Let’s Download Criminal Minds Episodes

“Jason Alexander has booked a killer (ha!) guest stint on CBS’ Criminal Minds. “It’s a really crazy role,” says executive producer Ed Bernero. “He’s going to come in and turn himself in, but we have no idea who his victims are. So we have to reverse profile.” The episode’s slated to kick off November sweeps.” -Michael Ausiello for EW

**I am turning off comments on this post. I know how everyone feels from last week’s Ausiello post and we don’t need to rehash the bile.

Criminal Minds: “Ashes and Dust” airs on Wednesday July 16th at 9pm est. Starring: Shemar Moore, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Mandy Patinkin and A.J. Cook. Written by: Andrew Wilder and Directed by: John Gallagher. Guest starring: Nicole Smolen, Sean O’Bryan, Sean Peavy, Adrian Johnson, Virginia Morris, Angelo Custino, Christina Carlisi, Tom Schanley, Tom Dunlievy, Mercedes Colón, Anthony Ruivivar, Karen Lew, Jordan Garrett and John Nielsen.

A serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families as they sleep is investigated. The BAU determines the arson victims are linked together through corporate development companies that have been accused of building on contaminated land. Promo courtesy of roadtodream. Episode information courtesy of cbs.com

Criminal Minds Family: Wow! What a difference a day makes. Keep those donations for Kim rolling in. We are making a lot of progress today!!! Criminal Minds rocks and so does its fans. We are sooooooooooo going to be #1 in donations. A special thank you to the donor who wishes to remain anonymous for the $750 donation they sent to my paypal for me to donate. You rock hard! Lets keep it up everyone.

Also, thank you so much to all the people who have and continue to donate to the Red Cross in honor of Rick Dunkle (WA on Criminal Minds). The Criminal Minds moderator incharge of that assistance fund sent me an email yesterday telling me that we are almost at the $1,800 mark which is fantastic. Mother nature left a mess so whatever we can do to help people rebuild their lifes is great.

Remember as well that the multi-fandom blog to aid the Actors Fund is up and running and adding new items every few days. Thank you to ALL the showrunners, writers, actors and crew who have dug in their closets and contributed items for auction. While I am not incharge of gathering item donations I have touched those at Criminal Minds that I felt comfortable emailing and ALL of them have said they will also donate items from the various shows they have worked on. Unknowingly the donations committee reached out to an actor (can’t tell you who yet) that not only offered a very special item as a donation but informed them that he is actually filming on Criminal Minds next week. Terrific!

The next Criminal Minds chat is on Sunday. Ashes and Dust airs next Wednesday and I will email Andrew Wilder and see if he is available to spend a few minutes chatting with us after it airs. I know the writers are backed up busy right now but you never know unless you ask. Erica Messer and Deb Fisher start shooting their next episode in a few days. That is exciting news. The “Gruesome Twosome” never fail to delight!

I’m told that the production crew enjoyed the chocolate yesterday and that Kirsten received one of the MANY sets of flowers the moderators sent her. What a nightmare that was!

Criminal Minds: Kirsten posted this message on her birthday thread but I’m reposting it here so everyone can see it. Thanks to Kim the only flowers Kirsten saw were the live ones. I think they put the other two sets in the Criminal Minds writers room.


YOU GUYS!!!!

Thank you soooo much for my roses!!! They are totally gorgeous and I am staring at them right now (when I am not typing I am staring at them, when I am typing, I am staring at the keyboard of my mac, because, unlike sweet Garcia- I have to look when I type:)
I did have quite a blissful birthday, I am firm believer in the “birthday week” so it’s still going strong, thank you very much. Every year me and my friends have a lip sync party where my gift is that they lip sync a song- I highly recommend this kind of party- it’s a great mix of terror and joy.
I worked on my birthday but I truly couldn’t think of a better place to be than there. We just had a read thru today of our next script, it’s written by Erica and Deb true to their demented, gorgeous brains, it’s totally spooky. We also have some kick-ass guest stars coming up…not gonna say who- but I was SUPER EXCITED today when I saw who is in this episode!!!
You guys are the best. Thank you so much for supporting us, for loving us so completely, for helping Kimberly(she’s a running machine!), for helping the actors fund, for staying involved, for other stuff that I don’t know about that you do in your personal life that you should be thanked for, and for my totally awesome birthday gift.
I am grateful for you friends.
Love,
Kirsten

Criminal Minds Executive Producer Ed Bernero checks in with the Criminal Minds Fanatics:

Hey Fanatics!

Ed Bernero here. Just want to tell you all how excited we are with the upcoming season. We had a great read-thru today of our fourth episode (written by Deb and Erica) and it’s the last day filming our third (written by Andrew) so we are definitely off and running.

We’re pretty excited about the things we’re doing and I think you are all going to be excited as well. The cast is, as always, doing amazing work and the scripts just get scarier and scarier. Then there’s the crew, who have always been great but this year are practically performing miracles. Seriously, there doesn’t seem to be anything we ask of them that they can’t do better than we hoped.

I read the reaction to the spinoff questions. Let me clarify that there are always discussions about spinoffs of shows but that there is no deal in place to make one and we don’t even know yet what form a spinoff would take if we did do one. One thing we all agree on — the show, the studios and the network — is that we love Criminal Minds and wouldn’t do anything to damage it.

I can’t wait for September to roll around so we can get back on the air and you can start seeing eps again. Thanks for still talking about us and still thinking about us over the summer.

Birthday: July 3, 1962
Birthplace: Charleston, SC
Where he lives now: San Antonio, TX
Height: 6′2″
Status: Married with three children
Hobbies: Belly Dancing, Playing Golf
Favourite Color: Blue
Big Break: Greg on “Dharma & Greg.”
Other Acting Roles:
Before taking the part of family man Hotchner on “Criminal Minds”, Thomas Gibson spent five years starring in the hit series “Dharma & Greg.” He’s also been featured in series such as “Chicago Hope” and “Caroline and the City,” as well as in mini-series including “Tales of the City,” “More Tales of the City,” “The Kennedys of Massachusetts” and “A Will of Their Own.” He has also had roles in feature films including “Psycho Beach Party,” “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas” and “Eyes Wide Shut.”

Bio: Thomas Gibson met his wife, Christine, in Paris. They married in 1993.Together they have 3 children; Sons J.P. (James Parker), (1999 July 23); Travis Carter (2002 July 1) and daughter Agatha Marie (2004 April).

Thomas attend the College of Charleston and interned at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He ended up winning a scholarship to Julliard School and pursued his studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Trivia:

• Thomas is left-handed.
  
• Thomas plays the ukulele (taught himself the song “Singin’ in the Rain” on it).
  
• Worked with Mandy Patinkin on the TV series, Chicago Hope and again on Criminal Minds.
  
• On Tuesday, March 19, 2000 he substituted for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly.
  
• Was born on the same day as Tom Cruise. The two appeared together in “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Far and Away“.
  
• According to the rest of the Criminal Minds cast, Gibson is a really funny gun on the set.
  
• Gibson, who grew up in South Carolina, mentioned that he and Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, grew up in the same hometown. Gibson said, “He’s married to the girl that was the Cinderella to my Prince Charming when I was 12.”