Season One

Season One was released on November 28, 2006. The DVD features 22 episodes on 6 discs with Special Features.

Ratings
Season One averaged 12.63 million viewers and 4.5 ratings points in the A18-49 demo on CBS.

Cast

 * Mandy Patinkin - Jason Gideon
 * Thomas Gibson - Aaron Hotchner
 * Lola Glaudini - Elle Greenaway
 * Shemar Moore - Derek Morgan
 * Matthew Gray Gubler - Doctor Spencer Reid
 * A.J. Cook - Jennifer Jareau

Highlights
In Season One, Jason Gideon leads the BAU team along with fellow profilers Aaron Hotchner, Elle Greenaway, Derek Morgan, and genius-geek Spencer Reid. Their task is to establish psychological profiles of criminals and think as they do in order to solve heinous crimes. Some of the memorable cases during the season include "the Footpath Killer," an LDSK (Long-Distance Serial Killer), and the season finale also introduces Randall Garner, a dramatic budding serial killer whose appearance also extends into Season Two.

DVD Special Features
The Making of Criminal Minds
 * Creating the Characters
 * Jason Gideon
 * Aaron Hotchner
 * Elle Greenaway
 * Derek Morgan
 * Doctor Spencer Reid
 * Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
 * Penelope Garcia
 * The Writing Process
 * Behind the Scenes
 * Criminal Effects
 * Who's Watching You?

Inside Quantico & The Criminal Mind
 * What is Profiling?
 * The Nature of the Criminal Mind
 * The Price

Meet Matthew Gray Gubler
 * The Gubler Home
 * The Gubler Look
 * The Gubler Art
 * Casting Gubler
 * Gubler on Set
 * Gubler's First Screen Kiss

Commentaries For Easter Eggs (viewable on computer only)
 * "Extreme Aggressor"
 * "Derailed"
 * "Riding the Lightning"


 * The Gubie Awards (mouse over blank line next to "DRUG POSSESSION," click red X that appears)
 * Set Tour (mouse over space to left of cast picture, click red gun that appears)