History Series / CriminalMindsBeyondBorders

** "Denial" is the most loaded seen so far, with direct references to the Arab Spring, Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood, terrorism in the Sinai peninsula and the ongoing debate regarding homosexual rights and homophobia in Egyptian society.

* {{Crossover}}: Joe Mantegna appears as OriginalFlavor CM's David Rossi in the first episode. Kirsten Vangsness is confirmed to reprise her CM role as Garcia in another episode.

''Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'' is the second SpinOff of the popular PoliceProcedural ''Series/CriminalMinds'', first aired on 2016. The idea behind the show is rather simple: crime is a human constant, millions of Americans travel abroad every year, and just like they can be victims of serial killers, mass murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, abductors and gangsters at home, so can they while in a country where they might not speak the language, let alone know how to contact law enforcement.

* FairCop: Daniel Henney and Alana de la Garza. ''On the same team''.

* TheMostDangerousGame: What the [=UnSub=] in "The Harmful One" wants to do, more than just killing.

* {{Omniglot}}: Clara speaks Thai and apparently other languages.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The [=UnSub=] in "The Harmful One" is the [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind of his entire family, driven to find worthy sacrifices for their spirits in accordance with his religious beliefs. In the end, he's successfully convinced to stop because his family actually wouldn't want him to be a killer, but he's nonetheless DrivenToSuicide, all while lamenting that he has no one to bury him the same way that he recently buried his last remaining relative.]]

** "Harvested": Don't take drugs in a music festival. You might wake up in a slum with a kidney and your best friend missing.

* TheMostDangerousGame: What the [=UnSub=] wants to do, more than just killing.

* {{Crossover}}: Joe Mantegna appears as OriginalFlavor CM's David Rossi in the first episode. Kirsten Vangsness is confired to reprise her CM role as Garcia in another episode.

* {{Crossover}}: Joe Mantegna appears as ''CM'''s David Rossi in the first episode.

* OutOfOrder: The premiere was aired first, but the following episodes are not aired in order for some reason. "Harvested" was the 4th episode produced, "Denial" was the seventh...

* OldFriend: Since they are all FBI agents, the IRT know everyone in the BAU and viceversa, but Garrett seems to have a close relationship with Rossi (Sinise and Mantegna are friends in real life).

** Mae is the resident non-law enforcement expert and is said to have a playful personality, like Garcia.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "The Ballad of Nick and Cat" deals with the reopening of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba.

''Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'' is the upcoming second SpinOff of the popular PoliceProcedural ''Series/CriminalMinds''. The idea behind the show is rather simple: crime is a human constant, millions of Americans travel abroad every year, and just like they can be victims of serial killers, mass murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, abductors and gangsters at home, so can they while in a country where they might not speak the language, let alone know how to contact law enforcement.

Providing assistance in cases where the embassy's efforts aren't enough falls to the International Response Team, a [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction fictional unit]] of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanLawEnforcement FBI]] ([[AluminiumChristmasTrees although the FBI takes part in similar investigations in reality]]) led by Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise), a 20-year career agent. Joining him are US Army veteran and skilled profiler Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney); kind-hearted technical analyst Russ "Monty" Montgomery (Tyler James Williams), who also liaises with the victims' families while the rest of the team is on a mission abroad; cultural anthropologist and [[{{omniglot}} polyglot]] Clara Seger (Alana de la Garza) and medical examiner Mae Jarvis (Annie Funke). It's been confirmed that diplomatic liaison and international law expert Lily Lambert, who was played by Anna Gunn in the BackdoorPilot, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness won't be part]] of the series' regular cast.

The premiere proper is scheduled to air March 16, 2016 on CBS.

* ParanoiaFuel: WordOfGod is that the show isn't about scaring Americans from travelling abroad, but the promos sure love the words "Americans go missing/get in trouble abroad every year."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was the second of Messer's proposals for a spin-off. Her plan A was a {{prequel}} dealing with the origins of the BAU and featuring [[TimeSkip young versions]] of Rossi and Gideon.

** Jack is a composite of Hotch (unit leader) and Rossi (long career agent and likely founder of the unit.

''Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders'' is the upcoming second SpinOff of the popular PoliceProcedural ''Series/CriminalMinds''. The premise of the show is rather simple: crime is a human constant, and millions of Americans travel abroad every year. And just like they can be victims of serial killers, mass murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, abductors and gangsters at home, so can they while in a country where they might not speak the language, let alone know how to contact law enforcement.

* DeathByIrony: In a RealLife example, a producer of the show was murdered while vacationing in Belize on January 2016. The second episode of the show ("Love Interrupted") is even set there!

** The more actiony Matt is clearly one of Derek Morgan (and is even birracial).

* NecessaryWeasel: There is no IRT in real life, although the FBI as a whole is the agency tasked to deal with similar cases. Like with the mother series' BAU, we can probably expect a more direct, hands-on approach to make for better television.

* {{Spinoff}}: Mixed Type 3 and 5.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The crew says they worked hard to avert this. The IRT are 'guests' in other jurisdictions (even more than the BAU in ''Criminal Minds''), have to play by the written and not-written rules of other countries, and in some episodes they won't be allowed to carry guns.

->''"When Americans get in trouble abroad, their passports won't save them. But '''we''' will."''

* DeathByIrony: In a RealLife example, a producer of the show was murdered while vacationing in Belize on January 2016. Doubling the irony, the second episode of the show ("Love Interrupted") is set in Belize.

* FairCop: Daniel Henney and Alana de la Garza. ''On the same team''.
* FiveManBand: The IRT.