Why Harry Bring Was Honored On Criminal Minds: Evolution

Summary "Criminal Minds: Evolution" honors producer Harry Bring with a dedication card at the end of a season finale.

Harry Bring produced 186 episodes of "Criminal Minds" and left a lasting impact on the series and the TV industry.

His family's heartfelt remarks spoke to Bring's dedication to his film and TV work.

Harry Bring was honored at the end of a Criminal Minds: Evolution episode with a dedication card, and for good reason. After 15 seasons of Criminal Minds, the show ended in February 2020. Then in November 2022, Paramount+ renewed the series for a 16th season, referring to it as Criminal Minds: Evolution. Many of the classic BAU characters from the series returned, now charged with uncovering a sinister network of serial killers who have begun working together after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Season 16 was popular enough to warrant Criminal Minds: Evolution season 2 (Criminal Minds season 17, more simply) from Paramount+, which is in production, set to premiere at an unknown date. Criminal Minds: Evolution season 1 is 10 episodes and offers the same exciting profiling and investigating from the first seasons. The season finale, "Dead End", offers something extra. The episode ends on a cliffhanger that sees a mysterious someone walking into the interrogation room to speak with season antagonist Elias Voit (Zach Gilford). When the scene ends, a dedication appears for Harry Bring, just before the credits role.

Related Criminal Minds: Evolution Cast & Character Guide Following on from the long-running original procedural, the Criminal Minds: Evolution cast boasts familiar faces, as well as some new blood.

Harry Bring Was A Producer On Criminal Minds, The X-Files & More

Harry Bring Produced 186 Episodes Of Criminal Minds

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At the end of the season 16 finale, a dedication card appears that says, "In Loving Memory of Harry Bring." Harry Bring was one of the producers for Criminal Minds, among a number of other memorable TV shows. Often credited as Harry V. Bring, the producer had a hand in notable shows and TV movies like The X-Files, Army Wives, North Shore, and Chaos.

By episode, Criminal Minds was the biggest project of his career. He produced 186 episodes of the show, from season 7 to season 15, and though he wasn't a part of Criminal Minds: Evolution, he had a big enough impact on the series that his passing warranted an honorific.

Harry Bring's Producing Credits Title Year Episodes Criminal Minds 2011-2020 186 Chaos 2011 11 Army Wives 2007-2010 68 Amy Coyne 2006 TV Movie Sixty Minute Man 2006 TV Movie Head Cases 2005 5 North Shore 2004-2005 21 The Lyon's Den 2003 12 The X-Files 2000-2002 46

What Was Harry Bring's Favorite TV Crew?

Harry Bring's Favorite Was Whichever Crew He Was Currently Working With

Harry Bring was born in 1943 and passed away at the age of 77. His son Brad Bring posted a long and laudatory Facebook message after his father's death, describing Bring as the incredible man he was to his family and those who knew him. According to the post, Bring passed away after a long battle with cancer. Of his father, Brad said

"Today we lost a legend at 77 year young. Harry Bring succumbed to a life full of laughter and hard work, dedication to family and friends and the love he had for Rhonda Leeds-Bring. He fought cancer for years and kicked it’s ass. That let him enjoy USC, the SF Giants, the Rams, hating on 45 and his grandkids a little longer. He embodied the Fight ON spirit of the Trojans. While dad was a cut-up in school, he was straightened out in the Army which changed his life. He did more before 9am than most did all day.

Bring left a huge impact on his family and friends and his son can't say enough about him. Brad mentioned which TV crew was his dad's favorite after his many long years in the industry,

"He loved work and if you asked him what his favorite crew was, it was always the one we was working with right now."

Producers aren't always the most well-known people on a film set. Bring is no exception, and the first time a large swathe of people saw his name was likely in the Criminal Minds: Evolution dedication. Harry Bring probably would not have cared to be known though. His long career, impressive credits, tribute, and love of his family would have been more than enough to prove a life well-lived.