Criminal Minds season 13 episode 14 video: Is JJ the new Director?

On Criminal Minds season 13 episode 14 Wednesday night, we’re going to have a chance to Linda Barnes do what she does best: Stir up some trouble. To be specific, this time around she finds herself in a position where she’s put Prentiss on leave and seems to be taking on the job of picking through the BAU bit by bit. She wants to ensure that they are operating above-board, but there is still something about this character that makes us fearful that she’s going to drop a metaphorical grenade before walking away unscathed.

All we can say for certain right now is this: She’s giving JJ the reigns to the BAU for the time being. In the sneak peek below, she seems fine with giving AJ Cook’s character the title of acting Director while she looks through everything that has happened in the unit over the past year.

This is a great honor for JJ, and it’s something that she has in some ways earned because of all of her work over the years. She even had a good answer as to why she didn’t get the title over Prentiss in the first place. (The question we do always wonder, though, is this — why isn’t Rossi the Director, given that without him in part there may not even be a BAU? Maybe he just doesn’t want the job, but that’s an interesting discussion point.)

We’re not sure how much time JJ is going to have to think about her new title, given that almost immediately after getting the gig she has another challenge she needs to take on: Examining a mass grave in New Orleans.

Related – Do you think we could actually see the BAU split up?

One last thing that we’ll say here is that it’s rather nice that the show is actually continuing to acknowledge the fact that Hotch still exists. It would be rather easy, especially given the way in which Thomas Gibson left, for the series to try to avoid the subject whenever they can. We never wanted them to punish Hotch for controversy that took place away from the show, and we like that the character is still out there and respected.

What do you want to see when it comes to Criminal Minds season 13 episode 14, and do you think JJ as the new Director could be interesting? Share now in the attached comments! Meanwhile, you can also like CarterMatt on Facebook in the event you want some other news when it comes to the series. (Photo: CBS.)