Criminal Minds
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country’s most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit’s most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Episodes
Extreme Aggressor
After a fourth woman goes missing in as many months, the team is brought in to track down the guy…
Compulsion
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
Plain Sight
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle…
Broken Mirror
The BAU investigates the kidnapping of a U.S. District Attorney's daughter and determines the kidnapper isn't seeking money -- he's…
L.D.S.K.
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the team works…
The Fox
The BAU profiles a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what…
Natural Born Killer
When an undercover cop in Baltimore involved in a mob investigation goes missing, the BAU believes a serial killer rather…
Derailed
Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train in Texas by a paranoid schizophrenic who is convinced…
The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a…
Blood Hungry
While Gideon is stuck at the office on crutches, the rest of the team travels to Tennessee to track down…
What Fresh Hell?
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team…
Poison
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned, one of them fatally with LSD, ten times…
Riding the Lightning
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since…
Unfinished Business
A serial killer reappears after 20 years of silence and contacts the BAU with the promise he will kill another…
The Tribe
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an…
A Real Rain
The BAU unit travels to NYC to investigate a series of murders that appears to have been committed by a…
Somebody's Watching
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
Machismo
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
Charm and Harm
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
Secrets and Lies
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
The Fisher King (1)
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his…
The Fisher King (2)
The BAU team continues to unravel the clues given to each of them by a psychopath in order to save…
P911
A young boy who had disappeared a year ago turns up for sale by a child pornographer on an online…
The Perfect Storm
The BAU has reason to believe a series of murders might have been committed by two people working as a…
Psychodrama
The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based…
Aftermath
The BAU investigates a serial rapist who had been attacking young women at religious schools and stopped for six weeks.…
The Boogeyman
The BAU travels to a small Texas community to investigate the murders of children. Meanwhile, Elle is having readjustment issues…
North Mammon
After a man kidnaps three teenaged girls and locks them in a cellar, he tells them only two of them…
Empty Planet
The BAU travels to Seattle to identify and catch a serial bomber who has been terrorizing the city and targeting…
The Last Word
The daughter of high-powered diplomats, Special Agent Emily Prentiss joins the team, and she must convince Gideon and Hotchner she…
Lessons Learned
Gideon, Reid and Prentiss travel to Guantanamo Bay to interrogate the leader of a terror sleeper cell being detained there…
Sex, Birth, Death
The BAU is called to investigate a series of murders of prostitutes in Washington D.C. and Reid suspects a teenager…
Profiler, Profiled
Morgan is arrested as a serial killer after he goes home to Chicago to visit his family. Because the detective…
No Way Out (1)
Gideon is pitted against the scariest and most evil murderer in his entire career. When the BAU confronts the sadistic…
The Big Game (1)
The BAU is called to investigate after a wealthy couple is murdered in their home following a Super Bowl party.
Revelations (2)
In this conclusion of a special two-part episode, finding the serial killer becomes critical to the BAU when the team…
Fear and Loathing
The BAU becomes involved to prevent a possible race riot when the murder of four young black women in a…
Distress
The BAU travels to Houston to investigate a series of murders that have occurred near construction sites and abandoned buildings.…
Jones
A case involving a serial killer believed to be copying Jack the Ripper takes Gideon to New Orleans after three…
Ashes and Dust
A serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families as they sleep is investigated. The BAU determines the arson…
Honor Among Thieves
Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss' mother, seeks the aid of the BAU when a Russian immigrant…
Open Season
The BAU is called to investigate after the bodies of missing people are discovered in a remote region of the…
Legacy
When homeless persons begin going missing mysteriously from the streets in Kansas City, a local detective calls the BAU to…
No Way Out: The Evilution of Frank (2)
When the prolific serial killer Frank returns and murders Gideon's girlfriend, Gideon takes off to find him without telling the…
Doubt
The team investigates a serial killer who is targeting women at a small college in Flagstaff, Arizona. The BAU shuts…
In Name and Blood
In Milwaukee, a series of women have been found murdered with their hearts crudely removed. The BAU is assigned to…
Scared to Death
The BAU travels to Portland to assist local authorities in investigating the disappearances of people who are new to the…
Children of the Dark
When home invasions involve the murder of entire families, the BAU is called to Denver to identify the killers who…
Seven Seconds
The investigation turns to the family as the BAU and local authorities race against time to locate a young girl…
About Face
The team gains a new, familiar member and some growing pains while trying to find the latest victim of a…
Identity
The team is called to Montana to investigate the case of four kidnapped and murdered women. When another woman disappears,…
Lucky
A team member's life is put in jeopardy when the BAU investigates serial killings in Florida that appear to involve…
Penelope
As a team member fights for life, the BAU continues the search for an attacker that leads the unit to…
