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criminalxmindsCriminal Minds star Joe Mantegna tells TVLine he feels “optimistic” about Paget Brewster returning to the CBS crime drama — a prospect that’s even more possible now that the actress’ comedy pilot My Life As an Experiment has been passed over by NBC.
Mantegna says, “I don’t think we’d be going to the well too often” by inviting Brewster to return as Prentiss. “Anyone who saw how her ultimate ‘demise’ happened knows there’s that window of opportunity,” he adds, referring to how the BAU agent faked her death to elude Ian Doyle, a persistent, deadly former paramour.
Though Hotch and JJ went a long way to convince the team that Prentiss had died from wounds suffered during her final showdown with Doyle, Mantegna believes the elaborate ruse can be undone if it means reviving a character “so important” as Brewster’s.
“We had to do a lot to create that scenario, so we’d have to do just as much work to resolve it — but I think you can,” he posits. Having the BAU neuter Doyle, the threat that sent Prentiss into hiding, “could be a big, exciting and memorable arc.”
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Mantegna says, “I don’t think we’d be going to the well too often” by inviting Brewster to return as Prentiss. “Anyone who saw how her ultimate ‘demise’ happened knows there’s that window of opportunity,” he adds, referring to how the BAU agent faked her death to elude Ian Doyle, a persistent, deadly former paramour.
Though Hotch and JJ went a long way to convince the team that Prentiss had died from wounds suffered during her final showdown with Doyle, Mantegna believes the elaborate ruse can be undone if it means reviving a character “so important” as Brewster’s.
“We had to do a lot to create that scenario, so we’d have to do just as much work to resolve it — but I think you can,” he posits. Having the BAU neuter Doyle, the threat that sent Prentiss into hiding, “could be a big, exciting and memorable arc.”
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Date: May. 13th, 2011 06:31 pm (UTC)Glad that at least Joe thinks there's a possibility.
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Date: May. 13th, 2011 11:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: May. 13th, 2011 06:33 pm (UTC)idk maybe I look too optimistically at all of this.
Anyway, I'm glad there's an opportunity for Paget to come back, but I am sorry that her pilot didn't work out. I kind of wish the rest of the cast would not comment until she makes her final decision, though, tbh.
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Date: May. 13th, 2011 10:52 pm (UTC)There's some good potential for conflict and rebuilding if done right, but this season has honestly pretty much killed my optimism that they're capable of any of that.
And yes Joe, please let Paget make up her mind and post the announcement herself.
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Date: May. 13th, 2011 07:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: May. 13th, 2011 11:22 pm (UTC)plus I think her comeback would result in a super EPIC episode or two-parter.
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