Season

Season 9

by Jeanne Tripplehorn, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Joe Mantegna and 6 others

The ninth season of Criminal Minds will premiere on CBS and CTV, on September 25, 2013. The series was officially renewed for a ninth season on May 9, 2013. It's rumored that Season 9 will contain 22 episodes with the 200th episode being the 12th episode

(22 total)

Characters

Kirsten Vangsness (7)Penelope Garcia (7)Dr. Spencer Reid (7)Matthew Gray Gubler (7)Erica Messer (5)Breen Frazier (4)Bruce Zimmerman (4)Janine Sherman Barrois (4)Shemar Moore (3)Derek Morgan (3)

“Derek Morgan: Hey baby girl, I need you to work that magic of yours. Penelope Garcia: Rub my lamp, release the Genie.”

— Bruce Zimmerman, Derek Morgan, Shemar Moore, imdb.com

Tagged: Magic Lamp, Genie

“The Mountain Man seems to be a confluence of several local legends. Some say he's part of the backwoods Appalachian population, others say he's a confederate holdout trying to start a second civil war to turn brother against brother. But the one thing they all could agree upon is that when you go in…”

— Breen Frazier, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Mountain Man, Appalachia, Civil War, Lynyrd Skynyrd, folklore

“I'll tell you what, those Canadians, they seem so sweet and innocent, but when they go bad, they go Darth Vader bad.”

— Rick Dunkle, Breen Frazier, Janine Sherman Barrois, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Canadians, Darth Vader

“He...he kept growing despite his disease. The last time I laid beside him he was almost as long as me. He was ready to go, but I was unready to say goodbye. Begged him to open his eyes. Well, the cruelest part was that I could see who he would be at twenty, but I knew he would never get there.”

— Erica Messer, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

Tagged: Loss, Death of a Child, goodbye, cruel

“Do you know that over 50,000 people die of rabies every year in third world countries? Thank God for Monsieur Pasteur, otherwise we'd all be dead.”

— Virgil Williams, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Rabies, Louis Pasteur

“He is a part-time electrician, full-time alcoholic!”

— Janine Sherman Barrois, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Electrician, Alcoholic

“I guess now I know what a parent feels like when their kid grows up. Someone who's depended on you for so long and then suddenly they're off living their own life and they don't really need you anymore.”

— Sharon Lee Watson, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Empty Nest Syndrome

“Derek Morgan: Mama, is it even possible for somebody to live completely offline these days? Penelope Garcia: Sure, if you live in an Afghani cave or certain parts of New Jersey, other than that not so much.”

— Jim Clemente, Derek Morgan, Shemar Moore, imdb.com

Tagged: New Jersey, Offline

“That's one thing I've learned in the 20 years I've been married, is to listen to how a woman speaks on the phone.”

— Kimberly A. Harrison, Alan Anderson, Ned Bellamy, imdb.com

Tagged: Listening

“Oh, and if you hate sad stories as much as I do, you should leave the room right now, 'cause this is super sad!”

— Bruce Zimmerman, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Sad Stories

“There's something known as the magical age, between nine and 12, when a child's psyche is more malleable.”

— Kimberly A. Harrison, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Magical Age, Childhood

“Eliminate the variable. Strike as close as you can to the point of origin or destination.”

— Erica Messer, imdb.com

Tagged: Goals

“Do you know how many Ashleys are in downtown Boston? Too many Ashleys! That many Ashleys. And the only thing to track her down is that she has fancies for bunnies.”

— Erica Messer, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Ashley, Boston

“Typically, voyeurs are nonviolent and content to remain bystanders.”

— Erica Messer, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Voyeurs, Bystanders

“I've been reading these heinous things that have happened to these women at the hands of their abusers, and can I just say, thank God for men like you who are strong, yet gentle at the same time...”

— Sharon Lee Watson, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Abusers, Heinous, Gratitude

“Moral vigilantism typically has its roots in repression and guilt. This generally manifests itself in low self-esteem and self-loathing. By punishing others, the unsub may also be punishing himself.”

— Bruce Zimmerman, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Moral Vigilantism, Guilt, Repression, Low self-esteem, Self-Loathing

“Penelope Garcia: Hey, could you check my refrigerator and see if I have enough hot sauce? Dr. Spencer Reid: You have some jalapeno sauce here next to this jar of eyeballs.”

— Bruce Zimmerman, Penelope Garcia, Kirsten Vangsness, imdb.com

Tagged: Morbid Hunor, Jalapeno Sauce

“Lobotomies are considered to be the surgery of the soul. Doctors like Walter Freeman claimed they could cure a number of mental illnesses. He believed the procedure could relieve suffering.”

— Erica Messer, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Lobotomy, Walter Freeman, Mental Illness

“The praying mantis can kill and eat a multitude of creatures but the most interesting fact is that oftentimes the female mantis engages in sexual cannibalism, meaning she'll bite off the head of her mate once copulation is complete, sometimes even during intercourse, actually.”

— Janine Sherman Barrois, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

Tagged: Cannibalism, Praying Mantis, Sexual Cannibalism, Copulation

“It's all conjecture, because there's nothing deviant in this guy's history. But if you wanted to do something bad, wouldn't it be nice to have another version of you to blame it on?”

— Breen Frazier, Derek Morgan, Shemar Moore, imdb.com

Tagged: Multiple Personality Disorder, doppelganger