As everyone can see, Joe Mantegna’s answer is on a completely different wavelength from Kirsten Vangsness’ response.
But it’s on the kind of wavelength that inspires rampant optimism for more episodes, so it’s definitely going to be embraced by fans.
Even if she didn’t want to voice any good vibes, however, CBS’ annual renewals for the past 12 years probably have her feeling pretty good about the prospects.
Perhaps Vangsness was being humble and didn’t want to set up any potentially false hopes, on the highly doubtful off-chance that CBS chooses to put Criminal Minds to pasture just one episode shy of 300, or maybe she really does have less insight into the situation than even average CinemaBlend readers do.