Special Agent JJ Jareau really needs help, and Dr. Julia Ochoa may be the one to give it to her.

In this Thursday’s episode of Paramount+s Criminal Minds: Evolution — titled “The Brutal Man” (as in the next UnSub discovered to be under Sicarius’ sway) — JJ (played by A.J. Cook) seeks out an unorthodox sit-down with Dr. Ochoa (recurring player Aimee Garcia ), after putting herself in harm’s way while processing the scene of a family’s murder.

And man, JJ has a lot to say.

“I think that sometimes we share more with strangers than with friends and family, and the BAU is JJ’s family,” Garcia observes in the TVLine video above. “JJ is ‘off her turf’ in a very intimate setting, with this doctor that is very well-versed in trauma and pain and mental health, so it was a beautiful opport

See Full Page