{"id":53816,"date":"2014-05-14T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=53816"},"modified":"2014-05-14T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T21:08:41","slug":"take-a-peek-at-tonights-criminal-minds-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2014\/05\/take-a-peek-at-tonights-criminal-minds-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Take A Peek At Tonight&#8217;s &#8216;Criminal Minds&#8217; Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth season of <I>Criminal Minds<\/i> comes to an end tonight, and you can find a sneak peek, behind-the-scenes video, interviews, question and tweets after the jump. (Contains spoilers!)<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->Here&#8217;s an extended promo for &#8220;Demons&#8221;, including a sneak peek from the episode with the whole team.  (Also available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoilertv.com\/2014\/05\/criminal-minds-episode-924-demons_14.html\">SpoilerTV<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVe7N1LE1aI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nNext, check out this behind-the-scenes video offering a look at the music from the finale, featuring composers <b>Marc<\/b> and <b>Steffan Fantini<\/b>. (You can also find it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/criminal_minds\/video\/3957A5DD-58F6-CC46-E3CC-F7667DC8F323\/criminal-minds-the-music-of-the-season-9-finale\/\">CBS.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5_OHhSQRoSg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nExecutive Producer <b>Erica Messer<\/b> spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/News\/Criminal-Minds-Finale-Preview-Erica-Messer-1081720.aspx\">TV Guide<\/a> about the finale. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Things aren&#8217;t as they seem in this small town. There&#8217;s a bigger conspiracy at play and they don&#8217;t know what that is at first. They&#8217;re aware somebody is framing The Preacher for this crime. Our path at the end of [Episode] 23 lets us know that The Preacher isn&#8217;t behind it, so in 24 it&#8217;s, &#8216;Well, who is it?&#8217; There&#8217;s a big cover-up. There&#8217;s a constant threat to our team because what they will uncover is a pretty big deal and their lives are in serious jeopardy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s a question from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/News\/Mega-Buzz-Castle-Blacklist-Bones-Spoilers-1081719.aspx\">Mega Buzz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b><i>Criminal Minds<\/i> scoop! Please tell me Reid doesn&#8217;t die! \u2014 Johnson<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nWell, <b>Matthew Gray Gubler&#8217;<\/b>s contract is up this season. As you may have already seen in the promo, that bullet he took in the neck last week doesn&#8217;t kill him, but the dude holding a gun to his face might. &#8220;He&#8217;s definitely not out of the woods. Don&#8217;t assume he&#8217;s OK because he&#8217;s awake,&#8221; executive producer Erica Messer warns. &#8220;[Reid getting shot] is only the beginning of a larger plot in the finale.&#8221; So who is shooting at him? &#8220;It&#8217;s not the unsub,&#8221; Messer teases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<b>AJ Cook<\/b> (JJ Jareau) did an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvfanatic.com\/2014\/05\/criminal-minds-exclusive-aj-cook-on-deep-secrets-huge-changes-an\/\">TV Fanatic<\/a>, and you can read an excerpt below:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>TVF: What can you tell us about the season finale?<\/p>\n<p>\nCook<\/b>: You know, we left everyone on a cruel cliffhanger, having seen two of our own get shot. And we don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happened to them. I went on Twitter and told everyone to \u201cjust breathe.&#8221; It\u2019ll all come together in the finale.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe\u2019re going to see some intense moves from Garcia, so there\u2019s that to watch for. And we\u2019re going to learn a deep secret from one of our characters. Plus. there is going to be one huge change for one of us. <\/p>\n<p>\nIn this episode, we&#8217;ve gone from angels to demons, and we&#8217;re up against some major corruption in the town. Not everything is at it seems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nCook also spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/brittany-frederick.com\/2014\/05\/14\/the-bftv-interview-a-j-cook-2\/\">Brittany Frederick<\/a> about the finale. &#8220;I get to do some cool action stuff,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have some nice interrogation scene. [J.J.] gets a little fiesty, when people mess with her team and people are threatened that she loves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddytv.com\/articles\/criminal-minds\/video-criminal-minds-exclusive-53604.aspx\">BuddyTV<\/a> has several quotes from Cook about &#8220;Demons&#8221;, including this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>On the promo tease, &#8220;You won&#8217;t believe which profiler will say goodbye forever&#8221;:<\/b> &#8220;Man, does it say that? &#8230;Wow. No, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s lying. I don&#8217;t know, we&#8217;ll have to see. I don&#8217;t know. You&#8217;ll have to tune in, but the last two minutes, you&#8217;re going to be slack-jawed. Yeah, we&#8217;re going to be going into season 10&#8230; It&#8217;s going to affect everything. It&#8217;ll affect everything.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAlso check out this interview with Cook from <a href=\"http:\/\/tvlistings.zap2it.com\/blogs\/criminal_minds_season_9_finale_part_2_is_a_thrill_ride_from_beginning_to_end_says_aj_cook-2014-05\">Zap2It<\/a>. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>When you first read the script, how shocking was it for you that the characters Reid and Morgan were felled in the shootout at the end of part 1?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nAt the end of every season I think everyone gets really anxious and wonders if they are going to write someone off. So whenever you get those scripts you skip to the end. It was pretty crazy to see who they decided to shoot, the two heartthrobs. What a way to go. It was so mean to leave it hanging like that and make everyone wait a week. We are picking it up right where we left off in the middle of that shootout guns a blazing. We also learn a huge secret about one of the other characters that will forever change the face of the BAU.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere are two tweets from <b>Joe Mantegna<\/b> (David Rossi), including information about his future on the show:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marissamllig\">@marissamllig<\/a> I&#39;m not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Mantegna (@JoeMantegna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna\/statuses\/465309888105570304\">May 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>It will be an emotional show tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrimMinds_CBS\">@CrimMinds_CBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Mantegna (@JoeMantegna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMantegna\/statuses\/466602459272839168\">May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd here are several more tweets:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacey_braun\">@stacey_braun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/safarik_madi\">@safarik_madi<\/a> If you only could have seen my face when I read the first draft of the script. All I could think if was the fans<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harry Bring (@LLPOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LLPOS\/statuses\/466067828324315136\">May 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Someone leaves the BAU. So much speculation by the fandom. Some fans won&#39;t be happy. Wait until you see how and why. Oy vey.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harry Bring (@LLPOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LLPOS\/statuses\/466291300174528513\">May 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Hours to go. Mere hours! Don&#39;t miss tonight&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CriminalMinds&amp;src=hash\">#CriminalMinds<\/a> Season 9 Finale! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4PvsPwwyX6\">pic.twitter.com\/4PvsPwwyX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CM_SetReport (@CM_SetReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CM_SetReport\/statuses\/466640717910405120\">May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>TOMORROW! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CriminalMinds&amp;src=hash\">#CriminalMinds<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZpCfj9zinb\">pic.twitter.com\/ZpCfj9zinb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lily Kershaw (@Lily_Kershaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lily_Kershaw\/statuses\/466442448462680065\">May 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth season of Criminal Minds comes to an end tonight, and you can find&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3248],"tags":[3389,3293,3476,3341,3260,2969],"class_list":["post-53816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminalminds","tag-bring","tag-cook","tag-fantini","tag-mantegna","tag-messer","tag-music"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/criminalminds\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Criminal Minds<\/a>","tag_info":"Criminal Minds","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53816"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53840,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53816\/revisions\/53840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}