'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Season 3 Review: I Wasn't Sold on the BAU's Return Until Elden Henson's Creepy Serial Killer Showed Up

Criminal Minds: Evolution's return starts on rocky ground but sets up an excellent season. Read our Season 3 review.

May 7, 2025 - 14:04
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'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Season 3 Review: I Wasn't Sold on the BAU's Return Until Elden Henson's Creepy Serial Killer Showed Up

When Criminal Minds returned on Paramount+ under the sequel title Criminal Minds: Evolution, it quickly set itself apart by introducing one of the series' most dangerous unsubs. Elias Voit (Zach Gilford), the deadly Sicarius Killer, plagued the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) as the murderous mastermind behind an encrypted network of serial killers, aiding them via a series of buried kill boxes. In essence, he served as Evolution's version of Moriarty, a criminal consultant for murderers, before the team caught him. The following season followed the Gold Star case, where Frank Church (Tuc Watkins) was unmasked as a cult leader who raised and tortured a set of children to turn them into obedient killers, and Voit suffers an attack by fellow prison inmates at the very end. As has already been teased, Criminal Minds: EvolutionSeason 3 will leave Gold Star behind, returning to Voit's villainy — with a twist.