Criminal Minds - Season 2 [DVD]

I fear the writing is on the wall for some of those in the BAU. Some viewers may criticise the fact that in this series several "friends" (ordinary members of the public) of BAU members were coming directly to them with problems before going to the Police first. But wouldn't any of us do this? I think so. Generally,each episode appears to have been extremely well thought out and when you have real World reknown ex-FBI Criminal Profilers praising the series and the Producers,Directors,Actors et al for the accuracy of the programme then somethings got to be going right somewhere. When Elle Greenway (Lola Glaudini) left the series I thought the hole was going to be very difficult to fill and then along comes Emily Prentiss played by Paget Brewster. All the characters have been allowed to "expand" in this series and they have become much more personal to us, we find ourselves fighting their corners much more defensively. When "Hotch" was being held to count at the end of series 2 by the Psychologist he brilliantly turned the tables on her by doing a profile on her there and then that struck a nerve. I hope if any of these actors are despatched it's due to other projects they have lined up and NOT for any shortcomings of the Production Team? My only criticism is that when I get the DVD I promise myself I will watch a few here and there to make them last but once I start it's a bit like a drug.

This is one of the best of the US TV shows around without a doubt, concerning a group of FBI profilers, who help catch criminals by working out what makes them tick. I saw many on TV and am buying the DVD's to enjoy again. There is violence due to the nature of the subject, but I do not find it gratuitous, just part of the plotline and the profiler's explanation of the criminals' motives and triggers is fascinating.This season was unfortunately the last one in which Mandy Patinkin played the very interesting Jason Gideon character, he only filmed two episodes of season three before leaving a big hole to be filled later on by Joe Mantegna. Also leaving part way through this season was Lola Glaudini who played Elle Greenaway with a very strong storyline and the introduction of agent Emily Prentiss and the promotion to series regular of tech expert Penelope Garcia, so changes all around.The stories are as strong as the characters with the first appearance of serial killer Frank, played by a very menacing and creepy Keith Carradine as one of the best. His calmness as he waits for, and then just talks, to the FBI whilst drinking a milkshake in the diner leaves you wondering just what surprise he has up his sleeve, very good scriptwriting.Overall a series to get into, and with nine seasons there are plenty of them.

Average

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As the title says, I love Criminal Minds!Season 2 was a good season.It stars off with the usual cliff hanger from the last season. The King Fisher pt1+2 were not as dark as some episodes but is def ranked up there.As someone who was not an Elle fan at all I was super glad she didn't last past this season and the lovely Emily Prentis took over.Gideon also leaves which is a big loss to the show but in season 3 Dave Rossi joins and fills the gap quite well.There are some scary episodes and some sad episodes (ashes and dust, profiler profiled, revelations is horrible).Also it was a tough season for the cast. Reid got kidnapped and tortured (and as a direct result went on to suffer a drug addiction), Elle got shot and couldn't cope mentally, Morgan's horrible past got dug up and Gideon lost a serial killer.For only a second season they sure packed a lot in!Def worth buying.

Love the series

I was so glad this was on amazon prime as its a great tv series. But ive only given it 4 stars due to amazon taking it off prime and now i have to pay £21.99 for each season to continue watching the others. Like other tv series and films that are extremely old (csi) dont understand why i have to pay extra to watch them. Extremely disappointed as this has happened quite a few times and it is cheaper to buy them on dvd through amazon. I feel like giving up in amazon prime and just keep to netflik

Excellent