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Thursday, February 27, 2014

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 919. The Edge of Winter - Press Release

AS THE BAU WRAPS UP A MURDER INVESTIGATION, MORGAN'S SEARCH FOR ANSWERS FROM A SURVIVOR COULD LEAVE HIM WITH MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASE, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

Guest Stars Include Aasha Davis as Survivor Daria Samsen and Emayatzy E. Corinealdi as Her Sister, Ellen Samsen

“The Edge of Winter” – As the BAU wraps up an investigation into unusual stabbings in Upstate New York, Morgan's visit with one of the crime's survivors could uncover more questions left for the team to answer, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, March 19 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Guest stars include Aasha Davis as survivor Daria Samsen and Emayatzy E. Corinealdi as her sister, Ellen Samsen.

CHEAT TWEET: Morgan is left w/more questions than answers when he questions a stabbing survivor on #CriminalMinds, 3/19, 9pm http://bit.ly/1bPogxJ

SERIES REGULARS:
Joe Mantegna (David Rossi)
Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner)
Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid)
A.J. Cook (Jennifer “JJ” Jareau)
Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)
Jeanne Tripplehorn (Alex Blake)

GUEST CAST:
Aasha Davis (Daria Samsen)
Emayatzy E. Corinealdi (Ellen Samsen)
Taymour Ghazi (Joe Bachner)
Anthony Nuccio (Coby Peters)
Mandi Kreisher (Carrie)
Caroline Lindy (Melissa)
Scott Speiser (Dr. Claude Pinault)
Lisa Kaminir (Dr. Carol Roberts)
Guy Nardulli (Det. Walker)
Isabella Way (Nurse)
Matthew Alan Brady (Lionel)
Marty Fortney (Dad)
Aaron Fili (M.E. Garrison)
Steven Dady (Son)
Sunny Suljic (Young Joe)

WRITTEN BY: Janine Sherman Barrois, one of the series’ executive producers
DIRECTED BY: Hanelle Culpepper

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 917. Persuasion - Promo Video

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 916. Gabby - Comments Thread

This thread is open for you all to post comments and talk about tonight's new CRIMINAL MINDS episode, titled 'Gabby' and co-written by Jim Clemente and Erica Messer.

Hope you've enjoyed today's episode, and remember that next week we'll have a brand new one airing back at the usual time!

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 915. Mr. & Mrs. Anderson - Review

It's been a while since I've had a review for Criminal Minds and I was hoping for a super episode to be able to review. However, I was once again let down a little. I found "Mr. & Mrs. Anderson" to be somewhat boring and predictable - it doesn't help that we once again know who the UNSUB is from the beginning of the episode. I long for an episode from Kim Harrison that is reminiscent of "Into the Woods". An episode that I want to keep on my DVR forever, but that was also too disturbing to watch again and again!

In "Mr. & Mrs. Anderson," a husband and wife team are killing young girls by luring them to their hotel room with the wife playing an almost mothering role and the husband then choking the girls. Both the husband and wife are sexually aroused by the killing. The couple has had it's ups and downs during the marriage and are in counseling. The counselor suggests that the husband needs to put his wife's needs first, at which point she recruits a young man who is killed. During the course of the investigation, the team finds cases with the same MO, and also rape/murders that they think are tied to the case, dating back to 1989. The team locates a victim who lived and when JJ interviews her, she is able to give them a name and remembers a tow truck. From this information, the team is able to discern who the couple is and arrest the wife. Judith Anderson defends her husband almost to the end - despite his infidelities, both in the marriage and in killing without her. It's not until the team locates Alan Anderson and shows Judith a picture of a locket that Alan gave Judith the previous night, and the victim wearing it, that Judith finally decides to cooperate.


Likes: Having Felix Alcala back as a director and the Valentine's Day date night scene at the end of the show. The previews for next week's ep with the hopes of what we, at CMRT, like to call a "Hotchalanche" (and I'm not even the Hotch fan!).



Dislikes: The predictability of the story line. Knowing the UNSUB from the beginning of the show. The team seemingly not even working together. Even my son asked if Hotch was gone due to his lack of screen time in this episode. I think the thing I found most disturbing about the entire episode was how much the marriage counselor looked like Eva Longoria.




Here's hoping for a nail biting, sitting on the edge of your seat episode next week!

~~~~Guinevere 

Monday, February 24, 2014

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - 918. Rabid - Press Release

WHEN VICTIMS ARE FOUND IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN MILWAUKEE, THE BAU IS CHALLENGED TO EXPLAIN THE CONDITION OF THE BODIES, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

“Rabid” – When three bodies are found with animal and human bite marks in a shallow grave near Milwaukee, the BAU has puzzling questions to answer. Meanwhile, Reid and Garcia work out for a company fitness test, but try to hide their preparation from Morgan, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, March 12 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CHEAT TWEET: The BAU sinks its teeth in a case when victims R found w/odd bite marks in Milwaukee on #CriminalMinds, 3/12, 9pm #CBS http://bit.ly/1mt6EsS

SERIES REGULARS:
Joe Mantegna (David Rossi)
Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner)
Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid)
A.J. Cook (Jennifer “JJ” Jareau)
Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)
Jeanne Tripplehorn (Alex Blake)

GUEST CAST:
Steve Monroe (David Wade Cunningham)
Dana Melanie (Gloria Wilson)
Chris Coy (Russell Holmes)
Tammy Lauren (Liz Foley)
Phil Abrams (Dr. Weinstein)
George Alvarez (Officer Kowalski)
Chloe Wepper (Barista)
Brittani Ebert (Soccer Mom)
Christopher Hatfield (Mr. Foley)
Jacqueline Scislowski (Foley Daughter #1)
Hannah Swain (Foley Daughter #2)
Shawn Kathryn Kane (Nanny)
Ayana Hampton (Jogger)

WRITTEN BY: Virgil Williams
DIRECTED BY: Doug Aarniokoski