Season Six

Season Six ran for twenty-four episodes, and was released on DVD on September 6, 2011.

Ratings
Season Six averaged 14.11 million viewers and 3.8 ratings points in the A18-49 demo on CBS.

Cast

 * Joe Mantegna - David Rossi
 * Thomas Gibson - Aaron Hotchner
 * Paget Brewster - Emily Prentiss
 * Shemar Moore - Derek Morgan
 * Matthew Gray Gubler - Dr. Spencer Reid
 * A.J. Cook - Jennifer Jareau
 * Kirsten Vangsness - Penelope Garcia
 * Rachel Nichols - Ashley Seaver

Highlights
Season Six begins with the return of Billy Flynn, The Prince of Darkness. Early in the season, Jennifer Jareau is forced to take a promotion at the Pentagon causing her to depart the BAU, but by the end of the season finale, she tells Rossi that she is coming back. The BAU is also charged with training new cadet Ashley Seaver, who becomes a temporary member of the team, starting in What Happens at Home, before her offscreen departure in the season finale. In The Thirteenth Step, a story arc featuring Emily Prentiss began. She learns from Sean McCallister, a former colleague at Interpol, that Ian Doyle, an international criminal, has escaped and will probably come after her. Prentiss fakes her death and departs from the series after Lauren, but came back during the next season.

DVD Special Features
Greg St. John's CMS6 Yearbook

Crime Scenes From Script to Screen: Agent Down Secrets: Making Criminal Minds Season 6 Deleted Scenes
 * Love is Explosive
 * Death Cab
 * Devil in the Details
 * The Deep End
 * Family Annihilator
 * Enter Valhalla
 * Action!
 * Two Goodbyes
 * Letting Go
 * Second Time Around
 * Fresh Blood
 * With A Little Help From My Friends
 * One Hundred Steps
 * Moving On

Gag Reel