"Criminal Minds" (2005) TV series 2005-????

Creator:

Jeff Davis

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

To catch a criminal, you have to think like one.

Plot:

An elite group of profilers analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

Plot Keywords:

FBI Profiler | Serial Killer

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 22	8:00 PM	AETV	Profiler, Profiled	#2.12
Sun. Nov. 22	9:00 PM	AETV	No Way Out	#2.13

Cast

Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan (99 episodes, 2005-2009)
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner / ... (99 episodes, 2005-2009)
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid (99 episodes, 2005-2009)
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau / ... (98 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia (98 episodes, 2005-2009)
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss (69 episodes, 2006-2009)
Joe Mantegna	...	David Rossi (49 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon (47 episodes, 2005-2007)

Also Known As:

Quantico (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Hungary:18 (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | New Zealand:M (seasons 1-3)

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

When David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) joins the team, he makes a comment that their offices are better than "that bunker" the BAU used to work out of. The comment isn't metaphorical. The actual BAU (in its many earlier incarnations and titles) used to operate out of a bunker former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had built below FBI headquarters in Quantico, VA.

Quotes:

Cheryl Davenport: This job... how do you stomach it?
Elle Greenway: The people I go after are cowards. They often prey upon the weaker members of society, such as women and children. There is nothing I would rather do than put the bastards away.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: (#1.27)" (2009)

I Love This Show

I have to say that this is my absolute favorite show on TV. I use to say that about CSI or other shows that touched a little on profiling. But I love psychology. And we have seen shows that we may have liked like the profiler that we know isn't correct. It doesn't happen that way. I will say that I enjoyed it.The only other show I truly miss is Fox's The Inside. That was a good one as well but nothing like this. I have bought at least ten books on profiling that discuss different types of psychopaths,how they were created and the different psychological issues that surrounds their behavior and fantasies. How because of their bad experience during childhood and after they have learned to profile and manipulate people,the disorganized crime scene compared to organized scene and mixed crime scene and what it tells you about the unsub. Learning their geographic profile. All these things are in this show to give us a pretty reasonable idea of what they do. How they are made. Why they exist and do what they do. I find it fascinating not only to watch psychopaths and their crimes but to some extent through their fiction, learn something about them. John Douglas says he saw John Gacy and looked him right in the eye when in fact he never did so I don't really take his word about what his job was like. But many others, like Robert Ressler describe this profession in a similar way as Criminal Minds. I hope it stays on. It is the coolest. Just to clarify, I like learning why they do it. I hate what they do and how it hurts people. I don't wan't people to think I enjoy entertainment for the sake of seeing people pain or horror. I think you will enjoy this show too. The actors have a great chemistry together already. Reid is my favorite. He makes you laugh when he really is meanting too. He give the crew the most character I think.