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Criminal Minds: The Complete Third Season | 
| Actor: Criminal Minds
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $55.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 860 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: 892144
UPC: 097368921443
EAN: 0097368921443
ASIN: B001AI776G
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008
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"Find the fetish, find the fiend." This is the queasily compelling Criminal Minds' version of "Save the cheerleader, save the world," and it drives each dark and disturbing episode. Before this pivotal season can really get down to cases, it must deal with some unfinished business. Mandy Patinkin, who announced he would be leaving the series, was given a graceful exit, but not before his character, ace FBI profiler Gideon begins to doubt his abilities and sanity in the aftermath of the murder of his girlfriend at the end of last season. Meanwhile, his protege, Hotch (Thomas Gibson) is under pressure from Section Chief Erin Strauss (Jayne Atkinson) to resign the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), and Prentiss (Paget Brewster) submits her resignation rather than get dirt on him for Erin. All it takes to keep the team intact is for Strauss to join them at work on a particularly disturbing case involving a man using his son to lure unsuspecting women ("He's going to kill you, you know"). And speaking of unfinished business, enter Gideon's replacement, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna, an inspired choice), a BAU legend who returns to the unit he helped found. He claims he just wants to help with the BAU "an agent down," but his true motivation will become clear as the season unfolds Suffice to say it involves an extremely cold case that continues to haunt him. Rossi's introduction is the accessible entry for viewers new to the series, as they, along with Rossi, get to meet the other team members, including hunky Derek (Shemar Moore), bookish genius Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), and colorful computer whiz Penelope Garcia (Kristen Vangsness). This season, the team is confronted with nightmarish cases, involving all manner of killers (including one cannibal). Working together to catch these "unsubs" before they can claim another victim offers further opportunities for what Rossi calls "personal growth." In a two-part episode, Shemar must confront his crisis of faith. In another episode, Reid attends a support group for his addiction (another development from last season). Two cases hit particularly close to home. In one, a team member is shot, and in the explosive season finale, another is targeted by terrorists. Considering Criminal Minds's intensity level, even the bonus gag reel, comprised of pratfalls, tension-breaking clowning, and even a birthday cake break for Mantegna, can be unsettling! There is something to be said for having a week to unwind between new episodes. A Criminal Minds marathon can seriously creep you out. And we mean that in a good way. --Donald Liebenson
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 One of the best TV shows November 12, 2008
Janie Midgley (Las Vegas, Nevada USA)
As in past years this show always delivers. It survived the leaving of the main star with class. The addition of the character of Rossi just made the show better. It was a must have for my collection.
They keep you wanting for more! November 5, 2008
Guadalupe Montes De Oca (Guadalajara, Mexico)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed very much the first two seasons. But when I read that Mandy Patinkin had left the show I was disappointed and thought that was the end of Criminal Minds. I was so wrong! And don't get me wrong, he was a great asset being the character they most turned to for advise in all areas of the psyque. Joe Mantegna is more likable -sorry Mandy- and though he was brought to the show almost abruptly, they show you how he adapts gradually to everybody and the new way things are done at the BAU since he had been part of it when it began. Throughout the season, Joe Mantegna integrates the team like a piece of a puzzle that didn't quite fit was removed and placed by the perfect one, and now I see that the show will not only survive it's leading character but will do better with the new one.
Now, the plot. Unfortunately, there are so many sick in this world that they will never run out of new ideas for a show. Every episode is good, has new twists, and some episodes are even better that what we would sometimes expect; you are guessing who is going to be the bad guy and how they are going to figure out, by his/her personality or behavior, who committed this or that murder. It's just so wonderfully made that sometimes I think I have a bit of a psychologist in me!
It never gets boring and even though it is about solving mostly murders, I always finish watching with a sense of satisfaction.
The only bad thing is that I watched it so fast that now I am tapping my fingers waiting for the fourth season. Don't miss this one!
the good and the bad October 31, 2008
Mrs. P. E. Wallbank (England)
I love Criminal Minds and began watching the first two series when I lived in the Cayman Islands. Naturally I ordered the third series from the USA because it was released a few months before the UK version, but....BEWARE I was charged a massive 12 tax. This is going to make me think about ordering from abroad with Amazon again
Pamela
Testimonial October 30, 2008
Sharon Monarko
I could not believe how fast I received this item after ordering it!!! Wonderful service!!! Thank you so much!!!
Entertaining, well made and improving each year October 30, 2008
Angela G. Birt (Balad, Iraq)
Like many others, I approached this season with trepidation. Jason Gideon was the lynchpin of the team and Mandy Patankin the strongest actor. Losing him, felt like the show might flounder, but just the opposite...this is the best overall year for the series yet and it shows great potential for character growth.
Rather than circle one bright star, the team members began to shine individually and the focus shifted from one star to the universe of the BAU, delving into the great toll this type of work takes on relationships and the crutches even profilers use to cope when the demons come. Rather than glorify serial criminals or the dedicated professionals who hunt them - Criminal Minds explores the tortured and twisted psyches of those who do great evil and why - if that can ever truly be understood.
It is compelling television, well made drama - one in which you care about the outcome and the people and that has balanced it's losses with it's gains and the sum total is quite gratifying to watch. Bravo, well done.
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