Criminal Minds
The cast of Criminal Minds.
Format	Crime Drama
Created by	Jeff Davis
Starring	Joe Mantegna Paget Brewster Matthew Gray Gubler Shemar Moore A. J. Cook Kirsten Vangsness and Thomas Gibson
Country of origin	United States(cancelled as of june 2007)
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	51 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 22, 2005 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Criminal Minds is a crime drama that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. The show follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia. It starred former Chicago Hope actors Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon, and stars Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which tries to demonstrate accurately the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. ... Paget Brewster (born March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an actress who appeared in the short-lived comedy series Andy Richter Controls The Universe and as Beth Huffstodt in the Showtime original series Huff, which aired from 2004-2006. ... Matthew Gray Gubler (born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, film director, sketch artist, and former fashion model. ... Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and is... For other persons of the same name, see A. J. Cook. ... Kirsten Vangsness (b. ... For other persons named Thomas Gibson, see Thomas Gibson (disambiguation). ... The following is a list of episodes for the television show Criminal Minds. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... 1080i (pronounced ten eighty eye) is shorthand name for a category of video modes. ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to accurately depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. ... Chicago Hope was a popular CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. ... Mandel Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952) is a Tony Award winning and Emmy Award winning American actor of stage and screen, as well as a renowned tenor. ... For other persons named Thomas Gibson, see Thomas Gibson (disambiguation). ...

On July 17, 2007, it was announced that Patinkin had been granted a request to be released from his role on the show. Joe Mantegna has signed on as his replacement.^[1] is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. ...

The series' third season premiered September 26, 2007. is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Themes and plot devices

Each episode has a voice-over in one of the early sequences, and again in the concluding one, discussing a quote by a well-known author or poet. The quote ties in to the case in the episode and by revisiting it at the end of the episode a sense of conclusion is achieved. The voice-over is most often given by Gideon, but occasionally Hotchner, Reid, Elle, and even JJ have done so, as well. These quotes, along with others, can be found here...

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Criminal Minds

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Current characters

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner

Played by Thomas Gibson, Hotch was formerly assigned to the FBI Field Office in Seattle, Washington. Currently, he is the head of the BAU team. He and his wife are parents of a baby son. Hotch's attempts to balance his family life and his job successfully is an ongoing theme on the show. After a two-week suspension for releasing a serial killer, Hotch requested a transfer by Section Chief Erin Strauss, who was pressuring him for such a request. This pleased his wife, until Agent Morgan begged with Hotch to come help on a case in Milwaukee. Hotch decided to stay with the BAU, but when he returned to Virginia, his wife and son had left.

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi

Played by Joe Mantegna, David was in early retirement until his voluntary return to the BAU. He had retired in order to go on lecture and book tours.

FBI BAU Senior Special Agent Derek Morgan

Played by Shemar Moore, Morgan is a confident and assertive everyman character, the son of an African American father and Causasian mother. He has a black belt in Judo, runs FBI self-defense classes, and previously served in a bomb squad unit. He and his two sisters (Sarah and Desirée) and grew up in a tough urban Chicago neighborhood. After the death of his father when he was 10, Morgan struggled somewhat, youthful fighting earned him a juvenile criminal record. He was taken under the wing of a local youth center coordinator, Carl Buford. Buford acted as a surrogate father to Morgan and helped Morgan obtain to a college football scholarship, but also sexually abused him, one episode focused on this.

FBI BAU Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid

Played by Matthew Gray Gubler, Doctor Reid is a genius who graduated from high school at age 12. In his youth, his father left him and his mother, no longer able to deal with the paranoid schizophrenia of Reid's mom. Reid grew up learning nearly everything he knows from books, with his mother often reading to him. Still, Reid knew the way his mother was living wasn't healthy. When he was eighteen, he had his mother placed in a mental institution. She is still there, and Reid has stated that although he sends letters every day, he is afraid to visit her. Reid is also worried about the fact that his mother's illness can be passed on genetically; he once told Morgan that "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind". After being kidnapped by a serial killer with multiple personalities and tortured and drugged for days, Reid developed an addiction problem. This problem was discovered by Hotch and Gideon over time, as well as an old friend of Reid's in New Orleans. He seems to have recovered though the situation remains unconfirmed.

FBI BAU Special Agent Emily Prentiss

Played by Paget Brewster, Prentiss is the daughter of an ambassador. In her first appearance, she recognizes Hotch from one of his first commands: security clearance for her father. Her arrival surprises both Hotch and Gideon, as neither of them had signed off on the transfer. Prentiss insists her parents have not pulled strings for her. Ultimately, she joins the team at the end of episode 2x09 ("The Last Word") on a probationary basis. She replaces Agent Elle Greenaway. She is a graduate of Yale and has been working for the FBI for little under ten years, primarily in the Midwest. After being pressured by Section Chief Erin Strauss to assist in the end of Hotch's career, she had quit the FBI. However, Garcia managed to keep her departure on hold in the computer system just long enough for the rest of the team to convince her to stay with the BAU. However, upon her return, Section Chief Strauss remarked that neither Prentiss, Hotch, or the rest of the team would be able to climb the ladder to the top because of all this, thus shattering Prentiss's dreams.

