, ▁Pen el ope ▁is ▁introduced ▁to ▁Kevin , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁become ▁rom ant ically ▁involved . ▁In ▁the ▁episode ▁" I ▁Love ▁You , ▁Tommy ▁Brown " ▁( season ▁ 7 ), ▁Kevin ▁propos es ▁to ▁Pen el ope , ▁but ▁she ▁turns ▁him ▁down , ▁saying ▁that ▁" th ings ▁are ▁going ▁too ▁fast ", ▁and ▁ultimately ▁the ▁couple ▁break ▁up . ▁ ▁Mate o ▁Cruz ▁( Es ai ▁Mor ales ; ▁season ▁ 9 – 1 0 ) ▁takes ▁over ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁Er in ▁Stra uss ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁B AU ▁section ▁chief ▁in ▁season ▁ 9 . ▁He ▁has ▁a ▁past ▁working ▁relationship ▁with ▁J J . ▁It ▁was ▁revealed ▁in ▁" 2 0 0 " ▁that ▁the ▁two ▁had ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁task ▁force ▁together ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁person ▁to ▁know ▁of ▁her ▁pre gn ancy ▁and ▁mis car riage ▁during ▁her ▁time ▁on ▁the ▁task ▁force . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁episode , ▁they ▁are ▁both ▁kid n apped ▁by ▁T iv on ▁Ask ari ▁( F aran ▁T ah ir ), ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁tra itor ▁within ▁the ▁task ▁force . ▁They ▁are ▁both ▁phys ically ▁and ▁ment ally ▁tort ured ▁into ▁giving ▁the ▁access ▁codes ▁given ▁to ▁them ▁during ▁the ▁mission . ▁He ▁is ▁shock ed ▁to ▁discover ▁that ▁Michael ▁H ast ings ▁( T ah m oh ▁Pen ik ett ), ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁with ▁whom ▁they ▁had ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁task ▁force , ▁was ▁the