True Night
The BAU and local authorities in Los Angeles investigate gang-related serial killings that might possibly involve a famous comic book…
Birthright
The new sheriff in Fredericksburg, Virginia, requests the BAU's assistance in the investigation of a series of mutilation murders that…
3rd Life
When one teenager is found murdered and her best friend is abducted in Chula Vista, California, the BAU assists local…
Limelight
After the contents of a self-storage unit purchased at an auction take the BAU to Philadelphia to investigate a series…
Damaged
Rossi travels to Indianapolis to continue his investigation into the two unsolved murders that have plagued him for 20 years.
A Higher Power
The BAU is called to Pittsburgh after an unusually high suicide rate appears to be the work of an Angel…
Elephant's Memory
The BAU is called to West Bune, a small town in Texas, to investigate what appears to be spree killings…
In Heat
The BAU is called to Miami to investigate a serial killer who appears to have a conflicted sexual identity.
The Crossing
The team members try to identify a stalker before he can attack a woman who is being stalked in Silver…
Tabula Rasa
After a suspected serial killer wakes up from a coma, the BAU reopens the case and uses brain fingerprinting to…
Lo-Fi
The BAU faces one of its toughest cases when the team is called to New York City to determine if…
Mayhem
When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them and catch…
The Angel Maker
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find…
Minimal Loss
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.
Paradise
The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car…
Catching Out
The BAU investigates a series of murders that appear to be connected to a killer who jumps trains and chooses…
The Instincts
While investigating the abduction of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid starts to have dreams that might help…
Memoriam
As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.
Masterpiece
When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the team must locate his latest…
52 Pickup
Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a serial killer who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into…
Brothers in Arms
The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case…
Normal
The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.
Soul Mates
The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local…
Bloodline
The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young girls.
Cold Comfort
The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms…
Zoe's Reprise
The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.
Pleasure Is My Business
The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure…
Demonology
Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.
Omnivore
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest…
House on Fire
The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to…
Conflicted
The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer who is targeting co-eds on vacation.
A Shade of Gray
When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be…
The Big Wheel
When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden…
Roadkill
An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.
Amplification
When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find…
To Hell... (1)
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his…
...And Back (2)
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his…
Nameless, Faceless
As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is…
Haunted
The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone…
Reckoner
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
Hopeless
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a…
Cradle to Grave
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
The Eyes Have It
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
The Performer
The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule…
Outfoxed
The BAU team is tracking down a family annihilator, but needs to take a break from the case to get…
100
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
The Slave of Duty
The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave…
Retaliation
The BAU is called upon to profile the past of an ex-convict and help stop him after he escapes from…
The Uncanny Valley
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to…
Risky Business
A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
Parasite
The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to…
Public Enemy
A serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places to create a sense of public fear is the…
Mosley Lane
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children…
Solitary Man
A truck driver is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations and the BAU must find out his…
The Fight
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men and teams up with a…
Rite of Passage
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into…
...A Thousand Words
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts…
Exit Wounds
Garcia plays a crucial role in a case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU team to investigate the…
The Internet Is Forever
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to…
Our Darkest Hour
A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him…
The Longest Night
The BAU team closes in on the serial killer as he continues his murder spree throughout Los Angeles - with…
JJ
While JJ attempts to reunite a family whose daughter has mysteriously disappeared, her BAU family braces for the loss of…
Remembrance of Things Past
When several women in Herndon, Virginia, are found murdered in a similar manner, SSA David Rossi reopens an unsolved cold…
Compromising Positions
The team searches for a serial killer who is preying on married couples; Hotchner looks to a team member to…
Safe Haven
The team pursues a serial killer targeting families in the Midwest; Morgan receives a visit from Ellie after she runs…
Devil's Night
The team searches for a killer who has struck the past three years during Detroit's raucous pre-Halloween celebrations.
