200 (Criminal Minds)

January 2025 January 2025 Criminal Minds Criminal-Minds-200.jpg JJ (A. J. Cook) with Hotch (Thomas Gibson) after being rescued by the BAU. 9 14 Larry Teng Rick Dunkle 2014 2 5 42 minutes * Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss Tahmoh Penikett as Michael Hastings Faran Tahir as Tivon Askari Josh Stewart as William LaMontagne Jr. Nicholas Brendon as Kevin Lynch Debrah Farentino as Undersecretary Rosemary Jackson Brian Appel as Agent Anderson Jayne Atkinson as Erin Strauss Esai Morales as Section Chief Mateo Cruz The Road Home Mr. & Mrs. Anderson Criminal Minds season 9 List of Criminal Minds episodes "200" is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural crime drama television series Criminal Minds, and the 200th episode overall, The episode aired on CBS on February 5, 2014,https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds/episode-14-season-9/200/192244/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150909142844/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds/episode-14-season-9/200/192244/ dead September 9, 2015 Criminal Minds Episode Guide 2005 Season 9 - 200 TV Guide October 1, 2018 and was written by Rick Dunkle and directed by Larry Teng. At the time of its initial release, the episode was watched by 12.92 million viewershttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/06/wednesday-final-ratings-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/235004/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140222205932/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/06/wednesday-final-ratings-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/235004/ dead February 22, 2014 Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down Bibel Sara February 6, 2014 October 1, 2018 and received mixed reviews but television critics praised A.J. Cook's performance. Plot After being abducted at the end of the previous episode, JJ (A. J. Cook) wakes up bound and gagged. She recognizes her captor, who drugs her. In a flashback to the U.S. Operations Camp in Afghanistan in 2010, JJ meets with Section Chief Erin Strauss (Jayne Atkinson). JJ has been assigned to a task force that is looking for Osama bin Laden, and will interrogate female suspects without the brutality used on male suspects. JJ meets Mateo Cruz (Esai Morales), the head of the taskforce; senior CIA operative Michael Hastings (Tahmoh Penikett); and Tivon Askari (Faran Tahir), her interpreter. In the present day, the BAU learns of JJ's disappearance and the truth of her past relationship with their new Section Chief, Cruz, who is also missing. While looking through JJ's old office, Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn) find classified documents about JJ's 2010 mission, code-named "Integrity". Hotch (Thomas Gibson) goes to the Department of State to see Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Rosemary Jackson (Debrah Farentino), the creator of JJ's taskforce. Under Secretary Jackson reveals Tivon Askari as the perpetrator, but, to avoid government scandal, bans the BAU from the investigation. Despite the ban, Hotch calls in reinforcements: Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), former BAU agent, now head of Interpol. The BAU classifies Askari as a serial killer and identifies his pattern. Askari tortures JJ and Cruz with water boarding, electrocution, and, for JJ, attempted rape, in order to get security codes to "Integrity". JJ realizes that Askari is working with someone else, and, although the team initially suspects Cruz, Hastings is the real mole. His death via a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, which caused JJ to miscarry, was faked. While the team looks for JJ and Cruz, "Blackbird" (JJ) appears on Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness)’s computer screen. She and Kevin (Nicholas Brendon) are arrested for their hacking, but are able to relay JJ's location. The team arrives at Hastings' hideout where they find Cruz non-fatally stabbed in the stomach by Askari, and Hotch shoots Askari to death before he can kill JJ. While the rest of the team guns down Hastings' remaining henchmen, JJ and Prentiss corner Hastings on the roof and fight him until he eventually falls to his death. After JJ is medically cleared and Garcia and Kevin released from custody, the team celebrates at a bar and bids farewell to Prentiss before she heads back to London. Production On September 30, 2013, it was announced that former cast member Paget Brewster would return for the 200th episode and reprise her role as Emily Prentiss.http://tvline.com/2013/09/30/criminal-minds-paget-brewster-returns-prentiss-episode-200/ Scoop: Criminal Minds Brings Back Paget Brewster for 200th Episode TVLine October 1, 2018 2013-09-30 2018-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20181004225937/https://tvline.com/2013/09/30/criminal-minds-paget-brewster-returns-prentiss-episode-200/ dead On January 21, 2014, it was announced that Battlestar Galactica star Tahmoh Penikett had been cast in a key role as Michael Hastings.https://www.tvline.com/casting-news/criminal-minds-episode-200-cast-tahmoh-penikett-487304/ Criminal Minds Exclusive: BSG Vet Tahmoh Penikett Fills Key Role in Movie-Like Episode 200 TVLine October 1, 2018 2014-01-21 Speaking about the 200th episode, A.J. Cook revealed that the episode will delve in to JJ's time away from the BAU during Season 6 "We're going to use the serendipitous gift of Season 6 to explain with flashbacks what happened when she was working for the Pentagon and why she came back as a much tougher character. I've never had a chance to flex my acting muscles like this on the show!".http://www.tvguide.com/News/Criminal-Minds-JJ-Gap-Year-Kecks-Exclusives-1070362.