1 April 2016
Emmy award-winning actor Gary Sinise (CSI: NY) leads ABC Studio's latest US drama Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. The tense procedural drama is new and exclusive to W, from Wednesday 20th April at 9pm.
Unit Chief, Jack Garrett (Sinise), a seasoned 20-year veteran of the FBI, heads up the division in charge of tackling cases beyond US borders. His crime-busting team takes charge when American citizens find themselves in trouble abroad.
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders - W - Trailer
Garrett's International Response Team includes Clara Seger (Alana de la Garza - Law & Order), a smart, well-travelled and multi-lingual cultural anthropologist, former military hero Matthew Simmons (Daniel Henney - Big Hero 6), Russ "Monty" Montgomery (Tyler James Williams - The Walking Dead), the units compassionate, brilliant tech analyst, who liaises stateside with the victims' families, and Mae Jarvis (Annie Funke - The Intern), the team's fearless medical examiner. These exceptional agents risk their lives to safely return citizens home from beyond US borders.
In episode one, the International Response Team travel to Thailand when three American volunteers go missing during a trek to Bangkok, the team rush to gather evidence before a storm threatens to wash it away.
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, is new and exclusive to W from Wednesday 20 April at 9pm.
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