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Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. The original title for Criminal Minds was Quantico, and the pilot was filmed in Vancouver. In the Quantico script, Jason Gideon was named Jason Donovan.
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 the sixth episode, “The Boogeyman,” and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) replaced her in the ninth episode, “The Last Word.” At the beginning of the third season, Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) departed after two episodes, making his last appearance in “In Name and Blood.” After a gap of several episodes, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) came out of retirement in episode six, “About Face,” to replace him.
Current Characters
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent/Former Unit Chief Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner – played by Thomas Gibson, Hotch used to be a prosecutor, and was formerly assigned to the FBI Field Office in Seattle. He is divorced (his ex-wife is Haley) and has a son named Jack.
FBI BAU Senior Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi –