CBS has just revealed that Paget Brewster will be reprising her role as Emily Prentiss in season 11 of Criminal Minds for one episode.

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According to the report, Prentiss will be back to "track an elusive international serial killer. Like before, she will enlist the help of her friends at the BAU when she is convinced the killer's next victim is on American soil."

This return comes as a bit of surprise as last year, in an interview Brewster had dissed CBS.

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In an interview with the AV Club Brewster rrevealed that she "hated" dealing with CBS, also calling it "scummy":

"So now A.J.'s gone, I'm training Rachel Nichols to replace me and A.J., I died, and then I shot a pilot that didn't go... and then it was announced that I was returning toCriminal Minds! And I called my agents, and I said, 'I'm not! What do they mean I'm returning toCriminal Minds?' And they said, 'Well, they added another year to your contract for you to get those 17 episodes.' And I couldn't understand that. So I was forced to go back or... terrifying things were inferred. And I was kind of pissed, but then I went back and thought, 'I love everyone there!' I hated CBS. [What they did] was just scummy."

But Brewster made sure to reiterate that the experiences with CBS and the creative team behind Criminal Minds were completely different. She really appreciates everyone on the show.

"But everyone at Criminal Minds I really enjoy and I really like and I really care about," she said. "So I did that last year, and then I said, 'I love everyone here, but I realize now, having left, that my heart isn't in it.' And that's what they wrote for Emily Prentiss: They wrote Emily Prentiss saying, 'Since I've come back, I've realized that my heart isn't in it, and I want to do other things.' And it was true. That was just true from how I was feeling about the situation, and I wanted to do comedy."

The latest episode, 'Hostage' aired on CBS on February 10.

Watch the preview for the episode:

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