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Criminal Minds Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2007 - 2008
The third season of the CBS procedural "Criminal Minds" sees a major change come to the Behavioral Analysis Unit when their best profiler Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) leaves his work after his girlfriend is killed. He's replaced by David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), a retired agent who comes back to become the squad's go-to profiler. Each of the team members spend the season dealing with the fallout of Gideon's departure, all the while dealing with cases like a cannibal in Florida, a murdered person in the witness protection program, and a series of shootings in New York that may or may not be the work of psychopaths working together. Guest stars this season include Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, and Frankie Muniz.
Episode 1
Doubt
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 60 mins
In the third-season opener, a serial killer is targeting young women at a small college. The initial profile produces a suspect, but the murders continue after that person is in custody, leading the agents to doubt their skills. Anna: Shelly Cole. Det. Jim Griffith: Shawn Michael Patrick. Katie: Elizabeth Hendrickson.
Episode 2
In Birth and Death
Wed, Oct 3, 2007 60 mins
The BAU is in chaos when Gideon disappears, Hotch asks for a transfer and Prentiss resigns; the remaining agents are left to track a serial killer in Milwaukee. Haley: Meredith Monroe. Joe: Eddie Cibrian. Vicki: Lucia Sullivan. Erin Strauss: Jayne Atkinson. Det. Wolynski: Gordon Clapp.
Episode 3
Scared to Death
Wed, Oct 10, 2007 60 mins
A psychiatrist becomes a serial killer, using the knowledge of his patients' worst fears to murder them. Dr. Stan Howard: Michael O'Keefe. Jenny: Jennifer Keyes. Bill Calvert: Matt Bushell. Erin Strauss: Jayne Atkinson.
Episode 4
Children of the Dark
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 60 mins
The team travels to a Denver suburb when a series of home invasions escalate to murder, and the agents believe it's the work of two people operating together. Dina: Stephanie Erb. Tom: Mark Doerr. Hayden: Garrett Ryan. Gary: William Lee Scott. Ervin: Francis Capra.
Episode 5
Seven Seconds
Wed, Oct 24, 2007 60 mins
A child is abducted at a mall, and the team tries to profile the people on the scene at the time of the kidnapping in an effort to find the child. Jessica: Molly Baker. Susan: Suzanne Cryer. Beth: Paula Malcomson. James: Nigel Gibbs. Jeremy: Alexander Gould.
Episode 6
About Face
Wed, Oct 31, 2007 60 mins
The team searches for a serial killer who taunts victims by sending out "missing" fliers about them before he kidnaps and murders them. New series regular Joe Mantegna makes his first appearance as Det. David Rossi. Erin Strauss: Jayne Atkinson. Det. Yarbough: Michael O'Neill. Michelle: Sandra Dee Robinson.
Episode 7
Identity
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 60 mins
When one half of a serial-killing duo commits suicide, the team must identify and find the other killer, who has abducted his next victim. Francis Goehring: Michael Cudlitz. Sheriff Williams: Jim Beaver. Henry Frost: Kaj-Erik Eriksen. Harris Townsend: Pat Skipper.
Episode 8
Lucky
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 60 mins
The team searches for a cannibalistic serial killer, and the case leads Morgan to a crisis of faith. Meanwhile, Garcia meets a man she thinks is perfect, but is surprised when their date ends unexpectedly. Floyd Feylinn Ferell: Jamie Kennedy. Dr. Lorenz: John LaFayette. James Colby Baylor: Bailey Chase.
Episode 9
Penelope
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 60 mins
The team suspects that Garcia's life is in danger, thinking she may be the target of a serial killer. Kevin Lynch: Nicholas Brendon. Adam Fuchs: Marc Vann. Neighbor: Tamara Zook. James Colby Baylor: Bailey Chase.
Episode 10
True Night
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 60 mins
A famous comic-book artist (Frankie Muniz) is instrumental in the hunt for a serial killer. Bobby Kim: Parry Shen. Vickie: Ellen Hollman. Det. Brady: John Walcutt. Gus: Edward Flores.
Episode 11
Birthright
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 60 mins
A killing spree in Virginia is very similar to a series of murders that took place two decades earlier in the same place. Molly: Lacey Beeman. Danny: Jesse Bernstein. Charlie: Curt Bonnem. Julie: Kandis Erickson.
Episode 12
3rd Life
Wed, Jan 9, 2008 60 mins
When two teens vanish and one of them is found murdered, the team races to find the killer before he harms the other girl.
Episode 13
Limelight
Wed, Jan 23, 2008 60 mins
The contents of a self-storage unit suggest a serial killer in the making, and the team tries to form a profile in order to find the suspect.
Episode 14
Damaged
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 60 mins
Rossi reopens an unsolved case from his past, and the team helps him to find answers regarding the murder of two parents who were killed almost 20 years earlier.
Episode 15
A Higher Power
Wed, Apr 9, 2008 60 mins
In a Pittsburgh neighbourhood, the team investigates a rise in deaths attributed to suicide that could actually be the work of a serial killer.
Episode 16
Elephant's Memory
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 60 mins
The team profiles a serial killer in a small Texas town after responding to the murders of a teenage boy and his girlfriend.
Episode 17
In Heat
Wed, Apr 30, 2008 60 mins
The team travels to Miami to catch a serial killer believed to have a conflicted sexual identity, which plays a part in his choice of victims. Steven: Michael Graziadei. Kevin Lynch: Nicholas Brendon. Det. William Montagne Jr.: Josh Stewart. Det. Tina Lopez: Tia Texada.
Episode 18
The Crossing
Wed, May 7, 2008 60 mins
The team must find a stalker who has crossed state lines to pursue a woman with whom he's obsessed. Meanwhile, Hotch and Rossi assist in a murder case in which they must determine if a woman who killed her husband and claimed battered-woman syndrome is telling the truth.
Episode 19
Tabula Rasa
Wed, May 14, 2008 60 mins
A serial-killer case is reopened when the suspected killer wakes up from a four-year coma and claims he doesn't remember committing any crimes.
Episode 20
Lo-Fi
Wed, May 21, 2008 60 mins
In the third-season finale, a series of murders with no apparent pattern to tie the crimes together sends the team to New York City to determine if it's the work of a serial killer or a team of killers.
