Criminal Minds
Season 7, Episode 1
Air date	September 21, 2011
Written by	Erica Messer
Directed by	Glenn Kershaw
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"It Takes a Village" is the first episode of Season Seven of Criminal Minds.

Summary Edit

In the seventh season premiere, the members of the BAU are questioned by a Senate Committee for their retaliatory actions after the assumed death and disappearance of Emily Prentiss, but a familiar face could help them win their case and keep the team together.

Guest Cast Edit

• Jayne Atkinson - Section Chief Erin Strauss
• Conrad Bluth - Declan
• Ursula Brooks - Chloe Donaghy
• Robin Atkin Downes - Lachlan McDermott
• Mark Moses - Senator Cramer
• Timothy V. Murphy - Ian Doyle

Bookend Quotes Edit

• Jennifer Jareau: Queen Elizabeth I said, "The past cannot be cured."
• Emily Prentiss: "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." The FBI Oath of Office

See Also Edit

• Episodes