Meet Reid’s Potential New Love Interest on ‘Criminal Minds’ (PHOTOS)

Meredith Jacobs January 9, 2020, 11:30 am

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Criminal Minds - 'Saturday' - Kelly Frye as Kristy Simmons and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss — Cliff Lipson/CBS

Kristy (Kelly Frye) and Prentiss (Paget Brewster)

Criminal Minds - Daniel Henney as Matt Simmons — Cliff Lipson/CBS

Can Matt (Daniel Henney) put together this crib?

Criminal Minds - Saturday- Paget Brewster — Cliff Lipson/CBS

Who was at the door?

Joe Mantegna as David Rossi and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in Criminal Minds - 'Saturday' — Cliff Lipson/CBS

Rossi and Prentiss

Criminal Minds - 'Saturday' - Kelly Frye as Kristy Simmons and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi — Cliff Lipson/CBS

Kristy and Rossi

Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia in Criminal Minds — CBS

Crime scene photos: just another episode of *Criminal Minds*

JJ (A.J. Cook) and Tara (Aisha Tyler) in Criminal Minds — CBS

JJ (A.J. Cook) and Tara (Aisha Tyler)

Luke (Adam Rodriguez) and Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) in Criminal Minds - 'Saturday' — CBS

Luke (Adam Rodriguez) and Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness)

Criminal Minds - Saturday - Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis — CBS

Tara

Criminal Minds - Saturday - Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez — CBS

Luke looks concerned.

Criminal Minds - Saturday - Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia — CBS

Garcia

Criminal Minds - Saturday - Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss and Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia — CBS

What did Garcia find?

Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid holding a gun in Criminal Minds — CBS

Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler)

Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid and Rachael Leigh Cook as Maxine in Criminal Minds — CBS

Uh-oh?

Rachael Leigh Cook as Maxine and Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid in the Criminal Minds series finale — CBS

Meet Max (Rachael Leigh Cook).

Matthew Gray Gubler on Criminal Minds sitting on a bench with purple scarf — CBS

Is there a new romance brewing?

Criminal Minds - Rachael Leigh Cook as Maxine — CBS

Reid and Max

Criminal Minds - Saturday - A.J. Cook as JJ Jareau and Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid — CBS

JJ and Reid

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Criminal Minds is doing something unique in its final season: offering a look into how the members of the BAU spend a Saturday off in the January 22 episode.

In “Saturday,” Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Prentiss (Paget Brewster) help Matt (Daniel Henney) put together a new crib, and Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) leads a hacking competition.

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Plus, Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) strikes up a conversation with Max (Rachael Leigh Cook), which comes about as part of an assignment from a therapist “to go have a normal day,” executive producer Erica Messer told TV Insider. “In that normal day, he meets someone who makes him smile and makes him happy. JJ sees that in him and tells him to go chase it.”

Click through the gallery above for a look at Reid with Max and the rest of the team’s Saturday activities.

Criminal Minds, Wednesdays, 9/8c, CBS