CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER! 8.17 "The Gathering" Sneak Peek

'Criminal Minds': Shemar Moore on violence, video games and 'Django Unchained'

By Kate O'Hare

On CBS' Wednesday drama "Criminal Minds," Shemar Moore plays FBI Agent Derek Morgan, one of the FBI profiling team that heads out each week from the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Va., to hunt down killers -- usually serial killers.

With the current debate raging about the effect of on-screen violence on incidents of real-world violence, "Criminal Minds" would seem to be a natural target of the anti-violence, anti-gun movement.

Not so fast, says Moore.

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Criminal Minds Promo Video for episode 8.17 'The Gathering'

Criminal Minds. Episode 8.18: "Restoration". Press Release

WHEN THE BAU HEADS TO MORGAN’S OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO WHERE HE FACES HIS PAINFUL PAST, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
Skipp Sudduth Returns as Captain Stan Gordinski, Who Helps the Team with the Investigation, and Julius Tennon Reprises His Role as Carl Buford, Morgan’s Abuser

“Restoration” – The BAU goes to Morgan’s old neighborhood in urban Chicago in search of an UnSub targeting middle-aged men, and a clue leads Morgan to believe that they are after someone connected to the man who molested him as a child, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 3 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Skipp Sudduth (THE GOOD WIFE, “Third Watch”) returns as Captain Stan Gordinski, who helps the team with the investigation, and Julius Tennon (“Lonesome Dove”) reprises his role as Carl Buford, the man who abused Morgan as a child.

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:
Keith Tisdell (Rodney Harris)
Dennis LaValle (Anthony Rango)
Jakobe Dempsey (Jerome)
Joe DiGiovanni (Billy)
Skipp Sudduth (Captain Stan Gordinski)
Adela Tirado (Officer Rodriguez)
Julius Tennon (Carl Buford)
Joy DeMichelle (Shondra Walters)
Tom Williamson (James Barfield)
Jordan Aaron Carroll (Teen Morgan)
Garland Whitt (Keron Bendor)
Donis Leonard, Jr. (Tyler Harris)
Nadege August (Sheila Goode)
Ricardo Mamood-Vega (Paul Kelly)
Wendy Rosoff (Female Reporter #1)
A’da Alison Woolfolk (Female Reporter #2)
Vito Viscuso (Male Reporter #3)
Everton Lawrence (Akil)

WRITTEN BY: Jim Clemente and series executive producer Janine Sherman Barrois
DIRECTED BY: Felix Alcala

Criminal Minds date for the Season 8 Finale announced

The Criminal Minds Season 8 finale will air on May 22, 2013 from 9pm to 11pm!

Yes we will have, like last season, another two hours season finale!

source: CBS