'' is a Crime Drama that premiered on September 22 , 2005 on CBS . It follows the adventures of an FBI profiling team from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) from Quantico, Virginia . Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself.
- Mandy Patinkin as : the BAU's best profiler, taught Hotchner and Reid that you don't need a gun to kill someone if you have their profile. Helped Morgan and Reid through their nightmares. Had a "famous breakdown" when he sent six men into a warehouse with a bomb in it.
- in Seattle, Washington ; currently the head of the BAU team, recently had a baby daughter; helped Reid with his firearms qualification. Formerly a lawyer before joining law enforcement. It was hinted that he was at one time assigned to SWAT . Believes in taking justice into his own hands if he needs to.
- Lola Glaudini as : Nicknamed "Elle," formerly assigned to FBI Field Office in Seattle, Washington; recently assigned to the BAU, expert in sexual offense crimes
- Shemar Moore as : thinks of himself as Gideon's right hand; expert in obsessional crimes; frequently makes fun of Reid's genius
- . Graduated from high school at 12, has an uncanny ability for spotting complex patterns. Statistics expert. Fell in love with a Hollywood star.
- game with Reid
- from her office and still play online poker
- Meredith Monroe as : the wife of series regular, Agent Hotchner.
- Gideon has hinted that their BAU is the best in the world.
- The BAU team is on call 24/7/365 and is frequently called out around the country at a moment's notice.
- 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 has done it as well.
- In every episode the team will originally focus in on the wrong suspect. The proper suspect will only be deduced during the last 15 minutes or so of the show, and it will be a person that has only briefly appeared earlier, if at all. The notable exceptions are the episodes ''Riding the Lightning'' and ''Charm and Harm''.
- 101 - ''Extreme Aggressor''(Pilot) - September 22, 2005
- 102 - ''Compulsion'' - September 28, 2005
- 103 - ''Won't Get Fooled Again'' - October 5, 2005
- 104 - ''Plain Sight'' - October 12, 2005
- 105 - ''Broken Mirror'' - October 19, 2005
- 106 - ''LDSK'' - November 2, 2005
- 107 - ''The Fox'' - November 9, 2005
- 108 - ''Natural Born Killer'' - November 16, 2005
- 109 - ''Derailed'' - November 23, 2005
- 110 - ''The Popular Kids'' - November 30, 2005
- 111 - ''Bloody Hungry'' - December 14, 2005
- 112 - ''What Fresh Hell?'' - January 11, 2006
- 113 - ''Poison'' - January 18, 2006
- 114 - ''Riding the Lightning'' - January 25, 2006
- 115 - ''Unfinished Business'' - March 1, 2006
- 116 - ''The Tribe'' - March 8, 2006
- 117 - ''A Real Rain'' - March 22, 2006
- 118 - ''Somebody's Watching'' - March 29, 2006
- 119 - ''Machismo'' - April 12, 2006
- 120 - ''Charm and Harm'' - April 19, 2006
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