For some Criminal Minds followers, the resurrection of J.J. (A.J. Cook) and Reid’s (Matthew Gray Gubler) romantic emotions within the Season 14 finale and first a part of Season 15 felt like a shot. For a devoted group of shippers, identified to the web as Jeiders, it was hope that the 2 FBI colleagues, who’ve at all times had a particular connection after happening one date within the first season, may lastly discover a romantic relationship.
The 2 did confess to having more-than-friendly emotions for one another, however these feelings and urges weren’t to be acted on. Whereas J.J. was the one to instigate the entire dialog by confessing whereas she was held at gunpoint that she’s at all times beloved Reid, she was additionally the one which was fortunately married with two children. She meant what she mentioned, however she did not imply it sufficient to damage the life she had already constructed for herself, and Reid, who clearly beloved J.J. again utterly revered that. Lastly having the dialog allowed him to maneuver on and discover potential happiness of his personal.
“It was such a wierd factor, and it was much more unusual that it form of got here again to gentle within the closing few seasons of the present,” Prepare dinner instructed TV Information whereas selling the Legal Minds summer time marathon on WeTV. “I applaud them for doing that as a result of that is not essentially a secure transfer. It was scary for me, however I checked out it as, ‘That is life, man.’ Life is messy and sophisticated and so they clearly do have an actual love for each other, no matter class that falls into.”
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Prepare dinner’s trepidation got here from J.J. having to disclose such a deeply harbored secret and the potential that secret needed to wreck the happiness that she had fought onerous for over the course of the present. The thought of leaping into one thing romantic with Reid nonetheless makes her nervous, and he or she admits it will have been a unique present if they’d explored extra of the connection again within the early seasons of the collection.
“Each individual has their very own opinion on it,” Prepare dinner mentioned. “I needed to make it actual and I wished to do it proper, and I wished to do it justice. Hopefully, I did. Nonetheless to today, it offers me knots in my abdomen as a result of that is such an enormous deal, and I shield JJ a lot. The truth that it is on the market — I wish to shield her! I feel it was all dealt with actually, rather well in the long term. Who is aware of what would have occurred if that first date approach again in Season 1 — in the event that they changed into one thing approach again then? I feel it would be a really totally different present. It nonetheless makes me nervous to today.”
What does not make Prepare dinner nervous, alongside together with her co-stars Kirsten Vangsness and Joe Mantegna who joined her within the interview, is the thought of going again to Legal Minds. All three appeared greater than prepared to return to set after admitting they hadn’t absolutely accepted that the present is over but.
“It ended on the time after we often had our hiatus anyway,” Mantegna mentioned, earlier than saying the solid was nonetheless hanging out earlier than social distancing practices went into impact. “The parade continues to be happening in some side.”
It is nonetheless happening for followers as nicely, who can watch the present all summer time on WeTV. The Legal Minds summer-long marathon begins Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, Could 23) by way of Labor Day (Monday, September 7), on WE television airing back-to-back episodes each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. ET and each Monday from four p.m. to 1:00 a.m. PT.
AJ Prepare dinner and Matthew Grey Gubler, Legal Minds