Season

Season 3

by Mandy Patinkin, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Joe Mantegna and 7 others

The third season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 26, 2007 and ended May 21, 2008. The third season was originally to have featured 25 episodes; however, only 13 were completed due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Seven more episodes

(28 total)

Characters

Edward Allen Bernero (7)Jay Beattie (5)Dan Dworkin (5)Aaron Hotchner (5)Thomas Gibson (5)David Rossi (5)Joe Mantegna (5)Paget Brewster (4)Andrew Wilder (4)A. J. Cook (4)

“Detective Cooper: So, eh, we're undercover, maybe we should, you know, act like a couple. Emily Prentiss: [laughs] Oh, are you still working this tired sexual tension angle? Detective Cooper: I don't know, you're the fortune teller. You tell me.”

— Chris Mundy, Emily Prentiss, Paget Brewster, imdb.com

Tagged: Fortune Teller, sexual tension

“It's always sad seeing someone's life reduced to the things they had with them when they died. It's just so clear they didn't know how short their time would be.”

— Andi Bushell, Emily Prentiss, Paget Brewster, imdb.com

Tagged: Mortality, Personal Effects

“Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: So what's your plan? Cece Hillenbrand: Plan? Try him and fry him!”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Vengeance, Death Penalty

“The only people I ever made happy were divorce attorneys.”

— Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

Tagged: Happy, Divorce, Lawyers

“Emily Prentiss: Hey, uhm, I am looking for a drug that would temporarily paralyze or subdue someone, not kill them, but give full control. Penelope Garcia: Well, I always use alcohol. Less fuss, way cheaper.”

— Michael Udesky, Emily Prentiss, Paget Brewster, imdb.com

Tagged: Drugs, Alcohol

“Life is a hell of a thing to happen to a person.”

— Edward Allen Bernero, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

Tagged: Life

“Only a man would waste $50 trying to win back that $3 stuffed animal.”

— Edward Allen Bernero, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

Tagged: Misandry, Men Are Dumb

“Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: We got a bad one. Derek Morgan: How bad? Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Florida.”

— Andrew Wilder, imdb.com

Tagged: Florida, Florida Stereotypes

“Nobody remembers the victims, everybody remembers the killer. And that's exactly what happens when an agent puts the story ahead of the case.”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Victims, killers

“Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Bridgewater, Florida. Local girl, Abbey Kelton, nineteen, left her parents' home to go the local junior college. She never came home. Three days later, joggers found her—part of her—in a nearby park. Emily Prentiss: What did that to her? Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Bridgewater's off…”

— Andrew Wilder, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

Tagged: Alligator Alley, Murder

“I have interviewed hundreds of killers. All types of crazy motives for doing what they did. They all share one thing in common, all of them: it's in their eyes!”

— Simon Mirren, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

Tagged: killers, Crazy Eyes

“Sometimes for an artist, the only difference between insanity and genius is success.”

— Edward Allen Bernero, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Artists, Genius, Insanity, Success

“You do what it takes to protect your family.”

— Andrew Wilder, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

Tagged: Family, Protectiveness

“When a woman tells a man about her feelings, she doesn't want him to fix her. She wants him to shut up and listen.”

— Andrew Wilder, Emily Prentiss, Paget Brewster, imdb.com

Tagged: Venting, Feelings, Advice

“Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: [on the phone] Hi. this is Agent Jareau with the F.B.I. and— [puts phone down] Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: That's the third time I've been hung up on. David Rossi: Try not saying F.B.I. Dr. Spencer Reid: Who was that? Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Contact for a local militia newsletter. Dr.…”

— Oanh Ly, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

Tagged: FBI, Phone Hangups, Militia

“How the hell do we catch an invisible man?”

— Charles Murray, Det. Yarbrough, Michael O'Neill, imdb.com

Tagged: Riddles

“Penelope Garcia: Another seven seconds I was able to decipher, but it's 7 more than we had. Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: What are we looking at? Penelope Garcia: Surveillance footage I retrieved of the second camera on the first floor. It show Katie exiting the arcade, follows her movements through the c…”

— Andi Bushell, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Surveillance Footage, Child Abduction

“Now your face is going to be on one of those tapes. When I find it, I'm going to paper the city with it, just like you did with those women. Everyone will see it. They won't be able to ignore you now. But you won't inspire fear, you'll inspire hatred and ridicule because the only power someone like…”

— Charles Murray, David Rossi, Joe Mantegna, imdb.com

Tagged: publicity, Shame, Hatred, Ridicule

“Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner: Prentiss, this is the job, and I need to know that you can be objective. Emily Prentiss: And I need to know that I can be human.”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Objectivity, humanity

“You know, we made a deal a long time ago not to profile each other.”

— Debra J. Fisher, Erica Messer, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Profiling