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Criminal Minds is a media franchise of American television programs created by Jeff Davis. The police procedural thriller series follow the work of the members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) of the FBI.
The original television series Criminal Minds premiered on September 22, 2005 to February 19, 2020 on CBS, followed by spin-offs Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders which premiered on the same network on February 16, 2011 and March 16, 2016 respectively. In April 2012, a video game was released based on the series. In February 2021, it was announced that a 10-episode revival of original series was officially greenlit by Paramount+. [1] A planned true-crime docuseries, titled The Real Criminal Minds was also ordered by Paramount+. [2]
Three television series make up the Criminal Minds franchise: Criminal Minds, Suspect Behavior, and Beyond Borders. All series in total amount to 373 episodes across 19 seasons of television.
Criminal Minds which premiered on September 22, 2005 is set primarily at the BAU based in Quantico, Virginia, and focuses on profiling the criminal, called the unsub (unknown subject), rather than the actual crime itself. The focal point of the series follows a group of FBI profilers who set about catching various criminals through behavioral profiling. The plot focuses on the team working cases and the personal lives of the characters, depicting the hardened life and statutory requirements of a profiler.
In early 2009, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly said that he and studios were discussing the possibility of a spin-off of the procedural crime drama Criminal Minds. Studio Producer Ed Bernero confirmed it by disclosing that "it's safe to say there will be something soon." The show had a completely new cast, with the exception of Kirsten Vangsness, who reprised her role as Penelope Garcia. By late 2010, the director had been chosen, and the casting completed. [3] It was announced that Forest Whitaker would star. Whitaker's character, Samuel "Sam" "Coop" Cooper, and his team were introduced in Criminal Minds Season 5. [4] [5] Richard Schiff had a recurring role as FBI Director Jack Fickler. [6]
The series centers on the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit Red cell team a hand-picked elite team which operates outside of the Bureaucracy way. The team is led by veteran FBI profiler SSA Sam Cooper and they report only to the Director of the FBI.
A proposed new series in the Criminal Minds franchise was announced in January 2015 entitled Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders . Gary Sinise and Anna Gunn had been cast in the lead roles of Jack Garrett and Lily Lambert, with Tyler James Williams and Daniel Henney being cast as Russ "Monty" Montgomery and Matthew "Matt" Simmons, respectively. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders follows an elite team of FBI agents solving cases that involve American citizens on international soil. [7] CBS aired a backdoor pilot on an episode of Criminal Minds on April 8, 2015, introducing the characters with a crossover episode titled "Beyond Borders". [7] [8]
On May 8, 2015, CBS announced that Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, has been picked up for the 2015–16 season, however, it was soon announced that Gunn had departed the series, [9] with Alana de la Garza and Annie Funke further being cast as series regulars. [10] The series was originally intended to premiere on March 2, 2016, but was pushed back by two weeks and instead premiered on March 16, 2016, and filled the Wednesday 10:00pm time slot, airing immediately after the original Criminal Minds. [11] On May 16, 2016, CBS renewed the series for a second season. [12] On May 14, 2017, CBS canceled the series after two seasons due to low ratings. [13]
In February 2021, a revival of the series was in early development at Paramount+, [14] with a 10-episode sixtheenth-season revival officially greenlit. [15] As of the Television Critics Association winter press tour a year later, it is still in development. [16] In July 2022, Paramount+ officially gave the revival a full season order. The main cast of the previous seasons are all set to return, with the absence of Daniel Henney and Matthew Gray Gubler, the latter who has been with the series since the first episode. [17] It begin filming in August 2022. [18]
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2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2022–23 | Duration | ||
Criminal Minds | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 2005–2020 | ||
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Pilot | 1 | 2010, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Pilot | 1 | 2 | 2015, 2016–17 | ||||||||||||||
Criminal Minds: Evolution | 1 | 2022— |
Character | No. of episode appearances | Actor | First | Last | |||
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Criminal Minds | Suspect Behavior | Beyond Borders | Evolution | ||||
Jason Gideon | Main | Mandy Patinkin | 2005 | 2007 | |||
Aaron Hotchner | Main | Thomas Gibson | 2005 | 2016 | |||
Elle Greenaway | Main | Lola Glaudini | 2005 | 2006 | |||
