Criminal Minds
Remembrance of Things Past
TV Flash files “Remembrance of Things Past” as hour 117 of 364 in the TV Flash guide — Criminal Minds (2005–2020) on CBS, season 6, episode 3, aired 2010-10-06, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E03: listed hour 117 of 364 in the Criminal Minds guide, hour 3 of 24 in season 6. It aired 2010-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “JJ” (S06E02). Next is “Compromising Positions” (S06E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When several women are found murdered in a similar fashion, Rossi revisits a cold case that has haunted him for 25 years, causing him to suspect that the original killer is at work again.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Remembrance of Things Past sit in the Criminal Minds guide?
S06E03 is listed hour 117 of 364 — hour 3 of 24 in season 6, season 6 episode 3.
When did Criminal Minds S06E03 air?
Remembrance of Things Past aired 2010-10-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Criminal Minds too dark to be comfort TV?
It is formulaic dread with bullpen warmth: Reid's brain, Garcia's color, the jet as home. Serial-killer cases as appointment ritual, not prestige horror.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The jet, the profile board, the unsub of the week: CBS packaged serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Criminal Minds is bullpen warmth against formulaic dark — Reid's brain, Garcia's color, a procedural that lasted long enough to grow folklore and a streaming encore.
The jet is the silhouette. Criminal Minds (2005–2020) dresses serial-killer dread in CBS appointment tailoring: an elite FBI unit, a profile board as the week's jewelry, unsubs as a vocabulary the camera treats like a fabric you should not touch. Jeff Davis built a staple — Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler's Reid, Kirsten Vangsness's Garcia, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna — formulaic dark with ensemble warmth in the bullpen. Reid's brain. Garcia's color. Fifteen seasons as a long-haul ritual, later…
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- Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner
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- Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
Shemar Moore charged Criminal Minds as Derek Morgan — bullpen warmth against the unsub of the week, a CBS jet that turned serial-killer dread into a long-haul appointment ritual. Muscle, loyalty, a profile board that still photographs…
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Spencer Reid
Matthew Gray Gubler boarded the jet as Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds — the profile board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a brain as folklore. TV…
- Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
Kirsten Vangsness's Penelope Garcia colored Criminal Minds from the bullpen's neon corner — CBS serial-killer appointment ritual, jet and profile board, warmth against formulaic dark. A procedural that lasted long enough to grow folklore.…
- A.J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau
A.J. Cook’s Jennifer Jareau became Criminal Minds’ liaison-and-heart — the jet, the profile board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a procedural that…
- Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
Joe Mantegna’s David Rossi became Criminal Minds’ long-haul profiler — the jet, the board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a procedural that lasted long enough…