JJ was born on August 10, 1977, in St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. In "Hamelin", JJ stays behind during a case to spend some personal time with her mother. After finishing a case, JJ meets Barnes in her office, only for Barnes to tell JJ that she's been promoted to Acting Unit Chief of the BAU by as Prentiss was placed on administrative leave, pending an internal review. (", She was pregnant while on a mission in Afghanistan, during 2011. When I think about guys who actually want to be around the franchise, it's almost nobody from the last 20 years. Despite her petite frame, she is very athletic and has shown herself to be able to hold her own even if disarmed. When she was alone with Prentiss in the bathroom, it is revealed that JJ invited Garcia to go to the Redskins game with her and Reid, who initially thought it was a date. Emily Prentiss is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Paget Brewster.Prentiss first appeared in "The Last Word" (episode nine of season two), replacing Agent Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), who had quit in "The Boogeyman".Her role in the show's sixth season was reduced, for what Brewster believed to be financial reasons. It is later revealed that Emily is alive and in Paris with JJ's help, providing her passports from three different countries and a bank account in each "to keep her comfortable." CookCherish Hughes (young) Cook found out she was pregnant in real life. Things we don't want to know but have to learn. She also attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she was inspired to join the FBI in her senior year after hearing a lecture made by Rossi. This is made particularl… In the same episode, she is held at gunpoint by Sera before Morgan and Reid rescue her. During this time, she witnessed a mission she had pushed for fail and discovered one of the task force's informants dead. All the Days of Our Lives fans can now gear up … In the episode "Penelope," it's announced that JJ has never shot someone until she shot the man who had attempted to kill, and who continued to threaten the life of Penelope Garcia. ("The Good Earth"), JJ reveals to Blake that her sister committed suicide. ("Remembrance of Things Past"), JJ became part of the BAU-led interagency task force to capture Ian Doyle and briefly became a part of her old team. ("Target Rich"), JJ is left shaken after a case. She also locates a planner and several other items belonging to Judy Morrison, which the team uses this to clear Bruce Morrison and incarcerate his daughter Sera for the crimes. She graduated from East Allegheny High School near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was the captain of the varsity soccer team her senior year and earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her courtship and marriage to Will, JJ displayed little interest in dating. Status Here is a … For a time, she was the acting unit chief of the BAU, taking over as Emily Prentiss was placed on suspension, pending an investigation by Assistant Director Linda Barnes and was briefly terminated. 'Criminal Minds' update: Cook and Brewster returning — but for how long? Despite the shared loved between the two, JJ and Reid keep this a secret and remain best friends. It turns out she was on a task force in Afghanistan, in search for Bin Laden. JJ said she wanted to keep her personal life away from the prying eyes of her colleagues, which Will initially misunderstood as her being ashamed of their relationship. In the season 7 finale, she manages to physically fight off a stronger and taller suspect who had tried to kill Will and took their son Henry hostage. Criminal Minds Season 6 Review & Discussion: JJ's Final Episode. She hadn't even told Will, although they were trying for a second child. The audience doesn't have the chance to fall in love with the fact that she's having a baby since this was in 2011 and we know JJ didn't come back with another baby. In "200," it is revealed that she was kidnapped by a man named Tivon Askari, who was a traitor in the task force, in order to access files from her mission in the Middle East. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. JJ grew up in the small town of East Allegheny, Pennsylvania. (", She was captain of her high school soccer team and mentioned that she played the sport because "an athletic scholarship was the only way [she] was going to college". She works mostly out of the confines of the police stations and field offices the team visits. This pregnancy eventually leads to her temporarily leaving the BAU on a maternity leave during the following season. Season 15 opens up "Under the Skin" with JJ being shot and clinging to life. During this episode, the real nature of JJ's work during her time at the State Department is revealed, including the danger she was in and how she was caught in an explosion, the result of which was a miscarriage of who would have been her second child with Will. Despite refusing the promotion twice, JJ, after a missing persons case in Maryland, is forced to take the position because of Strauss' authority, with Hotch being unable to do anything for her. Cook: I'm going back to do a little bit in the season finale. During season six, JJ is given a promotion to the Pentagon; however, she returns in season seven as a full-time profiler, having received the necessary training. