Criminal Minds Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - Comments Thread

This thread is open for you all to post comments and talk about tonight's new CRIMINAL MINDS episode, titled 'Anonymous', written by Bruce Zimmerman and Danny Ramm.

Hope you've enjoyed today's episode, and remember that next week we'll have a new brand one!

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - Sneak Peeks

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - BTS: 1017. Breath Play

This post may contain spoilers, probably small, but they may be big too; proceed with caution!
This post will be updated when more images of our dear gang are shared from the set.

I love signs! - Photo by Harry Bring

While scouting locations Friday I found a Throne chair I would dearly love to own. I
don't have anywhere to put it. - Photo by Harry Bring

Do you know what's BETTER than getting your first prime time NETWORK TV Audition?????
BOOKING your FIRST prime time NETWORK TV ROLE!!  See you on "CRIMINAL MINDS!" on CBS.
Filming my episode later this week! - Photo by Jason Alexander Charchan

Erik Stiller rocking it on his first ep of @CrimMinds_CBS @criminalmindsrt
- Photo by Janine Sherman Barrois

@hillview798 is back directing on @CriminalMinds_CBS!! We love her! #tableread #killin' it!
- Photo by Janine Sheman Barrois

Table Read 10-17 - Photo by Harry Bring

Just wrapped up a "table read" with the entire cast of "CRIMINAL MINDS".... including ME!
- Photo by Jason Alexander Charchan 

Day One episode 10-17. Setting up for first scene. Director: Hanelle Culpepper. Writer: Erik Stiller.
- Photo by Harry Bring

DEREK MORGAN CATCHING FLIGHT!!! On set today Filming the latest episode of CRIMINAL MINDS....
- Photo by Shemar Moore

Today is Day 1of8 for first time writer #ErikStiller. #CriminalMinds #TheyGrowUpSoFast
- Photo by CM_SetReport

2 hours to go for an all new #CriminalMinds. Plenty of time to hit the showers. - Photo by CM_SetReport

Hot seat a cop Thursday... #fleabag #hotseat #shovelhead #panhead #knucklehead #flathead #ironhead #UltraClassic #harleydavidson #workin #CriminalMinds #Hollywood #California #wintersucks #carssuck #Milwaukee #Wisconsin - Photo by Fleabag

Juliet's TV debut ! On set today of Criminal Minds #jjbarnestwins #criminalminds - Photo by Veronique Vicari Barnes

Hanging on set with the camera boys from Criminal Minds. #CriminalMinds #KeslowCamera #Hollywood
- Photo by Brian Jones

Making television, people! With @rickdunkle on #CriminalMinds Ep10x17 Day 1of8.
- Photo by CM_SetReport

A Tale of Two Shemars @shemarmoore #CriminalMinds from Ep10x17 Day1of8 - Photo by CM_SetReport

 Just your local friendly neighborhood #CriminalMinds crew. - Photo by CM_SetReport 

It's all fun and games till you learn who your neighbors are. #CriminalMinds Ep 10x17
Day 2 of 8. - Photo by CM_SetReport

@CM_SetReport stage work to match what we shot last Thurs night.
- Photo by John Hatchitt

Look at what fabulousness i found!!! - Photo by Linda De Andrea

We had a visitor on set today! @MeJaag59 #criminalminds #shesback - Photo by CM_SetReport

On set @CrimMinds_CBS -in Hotchner's arms again! W hubby @michelgill ♥ ♥ - Photo by Jayne Atkinson

Always great to see our dear friend Hotch! Group 14 buds 4ever! @MeJaag59 @JuilliardSchool @CrimMinds_CBS
- Photo by Michel Gill

Twilight at the stages! - Photo by Linda De Andrea

Introducing Erik Stiller...the writer of tonight's steamy episode. #CriminalMinds
#TONIGHT - Photo by CM_SetReport

On set with @Hillview798, the director of tonight's wild episode! #CriminalMinds #tonight @erikstiller22
- Photo by CM_SetReport

The Unsub's POV from #tonights extra creeeeeepy #CriminalMinds written by
@erikstiller22 & directed by @Hillview798 - Photo by CM_SetReport

A sneak peak into the many "shades" of tonight's #CriminalMinds. Tune in NOW....
@erikstiller22 @Hillview798 #tonight - Photo by CM_SetReport

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1015. Scream - Press Release

VICTIMS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE THE BAU ON THE HUNT FOR AN UNSUB WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED ABUSE, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11

Greg Grunberg Guest Stars as Kate's Husband, Chris Callahan

“Scream” – Victims in California have the BAU searching for an UnSub who may have witnessed abuse as a child. Meanwhile, Kate shows parental concern when her niece, Meg, makes a date with a friend to meet a boy they met online, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Feb. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg; “Felicity,” “Lost”) guest stars as Kate's husband, Chris Callahan.

