Extreme Aggressor (22 Sep. 2005)

Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon returns to the Behavioral Analysis Unit after an extended medical leave, and BAU team leader Aaron Hotchner must secretly evaluate Gideon's ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Shepard

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Jeff Davis

Stars:

Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Lola Glaudini	...	Elle Greenaway
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
Lukas Haas	...	Clerk (The Footpath Killer)
DJ Qualls	...	Richard Slessman
Meredith Monroe	...	Haley Hotchner
Andrew Jackson	...	Tim Vogel
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Chelah Horsdal	...	Heather Woodland
David Lewis	...	David Woodland
Louise Grant	...	Mrs. Slessman
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Seattle ASAC (as Hiro Kangawa)

Storyline

Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon returns to the Behavioral Analysis Unit after an extended medical leave, and BAU team leader Aaron Hotchner must secretly evaluate Gideon's performance. Gideon's first case upon his return involves tracking down an unsub (unknown subject) in Seattle before he kills his latest kidnap victim.

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | clipping fingernails | live video feed | reference to metallica | go the game | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hastings Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark Gordon Company, The, Paramount Television, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In this episode, Gideon 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 FBIs Investigative Support Unit.

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Goofs

When 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.)

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Quotes

Jason Gideon: [voiceover] Nietzsche once said, "If you look long enough into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Soundtracks

"In the Air Tonight"
written by Phil Collins

User Reviews

Impressed With First Look

This is the pilot episode for the new-and-successful TV show delving into the minds of all kinds of criminals, from serial killers to arsonists to rapists, on and on. The first case deals with a guy up in Seattle who is luring girls - this latest case through a sports car ad

• to him, then holding them for seven days in a cage before killing

them. He clips their fingernails, one of a few idiosyncrasies. But that doesn't turn out to mean anything. However, what does turn out is that he has a partner, so they have to find two people.

We are introduced to the main character, "Gideon" (Mandy Patakin), a grim- faced 50-something who apparently did this line of work before in this unit of the FBI but had a nervous breakdown. This is his first case back since the "major depression," as it is now labeled. The question is whether he can "cut it" and return to field action. We slowly get to see the people is going to be working with, I assume. (This DVD is my introduction to the series.)

It's an interesting and suspenseful opener. The final minute leads into a second show and a new case. I don't know if this is going to be the way the show operates on a regular basis or not.