Criminal Minds: Season 2
Paramount (2007)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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IMDB   8.2
16 hr 6 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 2   NR
Mandy Patinkin Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson Aaron Hotchner
Paget Brewster Emily Prentiss
Lola Glaudini Elle Greenaway
Kirsten Vangsness Penelope Garcia
Shemar Moore Derek Morgan
A.J. Cook Jennifer Jareau
Matthew Gray Gubler Dr. Spencer Reid
Director
Felix Enriquez Alcala
Guy Norman Bee
Producer Edward Allen Bernero
Writer Jeff Davis
Debra J. Fisher
Cinematography Glenn Kershaw
Musician Marc Fantini


The critically acclaimed series Criminal Minds returns to DVD with all 23 Season To episodes! Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) is the head of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and mentor to an elite team of profilers, including family man Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), sex-crimes expert Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudin), hunky Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), genius-geek Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), department liaison "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), and computer whiz Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). joining them this season is Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), who quickly learns there's nothing these agents would rather do than profile murderers and put them away!
Episodes
 1 hr 0 mins    9/20/2006  1.  The Fisher King (2)
The BAU team continues to unravel the clues given to each of them by a psychopath in order to save his most recent victim. Gideon decides not to focus on the personal aspects of the case. Rather, he tells the team to profile the killer as they would in any other investigation. Reid stays behind to work on a personal connection that could solve the case as one member of the team fights for life.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
Guest starring:  Gracie Kathryn Murdoch, Steve Heller, Josh Clark, Anne Marie Howard, Rachel Grow,  Jane Lynch, Elizabeth Liang, Jeff Marchelletta, Joey Nader, Martha Boles, Sabrina Gennarino, Andrew Elvis Miller, Adrian N. Roberts, Brian Appel, Amanda Bernero
 1 hr 0 mins    9/27/2006  2.  P911
A young boy who had disappeared a year ago turns up for for sale by a child pornographer on an online auction. A former profiler who now heads the FBI's Innocent Images Unit asks Gideon and the BAU to help her save the boy's life.
Director:  Adam Davidson  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
Guest starring:  David Pevsner, Tisha Terrasini Banker, Dig Wayne, Laura Leyva,  John RubinsteinMary Page KellerDaryl Sabara, Jonathan Runyon, Elizabeth Hendrickson,  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Michael Len
 1 hr 0 mins    10/4/2006  3.  The Perfect Storm
The BAU has reason to believe a series of murders might have been committed by two people working as a team after the victims' families receive DVDs after each crime that includes psychological attacks.
Director:  Felix Enriquez Alcala  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher 
Guest starring:  Paul McCarthy-Bovington, Stephen Alvarez,  David Parker, Brad Rowe, Rebecca Gray, Michelle Pierce, Matt Sigloch, John Verea, Millie Huckabee, Katie Mitchell, Paul Norwood, Nick Hoffa,  Frank AshmoreNicki Lynn Aycox, Rich Hickman
 1 hr 0 mins    10/11/2006  4.  Psychodrama
The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based on money because the robber abuses his victims by forcing them to undress before he leaves the crime scene.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
Guest starring:  Meredith MonroeJason Wiles, Jean St. James, Brian Hatton,  David Fabrizio, Marco Sanchez, Chris Warner, Paul Terrell Clayton, Gary Wolf, Michael Chieffo, Austin David Young,  Connie Cooper, Jennifer Wetzel, Asher Axe, Tyson Chambers
 1 hr 0 mins    10/18/2006  5.  Aftermath
The BAU investigates a serial rapist who had been attacking young women at religious schools and stopped for six weeks. He has resumed his attacks, but is now targeting a different demographic of women. Elle makes a decision that could end her career with the BAU.
