"Criminal Minds"
Derailed (2005)

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator) and
Jeff Davis (writer)

TV Series:

"Criminal Minds" (2005)

Original Air Date:

23 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A paranoid schizophrenic takes other passengers on a train hostage, including Elle.

Plot Keywords:

FBI Profiler

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 25	11:00 PM	AETV	Derailed	#1.9
Sat. July 26	3:00 AM	AETV	Derailed	#1.9

Cast

Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner
Lola Glaudini	...	Elle Greenaway
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
Chris Bauer	...	Dr. Theodore "Ted" Bryar
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Susan Gibney	...	Linda Deaton
M.C. Gainey	...	Moretti
Jeff Kober	...	Leo
Anil Raman	...	Josh Patel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kendall Clement	...	Train Security Guard
Kevin Cristaldi	...	Anderson
Phinneas Kiyomura	...	Medic
Stephen Moffatt	...	State Trooper
Scott Norris	...	SWAT Team Member
Alice Rietveld	...	Elaine
Mark Stefanich	...	HRT Commander

Directed by
Félix Enríquez Alcalá		(as Felix Alcala)

Writing credits
Jeff Davis		(creator)
Jeff Davis		writer

Produced by
Herb Adelman	....	co-producer
Edward Allen Bernero	....	executive producer
Gigi Coello-Bannon	....	associate producer
Jeff Davis	....	co-executive producer
Debra J. Fisher	....	co-producer
Mark Gordon	....	executive producer
Judy McCreary	....	co-executive producer (as Judith McCreary)
Erica Messer	....	co-producer
Simon Mirren	....	supervising producer
Peter Schindler	....	co-executive producer
Deborah Spera	....	co-executive producer
Aaron Zelman	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Marc Fantini
Steffan Fantini
Scott Gordon
Mark Mancina

Cinematography by
Glenn Kershaw		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jimmy Giritlian

Casting by
April Webster

Production Design by
Vincent Jefferds

Art Direction by
Victoria Ruskin		(as G. Victoria Ruskin)

Set Decoration by
Kathy Curtis-Cahill		(as Kathy Cahill)

Costume Design by
B.J. Rogers

Makeup Department
Linda De Andrea	....	hair stylist
Dayne Johnson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Herb Adelman	....	unit production manager
Jennifer Yates	....	post-production supervisor (as Jennifer Ketelsen)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shea Rowan	....	second assistant director
Carrie Specht	....	second second assistant director
Ian Woolf	....	first assistant director (as Ian Foster Woolf)

Art Department
Nicole Balzarini	....	art department coordinator
Al Eisenmann	....	property master
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer
Alan Kobayashi	....	video graphics designer
Craig Pittman	....	lead man

Sound Department
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer
Kenneth R. Burton	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Ken Burton)
Joseph Geisinger	....	sound mixer
Mark Kamps	....	sound supervisor
Matt Pavolaitis	....	extra effects mixer: Technicolor Glendale
Andre Perreault	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Andre G. Ellingson	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Henrik Fett	....	visual effects supervisor (as Henrik R. Fett)
Rebecca Ramsey	....	title producer: Shine

Stunts
Jason Gray	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Cowan	....	assistant camera
Randy Glass	....	chief lighting technician
John Hatchitt	....	key grip
Brian W. Nordheim	....	camera operator (as Brian Nordheim)
Greg St. John	....	camera operator (as Greg St. Johns)

Casting Department
Scott David	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sara Auhagen	....	tailor
Kathy Kann	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Tony D'Amore	....	final colorist
Lisa De Moraes	....	assistant editor (as Lisa de Moraes)
Joe Hatton	....	post-production assistant
Bradley Simmons	....	editor: title sequence
Drew Ysais	....	post-production coordinator (as Andrew Ysais)

Music Department
Kevin J. Edelman	....	music supervisor (as Kevin Edelman)

