Those hopes got rear-ended in the Season 15 premiere after JJ got shot, and the fourth episode, “Saturday,” further doused that would-be flame by introducing Max, a new love interest for Reid as portrayed by Rachael Leigh Cook.
With its final ten-episode stretch, CBS’ Criminal Minds still has some loose ends to tie up for its many main characters, and many fans were hoping this would finally be the year that Matthew Gray Gubler’s Spencer Reid and A.J. Cook’s JJ Jarrow finally hooked up (and possibly more).