Sam Cooper
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Samuel "Sam" Cooper is a fictional character on the CBS
crime drama Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
, portrayed by Forest Whitaker
. He is the Unit Chief within the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit
in Quantico, Virginia
, who works with a non-traditional team called Red Cells. He first appeared in the Criminal Minds
episode The Fight in the fifth season.
from Criminal Minds
says that he knew Cooper for twenty years.
to come to Washington, D.C. to discuss with him about a case that seems related to a disappearance of a father and a daughter, saying that he has a theory. When Hotch asks him why he is going by Strauss' orders not to work on the case with Hotch's team, Cooper says that they are missing and no one is looking for them.
As Hotch's team worked with the SFPD, Cooper and his team worked in a warehouse, and sometimes Hotch's teammembers would pop in once in a while for more clues. He even goes with Hotch to interview the wife of the missing husband and his daughter.
When Erin Strauss called Hotch about the status of the investigation, Cooper asked for the phone. Cooper then starts negotiating with her about staying in San Francisco and solving the case, at which she eventually tells him, "Tell Agent Hotchner that I will deal with the two of you when you get back."
With the help of Garcia
, who also works with his team, they were able to identify the killer. When they get to the abandoned warehouse that the killer was in, the girl is gone and the father tells him that he took her and Cooper promises that he will find her and goes into a chopper and finds the killer and the daughter. When the killer was surrounded, he tells the pilot not to "blind his agents" as they are negotiating him to let the daughter go. When it appeared that the killer jumped off, Prentiss
checks to see if he died. But the killer was still alive and was about to kill Prentiss, then shots came from Rawson, who is a sniper. Cooper then smiles, now that he knows that Prentiss is safe and that Rawson saved her life.
When his team and Hotch's team were celebrating the closure of the case, Strauss calls him, telling him to get on the plane with Hotch and his team, saying that she has a pile of cases for him.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
crime drama Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was an American police procedural drama on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in...
, portrayed by Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...
. He is the Unit Chief within the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit
Behavioral Analysis Unit
The Behavioral Analysis Unit is a component of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime that uses behavioral sciences to assist in criminal investigations...
in Quantico, Virginia
Quantico, Virginia
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there are 561 people, 295 households, and 107 families living in the town. The population density is . There are 359 housing units at an average density of .-Racial composition:...
, who works with a non-traditional team called Red Cells. He first appeared in the Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
episode The Fight in the fifth season.
Background
David RossiDavid Rossi
David Rossi is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Joe Mantegna. The character first appeared in the sixth episode of the third season, replacing Jason Gideon.-Backstory:...
from Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
says that he knew Cooper for twenty years.
Criminal Minds
In the episode "The Fight", he calls HotchAaron Hotchner
Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Thomas Gibson. He is a Supervisory Special Agent within the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and has appeared from the series' first episode, originally broadcast on September 22, 2005. Hotch begins...
to come to Washington, D.C. to discuss with him about a case that seems related to a disappearance of a father and a daughter, saying that he has a theory. When Hotch asks him why he is going by Strauss' orders not to work on the case with Hotch's team, Cooper says that they are missing and no one is looking for them.
As Hotch's team worked with the SFPD, Cooper and his team worked in a warehouse, and sometimes Hotch's teammembers would pop in once in a while for more clues. He even goes with Hotch to interview the wife of the missing husband and his daughter.
When Erin Strauss called Hotch about the status of the investigation, Cooper asked for the phone. Cooper then starts negotiating with her about staying in San Francisco and solving the case, at which she eventually tells him, "Tell Agent Hotchner that I will deal with the two of you when you get back."
With the help of Garcia
Penelope Garcia
Penelope Garcia is a fictional character on the CBS crime dramas Criminal Minds and its short-lived spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, portrayed by Kirsten Vangsness...
, who also works with his team, they were able to identify the killer. When they get to the abandoned warehouse that the killer was in, the girl is gone and the father tells him that he took her and Cooper promises that he will find her and goes into a chopper and finds the killer and the daughter. When the killer was surrounded, he tells the pilot not to "blind his agents" as they are negotiating him to let the daughter go. When it appeared that the killer jumped off, Prentiss
Emily Prentiss
Emily Prentiss is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Paget Brewster. Prentiss first appeared in "The Last Word" - episode nine of season two, replacing Agent Elle Greenaway who had quit in "The Boogeyman"...
checks to see if he died. But the killer was still alive and was about to kill Prentiss, then shots came from Rawson, who is a sniper. Cooper then smiles, now that he knows that Prentiss is safe and that Rawson saved her life.
When his team and Hotch's team were celebrating the closure of the case, Strauss calls him, telling him to get on the plane with Hotch and his team, saying that she has a pile of cases for him.