Criminal Minds S4

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An elite team of FBI profilers analyse America’s most twisted criminal minds, pinpointing their motives and emotional triggers in an attempt to stop them. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases. The team - made up of the daughter of a high-powered diplomat, an expert on obsessional crimes, a genius, and a computer wizard who helps research the cases – is a force to be reckoned with.

Meet the Characters

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent/Unit Chief Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner

Thomas Gibson
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi

Joe Mantegna
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent/Temporary Unit Chief Derek Morgan

Shemar Moore
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid

Matthew Gray Gubler

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Episodes

Episode 1

Mayhem

When an SUV carrying members of the BAU explodes, the rest of the team fights to save their colleagues and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing. Michael Steger (90210) guest stars.
Episode 2

The Angel Maker

When a series of murders are linked to a serial killer who was executed a year ago, the BAU must find the connection between him and the current killing spree.
Episode 3

Minimal Loss

When Prentiss and Reid go undercover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult, they get trapped inside the compound when a federal raid goes bad. Luke Perry (Beverly Hills, 90210) guest stars as cult leader Benjamin Cyrus.
Episode 4

Paradise

A serial killer who disguises his victims' demise by creating car accidents to mask their earlier deaths is the subject of a BAU manhunt. William Mapother (Lost) and Wil Wheaton (Numb3rs) guest star.
Episode 5

Catching Out

A serial killer who jumps trains and targets people living near the railway is the subject of a BAU manhunt. Meta Golding (Day Break) guest stars.
Episode 6

The Instincts

While investigating the kidnapping of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid begins to have dreams that may help reveal some buried memories from his childhood. Jane Lynch (Glee) guest stars as Dr. Reid's mother, Diana Reid.
Episode 7

Memoriam

Dr. Reid embarks on his own investigation into the murder of a young boy years earlier in Las Vegas that he strongly believes has a connection to his own childhood. Jane Lynch (Glee) guest stars as Dr. Reid's mother, Diana Reid.
Episode 8

Masterpiece

The team must profile a self-confessed serial killer who turns himself in, but sends them on a massive manhunt to find his latest victims before it is too late. Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Ali Landry (Eve) and Nicholas Brendon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) guest star.
Episode 9

52 Pickup

Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a pickup artist who uses his skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.
Episode 10

Brothers in Arms

A BAU case hits close to home for Morgan, who was a cop before joining the team, when a serial killer specifically focuses on members of the police force in Phoenix, Ariz.
Episode 11

Normal

The team investigates a serial killer dubbed "The Road Warrior," a suspect who kills luxury car owners while they are driving on freeways in Southern California. Faith Ford (Murphy Brown) and Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) guest star.
Episode 12

Soul Mates

The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice.
Episode 13

Bloodline

The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young women. Emmy award nominated actor Tim Matheson (The West Wing) directs the episode.
Episode 14

Cold Comfort

Agents Hotchner and Rossi track a suspect who abducts, kills and embalms his victims in order to spend more time with them.
Episode 15

Zoe’s Reprise

The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.
Episode 16

Pleasure is My Business

The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure and kill high-powered executives.
Episode 17

Demonology

Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.
Episode 18

Omnivore

Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders) guest stars as George Foyet.
Episode 19

House on Fire

The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.
Episode 20

Conflicted

The team travels to South Padre Island during spring break to find a serial killer who is targeting college students on vacation.
Episode 21

A Shade of Gray

When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.
Episode 22

The Big Wheel

When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight) guest stars.
Episode 23

Roadkill

A series of vehicular homicides along a dangerous stretch of road in Bend, Oregon may be the work of a serial killer
Episode 24

Amplification

When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.
Episode 25

To Hell…

The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril, on the two-hour, fourth season finale event.
Episode 26

… And Back

The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril, on the two-hour, fourth season finale event.

Characters

FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent/Unit Chief Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner

Thomas Gibson

Hotchner used to be a prosecutor, and was formerly assigned to the FBI Field Office in Seattle. His attempts to balance his family life and his job successfully had been an ongoing theme on the show.
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi

Joe Mantegna

Rossi, a "founding father" of the BAU, was in early retirement until his voluntary return to the BAU in 2007. He had retired in order to write books and go on lecture tours, but returned to settle some unfinished business which was revealed shortly after his return.
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent/Temporary Unit Chief Derek Morgan

Shemar Moore

Morgan is a confident, assertive, and often hot-tempered character. He went to Northwestern University on a football scholarship, holds a black belt in Judo, runs FBI self-defense classes, and served in a bomb squad unit and as a Chicago police officer.
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid

Matthew Gray Gubler

Dr. Reid is a genius who graduated from a Las Vegas public high school at age 12. He is almost always introduced as Dr. Reid, even as the others are introduced as S.S.A. 'blank'. This was explained by S.S.A. Hotchner in the first (pilot) episode that the reason why he gets called that by the other members of the team is to deflect comments about his age. It has been revealed that he holds Doctorates in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Engineering, BAs in Psychology and Sociology, and is working on a BA in Philosophy.
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau

AJ Cook

Jareau acts as the team's liaison with the media and local police agencies. She is dating William LaMontagne, a New Orleans Police Officer. The two have a son together, Henry.
FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia

Kristen Vangsness

Garcia is the team's computer technician at BAU Headquarters in Quantico. She lost both her parents at a young age and then lived off the grid as a computer hacker. Garcia brought the attention of the FBI upon herself after illegally accessing some of their equipment. She had little choice but to join the ranks of the bureau to avoid a jail sentence. She is godmother to Jareau's son, Henry.
FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss

Paget Brewster

Daughter of an ambassador, Prentiss showed up with papers stating she was the newest member of the BAU. It was implied initially that she pulled some strings through family ties to get her placement on the team. However, it is later revealed that FBI Section Chief Director Erin Strauss placed her there to undermine Hotchner. She refused to do so, and decides to resign instead. She is a self-professed nerd and is also well spoken in some foreign languages.