Warning: SPOILERS for Criminal Minds: Evolution season 3, episode 9.Criminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 is nearly done, but I’m convinced the crime drama has one last twist in store for its main antagonist. There have been manyterrifying unsubs inCriminal Mindssince the procedural’s 2005 premiere, but one prolific killer has been at the forefront of the reboot since 2022: Elias Voit (Zach Gilford), also known as Sicarius.
Voit has been a thorn in the side ofthe FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unitsince the first episode ofCriminal Minds: Evolution, but the killer took a particularly vested interest in David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Jennifer “JJ” Jareau (A.J. Cook), and Tyler Green (Ryan-James Hatanaka). SinceCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 began, however, Voit has been a new man.
Voit Has Been Reformed In Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 With No Indication Of Backsliding
Following season 2’s cliffhanger where Voit was attacked by fellow inmates in prison, the Sicarius killer was in a coma at the start ofCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3. He quickly woke up, but the storyline only grew more complicated with the reveal that Voit had no recollection of his identity or criminal past.
Voit’s complex amnesia inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3slowly waned, but the killer was still wildly different. As Dr. Julia Ochoa (Aimee Garcia) realized,the empathy center in Voit’s brain became functional after his injury, meaning the twisted killer was no longer a psychopath. Astonishingly, Voit has allegedly been filled with remorse and compassion since awakening from his coma.
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3’s Trailer Reveals Voit’s Violence Returns
The Killer’s True Self Returns On A Prison Bus
Despite his apparent new lease on life,Criminal Minds: Evolutionhas spoiled Voit’s fate, and it seems as though the killer instinct isn’t gone for good. Although Voit has been contrite all season,the trailer forCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 included a clip of the Sicarius killer being recognized on a prison busand beginning to strangle someone.
The trailer doesn’t establish whether Voit is truly trying to murder the inmate, but the intention wouldn’t change the fact that Voit is actively harming another human being again. Regardless of how differently the character has acted inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3, the prison bus scene confirms thatVoit’s violent urges (and, by implication, his psychopathy) are inevitable.
How Can Criminal Minds: Evolution Explain Voit’s Fake Redemption
Voit May Have An Entirely New Stressor
There are often big twists andcurveballs inCriminal Minds: Evolution, so it won’t be a total surprise if something major happens that triggers Voit and reawakens the killer within him. Whatever happens with the Sicarius network and the Disciple could become Voit’s new stressor, overriding his empathy and allowing his body to act on its violent muscle memory.
All episodes ofCriminal Minds: Evolutionare streaming on Paramount+.
Even still,members of the BAUhave expressed skepticism regarding Voit’s amnesia and theorized all season that he’s been completely faking his new self. However, like Ochoa herself said, there’s no way to fake the brain scans and numerous tests they conducted that proved Voit felt empathy. Nonetheless, Voit’s fall from grace inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 is imminent.