Director:  Tim Matheson  Writer:  Chris Mundy 
Guest starring:  Jason London, Dahlia Salem, George Alan, Jennifer Ann Evans, Mandy June Turpin, Stephon Fuller, Tuffet Schmelzle,  Robert Clotworthy, Lisa Long, Bruce Gray, Jonathan Klein, Derek Webster, Eddie Diaz
 1 hr 0 mins    10/25/2006  6.  The Boogeyman
The BAU travels to a small Texas community to investigate the murders of children. Meanwhile, Elle is having readjustment issues after being shot, and Hotch becomes worried about her when she misses a mandatory psych evaluation and isn't answering her cell phone.
Director:  Steve Boyum  Writer:  Andi Bushell 
Guest starring:  Ciro Suarez, Jarrod Bailey, Skyler Hudson, Martha Boles, Robert Knott,  Noah Matthews, Logan Hudson, Chris Conrad,  Elle FanningGeoffrey Lewis, Stacy Reed, Alina Phelan,  Cameron MonaghanSean BridgersPreston Bailey
 1 hr 0 mins    11/1/2006  7.  North Mammon
After a man kidnaps three teenaged girls and locks them in a cellar, he tells them only two of them will live and they must choose which one will die. The BAU team takes the case when the mother of one of the girls travels to Quantico to ask JJ to intercede with the FBI on the girls' behalf.
Director:  Matt Earl Beesley  Writer:  Andrew Wilder 
Guest starring:  Tom Schmid, Andrew Rothenberg, Todd Jeffries,  Jamie McShane, David Grant Wright, Lisa Clifton,  Jason Beghe, Dean Cudworth, Kelly Kruger, Kayla Mae Maloney, Mark Henderson, Mimi Michaels,  Lisa Waltz
 1 hr 0 mins    11/8/2006  8.  Empty Planet
The BAU travels to Seattle to identify and catch a serial bomber who has been terrorizing the city and targeting centers of automated techology. Working with the author of a science fiction novel that has become a guide for the bomber, the team attempts to determine why certain sites have been chosen as targets.
Director:  Elodie Keene  Writer:  Ed Napier 
Guest starring:  Cheryl Francis HarringtonGary Werntz, Jennifer Jalene, Tom Choi, Daniel Leary, Gabby Sanalitro, Bunny Levine,  Jamie ElmanJoBeth Williams
 1 hr 0 mins    11/15/2006  9.  The Last Word
The daughter of high-powered diplomats, Special Agent Emily Prentiss joins the team, and she must convince Gideon and Hotchner she deserves the job based on merit and not on her family connections. The BAU is then called to St. Louis to investigate two serial killers who appear to be competing with each other. By setting a trap based on one killer's profile, the team creates a media event by which to capture the second killer.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher 
Guest starring:  Hanna Alltop, Landall Goolsby, Cory Tyler, Karina Bennett, Jonathan Kehoe, Bethany Geaber, Trevor Olsen, Inger Tudor,  Maury SterlingChristopher B. Duncan, Victoria Kelleher,  David Barry Gray, Kate Rene Gleason, Natalie Salins, Jeff Grays
 1 hr 0 mins    11/22/2006  10.  Lessons Learned
Gideon, Reid and Prentiss travel to Guantanamo Bay to interrogate the leader of a terror sleeper cell being detained there after a chemical weapons dispersal device is discovered during a raid at a suspicious house. Working with Reid, Emily's fluency in Arabic proves to be useful as they scrutinize the suspect.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Jim Clemente 
Guest starring:  Kevin Chapman, Michael Edward Rose, Wiley Pickett,  Anthony Azizi, Hiwa Bourne, Cassius Willis, Brad Blaisdell, Lauren Stamile,  Meredith Monroe, Roger Ranney
 1 hr 0 mins    11/29/2006  11.  Sex, Birth, Death
The BAU is called to investigate the serial murders of prostitutes in Washington, D.C., and suspect a teenager is guilty of the crimes. The case becomes complicated when a congresswoman about to make a speech to praise the city's lower crime rate threatens to take away the case if Hotch calls a press conference to discuss it.
