It's Time for 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' to Cut Zach Gilford Loose
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I’m not a longtime viewer of the original Criminal Minds — I’d only seen a few episodes over the years — but I’ve been in on Criminal Minds: Evolution from the beginning. Part of the initial appeal was the serialized storytelling and the addition of Zach Gilford, the former Friday Night Lights QB1.
I’ve always been a fan of Gilford, though he seemed to get lost in a string of forgettable TV projects after FNL (does anyone remember The Mob Doctor or The Family ?). That was until Mike Flanagan discovered him and resurrected his career as a regular in Midnight Club , Midnight Mass , and The Fall of the House of Usher . Flanagan reminded the world that Gilford cou