Season 3 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 20
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Criminal Minds Season 3 (2007-2008)

Criminal Minds Doubt 3x01 Doubt
After shutting the campus down, Gideon, Hotch and the BAU team create a detailed profile of their UnSub, but when the killings on campus continue after they take a suspect into custody, ...
Sep. 26, 2007
Criminal Minds In Birth and Death 3x02 In Birth and Death
Hotch requests a transfer, Prentiss resigns and Gideon is missing, leaving the team three people short as they track a serial killer in Milwaukee who abducts women in very public p ...
Oct. 03, 2007
Criminal Minds Scared to Death 3x03 Scared to Death
Hotchner and the team track down a serial killer who exploits his role as a psychiatrist to find out his victims worst fears, then uses that fear as a means to kill.
Oct. 10, 2007
Criminal Minds Children of the Dark 3x04 Children of the Dark
Hotchner and the team suspect that two suspects may be working together in a series of brutal home invasions and murders taking place in a Denver suburb.
Oct. 17, 2007
Criminal Minds Seven Seconds 3x05 Seven Seconds
When a child is abducted at a local mall, the BAU locks down the area and profiles the people at the scene in order to retrieve the child before it is too late.
Oct. 24, 2007
Criminal Minds About Face 3x06 About Face
Hotchner and his team must find a murderer who posts "Missing" fliers of his victims, where he knows they will see them, in advance of kidnapping and killing them. Senior agent David ...
Oct. 31, 2007
Criminal Minds Identity 3x07 Identity
When one half of a serial killing duo, a former militia member, commits suicide when caught by authorities, Hotch and his team must race to identify and apprehend his partner and save ...
Nov. 07, 2007
Criminal Minds Lucky 3x08 Lucky
The pursuit of a cannibalistic serial killer forces Morgan to question his faith. Meanwhile, Garcia meets the man of her dreams, but her first date with him ends unexpectedly.
Nov. 14, 2007
Criminal Minds Penelope 3x09 Penelope
The team unites to determine if Garcia's life is being threatened by a serial killer.
Nov. 21, 2007
Criminal Minds True Night 3x10 True Night
A famous comic-book artist is instrumental in the hunt for a serial killer.
Nov. 28, 2007
Criminal Minds Birthright 3x11 Birthright
A series of murders in rural Virginia has the BAU team investigating a link between this killing spree and a similar case two decades ago.
Dec. 12, 2007
Criminal Minds 3rd Life 3x12 3rd Life
The Behavioral Analysis Unit profiles a serial killer who abducts two teenagers and murders one, and who will kill the other teen if they don't stop him in time.
Jan. 09, 2008
Criminal Minds Limelight 3x13 Limelight
When the contents of a self-storage unit reveal the grisly early makings of a serial killer, Hotchner and his team must profile the contents in order to catch him.
Jan. 23, 2008
Criminal Minds Damaged 3x14 Damaged
When Rossi decides to revisit an unsolved case from his past, the BAU team steps in to help him unravel the circumstances behind the mysterious murder of two young parents nearly 20 ...
Apr. 02, 2008
Criminal Minds A Higher Power 3x15 A Higher Power
When the suicide rate spikes in a Pittsburgh neighborhood, the BAU team suspects the deaths may actually be the result of a serial killer who believes he is an 'Angel of Death'.
Apr. 09, 2008
Criminal Minds Elephant's Memory 3x16 Elephant's Memory
Hotchner and his team investigate a spree of killings in a small Texas town involving a teenage boy and his girlfriend.
Apr. 16, 2008
Criminal Minds In Heat 3x17 In Heat
Hotchner, Rossi and their team travel to Miami to catch a serial killer whose conflicted sexual identity fuels his crime spree. During the trip, J.J. meets up with a former colleague ...
Apr. 30, 2008
Criminal Minds The Crossing 3x18 The Crossing
An obsessed man has crossed the state line to follow he has been stalking. Also, Hotch and Rossi investigate a case in which a woman has killed her husband and claimed she was the victim ...
May. 07, 2008
Criminal Minds Tabula Rasa 3x19 Tabula Rasa
The reawakening of a criminal from a four year coma opens up a serial killer case, although he claims no recollection of the crimes.
May. 14, 2008
Criminal Minds Lo-Fi 3x20 Lo-Fi
When people who seemingly have nothing in common are shot at random in New York City, the BAU team is called to investigate whether a single serial killer or a team working together ...
May. 21, 2008
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Season 3 Characters

Emily Prentiss played by Paget Brewster
Derek Morgan played by Shemar Moore
Dr. Spencer Reid played by Matthew Gray Gubler
Jennifer Jareau played by A.J. Cook
Penelope Garcia played by Kirsten Vangsness
Aaron Hotchner played by Thomas Gibson
Swat Leader played by Jon Barton
David Rossi played by Joe Mantegna
Erin Strauss played by Jayne Atkinson
Cop played by Tyler Poelle
Kevin Lynch played by Nicholas Brendon
Clerk played by Christopher Frontiero
Jason Gideon played by Mandy Patinkin
Jason Clark Battle played by Bailey Chase
James Colby Baylor played by Bailey Chase
William LaMontagne Jr. played by Josh Stewart (II)
Haley Hotchner played by Meredith Monroe
Katie played by Elizabeth Hendrickson
Tom played by Joaquín Perles
Nurse played by Reena Dutt
Cashier played by Angel Parker
Medical Examiner played by Jeryl Prescott
Coroner played by Kim Estes

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Season 3 Videos

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Season 3 Quotes

03x12 - 3rd Life Season 3 / Episode 12: - 3rd Life

Dr. Spencer Reid: [Jack has his daughter's kidnapper at gunpoint] Jack, you swore to your wife you'd protect Lindsey. Listen to her, Jack. Listen to what she wants. She's... she's begging you to kill somebody right in front of her. What do you think your wife wanted you to protect her from? Jack... your life has been, uh... it's been about violence, and if... you do this, Lindsey's will be, too. Do you want that?
Ryan Phillips: [pleading] No, you don't want that.
Dr. Spencer Reid: When does it end, Jack?
Ryan Phillips: Put down the gun.
Lindsey: [whispering] Kill him.
Dr. Spencer Reid: When does it stop?


Jack Vaughan: Tomorrow.

03x09 - Penelope Season 3 / Episode 9: - Penelope

Aaron Hotchner: [about Garcia getting shot] I don't care about protocol, I don't care whether we're working this officially or not. We don't touch any new cases until we find out who did this.
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Season 3 Trivia

  • Episode 14 - Goof (continuity error): In the season three episode "Birthright," Rossi tells retired sheriff John Caulfield that this case has haunted him for 21 years. Caulfield replies by telling him not to let it become 22 years. However, in this episode, Rossi claims that this is the 20th year anniversary of that
  • Episode 20 - Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Garcia tells the team that video analysis reveals the unsub to be "5 foot 9, 5 foot 10 at the most" when the image on her screen clearly indicates 5 foot 10.5 inches (5'10.5")
  • Episode 17 - Goof (crew or equipment visible): The camera crew is reflected on the SUV during the closeup shot of the SUV turning into the parking lot.
  • Episode 05 - Goof (errors in geography): The abduction is supposed to take place in Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge, Virginia. However when the mother calls the police she's standing in front of escalators. Potomac Mills Mall is all a single level (no stairs or escalators).
  • Episode 09 - Goof (continuity error): Garcia's glasses are on, then off, then on while being treated by the paramedics.

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