Like the rest of the team, JJ is upset when overhearing Haley saying her last words to Hotch and Jack before her death. In the episode " 100," JJ picks up medicine for Henry with Will while searching pharmacies frequented by George Foyet. She then went on maternity leave, her position being temporarily filled by Jordan Todd until she returned in " Cold Comfort." JJ continued working during her pregnancy until " Memoriam" when she went into labor. At the end of the episode, JJ reveals to a caller that she's pregnant and Will is the father in " Lo-Fi". In " The Crossing", JJ becomes personally involved in a case regarding a stalking victim. " In Heat" revealed that she and New Orleans Detective William LaMontagne Jr had been dating since " Jones" without her telling the rest of the team (although they had figured it out long earlier). The incident appeared to have little effect on her. In the episode " Penelope," JJ shot Jason Clark Battle in front of FBI agents. However, they had known about the relationship from the beginning.
Nothing appeared to have come of it until " In Heat" when she finally showed him affection in front of the team. It is obvious that they are attracted to each other and at the end of the episode she gives him her number.
In the episode " Jones," she meets Detective William LaMontagne, Jr. After the case is completed, she receives praise from Hotch before responding to his question about if she ever thought about becoming a profiler by saying that she likes being the voice on the end of the phone that the detective or relatives of victims can talk to. In the episode " North Mammon", JJ plays a key role in the case involving three missing girls. She seems to have recovered in subsequent episodes, though she later told Reid at another crime scene that "no matter what happen, going to split up". Though she survived by shooting them all, the event left her with brief psychological scars at one point while washing her hands, she hallucinated that one of the dogs was behind her, and almost shot Prentiss.
She also accompanied the team and local investigators to numerous crime scenes.ĭuring one case, she and Reid split up at the home of the unsub and she accidentally stumbled upon a barn full of dogs who were known to eat human flesh, while Reid was abducted. JJ once went on a date to a Washington Redskins game with Reid but little has come of it romantically.
She also assisted Hotch in getting information from serial killer Jacob Dawes. She is a fully qualified federal agent but stated in Season Two that she does not want to become a profiler, even though she later took training to become one.Įven though she wasn't a profiler for the first six seasons, she often participated in the profiling process with other members of the BAU.īeing the BAU's media/police liaison, JJ has spoken to the press many times in an effort to get the media to indirectly assist in investigations and served as the first point of contact for police officers requesting the BAU's assistance.
It is also noted in " Risky Business" that she had a sister who committed suicide when she was young the sister's name was revealed to be Roslyn in " In The Blood." In Season Two, it is stated that she has an eight-year-old niece. She also attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she was inspired to join the FBI in her senior year after hearing a lecture made by Rossi. She graduated from East Allegheny High School near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was the captain of the varsity soccer team her senior year and earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. JJ grew up in the small town of East Allegheny, Pennsylvania.