Most episodes of Criminal Minds feature a briefing where the show's team of FBI profilers defines the type of criminal they're looking for and provides some real-life examples. Mateo Cruz ( Esai Morales; Seasons 9–10) takes over from the late Erin Strauss as the new BAU section chief in season 9.

JJ had a tense plot, almost like a play, centred on two Leopold and Loeb types, and a touching denouement as the titular Agent took her leave, while last Friday Remembrance Of Things Past was gruelling and gruesome, and scarier than usual, with the team tracking down a killer come out of retirement – a residual nightmare from Rossi's past. She makes a personal connection with Spencer Reid after he reveals to her that he has begun a romantic relationship with a woman whom he has never met. Reid takes SSA Emily Prentiss' death very hard and, when it was revealed the death was faked, was distrustful of both Prentiss and SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (who helped in the cover-up) for some time.The bloodied hand wiped the cold sweat on their brow as the perpetrator stared at the unmoving body on the floor. It took some of the fun out of wondering who or what, but they made up for it with decent character interaction and development, and there were many last season.

In 1994, after many years of movies and television portraying the evil side of the human psyche, David Canter published Criminal Shadows.Join Emily Lee, the daughter of the world's greatest martial artist, as she embarks on a thrilling adventure to prove her father, who is being accused of fraud, innocent.