Zach Gilford talks 'Criminal Minds Evolution' exit

When you read the finale script and saw sort of where the arc was taking him, what was your initial reaction? It really was a good way to kind of close the story of Voight, and it's not like a happy ending by any means, but you do, I think it does show that like, at his core, he wants to be a good dad, he would do anything for his children. And also he's seen one of his greatest fears come true, which, not that she's like maliciously killing someone, but he's always had this fear in the back of his head of like, am I passing this down to my kid? Now I've put my daughter in a position where she has to do this, and it's almost like the ultimate punishment for him. You know, he said, put me to death, put me away in a cell, do this, and it's like the one punishment that I think he would never impose on himself is the one that he ultimately has to bear. If the story ever calls for it down the line, would you be open to returning? I would go back in a heartbeat. Sad as it is to leave, I feel like it's like, for the character and for the show, it's kind of what needed to happen. It's the same with like, honestly, Friday Night Lights, you know, it was always sad for characters to leave, but it was about high school kids, and high school kids graduate and they go away, and I think that's part of what made that show great, is we kept it authentic and we didn't keep people around just because we liked them. And I think that's the same on this show, if there was like, a way to have Voight show back up that made sense, I'd love to do it, if it was just like, just to have him show up, I'd be like, well, why are we doing this?