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Morgan specifically taught her these skills, which were part of her training. She also attended Georgetown, presumably for graduate studies. 'Criminal Minds' Profile: Jennifer Jareau. Jennifer Jareau Then I'll be back full-time for Season 7. She suffered a miscarriage when a giant explosion went off. Gender It is revealed in "JJ," that JJ had twice rejected a promotion to The Pentagon and hid the offers from her superiors. In "Under the Skin" and "Awakenings", J.J. survives from a gunshot by Grace Lynch after she and her father, Everett Lynch, escape from federal custody. In that same episode, JJ's son Henry doesn't want to celebrate Halloween and so she convinces him to go out by saying to find out which monsters are real and which aren't. She instantly displays adept fighting skills, which she uses to subdue the unsub. [13] In later seasons, toddler Henry is portrayed by actress A. J. Cook's real-life son Mekhai Andersen. JJ unknowingly hallucinates Askari in the room with her. Picking up from the ending of "Believer," JJ and the team are left in distress when Reid and Garcia are kidnapped by the Believers. [9] When she finally reveals their relationship by kissing him goodbye after the team solves a case in Miami, it is apparent that her colleagues already knew about them. [1][2] Rosalyn's death was a particularly painful topic for her and she initially chose not to tell her young son about Rosalyn, until her mother Sandy reminded her that avoidance was not the solution to dealing with the pain. She didn't initially tell Will of the pregnancy, and it remained a secret between her and Cruz. ("All That Remains"), It is revealed in this season that JJ knows the new BAU Section Chief Mateo Cruz (who was brought in to replace the late Erin Strauss) from her time working at the Pentagon. The last time she got an e-mail like she did from someone like Barnes, she was taken off the team. They discuss JJ returning to work, and she decides that it can wait. With Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler. In season nine, the events during her departure in 2010–11 returned when Mateo Cruz was promoted to Section Chief. In the episode "100," JJ picks up medicine for Henry with Will while searching pharmacies frequented by George Foyet. Upon her return in Season Seven, she officially becomes a profiler while her original position has gone to Aaron Hotchner (until his departure from the BAU) and Penelope Garcia. (", She had a sister named Roslyn who committed suicide by cutting herself using one of her father's razor-blades. When she was eleven, her seventeen-year-old sister Rosalyn committed suicide. Video Video related to does derek morgan come back on ‘criminal minds’ series finale? ("The Job"), JJ's maternity ended in November 2015 and she returned to the BAU to assist them in a case. In "The Tall Man", JJ starts remembering the events surrounding her older sister's death as the team travels to her hometown for a case. Media/Police liaison (former)Profiler Like, for JJ Hardy to come back to guest coach is AMAZING. ("The Hunt"), JJ is briefly seen on the phone with Hotch. "And in the End...". [8] In the episode titled "Lauren," JJ receives a call and returns to help the BAU find Emily and capture Ian Doyle. How will the loss of a fellow co-worker affect the cast and subsequently the series? When she is confronted by him, she asks him to provide a term to describe her situation, saying that it's more than PTSD. Prentiss tries to apprehend him, but he retaliates and JJ is forced to intervene. When she’d come back, he’d be sitting in the same spot where she’d left him—it was too painful for him move. The unsub nearly shoots her with her gun, but JJ is able to unload it before she can pull the trigger, right before subduing her. She is flown in as Hotch tells the rest of the team that she is alive. It could be that this niece is related to her long-term partner Will, but it is never stated that he has siblings. By the end of the episode, the two get married. Prentiss later talked to him, and he forgave her and JJ. JJ [5] She works mostly out of the confines of the police stations and field offices the team visits. (", She knows some Spanish, presumably learning it in school. During a conversation with Simmons, he tells JJ Barnes was the main reason for the IRT's disbandment and how Barnes profiles as a pure political animal; her eyeing ambitions to be the next FBI Director and how she's all about power. He used to spend most of his earning in fixing up old cars. The situation becomes even direr when it turns out that Will unintentionally and indirectly gave away his and JJ's address, leaving Henry vulnerable as the unsubs had now gone on the run with Will as a captive. In season 9 ("200"), she is then kidnapped, and it is revealed that her year as the DOD Liaison at the Pentagon was a cover story. The season seven premiere reveals that JJ has returned to the Behavioral Analysis Unit, having received the training to become a full-time profiler, instead of the Media Liaison, a position which has been split between Hotch and Garcia. While Hotch and Prentiss attend to the severely-wounded Cruz, JJ disappears, in pursuit of Hastings. She also accompanied the team and local investigators to numerous crime scenes. In the same episode, JJ also states that she has a niece who, at the time, is about 8 years