(In real life, the BAU rarely leaves their headquarters, but televisions gonna television.)
Every element ofCriminal Mindsis of a piece with other connection procedurals.
But what setsCriminal Mindsapart fromNCISis thatCriminal Mindsisunhinged.
But the killers inCriminal Mindsare rarely satisfied with murder methods as pedestrian as stabbing or strangling.
They skin people alive!
They feed people to rats!
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They set a house ablaze and put on a fire suit to watch the family burn to death!
They tear a woman apart with rabid dogs!
And thats only in the first two seasons!
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Its not quiteHanniballevels of disturbing, but it comes pretty close.
(Mandy Patinkin, the shows original star, agreed, which is why he stepped away.)
Here are the top episodes that showCriminal Mindsat its best.
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- How many other shows will have someone steal a pregnant woman’s placenta?
things are about to getdark.
And whos that at the end, knocking on the titular manors door?
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The Lesson (Season 8, Episode 10)
Speaking of getting weird: human puppets!
is like a scene from some grotesqueDavid Lynch/Eli Rothcollaboration.
And say, doesnt Rains assistant seem a little wooden…?
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“The Big Wheel (Season 4, Episode 22)
Not every episode ofCriminal Mindsis horrifying.
Sometimes, theyre just deeply sad.
Based on the case of the Beltway snipers, L.D.S.K.
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A heartbreaking episode for the series' 100th.
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