Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is a television show about an elite team of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds
in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.
Actors/Actresses:
- Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner
- Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
- Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Dr. Spencer Reid
- A.J. Cook as Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau
- Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
S08E02: The Pact
The team is called to southwest California when two murders occur within three hours of each other
in San Diego and Los Angeles. Each victim was chained to the back of a vehicle and dragged. The first
was dragged post mortem, while the second was still alive when initially dragged, which shows either two
unsubs or a quick escalation in the evolution of the single unsub's psyche. The victimology is different,
the first a middle class wife and mother, the second an ex-con drug addict. These differences are brought
together when a third murder occurs. Garcia determines that a common factor is a connection to the violent
death of two specific children, and people associated with those children being brought together through an
online support group. They quickly identify the two unsubs and their intended fourth target. However, the nature
of that fourth intended victim has an impact on how this final encounter will play out.
S08E05: The Good Earth
In four separate incidents, four men have gone missing in La Grande, Oregon, having never made it to their
intended destination while driving. The latest missing man, Terry Rodgers, doesn't quite fit the victimology of
the first three, who are all middle class healthy family men and long time La Grande residents, whereas Rodgers
is single, recently arrived in La Grande, living off the grid, and slightly out of shape, although he was trying
to improve his health. His was the only vehicle found, off road, tire tracks from another vehicle found adjacent,
and vomit presumed to be his next to his vehicle. Analysis of that vomit shows that it was Rodgers' and he had elevated
levels of melatonin in his system - in other words, he was drugged. When a body of one of the men is found drowned,
the team comes up with a profile of the unsub. But when another person goes missing who doesn't fit the victimology,
that person who is eventually found, the team adds an extra dimension to their unsub profile. It isn't until the other
three vehicles are found that the team believes they can narrow down their search and hopefully three still alive men.
S08E07: The Fallen
The BAU travels to Santa Monica, California where three bodies, burned beyond recognition, in three separate incidents,
have been found at the famous pier. After the autopsies, it is learned that the victims were stabbed to death, with the
burning being a cover. When a fourth victim is discovered with a slightly different mode of death, they determine that
the victims were all homeless who were trying to make a living on the street. In the process of the investigation, Rossi
unexpectedly runs into an old colleague among the homeless. For Rossi, finding the unsub thus becomes as much part of his
regular job as it is as a means of repaying his old colleague, who refuses Rossi's help to clean up his life
Krista Cleary