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 - Dr. Spencer Reid
 * A.J. Cook - Jennifer Jareau
 * Kirsten Vangsness - Penelope Garcia

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 Season 1 include the "Footpath Killer," an LDSK (Long-Distance Serial Killer), and the season finale also introduces Randall Garner, a dramatic 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)