Category "criminal-minds"

Is it a real database or a directors' fantasy in "criminal minds"?

Kinda childish question... but I'm pretty interested in what daabase is used in the FBI TV drama Criminal Minds? They use query language with tabs to form a req

Why the confusion over who was arrested in Criminal Minds?

Criminal Minds S9 Ep2 - "The Inspired (Part II)" When they make arrests at the end: There seems to be some difficulty over whether they have Jesse or Walla

Why does the Footpath Killer stutter?

In the S01E02 Gideon relates how he confronted a killer who stutters saying he knew the cause but he refuses to tell the cause to the rest of the team because t

Does anyone know the version of the song "Strange Fruit" played in Criminal Minds S09E09?

The name of the Criminal Minds's Season 9, Episode 9, Strange Fruit, is an allusion to a song of the same name, popularized by Billie Holiday, which has a prett

Why does Reid scribble into his notebook `Extreme Aggressor`

We all know that Reid has an eidetic memory. Nevertheless in the very first episode Extreme Aggressor he keeps scribbling into his notebook. Why does he need t

Why does Reid carry a revolver?

Sometime in Season 4, Reid changes his standard carry piece from a semi-automatic pistol (like all the other agents) to a revolver. I found plenty of speculatio

Did the actor for Gideon have an accident that caused him to be less prominent than usual?

In Criminal Minds season 1 episode 11 "Blood Hungry", the episode starts and Gideon is in crutches and has a cast on his foot. He is barely in the episode and i

When did Derek Morgan step down and let Hotchner take over again?

In season 5 of Criminal Minds, Hotchner comes under some scrutiny from the Bureau so he persuades Morgan to sort of switch roles with him; Morgan would lead the

What was the brand of whisky that Rossi received?

I was just watching the newest episode of Criminal Minds (12x09 Profiling 202) and in that episode agent David Rossi receives a bottle of whisky as a birthday p

How does Gideon know the suspect is driving an American made truck?

In season 1 episode 1, Criminal Minds, Gideon is giving a lecture at FBI academy, he mentions the killer they are looking for exhibits the following traits: St

David Rossi's age in Criminal Minds

Bios have David Rossi from Criminal Minds born in 1956; but in Vietnam in 1969. Impossible, since he would only be 13 at that time. What explains this contrad