Director:  Gwyneth Horder-Payton  Writer:  Chris Mundy 
Guest starring:  Susie Kantar, Emily Brooke Hands, Burnadean Jones, Marco Antonio Martinez, Greg Baglia, Annie LaRussa, Thomas Crawford, Ben Hermes, Mel Harris,  Jessica TuckAnton Yelchin, Katy Magnuson, Marvin Shapiro, Ronald Hunter, Trishelle Cannatella
 1 hr 0 mins    12/13/2006  12.  Profiler, Profiled
Morgan is arrested as a serial killer after he goes home to Chicago to visit his family. Because the detective making the arrest had used a profile provided by Gideon, the team travels to Chicago to help the local authorities find the real killer and exonerate Morgan.
Director:  Glenn Kershaw  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
Guest starring:  Myzel Robinson,  Jascha Washington, Keith Tisdell, James G. MacDonald, Skipp Sudduth, Julius Tennon, Krista Nall, Kerrie Keane, Erica Gimpel, Jordan Aaron Carroll
 1 hr 0 mins    1/17/2007  13.  No Way Out (1)
Gideon is pitted against the scariest and most evil murderer in his entire career. When the BAU confronts the sadistic killer in a remote diner in the Nevada desert, the local authorities want to move quickly and make an arrest. But Gideon bides his time as he attempts to persuade the man, who has sworn not be captured, to reveal the whereabouts of a woman he is holding hostage.
Director:  John Gallagher  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
Guest starring:  J.K. Palmer, James Horan,  Melissa LeoOtto SanchezRusty SchwimmerAmy MadiganKeith Carradine
 1 hr 0 mins    2/4/2007  14.  The Big Game
In this special two-part episode, the BAU is called to investigate after a wealthy couple is murdered in their home following a Super Bowl party. The team pursues what they believe might be multiple killers who use webcams to record murders and upload the tapes on the internet. Hotchner, Morgan and Prentiss soon discover the unsub is actually one man with multiple personalities. As they close in on the killer, Reid faces a life-threatening situation.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Edward Allen Bernero 
Guest starring:  James Van Der Beek, Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Bill Smitrovitch,  Meredith Monroe, Todd Grinnell,  Jaime Ray Newman, Keisha Alfred, Karl T. Wright, Dean LaMont, Phinneas Kiyomura, Gina Garcia Sharp,  Wolf Muser, Don Swayze,  Cullen Douglas
 1 hr 0 mins    2/7/2007  15.  Revelations
In this conclusion of a special two-part episode, finding the serial killer becomes critical to the BAU when the team realizes Reid is being held captive and a live feed of him being tortured is shown on the internet. Meanwhile, Reid's troubled childhood is revealed in flashback sequences as he drifts in and out of consciousness.
Director:  Guy Norman Bee  Writer:  Chris Mundy 
Guest starring:  Jeff Clarke,  Muse WatsonTaylor Nichols, Malcolm Foster Smith,  K'Sun Ray, Cecelia Specht,  Jane LynchBill Smitrovich, Don Swayze,  Remy ThorneJames Van Der Beek, Frank Crim
 1 hr 0 mins    2/14/2007  16.  Fear and Loathing
The BAU becomes involved to prevent a possible race riot when the murder of four young black women in a mostly white New York suburb appear to be hate crimes.
Director:  Rob Spera  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
Guest starring:  Tiffany Hines, Welton Thomas, Sofie Calderon, Tony Winters, Jaquita Ta'le, Shaun O'Hagan, Byrne Offutt, David Guzzone, Camille Winbush, Denice J. Sealy, Emma Turpen, Ken Meseroll, Billy Brown, Yaani King, Michael A. Shepperd
 1 hr 0 mins    2/21/2007  17.  Distress
The BAU travels to Houston to investigate a series of murders that have occurred near construction sites and abandoned buildings. Because the murders appear to be random, the team believes the killer could be a homeless person. Meanwhile, everyone is noticing an apparent change in Reid's behavior.
