Felony Minds favourite Josh Stewart is not going to be returning for the second season of Evolution.
On Wednesday, January 17, Stewart, 46, posted on X about his departure. “No sadly, my days of enjoying Will LaMontagne Jr. are over,” he shared with a fan asking if he’s on the following season of Felony Minds: Evolution. “You guys have been the best possible,” Stewart added.
Stewart has performed Will LaMontagne Jr. on Felony Minds since season 2 of the unique sequence when he first appeared because the NOPD detective. Stewart would seem in no less than one episode per season. Within the season 7 finale, Stewart’s character married Particular Agent J.J. Jareau (A.J. Prepare dinner), one of many predominant characters of the present. He appeared within the majority of episodes of Felony Minds: Evolution’s first season with Will and J.J.’s marriage being a central a part of the present.
The Felony Minds: Evolution solid is grabbing their go luggage for season 2 — and a fan-favorite character may be making his long-awaited return. When Felony Minds completed its 15-season run on CBS, followers nonetheless needed extra from the Behavioral Evaluation Unit (BAU) brokers. Due to Paramount+, viewers obtained their want. The spinoff sequence, Felony […]
Stewart’s character additionally was given some hardships to undergo in season 1 of Evolution. He revealed to J.J. that he believed he had most cancers — a narrative line impressed by Prepare dinner’s real-life husband. On the time, showrunner Erica Messer talked to TVLine in regards to the plot. “It’s primarily based on a true-life sickness that we needed to honor,” Messer stated. “We needed to plant that seed now.”
Whereas in the end Will had a treatable enlarged thyroid, Messer stated the story line may very well be revisited afterward.
The unique Felony Minds ran on CBS from 2005-2020. Evolution is an growth of that sequence, permitting for the unique solid like Prepare dinner, Adam Rodriguez and Joe Mantegna to proceed their unique roles. The primary season sees the characters going up towards an nameless one that has used the COVID-19 pandemic to create a community of serial killers which matches operational when the world opens again up. It additionally allowed for extra of a glance into the non-public lives of the characters like Will and J.J.’s marriage. Season 2 of Evolution is anticipated someday in 2024.
Stewart has additionally had roles in TV reveals like The Rookie and movies like Interstellar and the Darkish Knight Rises.