old. She and Rossi race to their house and she gets into a fight with one of the unsubs when she tries to kill Henry. She was held hostage alongside Cruz and was tortured into giving up the code. Supervisory Special Agent This was demonstrated in many episodes such as "Nanny Dearest" by shooting a fleeing suspect in the head at a faraway distance. Though talented and helpful, she was not actually a profiler, having once declined Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner's suggestion to take the necessary classes in behavioral analysis. However, for reasons currently unknown, they keep their relationship a secret from the rest of the team. He explains that the memories will eventually take away everything she holds dear, but JJ snarls a harsh "No" to Askari before realizing it was all a hallucination. He also tells her that he will take her sleep, her smile, and her safety away, as well as change her so that her husband and son won't even recognise her. In this season, JJ officially rejoins the team, having received the training to become a full-time profiler and field agent, instead of returning to the Media Liaison rank, which now presently goes to Garcia and Hotch, who divide the position between them. He's the only player jersey I've ever owned. Specialty Last Appearance JJ's speech deeply affects Flynn, who decides to release his young captive, Ellie Spicer, and commit suicide by taking a couple hostage, forcing Morgan to shoot him by threatening them. Will is later rescued and he proposes to her at the hospital. They have two sons Henry and Michael. Once the access to the case files has been obtained, Hastings leaves with several of his accomplices, while Askari is left alone with them. His family was into roofing business, and he also has roofed for the first 20 years of his life. In "The Boogeyman," JJ reveals that she is afraid of the woods. This is made particularly clear when JJ resolves a hostage situation inside the BAU by killing the hostage-taker, Jason Clark Battle, with a single shot (Battle is a serial perpetrator of hero homicide, who lured Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia onto a date, and then shot her, in an attempt to keep his crimes from being discovered). JJ Da Boss was all the more glad to give the mega cash prize to his teammate. The caller's identity or the nature of the calls have yet to be elaborated upon. Cook was eventually brought back into the fold and came back for season 7. Following this, JJ and the rest of the team were placed under investigation, though Prentiss managed to clear them. Directed by Charles S. Carroll. In the episode "Penelope," JJ shot Jason Clark Battle in front of FBI agents. I look back at the first episode, and I look like I’m 12. So, … She once told Rossi that she had not known what to do with her life until she listened to his reading, which was held in the campus bookstore during her senior year in college. Reid later theorizes from this that she may have been "one of the mean girls" in her school, to which she defensively retorts that she was nice to even nerds. She is a fully qualified federal agent but stated in Season Two that she does not want to become a profiler, even though she later took training to become one. Despite insisting that she only said it to distract a killer holding them hostage, Reid questions what she said was true but chooses not to dwell on it for the sake of their friendship. A.J. JJ is married to Will LaMontagne. In the episode "North Mammon", after playing a key role in the case, she responds to Hotch's question about if she ever thought about becoming a profiler by saying that she likes being the voice on the end of the phone that the detective or relatives of victims can talk to. However, in April 2011, following the events of "Lauren," during an attack on the task force, she was wounded and miscarried the baby. Nothing appeared to have come of it until "In Heat" when she finally showed him affection in front of the team. It just seemed to make sense to infuse that into JJ… When she and Reid unexpectedly came across serial killer Tobias Hankel in the episode "The Big Game," and split up to apprehend the suspect, JJ walked into a dark barn and was attacked by several attack dogs. Thankfully, JJ will be in the final season of Criminal Minds. Rank Netflix's newest drama is the soapy teen series fans have been craving since Gossip Girl, and one of the show's leads really has viewers buzzing. Cook later returned for the departure of Paget Brewster (Agent Emily Prentiss). She also attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she was inspired to join the FBI in her seni… She tries to work through it with the help of Reid, who calls her on it when she disappears into the morgue one day for almost a half-hour after seeing herself on the table in place of the victim. She is best friends with Spencer (and is the only one who calls him "Spence", besides Penelope and Emily). Fans will get to see how it all plays out with her and Reid when season 15 premieres on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 9 p.m. E.S.T. #1. However, when JJ tries to arrest him, the unsub fights back and attempts to stab her. Also, she learns Reid is emotionally hurt by her deception, as she knew he cried for ten weeks after losing Prentiss and she never said a word, and Reid revealed he considered taking Dilaudid again. In "200," it was revealed that JJ's transfer was a backstop and that she was actually put on a task force in the Middle East with Mateo Cruz (who later became the section chief of the BAU following Strauss's death). In so many ways, this … Both lose their footing and fall off the roof; JJ is caught by Prentiss while Hastings falls to his death. