Criminal Minds: Season 1
Paramount Pictures (2005)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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16 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
A.J. Cook Jennifer Jareau
Thomas Gibson Aaron Hotchner
Lola Glaudini Elle Greenaway
Matthew Gray Gubler Dr. Spencer Reid
Shemar Moore Derek Morgan
Mandy Patinkin Jason Gideon
Kirsten Vangsness Penelope Garcia
Director
Charles Haid
Guy Norman Bee
Producer Debra J. Fisher
Edward Allen Bernero
Writer Debra J. Fisher
Jeff Davis

Their Job isito Catch Criminals. Their Specialty isito Think Like Them.

Special Agents Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) head up the FBI's most elite profiling team - experts in analyzing criminal minds. Each team member has their specialty. There's Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), who has a background in sexual offenses; Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), who focuses on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart-but-socially-challenged genius; and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), the rookie. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they match wits with the most ruthless criminals on earth.
Episodes
 1 hr 0 mins    9/22/2005  1.  Extreme Aggressor (Pilot)
After a fourth women goes missing in as many months, the team is brought in to track down the guy before he kidnaps again. Hotch is asked to secretly evaluate Gideon to see if he is ready to work full time again.
Director:  Richard Shepard  Writer:  Jeff Davis 
Guest starring:  Lukas HaasJoanne WhalleyKirsten VangsnessMeredith MonroeChelah HorsdalDJ Qualls, Andrew Jackson, Louise Grant,  David Lewis
 1 hr 0 mins    9/28/2005  2.  Compulsion
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Director:  Charles Haid  Writer:  Jeff Davis 
Guest starring:  Sage Mears, Bob Jesser, Kristen Caldwell, Evan Lee Dahl, Rolando Millet
 1 hr 0 mins    10/5/2005  3.  Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
Director:  Kevin Bray  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
 1 hr 0 mins    10/12/2005  4.  Plain Sight
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
Director:  Matt Earl Beesley  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
 1 hr 0 mins    10/19/2005  5.  Broken Mirror
The BAU investigates the kidnapping of a U.S. District Attorney's daughter and determines the kidnapper isn't seeking money -- he's after her twin sister.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Judith McCreary 
 1 hr 0 mins    11/2/2005  6.  L.D.S.K.
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the team works with local law enforcement officers to recreate one of the shootings.
Director:  Ernest Dickerson  Writer:  Andrew Wilder 
 1 hr 0 mins    11/9/2005  7.  The Fox
The BAU profiles a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
 1 hr 0 mins    11/16/2005  8.  Natural Born Killer
When an undercover cop goes missing, the BAU team believes a serial killer has something to do with his disappearance.
Director:  Peter Ellis  /  Felix Enriquez Alcala  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher  / Jeff Davis 
 1 hr 0 mins    11/23/2005  9.  Derailed
Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train by a paranoid schizophrenic who's convinced that the U.S. government is monitoring him.
Director:  Felix Enriquez Alcala  / Peter Ellis  Writer:  Jeff Davis  / Erica Messer 
 1 hr 0 mins    11/30/2005  10.  The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
Director:  Andy Wolk  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
 1 hr 0 mins    12/14/2005  11.  Blood Hungry
While Gideon is stuck at the office on crutches, the rest of the team travels to Tennessee to track down a killer who disembowels his victims and supposedly eats their organs.
Director:  Charles Hied  Writer:  Ed Napier 
 1 hr 0 mins    1/11/2006  12.  What Fresh Hell?
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.
Director:  Adam Davidson  Writer:  Judith McCreary 
Guest starring:  Tracey NeedhamNed Vaughn
 1 hr 0 mins    1/18/2006  13.  Poison
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned (one fatally) with LSD ten times more potent than the street version.
Director:  Thomas J. Wright  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
 1 hr 0 mins    1/25/2006  14.  Riding the Lightning
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
Director:  Chris Long  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/1/2006  15.  Unfinished Business
A serial killer reappears after 20 years of silence and contacts the BAU with the promise he will kill another victim in the next five days.
Director:  J. Miller Tobin  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/8/2006  16.  The Tribe
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
Director:  Matt Earl Beesley  Writer:  Andrew Wilder 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/22/2006  17.  A Real Rain
The BAU unit travels to NYC to investigate a series of murders that appears to have been committed by a vigilante conducting revenge on former criminals who have been released by the justice system.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Chris Mundy 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/29/2006  18.  Somebody's Watching
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
Director:  Paul Shapiro  Writer:  Ed Napier 
 1 hr 0 mins    4/12/2006  19.  Machismo
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
 1 hr 0 mins    4/19/2006  20.  Charm & Harm
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
Director:  Felix Enriquez Alcala  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/3/2006  21.  Secrets and Lies
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
Director:  Matt Earl Beesley  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/10/2006  22.  The Fisher King, Part One
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.
Director:  Edward Allen Bernero  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
Edition Details
Series Criminal Minds
Distributor Paramount Home Video
Release Date 11/28/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6

Features
Disc 01 # Commentary by: Director and actors ;Director and filmmakers# All 22 episodes from the 2005-2006 season on 6 discs# Deleted scenes# "The Making Of Criminal Minds" featurette# "Inside Quantico & The Criminal Mind" featurette# "Meet Matthew & Gray Gubler" featurette