Criminal Minds

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Wednesday 9:00 PM on CBS Premiered Sep 22, 2005 Between Seasons

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Criminal Minds
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AIRED ON 5/22/2013

Season 8 : Episode 23

Show Summary

The Behavioral Analysis Unit consists of an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipate their next moves before they can strike again. Criminal Minds stars Thomas Gibson as Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner, Joe Mantegna as Senior Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi, Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss, Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan, Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid, A.J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau and Kirsten Vangsness as Analyst Penelope Garcia.

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Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Senior SSA David Rossi

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Jeanne Tripplehorn

SSA Alex Blake

Thomas Gibson

Thomas Gibson

Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner

Shemar Moore

Shemar Moore

SSA Derek Morgan

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler

SSA Dr. Spencer Reid

A.J. Cook

A.J. Cook

SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau

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  • Interesting story for you all.

    1.5
    I had been a huge fan of the show since the very beginning and was always coming up with ideas for scripts. Starting in late 2009, one idea kept staying with me, so in the beginning of 2010, I bought some scriptwriting software and started banging away. In mid-2010 I found out about a CBS writers fellowship and entered my CM script.



    The script I entered? A two-part season finale wherein the unsub is a former agent who is replicating crimes already solved by the BAU. The unsub stalks the team, taking candid photos of them, and taunts them by sending photos of intended victims with letters written in real blood, on the victims' foreheads.



    In Part 1, many things happen, including Hotch's reunion with his brother (who, as we fans know, had not appeared on the show since "The Tribe," at the start of the first season), who is now a sous-chef at a Manhattan restaurant. We also witness the first kill, which is done in the manner of the killings in "The Popular More killing happens, all of which replicate cases solved by the Team - I used the crimes from Extreme Aggressor; Natural Born Killers; The Popular Kids; Poison; Unfinished Business and The Fisher King. The overarching them involved a puzzle akin to that the team had to solve in The Fisher King episodes, involving the words



    In Part 2, the team gets closer to discovering the identity of the replicator when they realize that the crimes being replicated all occurred prior to Prentiss' arrival, and that Prentiss was the only team member spared the unsub's taunts. Garcia discovers that the unsub had to have had access to confidential police information in order to carry out the crimes. We also find out that the unsub's biggest beef is with Hotch and that, in an effort to get to him, the unsub has drawn in an unwitting Sean -- who becomes the victim of replicated Natural Born Killers rats in the basement scene.



    Close to the end of Part 2, we find out that the former agent/replicator is Elle Greenaway, and we learn the reasons behind what she did.



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  • FBI's BAU Elite Team is who the good guys call when the bad guys are THAT bad.

    3.0


    Spoke too soon! It was a matter of time before the show's writers insulted its own audience by letting us all know exactly what they think of us: that we are all nothing more than a bunch of ignorant, naive and unobservant spuds who don't bother with silly things like story or plausibility so why should they?



    Case in point: the Season 2 season finale where the Bad Guy Frank is cornered at a train station by BAU... and a bunch of others (they already evac'd the civilians). They bring Jane in to talk Frank down... but the 2 instead pull a Romeo & Juliet by jumping in front of a train that speeds through the station.



    Hello?



    1) the FBI didn't lock up a station where a serial killer was cornered and a hostage exchange was taking place?



    2) the train didn't STOP at the station but sped on through.



    Thanks for the vote of confidence, CM writers!



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    orig review below:



    Finally. A high-brow crime show nearly everyone can enjoy without having to skip past lofty dialogue intended to make you feel stupid and them look oh, so clever. Better than its older cousin "Profiler"... this FBI team is made of individual behavioral experts - each adding much of themselves. A+++

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  • Is this now the Alex Blake Show?

    4.0
    Criminal Minds is one of my favorite shows but where'd everybody go? I don't like the Alex Blake character and she seems to be the main character in this season's episodes. Hopefully, she'll decide to stay at Harvard. It's bad enough that Prentiss is gone. Hotch, Spencer, AJ, Derek, Rossi: come back!
  • Paget Brewster

    7.0
    I think Paget Brewster should come back to the show. She had been on there for a while. I liked her character.
  • I like her!

    8.0
    Tripplehorn's character, to me, fits right in. She's smart, insightful and contributes to the

    cast and the show.

    The One I Could Not Stand was Elle. Totally Useless as a Profiler.

    I will continue to be a fan of this show.
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    adrenaline junkies, characters with hidden agendas, epic adventure, facing danger, good vs. evil