My girlfriend and I stumbled upon Criminal Minds on TV back in July, when we had only recently moved in. We did not have much to do except watching TV, and we ended up watching Criminal Minds.
After three random episodes from the third season, we decided to go through the whole series.
The general setting is about a special team of profiler working for the FBI, whose goal is to use psychology and profiles rather than physical evidence to catch serial killers. Each episode is a different case, generally going from the moment the team is in to the culprit being arrested.
The show is basically a form of crime fiction, coming with all the usual fun trying to resolve all the enigmas at the same time as the characters in the show. This is generally a winning formula, and it is exploited in a different way in each episode.
Apart from the general setting, the characters are what makes the show really interesting. The team has several team members with very different talents and personalities, going from the socially awkward genius to the overachieving alpha male.
By following the team from case to case, we end up watching the evolution of all the characters in the team, which opens up for pretty good character development.
I think this series makes up for a very good casual entertaining, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the crime fiction genre.
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