- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jack Seale
Series eight of the gruesome, efficient, bleak yet slightly corny detective show sees Jeanne Tripplehorn join the cast as a new analyst with linguistics expertise and a difficult history with the BAU team.
Her first case is a man who never says anything and likes to sew his victims’ mouths shut, before they die, not after. As always the focus is on the killer’s psychological scars, which leaves us sympathising with the guy who’s slaughtering someone every five minutes. Inessential but satisfying.
About this programme
1/24. The return of the crime drama following a team of FBI profilers. Expert linguist Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Big Love) joins the BAU, and her first case involves an escaped prisoner who has been claiming new victims, each of whom he is branding by sewing their mouths shut. The agents recognise this signature as the work of serial killer the Silencer but, curiously, the behavioural patterns are different this time round.
Cast and crew
Cast
- David Rossi
- Joe Mantegna
- Derek Morgan
- Shemar Moore
- Dr Spencer Reid
- Matthew Gray Gubler
- Jennifer `JJ' Jareau
- AJ Cook
- Penelope Garcia
- Kirsten Vangsness
- Alex Blake
- Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Aaron Hotchner
- Thomas Gibson
- US Marshal John Tilghman
- Sam Hennings
- Erin Strauss
- Jayne Atkinson
- John Myers
- Troy Kotsur
- Kevin Jenson
- Tracy Fraim
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