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CRIMINAL MINDS

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CRIMINAL MINDS
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural television program that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. The show differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on profiling the criminal, rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios (originally Paramount Network Television then CBS Paramount Network Television) and ABC Studios (originally Touchstone Television).

Background
When the series premiered in 2005, it featured FBI Agents Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), and the rest of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). For season one, the team was composed of Agents Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). During season one, Vangsness was not in the regular cast, but instead appeared as a guest star. Casting has been ever-changing with the coming and going of multiple characters. In season two (200607), Elle leaves after episode six and is replaced in episode nine by Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), the daughter of an ambassador (Kate Jackson). In season three (200708), Jason departs after episode two, but he is replaced several episodes later by David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), a former FBI agent and best-selling author. In season six (201011), Jennifer leaves after episode two and is replaced by Ashley Seaver (Rachel Nichols). Later in season six, Emily leaves the show; and Cook returns, as a special guest star, to participate in Prentiss' final episode.

Characters

Aaron Hotchner (portrayed by Thomas Gibson) is the Unit Chief of the

BAU team. He is a former prosecutor and was originally assigned to the FBI Field Office in Seattle. He is one of the most experienced agents in the BAU. He struggles to balance the demands of his job with his family life, but his wife Haley Brooks (Meredith Monroe) divorces him in season three. In the season five episode "100", Haley is killed by fugitive serial killer George Foyet (C. Thomas Howell), also known as "The Reaper", whom Aaron fights and beats to death. He also has a son named Jack Hotchner (Cade Owens), and a brother named Sean Hotchner, who appears one time in the first season. After Haley is murdered, he receives sole custody of Jack, and Haley's sister, Jessica Brooks, helps him with taking care of Jack. Aaron is now dating a

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woman named Beth Clemmons (Bellamy Young), who first appears in the season seven episode, "The Bittersweet Science".

Derek Morgan is a Special Agent of the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI played by Shemar Moore on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds. Before getting into the BAU, Morgan was a police officer in Chicago where he grew up with his two sisters and where his family still resides.His father died when he was ten and he began getting into trouble..After developing an interest in football, Derek attended Northwestern University on a scholarship. After a football injury left him unable to play football, he joined the Chicago Police Department's where he was on the bomb squad. .He then became a member of the BAU where his team handles cases ranging from serial killers to abductions to bombings and pretty much any other type of tough case.He has a special relationship with Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia, and the two have a unique shorthand and banter.He constantly shows how much he cares about his team members as well as the victims of the cases they work..

Dr. Spencer Reid (portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler), is a Supervisory Special Agent. He is a genius who graduated from Las Vegas High School at age 12, and holds PhDs in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering, as well as BAs in Psychology and Sociology, and, as of season four, is working on a BA in Philosophy. It has been revealed that he has an IQ of 187, can read a dizzying 20,000 words per minute, and has an eidetic memory. Most of the members on the team are intimidated by his profound knowledge. He is habitually introduced as "Dr. Spencer Reid", in contrast to the other agents' introductions as "Supervisory Special Agent". The purpose of this, as explained by Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner in the pilot episode "Extreme Aggressor", is to create a respectable first impression of Spencer, deflecting judgments about his age. His mother, Diana Reid (Jane Lynch), suffers from schizophrenia, and is currently committed to a mental institution. In the season seven episode "Proof", Spencer completely ignores SSA Jennifer Jareau for not telling him the that SSA Emily Prentiss was alive. Spencer is also the godfather of Jennifer's son Henry.

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Jason Gideon (portrayed by Mandy Patinkin) is a Senior Supervisory

Special Agent and is widely known as the BAU's best profiler. After a series of emotionally troubling cases, and the murder of his friend Sarah by fugitive serial killer Frank Breitkopf (Keith Carradine), he begins to feel burned out. The last straw occurs when Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner is suspended for two weeks by the team's bossan action for which Jason feels responsible. He retreats to his cabin and leaves a letter for Dr. Spencer Reid, who he knows will be the one to come looking for him. When Spencer arrives at the cabin, it is empty except for the letter and Jason's badge and firearm. Jason is last seen remarking to a Nevada diner waitress that he does not know where he is going or how he will know when he gets there, leaving the diner and driving off.

David Rossi (portrayed by Joe Mantegna) is a Senior Supervisory Special

Agent and is a highly experienced profiler who once worked the BAU in its origins, then took early retirement to write books and go on lecture tours about criminal analysis, until volunteering to return shortly after SSA Jason Gideon's departure. He has been married three times. In the season seven episode "From Childhood's Hour," David reconnects with his first wife, Carolyn Baker (Isabella Hofmann), who has shocking news for him. It is revealed that she came to him because she was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). In the next episode "Epilogue", Carolyn dies of a drug overdose. It is also revealed that he has a son who died in this episode. In the season eight episode "The Fallen" it is revealed that David was a Marine in Vietnam.

Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (portrayed by A. J. Cook), is a Supervisory

Special Agent. In seasons one through five, she served as the Communications Liaison to local police agencies. She dates (and later marries) William LaMontagne (Josh Stewart), a New Orleans Police Officer, and the two have a son together, Henry LaMontagne (Mekhai Andersen). In the season six episode "JJ", Jennifer is forced to accept a promotion at the Pentagon, causing

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her departure from the team, although Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner expressed his hope that she will return to the BAU in the future. Jennifer returned in the season six episode "Lauren" to assist the team in finding SSA Emily Prentiss. In the season six finale "Supply and Demand", Jennifer meets with SSA David Rossi, informing him that she is returning to the BAU. As of season seven, Jennifer is a legitimate profiler, with Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia taking over the role of Communications Liaison.

Emily Prentiss (portrayed by Paget Brewster) is a Supervisory

Special Agent. She is the daughter of Ambassador Elizabeth Prentiss (Kate Jackson). After SSA Elle Greenaway leaves the BAU, Emily shows up with papers assigning her to the BAU. Emily is also fluent in several languages, such as Spanish, French, Greek and Arabic, and has a working knowledge in Italian, but it is revealed that Emily has lost comprehension of her other known language, Russian. She is apparently killed while being held hostage by Ian Doyle (Timothy V. Murphy) in the season six episode "Lauren," but in the last scene of the episode, it is revealed that she survived her encounter with Ian, and is seen with SSA Jennifer Jareau in Paris with passports and a bank account for protection. In the season seven premiere "It Takes a Village", she returns alive and well, much to the team's surprise. In the season seven finale "Run", Emily decides to leave the BAU after accepting a job to run the Interpol Office in London. She is last seen at the wedding of JJ and New Orleans Police Officer William LaMontagne.

Penelope Garcia (portrayed by Kirsten Vangsness) is the team's

Technical Analyst. She joined the BAU after bringing attention upon herself by illegally accessing some of their equipment; she is offered a job in lieu of a jail sentence. She usually supports the team from her computer lab at Quantico, but occasionally joins them on location when her skills can be used in the field. She is a leader in a support group for those who have lost someone in their lives. Her parents were killed by a drunk driver when they were out looking for her when she was a teen and had missed her curfew. She enjoys a flirtatious relationship with SSA Derek Morgan, often engaging in comical banter of a sexually suggestive nature when he calls in for information. She was once shot and almost killed by

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Jason Clark Battle (Bailey Chase) who lured her on a date in the season three episode "Lucky". When SSA Jennifer Jareau leaves the BAU, Penelope takes over her job as Communications Liaison. Penelope is also the godmother of Jennifer's son Henry.