season 2 gets a positive update, with . Debuting in late 2022, the revival returned to the BAU for a story that looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected serial killers and caused them to change their tactics. Several key actors from the original show reprised their roles for the popular revival, which earned a swift season 2 renewal and delivered a finale with big lingering questions.
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Deadline mentions that most productions will start up between late November and early December.
In the final episode of season 1, Rossi saves himself and the BAU finds him after they take the villainous Voit into custody. However, not everything ends up being so neatly cleared up. Voit shoots and kills Doug Bailey, the deputy director, who tries to negotiate with the killer. It's since been confirmed by showrunner Erica Messer that Bailey could return via flashbacks, with the Paramount+ revival revealing more about the character that gradually became an ally to the show's main group.
The closing episode notably sets up . Voit employs the words, and whatever it's meant to indicate, it rattles the protagonists. It's enough that the Attorney General is advised to let Voit go at one point. Messer confirmed that the Gold Star twist will factor into the show's upcoming episodes, building upon the foundation set up in the revival's first outing.
Perhaps most significantly, there's the
cliffhanger regarding who walks into the interrogation room to speak with Voit at the end of the finale. The reveal is kept vague. With the actors' strike tentatively coming to a close, there's renewed optimism that an answer could be provided in the coming months as production is readying up in a hurry.