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20130918170137/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Criminal-Minds-JJ-Gap-Year-Kecks-Exclusives-1070362.aspx dead September 18, 2013 Keck's Exclusives First Look: Criminal Minds Explores J.J.'s Gap Year - Today's News: Our Take October 1, 2018 TV Guide 2013-09-16 Cook also revealed that she performed most of her own stunts during the episode - some of which Cook says she actually experienced so the show would look authentic. One of the stunts was being waterboarded.http://screenertv.com/news-features/criminal-minds-200th-episode-aj-cook-was-waterboarded-for-real/ 'Criminal Minds' 200th episode: A.J. Cook was waterboarded (for real) October 2, 2018 Screener 2014-02-06 This is the first time since the pilot episode that the opening credits were not shown as more time was needed for the episode footage, so the credits were cut, and the stars names were listed during the first scene following the teaser.http://www.tv.com/shows/criminal-minds/200-2997402/trivia/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140210015511/http://www.tv.com/shows/criminal-minds/200-2997402/trivia/ dead February 10, 2014 Criminal Minds Season 9 Episode 14 200 - Trivia October 1, 2018 TV.com Reception Ratings The episode aired on CBS on February 5, 2014. Upon initial release, it was viewed by 12.92 million people and it also garnered a 2.8/7 Nielsen rating. "200" was also the week's third most watched drama and ranked tenth on the list of most watched television programmes overall.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/11/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-tops-week-20-with-adults-18-49-and-total-viewers/236302/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140222214339/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/11/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-tops-week-20-with-adults-18-49-and-total-viewers/236302/ dead February 22, 2014 TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Tops Week 20 With Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers TV by the Numbers October 1, 2018 February 11, 2014 The episode also received 3.48 million more viewers in Live+7 ratings, bringing the viewer total to 16.39 million.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/24/live7-dvr-ratings-the-big-bang-theory-has-biggest-18-49-ratings-gain-total-viewer-increase-nashville-tops-percentage-gain-in-week-20/239637/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140301090906/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/24/live7-dvr-ratings-the-big-bang-theory-has-biggest-18-49-ratings-gain-total-viewer-increase-nashville-tops-percentage-gain-in-week-20/239637/ dead March 1, 2014 Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' Has Biggest 18-49 Ratings Gain & Total Viewer Increase + 'Nashville' Tops Percentage Gain in Week 20 TV by the Numbers Kondolojy Amanda October 1, 2018 February 24, 2014 Critical response "200" was met with mixed reviews. The episode has received an average score of 7.1 out of 10 in IMDb.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3398240/ 200 October 1, 2018 Internet Movie Database Gel Galang from the International Business Times gave the episode a positive review, calling it "an episode to remember" and said that it "does live up to its name and hype."http://www.ibtimes.com.au/criminal-minds-season-9-200th-episode-recap-jjs-secret-out-battle-wits-guns-happy-reunion-1331576 'Criminal Minds' Season 9 200th Episode Recap: JJ's Secret is Out, a Battle of Wits and Guns and a Happy Reunion October 2, 2018 International Business Times 2014-02-07 TV Fanatic gave the episode 4.8/5 stars, saying that "Expectations for this installment were high. And I can say for sure that it met them with flying colors" but criticized the show for condensing the story into one episode, "it seems this story could well have been stretched over a few more episodes."https://www.tvfanatic.com/2014/02/criminal-minds-review-escape-from-the-abyss/ Criminal Minds Review: Escape from the Abyss October 2, 2018 TV Fanatic 2014-02-06 Patty Gopez from TV Over Mind gave the episode a mixed review, saying that while the episode was emotional, it all "seemed fairly predictable."https://www.tvovermind.com/criminal-minds/criminal-minds-9-14-review-200 Criminal Minds 9.14 Review: "200" October 2, 2018 TV Over Mind 2014-02-06 References Category:2014 American television episodes Category:Criminal Minds