Why does jj have to leave the bau

The fans really let me know how they felt, and I guess they really let CBS know too. Today's MondayMotivation : these smiles pic. Now that the final season is almost here, fans have mixed feelings about JJ after she revealed some shocking information to Dr.

Spencer Reid Matthew Gray Gubler in the season 14 finale. JJ was being held at gunpoint by a terrifying unsub and the pressure was on. Reid was there as well and she had to reveal a secret she had never said out loud before.

Once the access to the case files has been obtained, Hastings leaves with several of his accomplices, while Askari is left alone with them. Askari kills a remaining accomplice, stabs Cruz in the stomach, and prepares to slash JJ's throat when Hotch and Prentiss arrive, the former killing Askari just in time.

As the rest of the BAU shoot and kill Hastings's accomplices, JJ and Prentiss who had joined her in the chase enter the building roof, where Hastings is.

Prentiss tries to apprehend him, but he retaliates and JJ is forced to intervene. Both lose their footing and fall off the roof; JJ is caught by Prentiss while Hastings falls to his death. During this episode, the real nature of JJ's work during her time at the State Department is revealed, including the danger she was in and how she was caught in an explosion, the result of which was a miscarriage of who would have been her second child with Will.

It is revealed JJ was still struggling to come to terms of being abducted when the one-year anniversary of the event comes up. As a result, this compromises her decisions during a case , culminating when she shoots the unsub despite the risk of triggering a gas explosion in the process. Later, JJ announced to Reid that she was pregnant with another baby and that he could expect another godson or goddaughter. JJ is briefly seen on the phone with Hotch. They discuss JJ returning to work, and she decides that it can wait.

During this phone call, she is rocking her newborn son, Michael , to sleep. JJ is told by Rossi about his awkward reunion with his second ex-wife, Hayden. JJ gets him to understand why Hayden kept Joy a secret from him. JJ is left shaken after a case. Picking up from the ending of " Red Light ," in " Wheels Up ," JJ and the team is involved in a deadly car crash caused by Scratch and as a result, can't see and has bits of broken glass all over her head.

In " Lucky Strikes ", JJ stays behind on a case to comfort Garcia when a particular case brings memories of her being shot ten years prior. She contacts Derek Morgan to help Garcia cope.

The last time she got an e-mail like she did from someone like Barnes, she was taken off the team. During a conversation with Simmons, he tells JJ Barnes was the main reason for the IRT's disbandment and how Barnes profiles as a pure political animal; her eyeing ambitions to be the next FBI Director and how she's all about power.

Picking up from the ending of " Believer ," JJ and the team are left in distress when Reid and Garcia are kidnapped by the Believers. When she was alone with Prentiss in the bathroom, it is revealed that JJ invited Garcia to go to the Redskins game with her and Reid, who initially thought it was a date. In " The Tall Man ", JJ starts remembering the events surrounding her older sister's death as the team travels to her hometown for a case.

In " Hamelin ", JJ stays behind during a case to spend some personal time with her mother. Despite insisting that she only said it to distract a killer holding them hostage, Reid questions what she said was true but chooses not to dwell on it for the sake of their friendship.

In " Under the Skin " and " Awakenings ", JJ survives from a gunshot to the abdomen by Grace Lynch after she and her father, Everett Lynch , escape from federal custody.

JJ wakes up and tells Reid that what she said was true and he'll always be her first true love and hold a part of her heart, but didn't want to risk it any further for her family.

Despite this, she and Reid agree to keep it a secret and remain best friends and is visited by her family. Criminal Minds Wiki Explore. The Show. Making Of. Real Life. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Jennifer Jareau. I want to get married, I want to have kids, I want to travel. Reid is a genius with an IQ of and can read 20, words per minute with an eidetic memory. They have two sons Henry and Michael. Haley is killed in season five by a serial killer Hotchner and the team are pursuing.

Reid is 24, 25 years old with three PH. Both of these disorders can be treated by medication and therapy. When Reid had been kidnapped and JJ nearly ravaged to death by dogs, they came out relatively fine, physically and emotionally.

Spencer Reid Matthew Gray Gubler discovered Lynch had escaped the home explosion through a secret tunnel and was still alive. Jason Gideon and Stephen Walker are the only main characters to have died in the series. Walker joined the team halfway through season twelve.

His death was the first episode of season thirteen. Criminal Minds delivered an emotional and unforgettable moment during its 15th and final season premiere on Wednesday. The two-hour premiere saw JJ A. Cook profess her love for Spencer Reid Matthew Gray Gubler after he saved her life when she was shot in a parking garage. When Gideon finally locates and confronts Frank in Manhattan, Jane appears and intervenes.

Frank then takes Jane by the wrist, tells her that he loves her, and the two jump onto the nearby train tracks. A passing train instantly kills them. Alas, there was no surprise cameo in the series finale where Derek showed up and swept Penelope off her feet.