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"Michelle Trachtenberg has won a guest role on Criminal Minds. The former Buffy star will appear on the long-running crime drama&amp;#039;s eighth run, according to Entertainment Weekly. Her character - a stalker whose behaviour grows increasingly unhinged - will appear in the season&amp;#039;s 12th episode, to air in early 2013. Trachtenberg&amp;#039;s past credits include roles on Weeds, House and Six Feet Under. She currently appears as Georgina Sparks on The CW&amp;#039;s Gossip Girl. Former Criminal Minds star Mandy Patinkin recently criticised the procedural&amp;#039;s violent nature, calling his involvement with the programme the &amp;quot;biggest public mistake [he] ever made&amp;quot;. However, new cast addition Jeanne Tripplehorn later hit back at accusations that the show embraces gratuitous violence and misogyny. &amp;quot;At first when I looked at last season&amp;#039;s Criminal Minds, I was a little concerned about the violence,&amp;quot; she admitted. &amp;quot;But every reality, news programme or crime show is just as bad.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Paget Brewster on Criminal Minds exit: &amp;#039;It was a sour experience&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Criminal Minds exec: &amp;#039;Paget Brewster return would be fantastic&amp;#039; Watch a clip from Criminal Minds below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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