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. ("To Bear Witness"), JJ receives several calls as the BAU investigates the current case. Alias Being the BAU's media/police liaison, JJ has spoken to the press many times in an effort to get the media to indirectly assist in investigations and served as the first point of contact for police officers requesting the BAU's assistance. She later takes an extremely large risk against an UnSub in a room with a gas leak, which could have resulted in the deaths of herself, the UnSub, and a hostage. ("Closing Time"), When Will becomes a hostage to a group of murderous bank robbers, JJ becomes heavily distraught. JJ Da Boss and his crazy team of Memphis drivers are back for another season of the hit Discovery series, Street Outlaws: Memphis! At the end of the episode, she goes to a plaza with a center fountain, expecting to meet up with someone, when someone grabs her from behind and drags her away. [11] JJ later told Hotch she had found a temporary replacement for the duration of her maternity leave,[12] and soon after gave birth to a baby boy named Henry. JJ once went on a date to a Washington Redskins game with Reid but little has come of it romantically. JJ discovers that she is pregnant in the episode "The Crossing" with her partner Will's child. Trying to force Cruz to do the same, Michael Hastings threatens to rape JJ, but Cruz gives in. In "Revelations," she killed numerous flesh eating dogs in a dark barn. After telling the story, she admits she was joking, and says she doesn't know why she is afraid of the woods. First Appearance The incident appeared to have little effect on her. Jennifer "JJ" Jareau is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by A. J. Cook. JJ grew up in the small town of East Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She graduated from East Allegheny High School near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was the captain of the varsity soccer team her senior year and earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. In Season Two, it is stated that she has an eight-year-old niece. (", Her grandparents had a farm in Pennsylvania. During this phone call, she is rocking her newborn son, Michael, to sleep. BAU Supervisory Special AgentCommunications Liaison (former)Acting Unit Chief (temporarily) The finale will set up the new JJ. In the season seven finale, JJ tearfully asked Will to propose to her again, and they married the following evening in a small ceremony in David Rossi's backyard. https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Jareau?oldid=207870. She discovered that Askari was not working alone when he mentioned her miscarriage, revealing the true enemy to be Michael Hastings, a man she worked with on the task force. [7] JJ's time at the Pentagon was revealed in depth in season nine. Cook Returns to 'Criminal Minds' for Paget Brewster's Final Episode, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Jareau&oldid=1007691481, Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel, Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 February 2021, at 12:30. For 14 seasons, AJ Cook graced our television screens on Criminal Minds as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau. "[6] JJ's departure reflects that Cook was let go at the beginning of season six, for financial reasons relating to the premiere of the spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. He later asked her to marry him, and indicated that he was willing to give up his detective's shield in order to help take care of the baby and allow JJ to continue to do her job, though he was worried about her safety and the safety of their child. ("It Takes a Village"), Reid later began to avoid JJ and Prentiss as he was angry with them for not telling him she was alive. When the identity of Billy Flynn is discovered by the team during his killing spree through Los Angeles, JJ is forced to act as a hostage negotiator, communicating with Flynn over the radio under Hotch's direction. However, they had known about the relationship from the beginning. In "Family Tree", JJ is offered to run the New Orleans FBI office. When agents Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid ask her why, she tells them a chilling story about working as a summer camp counselor and discovering her boss' murdered body in his cabin. Over 15 seasons CBS' Criminal Minds cast has changed quite a bit. Full Name It has a great juke box and the wittiest bartenders in town. (", She was a valedictorian in her high school and got a soccer scholarship. He taunts her and tells her that he wants to watch her kill herself. ("The Forever People"), Later, JJ announced to Reid that she was pregnant with another baby and that he could expect another godson or goddaughter. Picking up from the ending of "Red Light," in "Wheels Up," JJ and the team is involved in a deadly car crash caused by Scratch and as a result, can't see and has bits of broken glass all over her head.
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