Criminal Minds - The Team Appreciation Thread #1: United they stand, together they fall.

Musidora · 12-31-2007, 07:52 PM

CRIMINAL MINDS revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most prominent agent is David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), a founding member of the BAU, who returns to help the team solve new cases, while pursuing some unfinished business of his own. The team is led by Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), a family man who is able to gain people's trust and unlock their secrets. Also on the team are Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), the daughter of high-powered diplomats who recently joined the team and must prove her worth to Hotchner and her co-workers; Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), an expert on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), a classically misunderstood genius whose social IQ is as low as his intellectual IQ is high; Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (AJ Cook), a confident young agent who acts as the unit liaison for the team, and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), a computer wizard who helps research the cases. Each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations and identify their emotional triggers in the attempt to stop them.

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"My team? Let me tell you about my team- Agent Morgan fought to protect his identity from the very people who could save him -- Why? Because trust has to be earned, and there are very few people he truly trusts. Reid's intellect is a shield which protects him from his emotions, and at the moment his shield is under repair. Prentiss overcompensates because she doesn't yet feel she's a part of the team. She needn't worry. Every day, Agent Jareau fields dozens of requests for our team. And every night she goes home hoping she's made the right choices. Garcia fills her office with figurines and color to remind herself to smile as the horror fills her screens. And Agent Gideon, in many ways, is damned by his profound knowledge of others. Which is why he shares so little of himself, yet he pours his heart into every case we handle. I stand by my actions, and I stand by my team. And if you think that you can find a better person for the job, good luck."

-from No Way Out, Part II - The Evilution of Frank (watch the scene here)

TEAM SUPPORTERS

01. Ana Luthor (Ana)
02. Falling~star (Kath)
03. Dreamsingr (Chrissy)
04. Love & Passion (Sara)
05. hunee (Lexi)
06. SusanXG
07. Ashes & Wine (Shauna)
08. *Jory Lynn*
09. Undeniable (Camilla)
10. truth takes time (Karen)
11. Cris
12. SergeantPepper (Nia)
13. Purple Nurple (Rella)
14. BOK (Kathleen)

Let's talk about our favorite team!

This thread is to discuss everything related to them. I know Gideon is not in the banner but he was an important part of team so it's obviously encouraged to talk about him as well