Extreme Aggressor
- Episode aired Sep 22, 2005
- TV-PG
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
3.4K
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The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.The team travels to Seattle to find the captor of four missing women.
David James Lewis
- David Woodland
- (as David Lewis)
Hiro Kanagawa
- Seattle ASAC
- (as Hiro Kangawa)
Leanne Adachi
- College Student
- (uncredited)
Kirsten Alter
- Brick Agent
- (uncredited)
Kwesi Ameyaw
- SPD Officer
- (uncredited)
Trevor Beeby
- SWAT Soldier
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGideon profiles a killer and correctly predicts that he would have a speech impediment. This was based on a real-life case investigated by FBI agent John Douglas, former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit.
- GoofsWhen Reid and Morgan are trying to figure out the computer password, they pull Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" out of the CD tray, and Reid guesses that the password is "Enter Sandman", but that track is not on that CD. So it's not possible for the killer to listen to that track when falling asleep. (When Reid suggests "Enter Sandman" it is in response to Morgan saying "I'm an insomniac who listens to Metallica to fall asleep at night. What song could possibly speak to me?" Also the CD is in the laptop computer. When Morgan lays down on the bed he reaches over his head and pulls down a portable CD player with headphones, which is probably what Richard listens to while trying to fall asleep.)
- Quotes
Derek Morgan: [breaking into an encrypted computer] In six tries?
Jason Gideon: Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Samuel Beckett.
Derek Morgan: Try not. Do or do not.
Dr. Spencer Reid: [Gideon looks confused] Yoda.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Great start to 'Criminal Minds'
Not quite one of the best of the entire show, but one of the better episodes of Season 1 and a great start 'Criminal Minds', which apart from some seasons better than others and the episodes not consistent in quality is still one of my favourites overall.
"Extreme Aggressor" looks great, love the dark and gritty and always stylish and classy look which is consistent throughout. The haunting and hypnotic music fits very well and never distracts, even if not quite enhancing it.
The script is taut and thought-provoking (like the bookend quotations and the psychological profiling), the case is complex and well-developed without being convoluted and is never dull and full of tension and suspense. Also love the chemistry of the team and while the unsub's screen time is not much (not a bad thing) he brings a real creepiness.
'Criminal Minds' leads were developed even better later, but even so early on their personalities are well established. The direction is more than solid as is the case a lot of the time with the show. The acting is top-notch, though Lola Glaudini this reviewer has already been somewhat cold and Elle is a character I've never really warmed to and Kirsten Vangsness while still quirky and charming is underused.
Mandy Patinkin is very commanding though, Thomas Gibson excels in giving a suitable stoic seriousness, Matthew Gray Gubler is a breath of fresh air (Reid has always been a favourite) and Shemar Moore is appropriately tough and gritty. Andrew Jackson is also chilling as Tim Vogel.
Overall, a great start. 9/10 Bethany Cox
"Extreme Aggressor" looks great, love the dark and gritty and always stylish and classy look which is consistent throughout. The haunting and hypnotic music fits very well and never distracts, even if not quite enhancing it.
The script is taut and thought-provoking (like the bookend quotations and the psychological profiling), the case is complex and well-developed without being convoluted and is never dull and full of tension and suspense. Also love the chemistry of the team and while the unsub's screen time is not much (not a bad thing) he brings a real creepiness.
'Criminal Minds' leads were developed even better later, but even so early on their personalities are well established. The direction is more than solid as is the case a lot of the time with the show. The acting is top-notch, though Lola Glaudini this reviewer has already been somewhat cold and Elle is a character I've never really warmed to and Kirsten Vangsness while still quirky and charming is underused.
Mandy Patinkin is very commanding though, Thomas Gibson excels in giving a suitable stoic seriousness, Matthew Gray Gubler is a breath of fresh air (Reid has always been a favourite) and Shemar Moore is appropriately tough and gritty. Andrew Jackson is also chilling as Tim Vogel.
Overall, a great start. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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