FBI BAU Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau

Played by A.J. Cook, JJ often acts as the team's liaison with the media and local police agencies. She once went on a date to a Washington Redskins game with Reid, but little has come of it romantically. JJ graduated from East Allegheny High School near Pittsburgh, PA, where she was the captain of the varsity soccer team her senior year and earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh. When she and Reid split up the night of Reid's abduction, JJ walked into a dark barn and was attacked by several ferocious dogs, which she shot and killed. This had a great effect on her emotionally but has not come up since then.

FBI Audio/Visual Technician Penelope Garcia

Played by Kirsten Vangsness, Garcia is the team's Audio/Visual Technician at BAU Headquarters in Quantico, VA. When she speaks with Morgan they use pet names such as "hot stuff" or "sweet cheeks". Although they haven't pursued a romantic relationship, Garcia did show mild jealousy at the sight of Morgan dancing with two other women. She is into online games, specifically MMORPGs. She has broken down crying several times due to the fact that area of her job is to listen to and watch terrifying things in her office to analyze them for the team. However, according to Agent Hotchner, she "fills her office with figurines and color to remind herself to smile as the horror fills her screens."

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Recurring characters

Haley Hotchner

Played by Meredith Monroe, she is the wife of series regular Agent Hotchner. She and Hotch have a newborn son, Jack. Jack's name was revealed in episode 2x04 ("Psychodrama"). They are currently having marital issues and it appears that Haley has left Hotch at the end of episode 3x02 ("In Name and Blood"). Hotch mentions that he is not sure if she is coming back to Morgan at the end of episode 3x04 ("Children of the Dark").

Agent Kramer

Played by Gonzalo Menendez, he runs the FBI Field Office in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the Organized Crime division in that city. As such, the two episodes which take place in Baltimore, "Natural Born Killer" (1x08) and "Honor Among Thieves" (2x20) both have him liaising with the BAU.

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Former characters

FBI BAU Special Agent Elle Greenaway

Played by Lola Glaudini, Elle was formerly assigned to FBI Field Office in Seattle, Washington; recently assigned to the BAU, expert in sexual offense crimes. Her father was a police officer but was killed in the line of duty. She is half Cuban and speaks Spanish. After she was shot, she returned to the BAU rather quickly, against the advice of the rest of the team. Not long after, she staked out and shot a serial rapist in cold-blood because of his crimes against women. Her ability as a profiler was questioned by Hotchner and Gideon because of this, even though the local police force deemed it self-defense. She turned her badge and her gun over to Hotch, declaring that it wasn't "an admission of guilt."

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon

Played by Mandy Patinkin, Gideon was the BAU's best profiler. He helped Morgan and Reid through their nightmares. Prior to the series, he is said to have had a "nervous breakdown" after he sent six men into a warehouse with a bomb in it. All six agents were killed, and he was heavily criticized about the event. Gideon is also skilled at chess, having continually beaten Dr. Reid. After a series of emotional cases, Gideon began to feel burnt out. The last straw was Hotch's two week suspension, for which Gideon felt responsible. He retreated to his cabin during the suspension and left a letter for Dr. Reid, whom he knew would be the one to come looking for him. When Reid arrived at the cabin, it was empty except for the letter and Gideon's badge and weapon. Gideon was last seen leaving a diner and remarking to the waitress that he didn't know where he was going or how he'd know when he got there, and subsequently driving off in his car.

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Episodes

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Trivia

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• The airplane the BAU team uses to travel to the various crime scenes has the airplane registration number N550GA, which in reality corresponds to a Gulfstream Aerospace G550 demonstrator owned by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp, Savannah, Georgia.^[2]
• Criminal Minds aired after Super Bowl XLI. The episode featured cameos by Super Bowl announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms.
• Mandy Patinkin's characters in both Criminal Minds and Dead Like Me have many similar interests. They are both shown to be capable and enthusiastic chefs, and they both have an affinity for art.^[3]
• The pilot was filmed in Vancouver, with the working title, "Quantico"
• In the time between Lola Glaudini's departure from the show and Paget Brewster's arrival, footage is used in the opening credits that originally featured Glaudini. The footage, from episode 1x03, is digitally altered so that Glaudini does not appear.
• At the end of the theme sequence, a mug shot of serial mail bomber Ted Kaczynski, among other criminals, is seen behind the show's cast.

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DVD releases

In late July, Paramount Home Entertainment pulled Criminal Minds Season 1 from their fall schedule, but it was released on November 28, 2006. [1] Meanwhile, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released an R2 set on February 12, 2007. [2] At the time of the region two DVD release, the season had not had a complete run on national television. The DVD set was released with the season finale set to be aired 3 days after the release, on February 15, 2007. is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buena Vista production logo, 1950s. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Criminal Minds on CBS:

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Notes

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See also

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External links

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