Emily Prentiss is turning in her badge. Criminal Minds co-star Paget Brewster will leave the hit CBS drama series at the end of this season. Brewster had been itching to do something else for awhile. Last year, she used a provision in her modified deal for Criminal Minds that allowed her to shoot a pilot and did NBC’s comedy My Life as an Experiment. Had the pilot gone to series, Brewster would’ve left the CBS drama for it but when it didn’t, Criminal Minds producer ABC Studios had an option to bring her back and exercised it. I hear that Brewster, whose contract is up in May, wanted to do a half-hour pilot again this year but didn’t get the blessing of CBS and ABC Studios who tried to keep her on the show with an offer for a new deal. (While not officially renewed, Criminal Minds, a strong ratings performer, is guaranteed to return next season.) Brewster opted to leave. “After six wonderful years playing Emily Prentiss, I have decided it’s time for me to move on,” she said in a statement to Deadline. “As much as I will miss my Criminal Minds family, I am excited about the future and other opportunities.” Brewster notified the producers and the cast of Criminal Minds of her decision yesterday. “We were all sad to hear the news, but we respect and support any decision Paget wants to make,” the series’ executive producer/showrunner Erica Messer told Deadline. “Personally, I’m a huge fan and will continue to be one wherever she goes.” Before Criminal Minds, Brewster did a slew of comedy series, starting with her memorable arc on Friends.

Brewster’s departure caps a roller-coaster last 2 years for her on the show. In the summer of 2010, she was asked to continue on Criminal Minds in a reduced capacity while her friend and co-star A.J. Cook was let go. Brewster ended up being in every episode last season, and Cook eventually returned to the show full-time. Because of the uncertainty surrounding her NBC pilot at the time Criminal Minds‘ sixth-season finale was filmed, Brewster shot a cliff-hanger ending for her character. When the pilot didn’t get picked up, she was enlisted for the current sevenths season of Criminal Minds, something Brewster recently told TV Guide she was surprised by. “They said, ‘You’re back!’ I had another year on my contract that I didn’t know about, so I had to come back! I said, ‘Hey, I kinda want an apology and maybe a raise.’ And they were like, ‘No, we’ll sue you!’” Brewster said with a laugh. “The whole thing was, unfortunately, a mess. It was dumb. They thought they would save money by getting rid of us … and in the end got both of us back.” While Brewster is leaving, her Criminal Minds co-stars, including Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore and Cook have deals in place for next season.

在《犯罪心理》中飾演探員Emily Prentiss的帕姬·布魯斯特（Paget Brewster）將在本季末離開劇集。她在自己的Twitter上說，離開劇組是個“很艱難的決定”，而且“我愛CM中的每一個人，我愛劇集的粉絲們！但我無法忽視我內(nèi)心中的感覺。是時候去做些新東西了?！?/p>

帕姬·布魯斯特是第2季加入《犯罪心理》的。在上一季，她和飾演JJ探員的A·J·庫克(A.J. Cook)都因為卡司續(xù)約問題影響到了角色，庫克飾演的JJ直接被砍掉，而布魯斯特飾演的Prentiss探員則被減少了出現(xiàn)的集數(shù)，通過假死，離開了BAU小組。不過經(jīng)過粉絲的努力，在本季，兩位女演員都回到了劇組，Prentiss的假死真相也被揭開。不知道在本季末，編劇們將會為Prentiss安排怎樣的命運。

除了布魯斯特，另外一位《犯罪心理》常駐演員，人人都愛的“小博士”馬修·格雷·古柏勒(Matthew Gray Gubler)也在合同洽談中，他和布魯斯特的合同都是本季到期。在上個月，劇集的執(zhí)行制作人Erica Messer在接受采訪時，還表示，希望兩位演員都能順利簽約。如今，布魯斯特將會離開，MGG的決定未知，不知道是否會加入新角色，《犯罪心理》雖然有望繼續(xù)續(xù)訂，不過卡司變化，是必然的了。