I wanted to take this blog post to take the time to talk about my most FAVORITE show in the entire world: Criminal Minds. It is the best show EVER! The plot is amazing. It is: There is a team of seven Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) Agents that go places near and far to solve crimes and put some of the sickest and most dangerous criminals behind bars. The characters are amazing and have an amazing story behind them. I'm going to explain each character.

Dr. Spencer Reid:
    Reid is the youngest member of the group, but he is by far the smartest. He has about three PhD's and is working on two more. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, attending high school at the age of 12 and graduating. His mother is a paranoid schizophrenic and his father left his family when he was a child. He was born on October 9, 1981. He has been with the team from the start.

SSA Aaron Hotchner:
    Hotch, as called by the members of his team, is the Unit Chief of this particular BAU team. He has a seven year old son named Jack and is widowed because his wife, Hailey, was killed by a suspect that the team was hunting. He is hte leader of the team and, like Reid, has been with it from the start.

SSA Derek Morgan:
    Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Morgan has too been with the team from it's start. His father was shot in the line of duty, which he witnessed, and he has two other sisters. He was molested as a child, but he says that it made him stronger. He is close with all of the members of the team, but still has trust issues.

Media Liaison Jennifer "JJ" Jareau:
    JJ has again been with the team from the start. She is the team's connection to the media and represents them at press conferences. She is married to William LaMontagne and they have a son named Henry. Henry's godparents are Reid and Garcia. She is stated as what helps keep the team together.

Tech Analysis Penelope Garcia:
    Garcia is the techy of the team. She knows everything there is about computers, and finds what information the team needs as fast as possible. Her parents died when she was eighteen in a car accident, then she went underground and, as the show stated, "taught herself code", or learned everything she could about hacking. The FBI then offered her a job, and she accepted.

SSA Emily Prentiss:
    Emily has been with the team since Elle Greenaway, a past member, left it. Her mother is an Ambassador, so she spent most of her childhood moving from place to place globally. She knows many languages and many things about foreign countries. She is close to all the members of the team, especially JJ and Garcia.

  SSA David Rossi:
    Rossi is a retired agent who came back to the field after a successful career of writing, which he still participates in. He replaced former member Jason Gideon that left the series. He is passionate about his job and is commended on his work in the FBI. He has had four previous ex-wives.

    Criminal Minds is set in Quantico, Virginia, even though it has a different setting almost every episode because of traveling.It has had seven seasons aired and the eighth season is coming out in September of 2012.