We don't ever get more. The only hints to his backstory that seem to be concrete are abuse, but even that's vague.

Yeah, we saw that in the ep they showed on ion last night (damn, drawing a blank on the name) where they actually caught the Unsub midway through the episode, but they had to continue profiling him in order to find the FBI agent he had kidnapped and tortured. That line at the end, where he says that some abuse victims go on to become serial killers and others go on to catch them was absolutely chilling.

There's never been a "Profiler, Profiled" or "Demonology" for Hotch?

We never go further back than Haley--but we do get a lot of her, so maybe that's the balance. JJ we know crap about, and Garcia's kinda vague, but we've had chunks of everyone else's backstory.

No matter how much I dislike Elle, she's not that dumb.

Haters gonna hate, but I do think she is dumb. All her actions that got her booted out/to walk were just plain stupid.

That line at the end, where he says that some abuse victims go on to become serial killers and others go on to catch them was absolutely chilling.

And we've definitely seen that he has rage issues.

But his brother seems totally chill and well-adjusted.

Huh. I just had a Winchester-analog moment, where floppy-haired little bro doesn't want to go into the family business. Except this time, the family biz is law.

And we've definitely seen that he has rage issues.

No lie there.

But his brother seems totally chill and well-adjusted.

Could be that Hotch protected him, which would fall in line with his general bossy nature with him during "The Tribe."

Garcia's kinda vague, but we've had chunks of everyone else's backstory.

Well, we know that she took her step-father's surname, that her parents were killed when she was... eighteen, and that she got her kicks hacking into federal systems while she was at Cal-Tech, which is what got her recruited by the FBI in a "join or be arrested" sort of deal, right?

She apparently has brothers, but they never came up during the episode where she was in hospital, so it was kind of a tossed off reference. She hasn't had anything like Profiler, Profiled or Reid's episodes that actually dwell on things that took place during her childhood.

I guess JJ almost had that, but then they turned around and made it about Hotch's loss too.

All her actions that got her booted out/to walk were just plain stupid.

They were, but up until that point, she was halfway decent. She did go off the rails spectacularly, though.

Huh. I just had a Winchester-analog moment, where floppy-haired little bro doesn't want to go into the family business. Except this time, the family biz is law.

Oh, god, you're RIGHT.

Haters gonna hate, but I do think she is dumb. All her actions that got her booted out/to walk were just plain stupid.

Agreed. I disliked Elle; she always seemed brittle to me, like she was gonna snap and do something stupid any minute. After she was attacked and then killed that guy, when she was in Hotch's office saying how betrayed she felt because the team wasn't there to protect her, I thought, "Daddy issues much?" Prentiss is better; even though I've had issues with her characterization sometimes, as a whole she feels both real and capable, whereas Elle did not.

Elle never seemed much more to me than a cardboard cutout of a tough hot chick than anything else. Making her brittle and about to snap was the most interesting thing she did--and not all that interesting.

Prentiss has always seemed more 3D to me.

It's telling how everyone refers to Elle Greenaway as Elle, but Emily Prentiss is Prentiss, just like Morgan, Rossi, Gideon, Garcia, and Reid. JJ and Hotch have nicknames, which falls along the same lines. Despite Prentiss's entree into the BAU, she's just another member of the team. I never had that feeling with Elle. She always seemed like the bratty little sister tagging along with her big brothers, where she was tolerated at best. She had to have some brains to get where she was, but her issues did her in.

The actress who played Elle (can't remember her name ... never really cared that much) is on "Persons Unknown". She's playing the bitchy editor of a sleazy tabloid of some sort ... and sleeping with one of the reporters.

yeah, her acting isn't great. I remember her on "The Sopranos" and she was just excellent. I don't know what happened to her since.