A NEW CASE BRINGS THE BAU BACK TO ITS BEGINNINGS AS THE TEAM TRACKS A KILLER THAT GOT AWAY, ON "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28

Series Star Kirsten Vangsness Co-Wrote the Episode with Erica Messer, One of the Series' Executive Producers

Ben Savage Guest Stars as Young Gideon; Arye Gross Guest Stars as Supermarket Employee Donnie Mallick

"Nelson's Sparrow" - The BAU revisits its origins when they look at one of Rossi and Gideon's old cases to track a killer that got away, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Jan. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series star Kirsten Vangsness co-wrote the episode with Erica Messer, one of the series' executive producers. Ben Savage ("Girl Meets World," "Boy Meets World")
guest stars as young Gideon, and Arye Gross ("Castle," "Ellen")
guest stars as Donnie Mallick.

REGULAR CAST:

Joe Mantegna (David Rossi)
Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner)
Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid)
A.J. Cook (Jennifer "JJ" Jareau)
Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Kate Callahan)

GUEST CAST:

Ben Savage (Young Gideon)
Robert Dunne (Young Rossi)
Arye Gross (Donnie Mallick)
Phoebe Neidhardt (Josie Behdart)
James Lentzsch (Stephen Gideon)
Gina Garcia Sharp (Agent Gina Sharp)
Teresa Huang (Dr. Weiss)
Judy Levitt (Mary Ellen Barnett)
Eileen Grubba (Young Mary Ellen Barnett)
David Burr (Dr. Waters)
Wendi West (Miriam)

WRITTEN BY: Series star Kirsten Vangsness and Erica Messer, one of the series' executive producers

DIRECTED BY: Glenn Kershaw