If you haven\u2019t watched the new episode of Criminal Minds: Evolution<\/b> yet, you may want to do that and circle back here. I wouldn\u2019t want to spoil this one for you. Now, let\u2019s get into Save the Children<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Talk about starting an episode with a BANG! In last week\u2019s episode, we saw Jade set up explosives to go off and then the episode ends \u2013 the start of this episode proves that those explosives did some major damage. Aida, one of the training institutions where Gold Star was created, is now up in flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back at the office, Penelope and Rebecca are anxiously trying to get a connection back with the team (they were all at the Aida building when the explosion happened<\/i>). A text from Rebecca\u2019s mom prompts them to turn on the news and they see that the Aida building is completely engulfed in flames. Screw being anxious, they are beyond terrified for the fate of their team members. If seeing that scene wasn\u2019t enough, multiple explosions are caught live leaving both Penelope and Rebecca with a look of terror.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSave the Children” – CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION. Pictured: Zach Gilford as Elias Voit and Joe Mantegna as David Rossiin Photo Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019re at the scene at Aida (post explosion<\/i>) and David is having a chat with subconscious Elias again (not this man still living rent free in David\u2019s mind<\/i>). We don\u2019t get into that too much though because thankfully Tara finds David, but brings bad news: everyone is accounted for except for Jade, Frank, and Emily.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now, if we\u2019re thinking back to last week\u2019s episode still (I certainly am<\/i>), I thought Jade was a goner. Imagine my shock when I saw her alive. Of course the games don\u2019t stop with this one; she has Frank and Emily tied to wheelchairs. Why? Oh, to put them on trial for their wrongdoings of course. Starting with Frank (you nasty human<\/i>), who took advantage of, tortured, and manipulated her while at Stuart House. When he tried to talk his way out of it, she didn\u2019t bother to entertain it and hit him with one to the head. Right in front of Emily too \u2013yikes! Jade then takes Frank away to this room and I mean what else could she do to this man? He\u2019s already dead, but then I understood what she was doing here and this is where my thoughts on Jade took a turn (I wasn\u2019t expecting to feel anything towards her at all<\/i>). We get a flashback of her time at Stuart House and\u2026yeah, it was a rough time for her. What we\u2019re also seeing is how much of an anchor Damien was for her. Without her anchor, now, she truly is lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSave the Children\u201d – CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION. Pictured: Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss, Tuc Watkins as Frank Church, and Liana Liberato as Jade Waters Photo Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Now it\u2019s Emily\u2019s turn \u2013 and man, this was a twist I DID NOT see coming. All this time the team has been looking for the identity of the last two Gold Star members; they figured out Jade was now working with one of them named Dana, but the last one was tricky. Jade points a gun at Emily and asks how she pleads, but she was never told what she was being charged with. When she asked, Jade told her it was a conspiracy to commit murder. She assumed it was Damien, but nope, that wasn\u2019t it. Emily convinces Jade to let her confront the person accusing her and said person agrees. Boy is Emily in for a surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the office, the team tries to identify the last Gold Star member (they only know his name is Pete B<\/i>) thinking it would give them some kind of idea as to where Emily could be. In trying to identify him, they come to the conclusion that this particular Gold Star member has had Emily on his radar the entire time. Everything that has happened to Emily this season was no coincidence; Pete blames Emily for\u2026something, but we have no idea what just yet. Then subconscious Elias is back and tells David if he thought any of this would have happened if he never mentioned Gold Star and everything, EVERYTHING starts coming together (and I start to freak out because I realize we\u2019re getting more answers<\/i>).\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSave the Children\u201d – CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION. Pictured: A.J. Cook as Jennifer \u201cJJ\u201d Jareau and Zach Gilford as Elias Voit Photo Credit: Michael Yarish \/Paramount+ \u00a9 2024. All Rights Reserved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n David goes to visit Elias in his new correctional institute and he\u2019s hoping his conversation with him would lead to a definitive answer to who this last Gold Star member is. Elias of course is playing games, but David tells him what he knows. That this all started when he first mentioned Gold Star, but more importantly who he first mentioned Gold Star to: Douglas Bailey. David starts breaking down how he figured out that Pete B is none other than Pete Bailey, Doug\u2019s younger brother (MIND BLOWN<\/i>). We get it now, Pete; you blame Emily for Doug\u2019s death. Elias is brought back to the office to help once again and the BAU team is NOT thrilled. He tells them how he created an app for Pete to help him decipher real and deep fake videos of his brother and how when the app is used and a fake video is found, a GPS mark is attached to it with location. If Pete has used the app recently then they\u2019d be able to find him. The team and Elias head over to Aida to try and find Pete\u2019s location, and surprisingly, Elias was helpful.\u00a0<\/p>\n After Emily pleads her case, Pete is not convinced and Jade holds a gun to her head again, telling her she\u2019s found guilty. I thought Emily was about to meet Frank\u2019s fate as well, before Jade puts the gun away. She tells Emily that her sentence is delayed and there\u2019s another plan about to happen. She then learns that everything Voit gave Jade about her team allowed her to know their tactics and she knew that they were on the way to save Emily, and that both Pete and Jade were ready for them; explosives were set at the door ready to meet them (and they were almost goners<\/i>). Assuming that this could be a trap, David has another one set up: play the recording of Elias admitting to killing Doug Bailey. Pete finally sees the truth, confirmed with Elias\u2019 app, and knows that Emily isn\u2019t the enemy.\u00a0<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEihRapEHTgKqcUiZTYwVmXqBwxiS-3fTwngGC1dc6hCNwirj8soWjN4t4vDQ3ajZHaeJGrppiSPjtCEqKA2Qe7gbEZKzTFWfQOz-V6KIA9XwwIwjH9hCYSsxhUoN_mQmo_sTwhunfE2jWPqk_bMio-jsyDfXLRw_seL3NfgqRnZo0Q1KZbyKzJnGg\/s6000\/CM_1710_MY_0506_02759_RT.jpg\")
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