| Rank | 365 / 30,251 |
|---|---|
| Trend | 429 |
| Genres | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Seasons | 17 |
| Episodes | 344 |
| Total votes | 707,694 |
| Average votes | 2,057 |
| Average rating | 7.7 / 10 |
Based in Quantico, Virginia, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.) is a subsection of the F.B.I. Called in by local Police departments to assist in solving crimes of a serial and/or extremely violent nature where the perpetrator is unknown (referred to by the Unit as the unknown subject or "unsub" for short), the B.A.U. uses the controversial scientific art of profiling to track and apprehend the unsub. Profiling entails coming up with basic characteristics of the unsub and the victims (referred to as the victimology), using evidence from the case and matching that information to historic precedents and psychological analyses as a means to solve the case. Because of the nature of the work conducted by the B.A.U. - the work being time consuming and psychologically demanding - its members are fiercely loyal to the Unit and to its other members. Also because of the work's overall demanding nature, not many members of the B.A.U. have been able to maintain a happy or stable family life.
Directors: A.J. Cook, Adam Davidson, Aisha Tyler, Alrick Riley, Bethany Rooney, Bobby Roth, Charles Haid, Dermott Downs, Edward Allen Bernero, Elodie Keene, Ernest R. Dickerson, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Glenn Kershaw, Guy Ferland, Guy Norman Bee, J. Miller Tobin, Jan Eliasberg, Jason Alexander, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Joe Mantegna, John Badham, John Gallagher, John T. Kretchmer, John Terlesky, Jon Cassar, Larry Teng, Leon Ichaso, Matt Earl Beesley, Matthew Gray Gubler, Michael Lange, Oz Scott, Paul Michael Glaser, Paul Shapiro, Peter Ellis, Richard Shepard, Robert Lieberman, Skipp Sudduth, Steve Boyum, Steve Shill, Tawnia McKiernan, Tim Matheson, Zach Gilford Writers: Aaron Zelman, Andrew Wilder, Dan Dworkin, Danny Ramm, Edward Allen Bernero, Erica Messer, Erik Stiller, Jeff Davis, Kirsten Vangsness, Randy Huggins, Rick Dunkle, Stephanie Birkitt Hint: you can examine a particular season more clearly on the graphs if you disable the trendline and all other seasons (via clicking on their labels). Episodes average rating