After 13 seasons, you would think that a show would go downhill, but "Criminal Minds" seems to do the exact opposite. It just keeps getting better as time continues on! Even as characters left, the show continued to improve time after time.
From season one all the way back in 2005 to season thirteen which is currently airing on CBS, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) has continued to travel the country entertaining us all as they assist in cases dealing with serial killers, but if you are a fan of the show, you already knew that.
Actually, you probably know almost everything there is to know about the show. That’s only one of the many things that you as a "Criminal Minds" fan is guilty of.
Whether you waited patiently every week or binge-watched the series, here are 21 other things that fans of "Criminal Minds" have experienced over the last thirteen seasons.
1. Spending your entire off day binge-watching the show
2. Freaking out because you hear a random noise after a particularly creepy episode
3. Having to pause an episode because it gets too intense and you can't handle it
4. Being super cautious when you go out alone
5. Watching an episode and thinking that you could totally be a profiler
6. Profiling every person you come across
7. Looking up the requirements and realizing that you have to pass a physical fitness test #NoThanks
8. Getting super excited when a case takes place in your home state
9. Knowing that with your extensive knowledge of criminal procedure, you could get away with it
10. Wondering if you could escape if you were abducted
11. Shipping Derek Morgan and Penelope Garcia from the very beginning
12. Crying like a baby when Hotchner loses Haley, Spencer loses Maeve and every other heartbreaking loss in the series
13. Wanting to personally marry Derek Morgan because you know that that man will treat you right
14. Wanting to straight up fight Carl Buford when you find out what he did to Derek
15. Accepting that no one will ever understand your unwavering love for Dr. Spencer Reid
16. Trying to like Alex Blake once Emily leaves, but you just missed Emily too much
17. Wishing you could read as fast as Reid so you can knock a few books off of your "To Read List"
18. Feeling abandoned by Gideon but realizing that Rossi is much better
19. Freaking out every time someone from the team puts themselves in harm's way
20. Feeling nervous when you see that an episode has two parts because nothing good comes from two-part episodes
