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

Creator:

Jeff Davis

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 30	9:00 PM	CBS	Damaged	#3.14
Fri. Aug. 1	11:00 PM	AETV	The Popular Kids	#1.10

Cast

Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner / ... (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid (66 episodes, 2005-2008)
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau / ... (65 episodes, 2005-2008)
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia / ... (65 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon (47 episodes, 2005-2007)
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Lola Glaudini	...	Elle Greenaway (28 episodes, 2005-2006)

Also Known As:

Quantico (USA) (working title)
Criminal Minds (Germany) [de]
Criminal Minds (Brazil) [pt]
Criminal minds - FBI-tutkijat (Finland) [fi]
Diavolika myala (Greece) [el]
Esprits criminels (France) [fr]
Gyilkos elmék (Hungary) [hu]
Kriminális elmék (Hungary) [hu]
Kurjuse kannul (Estonia) [et]
Mentes criminales (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Hungary:18 (some episodes) | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Mandy Patinkin's characters in both Criminal Minds and "Dead Like Me" (2003) have many similar interests. They are both shown to be capable and enthusiastic chefs, and they both have an affinity for art.

Quotes:

Garcia: You've got a problem. Deadbolt's the number one password crack-resistant software out there. You're gonna have to get inside this guy's head to get the password.
Special Agent Derek Morgan: I thought I was calling the office of Supreme Genius.
Garcia: Well, gorgeous, you've been re-routed to the office of Too Frickin' Bad.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Entourage: The Young and the Stoned (#4.9)" (2007)

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.