Extreme Aggressor
- Episode aired Sep 22, 2005
- TV-PG
- 42m
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7.8/10
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The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.
David James Lewis
- David Woodland
- (as David Lewis)
Hiro Kanagawa
- Seattle ASAC
- (as Hiro Kangawa)
Leanne Adachi
- College Student
- (uncredited)
Kirsten Alter
- Brick Agent
- (uncredited)
Kwesi Ameyaw
- SPD Officer
- (uncredited)
Trevor Beeby
- SWAT Soldier
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGideon profiles a killer and correctly predicts that he would have a speech impediment. This was based on a real-life case investigated by FBI agent John Douglas, former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit.
- GoofsWhen Reid and Morgan are trying to figure out the computer password, they pull Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" out of the CD tray, and Reid guesses that the password is "Enter Sandman", but that track is not on that CD. So it's not possible for the killer to listen to that track when falling asleep. (When Reid suggests "Enter Sandman" it is in response to Morgan saying "I'm an insomniac who listens to Metallica to fall asleep at night. What song could possibly speak to me?" Also the CD is in the laptop computer. When Morgan lays down on the bed he reaches over his head and pulls down a portable CD player with headphones, which is probably what Richard listens to while trying to fall asleep.)
- Quotes
Derek Morgan: [breaking into an encrypted computer] In six tries?
Jason Gideon: Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Samuel Beckett.
Derek Morgan: Try not. Do or do not.
Dr. Spencer Reid: [Gideon looks confused] Yoda.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Featured review
First Taste of the Series 18 Years Late
I'd read some good things about Criminal Minds, but I have always stayed away from network TV shows. However, as I had no pressing series to watch, I decided to give it a shot, having read some good things about it. The pilot episode did not disappoint.
I've always like the acting of Mandy Patinkin, particularly in his brilliant role in "Homeland", and he was a pleasure to watch in this first episode. Funny to see him without the Saul Berenson beard!
The plot itself was pretty straightforward, with a bit of a throwback to 1991's "Silence of the Lambs". There was a bit of a problem with the writing, that kept hinting a trauma in Jason Gideon's (Patinkin) past that we as the audience are totally unaware of. I found this a little frustrating, but I suppose the details of this trauma will be revealed in later episodes.
The rest of the cast were adequate, if not especially notable. I was not overly impressed with Shemar Moore, as he performance seemed notably insincere and fake, but I see he stayed with the show for 254 episodes, so I'm assuming he got better, and grew into the role. Thomas Gibson was solid, if unspectacular, the kind of straight man that long running TV shows often need. Matthew Gray Gubler looks like a child in this series premier, but gives a convincing performance as the genius wunderkid.
I wasn't especting much, so I was pleasantly suprised to have enjoyed this pilot episode as much as I did, and will continue to watch the rest of the first season. Not sure if I will make it all the way to season 16, but who knows.
I've always like the acting of Mandy Patinkin, particularly in his brilliant role in "Homeland", and he was a pleasure to watch in this first episode. Funny to see him without the Saul Berenson beard!
The plot itself was pretty straightforward, with a bit of a throwback to 1991's "Silence of the Lambs". There was a bit of a problem with the writing, that kept hinting a trauma in Jason Gideon's (Patinkin) past that we as the audience are totally unaware of. I found this a little frustrating, but I suppose the details of this trauma will be revealed in later episodes.
The rest of the cast were adequate, if not especially notable. I was not overly impressed with Shemar Moore, as he performance seemed notably insincere and fake, but I see he stayed with the show for 254 episodes, so I'm assuming he got better, and grew into the role. Thomas Gibson was solid, if unspectacular, the kind of straight man that long running TV shows often need. Matthew Gray Gubler looks like a child in this series premier, but gives a convincing performance as the genius wunderkid.
I wasn't especting much, so I was pleasantly suprised to have enjoyed this pilot episode as much as I did, and will continue to watch the rest of the first season. Not sure if I will make it all the way to season 16, but who knows.
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