Director:  John Showalter  Writer:  Oanh Ly 
Guest starring:  Jeff L. Williams, Kent Faulcon,  Holt McCallany, Jimmy Kieffer, Jeffrey Lorenzo, Dre Taylor,  Nick ChinlundJoanna Going, Bridget Shergalis, Juan Ramírez, Sandi McCree, Jennifer Willison
 1 hr 0 mins    2/28/2007  18.  Jones
A case involving a serial killer believed to be copying Jack the Ripper takes Gideon to New Orleans after three victims are found with their throats cut. Once thought to have been killed in Hurricane Katrina, the discovery of a fourth victim in the French Quarter confirms the murderer is still alive. All the evidence and files had been lost in the flood, so the only clue the team has is the word "Jones" that the lead detective wrote on the wall just before he drowned. Meanwhile, Reid meets up with an old rival as he continues to struggle with the aftermath of being held hostage.
Director:  Steve Shill  Writer:  Andi Bushell 
Guest starring:  T.J. Rotolo, Tyson Turrou, Jeffrey Doornbos, Brian Meredith, Teaj Sanderson, Dufflyn Lammers, Jeff Doucette, Tyrone M. Mitchell, Elena Zaretsky, Candice Afia, Edward Edwards, Josh Stewart, Simone Kessell,  Rhys Coiro, Chris Eckles
 1 hr 0 mins    3/21/2007  19.  Ashes and Dust
A serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families as they sleep is investigated. The BAU determines the arson victims are linked together through corporate development companies that have been accused of building on contaminated land.
Director:  John E. Gallagher  Writer:  Andrew Wilder 
Guest starring:  Stacy Edwards, Nicole Smolen, Sean Peavy, Adrian Johnson, Virginia Morris, Angelo Custino, Christina Carlisi, Tom Schanley, Tom Dunleivy, Mercedes Colón,  Anthony Ruivivar, Karen Lew,  Sean O'Bryan, Jordan Garrett, John Nielsen
 1 hr 0 mins    4/11/2007  20.  Honor Among Thieves
Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss' mother, seeks the aid of the BAU when a Russian immigrant is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director:  Jesus Trevino  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
Guest starring:  Tatiana Chekova, Dina Rosenmeier, Dimitri Boudrine, Dennis Volochkov, Sergei Chernov, Kate Jackson,  Elya BaskinGonzalo Menendez, Gregory Wagrowski, Dimitri Diatchenko, Zoran Radanovich, Olga Sosnovska, Irina Davidoff, Gina Garcia Sharp
 1 hr 0 mins    5/2/2007  21.  Open Season
The BAU is called to investigate after the bodies of missing people are discovered in a remote region of the Idaho wilderness. The gruesome find also leads the team to determine the unsubs have been hunting humans for sport.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Chris Mundy 
Guest starring:  Anthony Diaz-Perez, Tyler Poelle, Christina Haag, Amanda MacDonald, Kim Estes, Vince Grant, Angela Oh, Alexa Alemanni, Cole Moira Price, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Tori White, Shelly Cole, Shawn Michael Patrick
 1 hr 0 mins    5/9/2007  22.  Legacy
When homeless persons begin going missing mysteriously from the streets in Kansas City, a local detective calls the BAU to investigate the disappearances.
Director:  Felix Enriquez Alcala  Writer:  Erica Messer  / Debra J. Fisher 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/16/2007  23.  No Way Out (2): The Evilution of Frank
When the prolific serial killer Frank returns and murders Gideon's girlfriend, Gideon takes off to find him without telling the team where he is going. The BAU must then profile Gideon as well as Frank to find both of them.
Director:  Edward Allen Bernero  Writer:  Simon Mirren 
Edition Details
Series Criminal Minds
Distributor Paramount
Release Date 10/2/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6

Features
Disc 01 "Profilers Profiled" "The Physical Evidence" "Behavioral Science: Real-Life Criminal Minds" "Meet Kirsten Vangsness" Gag Reel Deleted Scenes