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》中饰演探员Emily Prentiss的帕姬·布鲁斯特（Paget Brewster）将在本季末离开剧集。她在自己的Twitter上说，离开剧组是个“很艰难的决定”，而且“我爱CM中的每一个人，我爱剧集的粉丝们！但我无法忽视我内心中的感觉。是时候去做些新东西了。”

帕姬·布鲁斯特是第2季加入《犯罪心理》的。在上一季，她和饰演JJ探员的A·J·库克(A.J. Cook)都因为卡司续约问题影响到了角色，库克饰演的JJ直接被砍掉，而布鲁斯特饰演的Prentiss探员则被减少了出现的集数，通过假死，离开了BAU小组。不过经过粉丝的努力，在本季，两位女演员都回到了剧组，Prentiss的假死真相也被揭开。不知道在本季末，编剧们将会为Prentiss安排怎样的命运。

除了布鲁斯特，另外一位《犯罪心理》常驻演员，人人都爱的“小博士”马修·格雷·古柏勒(Matthew Gray Gubler)也在合同洽谈中，他和布鲁斯特的合同都是本季到期。在上个月，剧集的执行制作人Erica Messer在接受采访时，还表示，希望两位演员都能顺利签约。如今，布鲁斯特将会离开，MGG的决定未知，不知道是否会加入新角色，《犯罪心理》虽然有望继续续订，不过卡司变化，是必然的了。