Criminal Minds season 12 finale: Shemar Moore on Morgan’s return

With the Criminal Minds season 12 finale coming on Wednesday night, Morgan’s return is going to be front and center. Shemar Moore’s been gone from the series for a year! That’s a long time, and yet, he will fall back in with his old BAU brothers and sisters as though very little time has passed at all.

In the video below, Moore opens up for the first time about getting the chance to come back in the final episode of the season, why it came about now, and his excitement about seeing Rossi and of course his “baby girl” one more time. There are a few little teases of Morgan with the rest of the team in the preview, and also interview segments with one of the series regulars in Joe Mantegna.

If you’re a diehard Criminal Minds fan and you keep up to date with much of what is going on with the show, one of the things that you probably know already about the finale is that Morgan arrives back at the BAU armed with some information that proves useful in the search for Mr. Scratch, the villain responsible for tormenting most of the team almost for the entirety of this season. It’s possible that he may be the one to help put the guy behind bars!

Beyond that, what is interesting about listening to Mantegna speak is hearing him discuss how this story really plays into a different, more cerebral part of Morgan than anything too physical. You have to remember that he is now a civilian, and no longer has any official ties to the BAU or anything that they’ve got going on. With that, he has to be more creative in how he chooses to help the team and assist them in some of what they are doing.

Oh, and apparently the final minutes of the finale are going to be insane. It’s a good thing that Criminal Minds already has a season 13 renewal, since otherwise this ending could be the sort of thing that makes you go insane and also makes you want to send in piles of hate-mail to CBS.

Preview the finale further

We suggest that you head over here in the event that you do want to read a further bit of information about the end of Criminal Minds this season, including a synopsis for what is coming up next. (Photo: CBS.)