have possibly seen on the phone and those running the Gold Star program are not happy with that. They wanted him gone and Sebastian needed to show proof of that (the audacity<\/i>). Thankfully, Tyler did the smart thing (he\u2019s been on a roll with this and I love that for him and the FBI<\/i>) and had back up. The FBI comes in and apprehends Sebastian.\u00a0<\/p>\n David goes to see Voit in prison, and he got more than he was looking to find. In last week\u2019s episode we learn that Voit gave Damien and Jade a code name, North Star, and the BAU believed that this was another player in the Gold Star game. Voit tries to convince David that North Star doesn\u2019t mean anything, but is more of a \u201cloaded term\u201d that anyone could make their own which is why he gave it to them. Damien and Jade want answers and this North Star, to them, felt like it was a connection to the answers they think they\u2019re looking for. David isn\u2019t accepting this though, so Voit offers another direction. He spins the question back on to David and asks him what North Star is to him<\/i>. David says a definition relating to constellations, but Voit says that it could also be a direction, a start.\u00a0<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhrLmCvnBhCjX64jkDKJiHoUa9En_xir5Uzaitqa32wwsy1GBkuuLRGlvdFlUl_pxWPLgYJbyipSpTCu2XS9Q9AaUPn6MEXNpzcyNeII-K2NbW4Lei1_2x7YhegCpWITXXhqDrKZgc2wUQKwuZQe2P6tr_47uO36c2dY6mfnRuha6Jj14WHMb-MgA\/s5376\/CM_1706_MY_0313_00321_RT.jpg\")
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