Derek Morgan | Main | Shemar Moore | 2005 | 2017 | |||
Spencer Reid | Main | Matthew Gray Gubler | 2005 | 2020 | |||
Jennifer Jareau | Main | Main | A. J. Cook | 2005 | present | ||
Penelope Garcia [N 1] | Main | Main | Guest | Main | Kirsten Vangsness | 2005 | present |
Emily Prentiss | Main | Guest | Main | Paget Brewster | 2006 | present | |
David Rossi | Main | Guest | Main | Joe Mantegna | 2007 | present | |
Ashley Seaver | Main | Rachel Nichols | 2010 | 2011 | |||
Alex Blake | Main | Jeanne Tripplehorn | 2012 | 2014 | |||
Kate Callahan | Main | Jennifer Love Hewitt | 2014 | 2015 | |||
Tara Lewis | Main | Main | Aisha Tyler | 2015 | present | ||
Luke Alvez | Main | Main | Adam Rodriguez | 2016 | present | ||
Stephen Walker | Main | Damon Gupton | 2016 | 2017 | |||
Sam Cooper | Guest | Main | Forest Whitaker | 2010 | 2011 | ||
Beth Griffith | Main | Janeane Garofalo | 2011 | 2011 | |||
Johnatan Sims | Guest | Main | Michael Kelly | 2010 | 2011 | ||
Gina LaSalle | Guest | Main | Beau Garrett | 2010 | 2011 | ||
Mick Rawson | Guest | Main | Matt Ryan | 2010 | 2011 | ||
Jack Garrett | Guest | Main | Gary Sinise | 2015 | 2017 | ||
Clara Seger | Guest | Main | Alana de la Garza | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Matthew Simmons [N 2] | Main | Main | Daniel Henney | 2015 | 2020 | ||
Russ Montgomery | Guest | Main | Tyler James Williams | 2015 | 2017 | ||
Mae Jarvis | Main | Annie Funke | 2016 | 2017 | |||
Crossover between | Episode | Type | Actors crossing over | Date aired | ||
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Series A | Series B | Series C | ||||
Criminal Minds | Suspect Behavior | — | "The Fight" (Criminal Minds season 5 episode 18) | Backdoor Pilot |
| April 7, 2010 |
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men that occurred over the last three years. They begin working with another team of BAU agents who are investigating the murders of father-daughter duos, also occurring over the last three years, when both cases are connected. This episode launches the spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. | ||||||
Criminal Minds | Beyond Borders | — | "Beyond Borders" (Criminal Minds season 10 episode 19) | Backdoor Pilot | April 8, 2015 | |
When a family of four is abducted while on vacation in Barbados and the case is connected to one investigated in Florida the previous year, the BAU works with Jack Garrett and his International Response Team to find out who is behind these crimes. | ||||||
Beyond Borders | Criminal Minds | — | "The Harmful One" (Beyond Borders season 1 episode 1) | Guest Appearance | March 16, 2016 | |
David Rossi in the opening scene is at the firing range with Jack Garrett. | ||||||
Beyond Borders | Criminal Minds | — | "Denial" (Beyond Borders season 1 episode 3) | Guest Appearance | March 30, 2016 | |
Penelope Garcia in the opening scene looking for her octopus coffee mug that Russ Montgomery took. | ||||||
Criminal Minds | Beyond Borders | — | "Spencer" (Criminal Minds season 12 episode 13) | Guest Appearance | February 15, 2017 | |
When BAU member Spencer Reid gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the Clara Seger and Matthew Simmons from the International Response Team for their help. | ||||||
Beyond Borders | Criminal Minds | — | "Lost Souls" (Beyond Borders season 2 episode 1) | Guest Appearance | March 8, 2017 | |
Monty asks Garcia for help looking for the next of kin of the 23-member American church group that wenting missing in Tanzania. | ||||||
Beyond Borders | Criminal Minds | — | "Il Mostro" (Beyond Borders season 2 episode 2) | Guest Appearance | March 15, 2017 | |
When two American couples are gunned down in Florence in Italy, the IRT works with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and the Italian authorities to determine whether or not Italy's most infamous serial killer has returned. | ||||||
Beyond Borders | Criminal Minds | — | "Type A" (Beyond Borders season 2 episode 10) | Guest Appearance | May 3, 2017 | |
BAU Unit Chief, Emily Prentiss, brings a case to the IRT about an American that has committed a crime in Taipei that’s similar to an unsolved case in New York. | ||||||
CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive would develop a video game based on the show. The game would require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder mysteries. The interactive puzzle game was released in 2012, but the show's cast was not involved with the project so it did not feature any of their voices. [19] [20] [21]
Alana de la Garza is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Connie Rubirosa on the NBC television series Law & Order in the last four seasons of its initial run, Law & Order: LA until the show's conclusion in 2011, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also portrayed Marisol Delko-Caine on CSI: Miami. In 2014 and 2015, she starred as Detective Jo Martinez in the ABC series Forever. From 2016 to 2017, she starred in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Special Agent Clara Seger. In 2019, she began starring as SAC Isobel Castille on FBI, a role she also plays on the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted.
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