Paget Brewster was not fired from Criminal Minds but rather announced in February 2012 that she was leaving the series at the end of season 7 to pursue other opportunities.
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Brewster who portrayed multilingual Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, joined the series cast in 2006.
Even though Prentiss is one of the main characters in the series, she wasn’t there when the show premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. Brewster’s character was introduced in “The Last Word” episode as a replacement for Agent Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) who left the show in “The Boogeyman” episode.
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Brewster had a long run with the series, until the series’ sixth season, when she and A. J. Cook were released from their contracts by CBS in a cost-cutting move. However, due to fan’s complaints, both Brewster and Cook were rehired and kept for the following season.
In February 2012, Brewster announced through Deadline that she was leaving Criminal Minds at the end of the season to return to her comedic and sitcom roots.
Brewster then reprised her role as Prentiss in season nine for the 200th episode, and season 11 as a special guest star.
Brewster returned to Criminal Minds once again as a series regular with Thomas Gibson’s replacement in 2016.
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