Transportation Department
Greg Van Dyke	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Dawn C. Dreiling	....	script supervisor (as Dawn Dreiling)
Susan R. Ellis	....	production coordinator
Jeffrey T. Spellman	....	location manager
Andrew Wilder	....	story editor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jeff Davis		creator

Produced by
Jagene Funk	....	line producer

Casting by
Coreen Mayrs

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniella Eisman	....	trainee assistant director
Marla Hudnall	....	dga trainee
Kevin Leeson	....	third assistant director
Joseph Payton	....	dga trainee day player
Rudy Van Zyl	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	set dresser
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer
Neal W. Zoromski	....	props

Special Effects by
Ian O'Connor	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Adam Avitabile	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Chad Buehler	....	compositor
Cyntia Büll	....	digital compositor
Danny S. Kim	....	creative director
Michael Meagher	....	visual effects producer (as Tony Meagher)
Tefft Smith	....	digital artist
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Hydraulx
Jennifer Yu	....	digital artist

Stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunt coordinator
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double: Lola Glaudini
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunt double
Gloria O'Brien	....	stunt double
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Cory Beaird	....	grip
Kelly Beaird	....	grip
Jon Callesen	....	best boy electric: second unit
Jon Callesen	....	set lighting technician
John S. Campbell	....	night light operator
Michael Cassidy	....	first assistant camera
Lance Dickinson	....	additional lighting programmer
Phillipe Lacroix	....	rigging gaffer
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer
John Marilley-Bodner	....	best boy electric
Jim Marquette	....	camera operator
Hugh Meikle	....	generator operator
Bob Myers	....	rigging grip
Larry Tardif	....	camera car operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Danielle Baker	....	set costumer
Lorraine Alexis Mahru	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Hugo J. Mendez	....	post-production assistant
Evan Schiff	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Scott Gordon	....	score producer
Andrew Gowan	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Robert Dulys	....	transportation captain
George A. Sack Jr.	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Ryan Micahel Anderson	....	production assistant
Amanda Bernero	....	researcher
Steve Best	....	location manager
Tami D'Addio	....	assistant to producer
Rick Dunkle	....	script coordinator
Robert Forrest	....	production assistant
Todd Fullerton	....	24 frame video/computer engineer
Natalie Hartman	....	photo model
Oanh Ly	....	assistant to writer
Nicole Marostica	....	publicist
Omar McClinton	....	post-production finance: Touchstone Television
Dauv McNeely	....	computer and video playback technician
Dauv McNeely	....	video effects technician
Michael O'Haver	....	stand-in
Jeff 'Doc' Porter	....	production medic
Jess Prosser	....	assistant to writer
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Jennifer Solari	....	publicist
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in
Carlos Tower	....	production assistant
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Nic Wegener	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Gun Metal Group (Lead Technical Advisors)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Gun Metal Group

Goofs:

Continuity: Toward the end, the unsub on the train shoots the FBI phone. From the first camera angle, the phone is clearly damaged and the receiver is no longer in place. A second later, from the next camera angle, the receiver is now undamaged and right where it was before the phone was shot.

Quotes:

Jason Gideon: Robert Oxton Bolt once wrote, "A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind."

Too Many Unexplained Scenes Make This Not One Of The Better Episodes

A delusional, paranoid mental case, prodded by his "buddy," takes five hostages on a train headed toward Dallas. One of the hostages in the train is "Elle" from the BAU of the FBI.

We hear a few quick profiles of some of the other passengers at the beginning of the show before the whack-job takes control. Since the show never followed up on this stories, what was the purpose that....to kill another three minutes of the show? Later, there were more unexplained actions by people, leaving this a bit disjointed.

Gideon and the BAU team must discover why this man of severe delusions wants to see "someone of higher authority" (someone of official government capacity, we find out) and why he "wants it removed" before he totally cracks and starts killing people. The BAU must find out what "it" means, too.

It's supposed to be a super-suspense story, but I didn't find it such. It was okay, but the first time so far in this series that I can safely say it's not an episode I wouldn't watch a second time. It wasn't one of the more intelligent episodes of the season.