Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds is an American crime drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. The

show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. On May 20, 2009, CBS officially renewed Criminal Minds for a fifth season, which premiered on September 23, 2009 at 9:00PM ET. Originally, the series centered on Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the BAU team. For the first season, that included Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau or "JJ" (A. J. Cook) and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). During the second season Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) left after 2x06 (second season, sixth episide, thus 2x06) "The Boogeyman", and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) soon replaced her, in 2x09 "The Last Word". At the beginning of the third season Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin)