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The Criminal Minds team is composed of four men and three women. Each member of the team uses their own unique talents to excel out in the field.
Aaron Hotchner is the leader of the team. Hotchner, commonly referred to as "Hotch", avoids showing emotion and always remains calm to keep the team under control. Derek Morgan is the hand to hand combat fighter of the group. Morgan, a former college football player and Chicago cop, is the highest skilled and trained fighter in the BAU.
Jennifer Jareau is a criminal profiler that also serves as the team's media coordinator. J.J.'s most important responsibility is controlling what information the media knows and releases, which is very useful because in many cases the BAU communicates to the killer through the media. Doctor Spencer Reed is the genius of the group. He holds 3 PhDs, several other degrees, and graduated from high school at the age of 12.
Super Special Agent David Rossi is the oldest and most experienced member of the team. He was one of the team's original founders and although he retired for a few years, he is back to being a full time member of the BAU. Penelope Garcia is a computer technician for the FBI. She is also a hacker, meaning that she uses both the FBI's technology and her computer skills to help the BAU find the criminals they are looking for. Emily Prentiss formally worked at Interpol, but now works with the FBI. She has a colorful past in terms of the high risk, undercover work she has done.
- Wednesday 9:00 PM et/pt on CBS
- 12 Seasons, 277 Episodes
- September 22, 2005
- Drama
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/10 - Cast: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Thomas Gibson, A.J. Cook
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Criminal Minds Full Episode Guide
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Comes to the team with a lead that might help catch Mr. Scratch, the elusive fugitive that has been tormenting the team all season.
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When Reid fears his mother has been abducted, he asks the BAU to investigate while he's stuck in prison.
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The team is called in when several federal government employees begin suffering symptoms of a heart attack.
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The BAU investigates when three bodies are found in the Arizona desert tethered to stakes.
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The BAU searches for an urban vampire in New York who takes his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system.
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The BAU believes two unsubs may be killing simultaneously, when victims killed in two drastically different ways are discovered in the same city. Also, the team struggles to ensure Reid's safety in prison.
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An unexpected source reveals valuable information for the BAU to aid in their investigation of an unsub known as the bone crusher. Also, Reid must adapt to a new set of rules in prison life.
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The team investigates several acid attacks that leave the victims disfigured. Also, Dr. Reid begins to settle into his new surroundings.
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The team investigates multiple fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians. Also, Reid is delivered bad news.
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When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for their help.
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The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.
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The team investigates when a strange hieroglyph found in the armpit of a deceased homeless man is the same from previous casualties from years earlier. Also, Reid decides to remove his mother from a clinical study early to bring her home with him.
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The BAU team investigates a series of home invasions in ritzy neighborhoods in San Diego that resulted in multiple deaths.
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As Rossi conducts a profiling course on his birthday, he receives a call from Tommy Yates - the serial killer who continues to haunt him.
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The team heads to Yakima, Wash., after the remains of twelve people are discovered along a creek bed.
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The BAU team opens an investigation when a man who fully believes he's Dr. Tara Lewis' brother arrives in town, knowing everything about her and her family, and she is unable to make contact with her real sibling.
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The team investigates the disappearance of three children who were riding their bikes on the same path as a similar unsolved disappearance three decades earlier.
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The BAU tries to find a connection between two high school students who are the sole survivors after both of their families are slaughtered.
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The team hunts for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
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The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss during their search for three women.
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Upon her arrival at home, JJ breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of two children.
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In the twelfth season premiere, the BAU welcomes Agent Luke Alvez to their team. Together they must find a killer who escaped prison with 13 other convicts.
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The BAU is surprised when Hotch is apprehended by a SWAT team and accused of conspiracy. As the team struggles to prove his innocence, they suspect a larger plot is looming.
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The team questions a serial killer on the whereabouts of two boys who were kidnapped after guards at a Virginia prison intercept a package with evidence related to the case.
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The BAU is on the lookout for an UnSub who is disfiguring victims. Also, Rossi has an has an uncomfortable exchange with his ex-wife who kept his daughter a secret from him for nearly 30 years.
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When a former team member follows the trail of an international serial killer, she enlists the help of the BAU when she believes the UnSub's next victim will be on American soil.
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When the BAU is targeted, the team springs into action to find the UnSub.
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The team searches for an UnSub abducting children in the middle of the night. Also, Morgan tries to find who was responsible for his attack.
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When Morgan is abducted, the BAU is desperate to find him alive.
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Multiple women are killed inside their own homes throughout L.A. and the team must scan through security footage for an UnSub who was invited into each victim's home.
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When an 18-year-old girl escapes from a suburban home where she was held prisoner for years with two other women, the team is determined to find their captor.
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The BAU searches for an UnSub when bodies are discovered in truck stop restrooms throughout the South.
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When multiple murder victims are found in public places throughout Boston, the team investigates to determine if there is a connection with the taxi or ride-share service the victims used before their deaths.
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The team becomes involved in a elaborate strategy to try and take down the "Dirty Dozen" hitmen ring, with Reid at the epicenter.
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The BAU looks for a suspect who has a medical experiment obsession.
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The BAU teams up with the NSA to investigate whether an underground Internet drug syndicate is connected to the deaths of two undercover DEA agents and the disappearance of a third.
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The team searches for an UnSub in Phoenix who is abducting victims and depriving them of sleep. Also, Hotch and Garcia deal with the threat from the underground hitman group, the "Dirty Dozen."
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The team helps Rossi's journalist daughter investigate the case of a missing college student. Meanwhile, the team is disturbed when Giuseppe Montolo dies in prison after he warns Morgan about the "Dirty Dozen."
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The BAU has their work cut out for them when a woman is murdered in a small town in Florida inhabited entirely by sex offenders.
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The team investigates a series of murders where the victims' bodies are incorporated into macabre graffiti art in Detroit.
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The team investigates a cold case that could have possible connections to a robbery/homicide in Las Vegas, N.M.
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The team investigates multiple murders of brides-to-be in Savannah who were killed the day before their weddings.
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When the people on a Los Angeles bus are attacked with sarin gas, the BAU works tirelessly to find the unsub to prevent something like this happening again.
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In the eleventh season premiere, the BAU searches for an an unsub who leaves marks on victims' faces.
Criminal Minds News
Congratulations to the "Criminal Minds" star!
The star of "Ghost Whisperer" and "The Client List" will now be joining the cast of CBS' "Criminal Minds" as a seasoned undercover agent.
