Criminal Minds Spoiler Alert: Meta Golding, who will be filling in for A.J. Cook while she is on maternity leave, will be playing a character named Jordan Todd on Criminal Minds. Episode 9 will deal with a special type of ubsub called "pickup artists" in an episode titled "The Game" written by Breen Frazier. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.