![]() Whether it's good or bad, it doesn't mean it's over for you," he says. Morgan is that voice for all the different possibility of choices victims could make. There are people out there who have gone through this, who have been victimized through molestation, and we want to do them justice."Though Moore is thrilled to have revisited the story line again, he says that it is "definitely over" after this episode, and the final moments will serve as a moving and fitting punctuation for the arc. ![]() I knew this wasn't about me having a good episode to show that I can act it's about the message. But it's not a black story it's a universal story. As an African-American - I'm half-black, half-white - it was also important because molestation is usually something you take to the grave in the black community. "I was honored the first time and I am again now. It takes time."I'm just honored they chose me through which to tell this story," Moore continues. He's talked about it on Oprah and a bunch of places over the years, but it's not something you can talk about right away either. "It's very close to Jim's heart," the actor says. That's what he's learned from Criminal Minds consultant and former FBI profiler Jim Clemente, who co-wrote the episode and on whom Morgan's abuse is based. Spring Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning spring showsWhile six years might seem like a long time to have a "sequel" of sorts, when it comes to closure on sexual abuse, there is no timetable, Moore says. I loved it because you get to see layers to the character of Morgan and you got to understand him and that he's not just a guy who kicks down doors and says 'baby girl' to Garcia. But you see afterward how difficult it really was for him to talk to Buford. "He had a choice to make as far as letting it die or taking the next step to help other people who don't have a voice, like, get closure. "Because of his position in the FBI, I think Morgan needed to confront him and to show how far along he's come from the abuse," he says. Now you see the other outcome."Even more determined to solve the case, Morgan voluntarily offers to interrogate Buford in prison - a far cry from his reluctance to reveal his abuse to Hotch ( Thomas Gibson) in "Profiler, Profiled." Morgan's eagerness is not just for himself, but for all abuse victims, Moore believes. Before, you saw the 'good' outcome, I guess you can say, in Morgan, who became an FBI agent. Morgan reiterates something he said in the first one: If he really thought he was the only one, he's wrong. And it's not over when you catch the guy. "Sexual abuse and molestation are huge issues that are happening every day, everywhere. "What I like about it is that they took a sensitive topic, but they didn't retell it they took it to the next place," Moore says. ![]() links him back to Buford, leading the team to surmise that the unsub was another one of Buford's victims and Morgan to reopen old wounds. And I think - I hope - we did it right."Wednesday's episode (9/8c, CBS) will bring Morgan and the BAU back to his Chicago hometown on a seemingly routine case in which an unsub is targeting middle-aged men. I was like, 'Really? As long as we do it right.' Then I heard the pitch and I realized, of course, we needed to do it. I'm proud of it and I think it can still stand on its own, but I was definitely interested in exploring it again. 'Profiler, Profiled' was a really good episode. "Honestly, I expected it to be a one-time thing. Would you be willing to go there again?'" Moore tells. TV Scorecard: What's canceled?"They came to me and said, 'We have a follow-up that we'd like to do. But then came a pitch earlier this season from writers and producers. Shemar Moore thought he did six seasons ago when the BAU's resident tough guy revealed that he had been sexually abused by his mentor Carl Buford ( Julius Tennon) as a pre-teen and confronted Buford to in a successful attempt to arrest him. Will Morgan finally get closure on his painful past on Criminal Minds?
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