Thankfully, though, Criminal Minds will be bringing in a new (but familiar) face to Season 13 via Daniel Henney’s aforementioned Agent Matt Simmons, who was ported over the drama after the cancellation of the spinoff series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
(Gupton has already been let go, too.)
According to Messer, this season won’t be bringing any additional agents into the fold beyond Simmons, although it’s still pretty early to lay it all down like that, given that no one could have predicted all the casting change-ups in Season 12, which saw Thomas Gibson getting fired, followed by the additions of Adam Rodriguez and Damon Gupton, and then the full-time returns for both Paget Brewster and Aisha Tyler.