Middle Man
The BAU must catch a group of serial killers that is killing exotic dancers and leaving their bodies in the…
Reflection of Desire
The BAU becomes involved in the search for a kidnapped woman in the nation's capital after the body of a…
Into the Woods
When an 8-year-old is found murdered on the Appalachian Trail, the BAU team goes deep into its forests in search…
What Happens at Home...
The BAU searches inside a gated New Mexico community for a killer targeting women, and Hotchner looks to an FBI…
25 to Life
Morgan suggests that a man has been rehabilitated and aids in his parole, but later regrets his decision when the…
Corazon
A series of bizarre, ritualistic murders brings the team to Miami; Reid experiences hallucinations and blinding headaches.
The Thirteenth Step
The BAU hits the road to track down a pair of young lovers on an interstate murder spree. Also, Prentiss…
Sense Memory
The team investigates unusual murders in Los Angeles, and more information about Prentiss' past arises.
Today I Do
The BAU is called to upstate New York to investigate mysterious disappearances. Also, Prentiss gets some disturbing news about one…
Coda
Prentiss enlists two former friends from Interpol to track down an old enemy, as Reid discovers clues that could help…
Valhalla
After a series of murders, Prentiss becomes suspicious of a former nemesis, and fears for the safety of her team.
Lauren
As Prentiss faces off against Ian Doyle, JJ receives a call and returns to help them find Prentiss and capture…
With Friends Like These...
The BAU travels to Portland to investigate a suspected gang of murderers targeting a new victim each night.
Hanley Waters
The BAU members investigate targeted killings in Tampa as they cope with their feelings about losing Emily Prentiss.
The Stranger
The BAU hunts a stalker in San Diego who is targeting college students. Meanwhile, the team comes under Strauss' scrutiny…
Out of the Light
The BAU is called to a North Carolina resort town after a woman is found badly injured and another woman…
Big Sea
When the BAU is called to Florida after bodies are discovered buried in the ocean floor off the Jacksonville coast,…
Supply and Demand
As the BAU searches for a suspected human trafficking ring when the bodies of two missing persons are found in…
It Takes a Village
The BAU team is at a crossroads as they are questioned by a Senate Committee for their retaliatory actions in…
Proof
The BAU team searches rural Oklahoma when women are being found murdered after being robbed of one of their five…
Dorado Falls
The BAU team investigates a mass murder at an Internet security company in Charlottesville, Va., but clues reveal it is…
Painless
Survivors of a Boise high school massacre return to remember the event 10 years later, but the BAU team is…
From Childhood's Hour
The BAU team investigates the abductions of young children with troubled mothers in St. Louis. Also, Rossi reconnects with his…
Epilogue
The BAU search Californias Angeles National Forest after a number of bodies mysteriously turn up in the mountain lakes there.…
There's No Place Like Home
When a series of tornadoes hits Kansas, the BAU is called in to investigate bodies of young boys that turn…
Hope
It’s personal for Garcia when the BAU investigate the disappearance of a woman in her survivors’ support group whose daughter…
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The BAU team looks into the real reasons behind an apparent mass suicide of a small group of youths at…
The Bittersweet Science
The investigation of a series of bludgeonings in Philadelphia leads the team to the city's boxing scene; Hotch connects with…
True Genius
A series of murders in San Francisco bearing the tell-tale signs of the infamous Zodiac Killer have the BAU wondering…
Unknown Subject
The team is called to Texas to search for a serial rapist in Houston known as "The Piano Man" who…
Snake Eyes
The BAU tries their luck in Atlantic City when the team is called in to investigate a series of ritualistic…
Closing Time
The team hunts a killer when bodies are found hidden in lifeguard towers on Southern California beaches.
