Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 

On the streets of San Francisco a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit use profiling to catch some of the most horrific serial killers and unidentifiable subjects.

Creators:

Edward Allen Bernero, Chris Mundy

Stars:

Forest Whitaker, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Kelly

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Forest Whitaker	...	Sam Cooper 13 episodes, 2011
Janeane Garofalo	...	Beth Griffith 13 episodes, 2011
Michael Kelly	...	Jonathan 'Prophet' Simms 13 episodes, 2011
Beau Garrett	...	Gina LaSalle 13 episodes, 2011
Matt Ryan	...	Mick Rawson 13 episodes, 2011
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia 13 episodes, 2011
Christopher Nissley	...	Opening Narrator 13 episodes, 2011

Storyline

On the streets of San Francisco a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit use profiling to catch some of the most horrific serial killers and unidentifiable subjects.

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Plot Keywords:

african american | violence | handgun | gun | latex gloves | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Criminal Minds: Epäilyksen alla

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Mark Gordon Company, Bernero Productions, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a few episodes, Forest Whitaker is seen training in Filipino Kali. Mentioned by Prophet that he's been training in Kali for over 10 years. Forest Whitaker has been training in the art for a long time, under Bruce Lee's number 1 student, Dan Inosanto.

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Connections

Spun-off from Criminal Minds (2005)

User Reviews

Decent...more detective work than profiling

This review will reference the original Criminal Minds a lot and is solely based on first and only episodes released so far, therefore my opinions may change as the season progresses.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior follows a Rapid Response Team (aka RED Cells) consisting of SA Sam Cooper (Forest Whitaker), the "level-headed" leader, Mick Rawson, the calm "foreign-accented" pretty boy, Simms, the trouble-some, angry vigilante, Beth Griffith, the overly attached empathizer, Gina LaSalle, the yet undeveloped personality, and lovable tech-savvy Penelope from the original CM. The team contains the typical garden variety of character archetypes.

Like I mentioned in the title, CM: SB is more detective work than profiling unlike the original series from which it took its name. Also unlike the other series which utilizes natural dialogue to explain what they are doing, CM: SB crowbars this in awkwardly with pointless conversation and ridiculous monologue. Characters also jump from one conclusion to another without much thought and rely much on assumptions. Other details such as when the team found the location of the body annoyed, since it is rather impractical to take your whole team without police help to canvass an area for a body. I know the opening title said "untraditional" but seriously, an FBI team operating from a gym? Little stuff like that bothered me in this series for some reason.

One last thing, in CM, the unsub was revealed more and more as the episode progresses and based on what the team concludes which I think is a very clever method. However in this, the unsub was hidden and then totally shown midway through the episode even though RED Cell didn't have a clue as to who he was. The hints of his identity came after his identity was already revealed.

All in all, it is an average detective show but no way on par with the original series.