[E. Pluribus Unum]

I read the book "Mind Hunters" that the series was based on before the series started. Pretty good book about the founding of the FBI's BAU. One tidbit was how the BAU advised the prosecutor to touch Wayne Williams (the Atlanta child serial killer) on the arm while cross-examining him in order to provoke him in front of the jury. It worked, and he was convicted. Up until that point it looked like he was going to walk. Another interesting tidbit was about Edmund Kemper, the only killer that the author had sympathy for. The guy's mother had treated him like a monster, and it made him one. One day he realized that it had to stop, so he killed his mother and turned himself in. He had real remorse and knew that he should never be a free man again.

The series went formulaic real fast, especially after Mandy Patinkin's Jason Gideon character left. The show should have ended long ago.

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The show should have ended long ago.

As should most shows. OTOH, I haven't watched any network TV series for at least ten years, probably longer, so what do I know.