Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds
Created by	Jeff Davis
Cast	Mandy Patinkin Thomas Gibson Lola Glaudini Shemar Moore Matthew Gray Gubler A. J. Cook Kirsten Vangsness Paget Brewster Joe Mantegna Rachel Nichols Jeanne Tripplehorn Jennifer Love Hewitt Aisha Tyler Adam Rodriguez Damon Gupton Daniel Henney
Country	USA
Network	CBS
Years	2005-2020, 2022-
Genre(s)	Police procedural
Seasons	15
Episodes	324
Connections
Spin-off	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Related	It Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Brand	Morley

Criminal Minds is an American police procedural series created by Jeff Davis for CBS. It began running on September 22, 2005 and concluded on February 19, 2020, before returning for a sixteenth season on Paramount+ on November 24, 2022.

Series summary

Criminal profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate violent and unusual crimes, with episodes focusing largely on the criminals rather than the crimes themselves. The cast is large and frequently changes members; the current team includes unit chief Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), and special agents Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Jennifer Jareau (A.J. Cook) and Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler).

Spin-off

• "The Fight" was the backdoor pilot for Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. It was a short-lived spin-off series starring Forest Whitaker as unit chief Sam Cooper. It was canceled after one season. Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds was a regular on this series as well.
• "Beyond Borders" was the backdoor pilot for Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds appeared in "Denial" and "Lost Souls".
• A non-contiguous South Korean remake of the same name ran from July to September 2017

Westphall connections in Criminal Minds

• Derry, Maine, the setting of the It miniseries is mentioned in "Mr. Scratch."
• Sunnydale High School, the High School attended by Buffy and the main characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is mentioned as being the high school attended by a suspect in the episode "Hashtag".

Brand connections in Criminal Minds

• Red box Morley cigarettes, first smoked by Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and smoked by the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files, were an important clue in the Criminal Minds "North Mammon" investigation. They are also smoked by characters in several other shows: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lois in Malcolm in the Middle, Warwick Brown in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. They appeared in Huff previously and Prison Break next.
• Let's Potato Chips appeared in the episode "Rabid".
• Finder-Spyder appeared in “Zoe’s Reprise”, “Pleasure is My Business”, “Hopeless”, “Cradle to the Grave”, and “100”
• Heisler appears in "The Perfect Storm".
• The Philadelphia Chronicle appears in "Limelight".

See also

• Criminal Minds on the Criminal Minds wiki.