Criminal Minds season 2
season of television series
The second season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 20, 2006, and ended on May 16, 2007. Lola Glaudini left the show after six episodes and was replaced by Paget Brewster three episodes later while Kirsten Vangsness was promoted to the official main cast after previously being listed as also starring in season 1.
Cast
Main
Mandy Patinkin as Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon (BAU Senior Agent)
Thomas Gibson as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (BAU Unit Chief)
Lola Glaudini as Supervisory Special Agent Elle Greenaway (BAU Agent) Ep. 1–6
Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss (BAU Agent) Ep. 9–23
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)
Special guest star
Jobeth Williams as Ursula Kent
Keith Carradine as Frank Breitkopf
James Van Der Beek as Tobias Hankel
Kate Jackson as Ambassador Elizabeth Prentiss
Recurring
Meredith Monroe as Haley Hotchner
Jane Lynch as Diana Reid
Josh Stewart as William "Will" LaMontagne Jr.
Jayne Atkinson as Supervisory Special Agent Erin Strauss (BAU Section Chief)
Skipp Sudduth as Stan Gordinski
Guest stars
In the season premiere "The Fisher King (Part II)", Jeff Marchelletta guest-starred as Elle Greenaway's deceased father, Robert, in a dream sequence while Elle is in surgery. In the episode "P911", Mary Page Keller guest-starred as Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Cole, a former BAU Agent who is now the Unit Chief of the Crimes Against Children Unit, and is investigating a young boy who is at risk of being sold to a pedophile in an online auction. John Rubinstein guest-starred as Principal Hayden Rawlings, a pedophile and one of the bidders for the auction, despite claiming that he tried to rescue the boy from his captor. In the episode "The Perfect Storm", Nicki Aycox guest-starred as Amber Canardo, a rape victim who abducts and murders women.
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