Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Created by Edward Allen Bernero
On CBS
A procedural crime drama centered on FBI behavioral profilers investigating serial offenders, following the established formula of its parent series with moderate tension and intellectual engagement.
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot.
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Is Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Does Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 73% of series.
Is Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior violent? Somewhat. More violent than 64% of series.
Is Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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