Criminal Minds is an awesome show. It's not your run of the mill crime fighting series. I just find what they do so fascinating.
So instead of the usual motive and opportunity thing that cops do, the team studies the behaviour of criminals, mostly serial killers. It's called profiling. But in the show they also study behaviour in kidnappings, hostage situations, basically any kind of bad guy. And an awesome team they are :) They're part of a branch of the FBI and they solve cases all over the country; there was even one case where they went to Mexico. So yeah, they're a big deal.
I like the current team better than the original team though. The old team had this irritating, 'I'm so hot' kinda woman called Elle. She's so unimportant I even forgot her last name. Hang on, hang on, I'm IMDB-ing. Ah here we are, Elle Greenaway. She was played by Lola Glaudini. But yeah, she was annoying.
Yeah, yeah she's kinda hot. But she annoyed the crap outta me. It didn't help her cause that her replacement is so much awesomer than she was.
The other former team member was their leader Jason Gideon. He was pretty all right, but he could be kinda scary and humourless at times. He left in one of the earlier seasons after his life got pretty freaky from all the serial killers they were chasing. He was played by Mandy Patinkin. I'll never get over that name. Mandy. Huh. You noticed that I said he was, well a 'he' right?
He was the sort of fatherly figure whenever they were questioning people and stuff. He was pretty likeable.
Anyway, let's get to the current team! :D
First of all, we have SSA Aaron Hotchner, the leader/boss man.
Oh I know he doesn't look like much, but start watching Criminal Minds and you'll fall madly in love with him. He's such a great boss but at the same time he's tough as nails on anyone on the outside. And he has a son who he's a complete softie with, which is so adorable. And he really, really takes care of his team, which is so hot. Aaron Hotchner will blow your freaking mind.
This video was when Hotch was testifying in court to an attorney who was quite doubtful of their whole 'studying behaviour' thing.
You go Hotch!! Anyway, his awesomeness aside, he also has a sense of humour that kinda hits you unawares. See what he had to say when one of his guys, Reid, gets a haircut.
Oh, Hotch. I just love you.
Okay, next we have SSA David Rossi, who's basically the 'mom' to Aaron Hotchner's 'dad'.
Just so you know, he's not as scary as he looks :) He joined the team when Gideon left. Or rejoined rather. He was one of the people who actually founded the BAU (that's the Behavioural Analysis Unit to all you Criminal Minds newbies) in the FBI. So anyway, he was a little annoying at first, not used to operating in a team and stuff. This is how he behaved in the earlier episodes when he first appeared.
Anyway, he turned into a big grandpa eventually. Now I actually kinda like him. He provides some humour from time to time too :)
LOL we'll get to the adorable know-it-all Dr. Reid now I guess.
Okay Dr. Spencer Reid.
Where do I begin? He's this genius with an IQ of 187 or something and he has an eidetic memory. He loves to spew out random facts about anything and everything and always has too much information and a serious case of verbal diarrhea. But he still manages to be totally adorable.
Okay look how smart he is. This is an episode where he has to crack a code in these letters that a bad guy in jail was sending to his girlfriend.
LOL he's so lifelike! And this one's funny too...
Gosh, I love Reid.
Oh and then comes the sexiest man on the team. SSA Derek Morgan *sigh*.
Isn't he gorgeous?? Is that explanation enough about why he's awesome? :D Aaanyway, Derek Morgan's the tough one in the team. He's all suave and to the point and...well he's hot. He was leader of the team for a while when Hotch was gone and he's so cool when he's all Alpha Male and stuff. But he's loyal to Hotch and to the team. So loyal that when he thought Prentiss, another member of the team, died, he hunted down her killer. Just because. Derek Morgan is awesome. And funny too. Him and Reid are absolutely hilarious together.
And as if that wasn't funny enough....
LOL
So next we have SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau.
Isn't she pretty??? Anyway she used to be the one who chose which cases they took and handled all their liaisons with all the different police departments and with the media, but as of Season 7 she became a full on profiler. She also started dating one of the police officers from one of their cases, who was kinda cute by the way, and eventually they had a baby. She's sort of a mom to Reid especially.
SEE, she's funny! Boys, behave or I will ground you both :p
And then there's my absolute favourite, SSA Emily Prentiss!!!
I just love Emily Prentiss. She's this ambassador's daughter so she's lived all over the world and is fluent in lots of languages. And she's that annoying Elle Greenaway's replacement. Sooo much awesomer than Elle fucking Greenaway. Anyway, I love how she's so sensible and she rarely gets weepy or emotional. She's pretty funny too, scroll back up to "he's so lifelike", would you? :) There are a few more where those came from...
Look at that smile at 0:57. *sigh*
And last but not lease we have the Technical Analyst (basically their computer superstar) Penelope Garcia! I love Garcia too, she's hilarious. She and Morgan have this flirty thing going on and GOD she's so lucky.
Oh and check out this video from 5:20, I think it's the funniest thing I've seen in the show. So at 5:20 you get to see how Morgan and Garcia usually talk right? Keep watching until Garcia gets on the phone again and see what happens :D
Oh yeah, it's pretty obvious you were expecting someone else Garcia :D
Oh and there's one more.
LOL what's it like at Kwan-tee-co?
There's a lot to love about Criminal Minds, folks.
But if you watch nothing else, just watch Season 7 Episode 9. The ending made me wanna cheer like I was at a sports event.
Oh that mock salute. This Josh Redding character made me swoon.
In conclusion, Criminal Minds just rocks to hell and back and all you people who don't watch it have no idea what you're missing out on.
And with that, I sign off. Cheers :)
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