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Criminal Minds is the kind of show that gets under your skin. Through 15 seasons, and one "explosive" series finale, the Emmy-nominated CBS procedural, starring Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, and Kirsten Vangsness, spun chilling tales of serial-killer crime. But has the show gotten in your brain, too?
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The BAU is a part of the FBI -- in the real world and in the world of Criminal Minds!
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True-crime buffs will note the IQ of Matthew Gray Gubler's character matches the penal-code number that defines homicide in California. (That's either an Easter egg, good writing -- or both!)
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The children are played by Mekhai and Phoenix Andersen, the real-life sons of A.J. Cook, who plays Jareau. On the show, the boys are the sons of Jareau and her husband Will LaMontagne (Josh Stewart).
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A drunken driver was to blame for the deaths. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Kirsten Vangsness' fan-favorite character dropped out of college, and became a hacker.
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In Season 15's "Awakenings," Jareau reaffirms her love, but tells Reid she is committed to her husband and their family, and that she hopes she and Reid can remain friends.
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Hank Spencer Morgan is born in the Season 11 episode, "A Beautiful Disaster." His namesakes are his dad's father, and his dad's BAU colleague, natch. Morgan (Shemar Moore) knows how to pick 'em.
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Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) brings some of the precious pastries when she returns to the BAU in Season 12's "Taboo."
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Rossi (Joe Mantegna) is one busy man. His tally includes three marriages that ended in divorce -- and the Season 14 remarriage to Ex-Wife No. 3, the former Kystall Richards (Gail O'Grady).
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Prentiss says the catchphrase, borrowed from the BAU's Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), kept her sane during the ordeal.
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As we learn in a flashback in Season 3's "Tabula Rasa," the magnanimous Garcia doesn't react poorly to "Baby Girl." She tells Morgan she's "been called worse" -- the two become tight, and "Baby Girl" sticks.
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The notorious serial killer, aka Peter Lewis (Bodhi Elfman), terrorizes Lewis (Aisha Tyler) and her family in Season 12's "Mirror Image."
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The sadist (Johnny Messner) fatally shot Phil (Corey Reynolds) in Season 14's "Luke." Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) is destroyed by the news.
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As the child explains in Season 14's "Rule 34," he was upset another boy made a crack about law-enforcement officers, like his dad (Daniel Henney), getting killed in the line of duty.
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Born to a U.S. ambassador, and well-traveled as a youth, Prentiss has mastered Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Greek.
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We're told the BAU special agent (Mandy Patinkin) had been on a six-month medical leave.
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Reid went on to obtain three BAs and three PhDs. So, yes, as he says in the show's pilot, he's a genius.
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Her resignation in Season 10's "The Hunt" is prompted by her pregnancy. Callahan (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is already a mother to her orphaned niece, Meg, and she wants to devote a year to her new child.
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The Reid incident reminds Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn) of her late son, who died of a neurological disease when he was 9. The linguistics expert resigns following the case.
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In one episode, he even purchases a rare bird painting from the Smithsonian.