5 Reid Becomes An Unsub

never confirmed if Reid has paranoid schizophrenia and never explicitly said that he is on the autistic spectrum. Despite this, a long-ongoing dark theory is that because of his traumatic past and implied mental state. If Paramount+ wants to utilize this in

, it's also another way to bring back Reid into the revival in an unexpected way.

The BAU's pretty boy could be the suspect in a season-long case that would see his old team trying to figure out his identity. As seen in his stint in jail, Reid actually has the ability to be ruthless and conniving if he wants to. It would be curious to see more of that in and allow Gubler to try something different while reprising his most iconic role.

Perhaps, it may pique his interest in coming back to the police procedural.

4 Reid Dies & Becomes A Subject Of BAU's Investigation

kept the stakes high for CBS by not making the BAU immune to the dangers of their cases. The last profiler that was killed is Stephen Walker in season 13.

Reid himself had seen his fair share of personal tragedies in the original series, so it won't be outside the realm of possibility if he becomes a casualty in season 2. Not only will this make BAU's next case personal, but it could also be how the procedural fully writes out Gubler's character. For what it's worth, CBS' establishes precedent with this storytelling approach when explaining what happened to Mandy Patinkin's Jason Gideon.

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