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Penelope Garcia
Penelope Grace Garcia is a fictional character portrayed by Kirsten Vangsness on the CBS crime dramas ''Criminal Minds'' and its short-lived spin-off '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior''. She is the technical analyst of the Behavioral Analysis Unit that both shows are centered on. She has also made multiple guest appearances on '' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'', making her the only character in the franchise to appear in all three of its series. Life before the BAU Garcia is from San Francisco, California. A drunk driver killed her parents in a car accident when she was eighteen, and she now helps counsel families of murder victims in her spare time. Garcia has stated that after her parents died, she dropped out of Caltech and went "underground", but continued to teach herself computer coding. She had been placed on one of the FBI's hacker lists (she was one of a small handful of extremely useful or dangerous hackers in the world), and they recruited her from there. It has al ...
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Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It follows a group of criminal profiling, criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find the unsub (unknown subject), the team's term for perpetrators. The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases and tackle their personal struggles. The show's original main cast consisted of seven characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). The cast underwent major changes throughout the series' run, with several ...
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Criminal Minds (season 7)
The seventh season of ''Criminal Minds'' premiered on CBS in the United States on September 21, 2011. Both A. J. Cook and Paget Brewster were rehired by CBS to reprise their roles as Jennifer Jareau and Emily Prentiss. On February 15, 2012, '' Deadline Hollywood'' reported that Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) would leave the series, definitively, once season seven was over. All the other main actors on the show secured deals to return for the eighth season. The two-hour season finale, which took place on May 16, 2012, reveals Prentiss making the decision to leave the BAU. On March 14, 2012, CBS renewed ''Criminal Minds'' for an eighth season, which aired on September 26, 2012. Cast Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Agent) * Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan (BAU Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Re ...
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San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurre ...
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Criminal Minds (franchise)
''Criminal Minds'' is a media franchise of American television programs created by Jeff Davis. The police procedural thriller series follow the work of the members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) of the FBI. The original television series ''Criminal Minds'' premiered on September 22, 2005 to February 19, 2020 on CBS, followed by spin-offs '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'' and '' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'' which premiered on the same network on February 16, 2011 and March 16, 2016 respectively. In April 2012, a video game was released based on the series. In February 2021, it was announced that a 10-episode revival of original series was officially greenlit by Paramount+. A planned true-crime docuseries, titled ''The Real Criminal Minds'' was also ordered by Paramount+. Over the course of ''Criminal Minds'', a total of 363 episodes of the ''Criminal Minds'' franchise have aired, concluding its original series to end the franchise not long ago with its fifteenth ...
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Behavioral Analysis Unit
The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is a department of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) that uses behavioral analysts to assist in criminal investigations. The mission of the NCAVC and the BAU is to provide behavioral based investigative and/or operational support by applying case experience, research, and training to complex and time-sensitive crimes, typically involving acts or threats of violence. History and structure The Behavioral Analysis Unit was originally called the Behavioral Science Unit. The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) was created in 1985 as part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC), itself established in 1985. The IOSS (Investigations & Operations Support Section) is a branch of the FBI's overall CIRG Critical Incident Response Group. IOSS provides personnel and training to assist in investigations throughout the country, and at US embassies worldwide. IOSS supports ...
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Fictional Character
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. Derived from the Ancient Greek word , the English word dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in ''Tom Jones'' by Henry Fielding in 1749. From this, the sense of "a part played by an actor" developed.Harrison (1998, 51-2) quotation: (Before this development, the term '' dramatis personae'', naturalized in English from Latin and meaning "masks of the drama," encapsulated the notion of characters from the literal aspect of masks.) Character, particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema, involves "the illusion of being a human person". In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, ...
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Criminal Minds (season 16)
The sixteenth season of the American police procedural crime drama television series ''Criminal Minds'', subtitled ''Evolution'', follows members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) as they are faced with a network of serial killers built during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a revival of the 2005 television series, which ended in 2020. The season premiered on November 24, 2022 on Paramount+ in the U.S. and on Disney+ in other regions on November 25, 2022. In January 2023, ''Evolution'' was renewed for another season. Cast Main * Joe Mantegna as David Rossi * AJ Cook as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau * Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia * Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis * Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez * Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss Recurring * Zach Gilford as Elias Voit * Josh Stewart as Will LaMontagne Jr. * Nicholas D'Agosto as Deputy Director Doug Bailey * Nicole Pacent as Rebecca Wilson * Ryan-James Hatanaka as Tyler Green * Kiele Sanchez as Sydney Voit Guests * ...
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Criminal Minds (season 15)
The fifteenth season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on January 10, 2019, with an order of 10 episodes. The season was originally the final season until it was renewed for a sixteenth season. The season premiered on January 8, 2020, and concluded on February 19, 2020. Cast The entire main cast from the previous season returned. Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst & Co-Communications Liaison) * Aisha Tyler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Tara Lewis (BAU Agent) * Daniel Henney as Supervisory Special Agent Matt Simmons (BAU Agent) * Adam Rodriguez as Supervisory Special Agent Luke Alvez (BAU Agent) * Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communicatio ...
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Criminal Minds (season 14)
The fourteenth season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on May 12, 2018, by CBS with an order of 15 episodes. The season premiered on October 3, 2018 and concluded on February 6, 2019. The season also featured the milestone 300th episode, which served as the season premiere. Cast The entire main cast from the previous season returned. Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst & Co-Communications Liaison) * Aisha Tyler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Tara Lewis (BAU Agent) * Daniel Henney as Supervisory Special Agent Matt Simmons (BAU Agent) * Adam Rodriguez as Supervisory Special Agent Luke Alvez (BAU Agent) * Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communic ...
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Criminal Minds (season 13)
The thirteenth season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on April 7, 2017, by CBS with an order of 22 episodes. The season premiered on September 27, 2017 in a new time slot at 10:00PM on Wednesday when it had previously been at 9:00PM on Wednesday since its inception. The season concluded on April 18, 2018. Cast The entire main cast from the previous season returned for the season, except Damon Gupton (Stephen Walker), who was written out of the show. His character was killed off in the season premiere off-screen. Following the cancellation of '' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'', it was announced that Daniel Henney (Matt Simmons) would join the cast this season as a series regular. Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garci ...
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Criminal Minds (season 12)
The twelfth season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on May 6, 2016, by CBS with an order of 22 episodes. The season premiered on September 28, 2016, and ended on May 10, 2017. Cast Main cast * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst & Co-Communications Liaison) * Damon Gupton as Supervisory Special Agent Stephen Walker (BAU Agent) (Ep. 8-22) * Aisha Tyler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Tara Lewis (BAU Agent) * Adam Rodriguez as Supervisory Special Agent Luke Alvez (BAU Agent) * Thomas Gibson as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communications Liaison) (Ep. 1–2) * Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communications Liaison) (Ep. 3-2 ...
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Criminal Minds (season 11)
The eleventh season of ''Criminal Minds'' was ordered on May 11, 2015 by CBS. It premiered on September 30, 2015 on CBS and ended on May 4, 2016. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Cast The entire main cast returned for the season, except Jennifer Love Hewitt (Kate Callahan), who left the show in the season ten finale. On June 22, 2015, it was announced that Aisha Tyler (coincidentally Hewitt's co-star during Season 1 of '' Ghost Whisperer'') would replace Hewitt in a recurring role as Dr. Tara Lewis, a psychologist with an eye on forensic psychology and its application toward the criminal justice system. Main * Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) * Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan (BAU Agent) (Ep. 1-18) * Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent) * A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent) * Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia ...
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