Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 fumbles logic while delivering its most poignant scene yet

The events of Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3, Episode 7, titled ”…All The Devils Are Here,” show a fascinating shift in Elias Voit’s arc, but they also raise some logical questions for the audience. The BAU unit is dealing with a copycat killer who is using Voit’s old Sicarius spider signature. Voit, after the brain injury, is experiencing empathy for the first time. His past and the killings he was involved in come as a shock to him, and he is redeeming himself by helping the BAU—who were once hunting him—solve the case.

In Season 3, Episode 6, Voit is brought to the field, despite having once been a serial killer. The BAU takes a massive legal and ethical risk by having him in the field, even with the security measures in place. While it delivers one of the season’s most emotional scenes, it also raises questions of logic.

Here is how Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 fumbles logic while delivering its most poignant scene

The BAU ethically cannot bring active killers into operations, even if their insights are helpful. Moreover, though it seems like Voit has gotten back his empathy and is disturbed knowing his past as a killer, it doesn’t erase the cruel truth of who he was earlier in his life. Voit’s intelligence makes him the most unpredictable and dangerous character in the series. Therefore, the actual motive behind his actions can never be accurately gauged. By the end of the episode, Voit is seen breaking down—and here comes the major tonal conflict. Does Criminal Minds: Evolution want its audience to empathize with a criminal?

Secondly, the absence of Dr. Ochoa in Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3, Episode 7 is alarming. She is the one who has tested Voit psychologically and understands his state of mind. As a neuropsychiatrist, she’s not only monitoring his brain injury but also guiding him through emotional and cognitive challenges, especially as past memories and empathy begin surfacing. She has always acted as a liaison between Voit’s fragile psyche and the BAU, helping them regulate their approach. Dr. Ochoa has always accompanied Voit, even during FBI interrogations; therefore, her absence from the field operation is implausible.

Garcia's bond with Voit can't replace Dr. Ochoa's presence as an expert in Criminal Minds: Evolution season 3

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Bringing Voit to a crime scene could have triggered his trauma related to the spider signature and Sicarius. That too, without his doctor, is unprofessional on the BAU’s part. This stands as a BAU protocol violation. Moreover, it contradicts the storyline too, as earlier episodes established how Dr. Ochoa’s involvement is non-negotiable whenever Voit is asked to re-engage with his traumatic life. Her absence should have been explained in the episode to make sense of it—which the show fails to address. Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 3 showcases Garcia caring for Voit and bonding with him, though this cannot replace Dr. Ochoa’s presence as an expert.

In the episode of Criminal Minds: Evolution, the team discusses whether to use Voit as a resource based on the unsub baiting them with Sicarius’ methods. But the person who could be in the right position to answer this, being an expert on Voit’s mental state, is absent from the meeting. She is the one who can predict his trauma triggers; therefore, the team’s discussion just feels incomplete without her being part of it. This feels like a plot hole, not just a minor oversight. It’s the kind of red-flag scenario Dr. Ochoa was previously shown to monitor closely—or at the very least, needed to assess first.

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