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  Average Rating for Criminal Minds - Series 1 [2005] - 3 out of 5

  
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• Criminal Minds - Series 1 [2005]

  lauren 23 July 2010

  

  This is a fantastic series. If you like C.S.I and have an interest in crime, this is definitely one to watch!

• Criminal Minds - Series 1 [2005]

  Laure Eve 08 April 2009

  

  There's something vaguely addictive about a show that promises you a look into behavioural analysis; almost as if you could watch a couple of episodes and then start intensely scanning everyone you meet to work out whether they might be a serial killer (note: this does not work).
  This is the only thing that sets it apart from other notable procedural dramas such as CSI, in that it centres around trying to understand some of the most incomprehensible (to the vast majority of us) people on the planet. Another place it succeeds where other similar shows may have failed before it is that every one of its main characters are interesting people. Agent Gideon is particularly fine - Mandy Patinkin plays him, he of 'The Princess Bride' fame. I kept resisting the urge to say sternly at the screen, 'You kill my father. Prepare to die.' This soon wore off, however, as i realised how much more craggy and serious he is in this one. Hotchner is the one who never cracks a smile, with the real life and family he's desperately trying to keep from slipping out of his fingers. There's the beautiful and irritating Elle Greenaway, whose temper often gets the better of her. The seeming 'jock' of the group, handsome Derek Morgan, with a bruised and awful past. The geeksome Spencer Reid whose IQ is off the scale and whose social interaction skills mirror some of the serial killers he helps to hunt. And computer techno whizz Penelope Garcia, sometime light relief and to whom the terms 'bubbly' and 'vulnerable' can merrily be applied without the viewer wanting to vomit. The one thing you start to realise if you watch the show with any regularity, is that the reason these people are so good at hunting society's predators may be that they're two steps away from the same behavioural problems themselves.
  
  Handling not only serial killers but sex crimes, hostage situations, wacky cult leaders and terrorism, the mix is varied and always compelling.
  

• Criminal Minds - Series 1 [2005]

  george 07 May 2008

  

  Although at first i found it difficult to picture Mandy Patinkin as anyone other than rube sofer in Dead Like Me, i found this show to actually be very convincing and iteresting due to its new perspective on criminal inverstigation. This show deals much more into the psychological mindset of the killer and tracking him/her this way. It makes for a refreshing change.

• Criminal Minds - Series 1 [2005]

  Linzi Markham 29 August 2007

  

  i love criminal minds, i think its got all asspects of the real world and how the fbi bau handle everything i love the hope team especially Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon

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The complete first season of the American drama series which revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyse the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. Special Agent Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) is the FBI's top behavioural analyst and he joins the Behavioral Analysis Unit lead by Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), a family man who is able to gain people's trust and unlock their secrets. Also on the team are Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau (AJ Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). Episodes comprise: 'Extreme Aggressor', 'Compulsion', 'Won't Get Fooled Again', 'Plain Sight', 'Broken Mirror', 'L.D.S.K.', 'The Fox', 'Natural Born Killer', 'Derailed', 'The Popular Kids', 'Blood Hungry', 'What Fresh Hell?', 'Poison', 'Riding The Lightning', 'Unfinished Business', 'The Tribe', 'A Real Rain', 'Somebody's Watching', 'Machismo', 'Charm and Harm', 'Secrets and Lies' and 'The Fisher King (1)'.

Criminal Minds revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. Special Agent Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) is the FBI's top behavioral analyst and he joins the Behavioral Analysis Unit lead by Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), a family man who is able to gain people's trust and unlock their secrets. Also on the team are Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), an agent with a background in sexual offenses; Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), an expert on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), a classically misunderstood genius whose social IQ is as low as his intellectual IQ is high; Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (AJ Cook), a confident young agent who acts as the unit liaison for the team, and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), a computer wizard who helps research the cases. Each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations and identify their emotional triggers in the attempt to stop them.   Episodes Comprise: 1. Extreme Aggressor 2. Compulsion 3. Won't Get Fooled Again 4. Plain Sight 5. Broken Mirror 6. L.D.S.K. 7. The Fox 8. Natural Born Killer 9. Derailed 10. The Popular Kids 11. Blood Hungry 12. What Fresh Hell? 13. Poison 14. Riding The Lightning 15. Unfinished Business 16. The Tribe 17. A Real Rain 18. Somebody's Watching 19. Machismo 20. Charm And Harm 21. Secrets And Lies 22. The Fisher King

Criminal Minds centres on the Behavioral Analysis Unit, a special section of the FBI that specialises in profiling, tracking, and apprehending serial killers and other compulsive bad guys. The programme's debut series stars Mandy Patinkin as the prickly Jason Gideon, widely recognised as the best profiler in the FBI; and Thomas Gibson as agent Aaron Hotchner. Their squad deals with a number of dangerous psychopaths, including a serial arsonist torching buildings at a college, a man who spends time pretending to be the father of various families before slaughtering them, and a deranged madman obsessed with King Arthur who pulls each member of the BAU out of their vacations by sending them individual clues. Meanwhile, each member of the unit struggles with how the intensity of their work life compromises their personal relationships.