CHEAT TWEET: Will Kate B OK when niece Meg makes a date 2 meet a boy? @greggrunberg guests on @CrimMinds_CBS #CBS 2/11 9pm! http://bit.ly/15um5Ot

REGULAR CAST:
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)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Kate Callahan)

RECURRING CAST:
Hailey Sole (Meg Callahan)

GUEST CAST:
Greg Grunberg (Chris Callahan)
Brian Poth (Peter Folkmore)
Lisa Brenner (Greta Thomas)
Tyee Tilghman (Detective Davenport)
Taylor Mosby (Markayla Davis)
Jessica Martin (Lauren White)
Livia Treviño (Dr. Felicia Campo)
Jennifer Marks (Heather White)
Dexter Cross (Conner Thomas)
Martin Kove (John Folkmore)
Ty Haile (Young Peter)
Emily Kosloski (Karen Holden)
Joe Fiske (Frank Holden)

WRITTEN BY: Kimberly Ann Harrison
DIRECTED BY: Hanelle Culpepper

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - Joe Mantegna & Danny Ramm's Video Interview

If not for a high draft number, Joe Mantegna might have chosen a career in the military instead of a forty-year career in entertainment. On Criminal Minds, Mantegna portrays David Rossi, an ex-FBI agent who was also once a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. This aspect of his character is especially important to Mantegna, who comes from a military family and is very passionate about military and veterans' issues.

In the video above, Mantegna talks about his experiences with the military and why veterans mean so much to him. He and freelance writer Danny Ramm also talk about how and why they decided to highlight the plight of...

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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1011. The Forever People - Review

This week's episode - The Forever People - brought us back around to dealing with the fall-out of the events of episode 200. As we all well recall, JJ was kidnapped and brutally tortured in that episode. She was eventually saved by her very worried team with assistance from Prentiss. It seemed after that that the issues had been swept away, but Wednesday's episode reminded us that such is rarely the case when trauma is involved.

First, I should admit, I'm incredibly biased when it comes to JJ episodes. She's my favorite character so I'm always going to perk up and take extra notice of her scenes and her complications. I was actually very pleased to see them return to this because, frankly, a show about the degradation and downfall of the human psyche and brain should deal with their own characters struggling as well.

In brief, this episode's plot was about a a man who had gone undercover in a cult in order to save his son. The mother of his child had already been killed after undergoing a bizarre "cold" ritual meant to encourage her to face her worst fears. And that was the underlying theme of the episode - facing fears. It was something that JJ was struggling to do throughout the episode and by the end of it, we realized that she had a very long way to go.




What I Liked:

• AJ Cook was fantastic. I've watched AJ since her days way back on Higher Ground and have always known that she can knock intense and painful material out of the park, and she really showed it.
  
• The Reid/JJ scene from the bathroom to the office was great, and you felt bad for both of them; he wanted so badly to help her and yet didn't have any easy answers. This wasn't neat and simple and that was a relief. I especially liked their final scene when he hopefully asked if she felt better and I would guess many of us in the audience expected a "yes"… so it was nice to hear a "no" because that felt real and honest. And I liked hearing Emily get mentioned.
• The stand-out scene of the episode was the final one. From reading the cringe-worthy file to facing the ghost in her mind. Insanely good acting and just really compelling and meaty material.
• The case itself was somewhat interesting but especially the father and his motives. The scene between he and JJ was really nice without going overboard into melodrama over the un.
• Loved the Reid/Kate/Morgan plane scene… especially with the Hotch fist-bump. That was a nice moment of playing against character expectations and having some fun with them.

What I Didn't Like:

• The lack of Hotch being involved. Hotch knows JJ pretty damn well. Don't tell me he wouldn't have noticed that she's crumbling. If she has a massive part of her mind telling her that these demons of hers are going to strip her of everything, then she really needs her family both at the BAU and at home. And I get it, right? Reid won't betray her confidence but this is an ugly situation and when people are begging JJ not to go alone and she does and she has shown other signs of distress, it doesn't make sense to me that Hotch isn't all over this. But hopefully this isn't the end of this arc and by the time it, he'll be stepping in to assist her because he understands better than most.
  
• This is probably really nitpicky, but they should have brought the son to the hospital where the father would have been recovering likely from hypothermia instead of suggesting dad recovered instantly. 

Overall, this was a strong episode for me (and for JJ) especially thanks to extremely strong acting work by AJ. I look forward to seeing where this story goes.


~~~~Sir Gareth

CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - The Bryan Times Interviews Joe Mantegna

by Jay Bobbin


Joe Mantegna is saying farewell to a famous friend in a special way.

The “Criminal Minds” star recalls one of the show's recurring guests — the late Meshach Taylor (“Designing Women”) — in the second episode of the long-running CBS mystery series that Mantegna also has directed, airing Wednesday, Jan. 21. It brings Behavioral Analysis Unit agent David Rossi (Mantegna) unsettling news about fellow war veteran Harrison Scott (Taylor's character) just as Rossi is about to spend time with Joy (Amber Stevens), the daughter he recently learned he has.

“It was emotional,” Mantegna confirms of filling two jobs on the story by Bruce Zimmerman and Mantegna's longtime assistant, Danny Ramm. “The last 10 minutes of the episode is basically...

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