Criminal Minds’ Ed Bernero: Nothing Up His Sleeve But Experience
Ed Bernero, the executive producer of CBS’s Criminal Minds has a unique 
perspective on crime drama, and he doesn’t mind sharing it. Luckily for us, it comes in the form of an amazing series.
Bernero recently let fans in on a bit of what I call his secret to making Criminal Minds such a successful and compelling show, and this all comes as courtesy of a piece he wrote of at TV Guide’s Guest Column.
He begins by laying out the scenario of a common experience for a police officer, which is the task of chasing a subject on foot, and then he reveals the very experience was one of his own, from his 10 years of being a cop on the Chicago streets. Bernero talks about the emotion, and tells how he relates it to the actors (like Shemar Moore seen above) and writers of the show.
Here is the best part of what he has to say about the series, particularly the new season:
Criminal Minds is having what I believe to be our best season yet. There are bombs and foot chases and shoot-outs and huge crashes and unexpected glimpses into our characters’ pasts; we have scary locations and amazing guest stars like Jason Alexander, Luke Perry and Wil Wheaton. And, of course, we’ve got a menagerie of terrifying “unsubs” who will have you covering your eyes and watching through your barely open fingers. It’s definitely exciting. I hope you’ll get to understand a little bit of what it feels like to be a cop.
And hey, you won’t have to fight your way out of a dark backlot to do it.
Image with permission via Newscom
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