Criminal Minds season 3
season of television series
The third season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 26, 2007 and ended May 21, 2008. The third season was originally to have featured 25 episodes; however, only 13 were completed before the Writers Guild of America strike (2007–08). Seven more episodes were produced after the strike, bringing the total number of episodes to 20 for the third season. Mandy Patinkin wanted to leave the series, since he loathed the violent nature of it. He was replaced by Joe Mantegna several episodes later.
Cast
Main
Mandy Patinkin as Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon (BAU Senior Agent) Ep. 1–2
Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent) Ep. 6–20
Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Agent)
Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan (BAU Agent)
Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent)
A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Communications Liaison)
Kirsten Vangsness as Special Agent Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst)
Thomas Gibson as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (BAU Unit Chief)
Special guest stars
Frankie Muniz as Jonny McHale
Fredric Lehne as Jack Vaughan
Haley Pullos as Merecdes Gibbons
Recurring
Jayne Atkinson as Supervisory Special Agent Erin Strauss (BAU Section Chief)
Nicholas Brendon as Kevin Lynch
Meredith Monroe as Haley Hotchner
Cade Owens as Jack Hotchner
Josh Stewart as William "Will" LaMontagne Jr.
Guest stars
In the season premiere "Doubt", Shelly Cole guest-starred as Anna Begley, a suicidal college student who copied the crimes of Nathan Tubbs, aka "The Campus Killer".
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