Warning! SPOILERS for season 1 of !

The actor who plays ’s Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) is right about her character’s recently-ended romance. While such interpersonal relationships help add new dimensions to police procedurals such as by granting some reprieves from the grimness of the serial killer plot lines, they can bring pitfalls of their own. This is especially true when the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is particularly challenged by a case, which can serve to push romantic relationships to their breaking points as well.

In such events, it’s interesting to see how the show’s actors feel about a relationship since they undeniably know their characters best.

Throughout the original run of , Garcia seemed to grow close with several of members of the , including Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) and Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez).

By the end of season 15, it seemed that Garcia and Alvez might end up together, although did not fully follow up on this plot thread. Instead, the show paired Garcia with Tyler Green (Ryan-James Hatanaka), until the relationship broke off before the end of season 1.

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