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Production Companies: Paramount Television, Touchstone Television, Paramount Network Television Productions, and The Mark Gordon Company
Producers: Edward Allen Bernero and Mark Gordon
Creator: Jeff Davis
Back for its seventh season, Criminal Minds continues to follow the work of an elite team of FBI profilers who probe the country's most perverse criminal minds, striving to predict their behavior and catch them before they can hurt any more victims. The Behavioral Analysis Unit is lead by Special Agent Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner, who is expert in gaining people's trust and unlocking their secrets. Also on the team are Emily Prentiss, an agent with friends in high government places; David Rossi, a criminologist who came out of retirement to rejoin the team; Special Agent Derek Morgan, an expert on obsessional crimes; and Dr. Spencer Reid, a genius who knows something about everything. At the beginning of the season, the long-time press liaison for the group, JJ Jeareau, was reinstated as a member of the team.
Violence is frequent and often extreme on Criminal Minds. Episodes have depicted a woman held in a cage by her killer; an arsonist's victim burning alive; and women being attacked by a serial rapist/murderer. Sex on the series is never depicted in any romantic or loving terms; it is all related to violent crimes or sociopathic disorders. There are often descriptions of sexual dysfunction such as premature ejaculation, the killer having abnormally small genitals, and similar descriptions. One recent episode depicted a man who kidnapped teenage girls, held them hostage and poured acid in their mouths, ears, noses, eyes and on their hands to destroy their senses. Foul language used includes the words “ass,” euphemisms for the “f” word, “hell,” “son of a bitch,” “bastard,” and “damn.”
Criminal Minds is not recommended for viewers under age 18.
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