"Criminal Minds" The Instincts (2008)

Director:

Rob Spera

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator)
Chris Mundy (written by)

TV Series:

"Criminal Minds" (2005)

Original Air Date:

4 November 2008 (Season 4, Episode 6)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A child abduction case in Las Vegas causes Reid to have strange nightmares which appear to be connected to an event in his past.

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Grave Side Ceremony | Five Year Old | Kidnapped Child | Funeral For A Child

Cast

Joe Mantegna	...	David Rossi
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Jane Lynch	...	Diana Reid
Kari Matchett	...	Amy Bridges
Reed Diamond	...	Craig Bridges
Melinda Page Hamilton	...	Claire Bates
Shashawnee Hall	...	Det. Ashby
Taylor Nichols	...	William Reid
Bruce French	...	Dr. Norman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Astor	...	Young Spencer Reid
Sawyer Church	...	Michael Bridge
Cynthia Harmon	...	Waitress
Brad Heller	...	Walter Davis
Marty Lodge	...	Minister
Alan Mueting	...	FBI Agent
Greg Watanabe	...	Medical Examiner
Justin Wren	...	Riley Jenkins
Jon Barton	...	Swat Leader (uncredited)
Troy Holden	...	Young Hobo (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Spera

Writing credits
Jeff Davis		(creator)
Chris Mundy		(written by)

Produced by
Jay Beattie	....	co-executive producer
Edward Allen Bernero	....	executive producer
Charles S. Carroll	....	producer
Gigi Coello-Bannon	....	producer
Dan Dworkin	....	co-executive producer
Debra J. Fisher	....	co-executive producer
Breen Frazier	....	producer
Mark Gordon	....	executive producer
Holly Harold	....	producer
Glenn Kershaw	....	supervising producer
Erica Messer	....	co-executive producer
Simon Mirren	....	co-executive producer
Chris Mundy	....	co-executive producer
Deborah Spera	....	executive producer
Andrew Wilder	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Marc Fantini
Steffan Fantini
Scott Gordon
Mark Mancina

Cinematography by
Greg St. Johns

Film Editing by
Adam Wolfe

Production Design by
Vincent Jefferds

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elion Olson	....	additional second assistant director
Brian 'Coach' Rosett	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Michael Buha	....	set dresser
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	set dresser
Ben Wolcott	....	graphic designer
Michael Goss	....	labor foreman (uncredited)
Joshua Milus	....	art department production assistant (uncredited)
Craig Pittman	....	lead man (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kenneth R. Burton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Murakami	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Mark McBryde	....	additional foley artist (uncredited)
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Michael Sana	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
John Snider	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jordan Wilby	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects technician
Andre G. Ellingson	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Barbara Genicoff	....	visual effects producer
Michael D. Leone	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean Tompkins	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Dumas	....	assistant camera
Daniel Helias	....	video engineer
Daniel Stilling	....	camera operator
Daniel Stilling	....	steadicam operator
Cory Beaird	....	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katherine Dover	....	set costumer
Eva Fredrickson	....	wardrobe assistant
Becky Gelbart	....	key costumer (uncredited)
Nicole Wiener	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Kara Holcomb	....	post-production coordinator
Tony D'Amore	....	colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Marc Fantini	....	composer: main title theme
Marc Fantini	....	score producer
Steffan Fantini	....	score producer
Ben Zales	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert Dulys	....	transportation dispatcher (uncredited)

Other crew
Ashley Beveridge	....	production assistant
Kevin Patrick Bridger	....	production assistant
Rick Dunkle	....	script coordinator
Liz Graham	....	script supervisor
Erika Harrison	....	assistant to executive producer
Daniel Helias	....	production assistant
Jessamyn Land	....	production assistant
Dauv McNeely	....	supervising video playback engineer
Barbara Palka	....	set production assistant
Heather Noël Aldridge	....	assistant to line producer (uncredited)
Stephen Gillikin	....	production staff (uncredited)
Andrea Gruber	....	international publicist (uncredited)
Justin W. Hill	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Phill Kane	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Catherine Pittman	....	animal coordinator (uncredited)
Gregg Pittman	....	animal coordinator (uncredited)
Matt Sigloch	....	police technical advisor (uncredited)

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
Joseph Payton	....	dga trainee day player
Rudy Van Zyl	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	set dresser

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
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double: Lola Glaudini
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunt double
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Kelly Beaird	....	grip
Jon Callesen	....	best boy electric: second unit
Jon Callesen	....	set lighting technician
John S. Campbell	....	night light operator
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer
Jim Marquette	....	camera operator
Hugh Meikle	....	generator operator
Bob Myers	....	rigging grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lorraine Alexis Mahru Toomey	....	set costumer (as Lorraine Alexis Mahru)

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

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

Other crew
Ryan Micahel Anderson	....	production assistant
Todd Fullerton	....	24 frame video/computer engineer
Natalie Hartman	....	photo model
Nicole Marostica	....	publicist
Omar McClinton	....	post-production finance: Touchstone Television
Michael O'Haver	....	stand-in
Jeff 'Doc' Porter	....	production medic
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

• CBS Paramount Network Television

Distributors

• AXN (2009) (Hungary) (TV)
• Canadian Television (CTV) (2008) (Canada) (TV)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Khaos Digital  video playback services (uncredited)
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• Tactical Media  tactics and weapons trainers

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials) | USA:42 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Hungary:16

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the funeral service, the minister uses the Roman Catholic form of the sign of the cross, but invokes the "Holy Ghost", which is Protestant terminology (Catholics use the term "Holy Spirit").

Quotes:

[Walking into a messy crime scene in the middle of the desert]
David Rossi:It's not exactly a well preserved scene.
Emily Prentiss:It's the crime scene investigators. They wanna play cop instead of just being scientist. And they end up trampling on everything.

Soundtrack:

Shelter From the Storm

furious after the writers

usually i appreciate this show, (even if think that mandy patinkin was the most interesting character) but this season, they're really going down. apparently, to copy the scenario from the "csi"/"fbi without a trace" crossover in the "catching out" episode wasn't stupid enough so now, they set the investigation in Las Vegas, and criticize the crime scene lab ! if they want csi success, they should get good writers, first, it will be more fair play and second they would be less ridiculous. i'm very very angry !!! if they keep on going down this road, they won't just be less and less interesting, they'll get boring. i hope that they'll soon make progress, or they'll just become like csi Miami, my substitute for a sleeping pill !