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''Criminal Minds'' is a Crime Drama that premiered on CBS on September 22 , 2005 . The show follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI 's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia . It stars former '' Chicago Hope '' actors Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon and Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner. ''Criminal Minds'' differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. On July 17 , 2007 , it was announced that Patinkin had been granted a request to be released from his role on the show. His departure will be explained to audiences in an episode to be filmed in the near future and broadcast early next season. Joe Mantegna has signed on as his replacement.1 The series' third season will premiere September 26 , 2007 . THEMES AND PLOT DEVICES 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, Reid, Elle, and even JJ have done so, as well. These quotes, along with others, can be found . CHARACTERS See Also: List of Characters in Criminal Minds Current characters ;FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi: Played by Joe Mantegna , David was in early retirement until his voluntary return to the BAU. He had retired in order to go on lecture and book tours. ; FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner: Played by Thomas Gibson , Hotch was formerly assigned to the FBI Field Office in Seattle, Washington . Currently, he is the head of the BAU team. He and his wife are parents of a baby son. Hotch's attempts to balance his family life and his job successfully is an ongoing theme on the show. ; FBI BAU Senior Special Agent Derek Morgan: Played by Shemar Moore , ''Derek Morgan'' is a confident and assertive Everyman character, the son of an African American father and Causasian mother. He has a black belt in Judo and runs FBI self-defense classes. He and his two sisters (Sarah and Desirée) grew up in a tough Urban neighborhood. After the death of his father, Morgan struggled somewhat, youthful fighting earned him a juvenile criminal record. He was taken under the wing of a local youth center coordinator, Carl Buford. Buford acted as a surrogate father to Morgan, leading Morgan to a college football scholarship, but also abused him, and one episode focused on this. ; FBI BAU Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid: Played by Matthew Gray Gubler , Doctor Reid is a Genius who graduated from High School at age 12. In his youth, his father left him and his mother, no longer able to deal with the paranoid Schizophrenia of Reid's mom. Reid grew up learning nearly everything he knows from books, with his mother often reading to him. Still, Reid knew the way his mother was living wasn't healthy. When he was eighteen, he had his mother placed in a Mental Institution . She is still there, and Reid has stated that although he sends letters every day, he is afraid to visit her. Reid is also worried about the fact that his mother's illness can be passed on genetically; he once told Morgan that "I know what it's like to fear your own mind". ; FBI BAU Special Agent Emily Prentiss: Played by and has been working for the FBI for little under ten years, primarily in the Midwest . ; FBI BAU Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau: Played by A.J. Cook , JJ often acts as the team's liaison with the media and local police agencies. She once went on a date to a Washington Redskins game with Reid, but little has come of it romantically. JJ graduated from East Allegheny High School near Pittsburgh, PA, where she was the captain of the Varsity Soccer Team her senior year and earned an athletic scholarship to the University Of Pittsburgh . ; FBI Audio/Visual Technician Penelope Garcia: Played by Kirsten Vangsness , Garcia is the team's Audio/Visual Technician at BAU Headquarters in Quantico, VA. When she speaks with Morgan they use pet names such as "hot stuff" or "sweet cheeks". Although they haven't pursued a romantic relationship, Garcia did show mild jealousy at the sight of Morgan dancing with two other women. She is into online games, specifically MMORPG s. Recurring characters ;Haley Hotchner:Played by Meredith Monroe , she is the wife of series regular Agent Hotchner. She and Hotch have a newborn son, Jack. Jack's name was revealed in episode 2x04 ("Psychodrama"). ;Agent Kramer:Played by Gonzalo Menendez, he runs the FBI Field Office in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the Organized Crime division in that city. As such, the two episodes which take place in Baltimore, "Natural Born Killer" (1x08) and "Honor Among Thieves" (2x20) both have him liaising with the BAU. Former characters ; FBI BAU Special Agent Elle Greenaway:Played by Lola Glaudini , Elle was formerly assigned to FBI Field Office in Seattle, Washington; recently assigned to the BAU, expert in sexual offense crimes. Her father was a police officer but was killed in the line of duty. She is half Cuban and speaks Spanish. ; FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon: Played by Mandy Patinkin , Gideon is the BAU's best profiler. He helped Morgan and Reid through their nightmares. Prior to the series, he is said to have had a "nervous breakdown" after he sent six men into a warehouse with a bomb in it. All six agents were killed, and he was heavily criticized about the event. Gideon is also skilled at chess, continually beating Dr Reid. EPISODES See Also: List of Criminal Minds episodes TRIVIA
DVD RELEASES In late July, Paramount Home Entertainment pulled ''Criminal Minds'' Season 1 from their fall schedule, but it was released on , 2007 . Ratings Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Criminal Minds'' on CBS: INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS See Also: International broadcasts of Criminal Minds NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS
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