Criminal Minds - Season 3 Premieres: Wednesday, September 26th at 9 p.m. EST Network: CBS Creator(s):Edward Allen Bernero, Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera Starring:A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Joe Mantegna Website: CBS.com
It’s FBI Profilers, all the time in this edgy drama about the Behavior Analysis Unit, a group that analyzes the country’s most twisted criminals and tries to anticipate their next move before they make it. Up until now, Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) has helmed the group. He's a family guy whose biggest strength is his ability to gain peoples’ trust. Working with him: Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), an expert on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), a genius at work, but a wallflower at parties (forget that – he wouldn’t even GO to a party); Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), the daughter of diplomats who must prove her worth to the team; Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), a computer geek who researches cases; and Jennifer “JJ” Jareau (A.J. Cook), a gutsy young agent who’s also the unit liaison for the team. Working together, these folks try to decode the warped minds that commit horrendous crimes. It’s not pretty.
Even people who’ve never watched this show have heard the buzz about Mandy Patinkin leaving. Replacing him is the extremely talented Joe Mantegna, who’ll play David Rossi. Also hanging around the exit door is Thomas Gibson, who, according to an Entertainment Weekly story, will say farewell in Season Three’s premiere episode.
It’s amazing that the crime drama genre continues to steam merrily along every year. Apparently, we’re a nation obsessed with, well, obsessed criminals. Is this a good thing? Who knows, but at least it keeps us off the streets providing headline fodder for yet more crime drama shows. And if a show makes it past Season One…well, just keep your eye out for 53 spin-offs of Criminal Minds, akin to CSI and Law & Order. You heard it here first.
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I think this is a shell game, Hotch, the character that Thomas Gibson plays, requests a transfer so as not to become more important to the team than the crimes. If he gets the transfer and for how long, is the issue, mot IMO, that the man is leaving the show.
Don't mind me, but those people at Entertainment Weekly are jerks. And plus, Thomas Gibson is NOT fully leaving the show. His character is being targeted by a woman who wants him out. Eventually, he comes back to the BAU.
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September 14, 2007 at 20:48
September 14, 2007 at 02:09