A Thin Line
The BAU team investigates a series of brutal home invasions and murders in California's Inland Empire that appear to be…
A Family Affair
When the BAU travels to Atlanta to investigate the murders of women, the clues lead them to look for an…
I Love You, Tommy Brown
When married couples fostering young children end up being killed in Seattle, the BAU team looks for an unsub with…
Foundation
The team hunts for a kidnapper when an emaciated boy is found in the desert and another goes missing.
Heathridge Manor
The BAU team heads to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders.
The Company
When Morgan's sister sees a woman who looks like their presumed-dead cousin, Cindi, it forces Morgan to confront a lie…
Divining Rod
A serial killer is executed, in Oklahoma, a copycat shows up and the BAU are called to find him. Meanwhile,…
Profiling 101
Rossi and the team teach college students the science of criminal profiling by taking the class through a serial-killer case…
Hit (1)
When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the team tries to negotiate…
Run (2)
As the BAU team continues to pursue the bank-robbing serial killers, the team determines that the suspects have a bigger…
The Silencer
When a Texas prisoner escapes during a transfer, he leaves behind victims with his unique trademark, sewing their mouths shut,…
The Pact
When the bodies of two seemingly unrelated victims are found just hours apart in San Diego and Los Angeles respectively,…
Through the Looking Glass
An UNSUB who kidnaps families with the intention of making them admit to and pay for their indiscretions.
God Complex
When a legless body is found in the New Mexico desert and a second unwilling amputee shows up at the…
The Good Earth
The team heads to Oregon as four men have gone missing.
The Apprenticeship
When prostitutes in Miami are discovered murdered in a similar style to local animals found dead there, the BAU must…
The Fallen
The BAU travels to Santa Monica when burned bodies of homeless people begin showing up by the famous pier. Also,…
The Wheels on the Bus...
The BAU team goes in pursuit of a missing school bus full of children outside the Washington, D.C. area, and…
Magnificent Light
An attendee at a popular motivational-speaker's conference in Seattle is murdered and the speaker himself disappears soon afterward. Meanwhile, Garcia…
The Lesson
A ritualistic killer is hunted after male bodies are found that have been physically altered. Meanwhile, Reid gets anxious at…
Perennials
The BAU heads south to investigate a fast-moving UnSub whose signature matches that of a serial killer from 30 years…
Zugzwang
When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together to…
Magnum Opus
While Reid copes with a loss in his personal life, the rest of the BAU travels to San Francisco to…
All That Remains
A writer's daughters vanish on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, which leads the BAU to investigate the man as…
Broken
The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found there with their watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect…
Carbon Copy
When victims are found in Philadelphia in a similar style to victims of The Replicator, the stalker who has been…
The Gathering
The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media. Also,…
Restoration
The BAU goes to Morgan's old neighborhood in urban Chicago in search of an unsub targeting middle-aged men, and a…
Pay It Forward
When a time capsule in a small Colorado town is opened twenty-five years later and contains a gruesome discovery, the…
Alchemy
The BAU travel to Rapid City after two male victims are discovered murdered in a ritualistic manner. Also, Reid continues…
Nanny Dearest
The BAU travels to Los Angeles looking for an UnSub who is kidnapping nannies and the children they care for…
Number Six
The BAU goes to Detroit to track an UnSub with a rapidly changing MO. Also, Blake's husband returns from overseas…
Brothers Hotchner (1)
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also,…
The Replicator (2)
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also,…
The Inspiration (1)
The hunt for a methodical killer takes the BAU to Arizona to search for an increasingly devolving unsub, and the…
The Inspired (2)
As the BAU zeroes in on the suspect of the ritualistic killings they've been investigating in Arizona, a bizarre connection…
Final Shot
When a sniper strikes Dallas, the BAU investigates whether the upcoming anniversary of the Kennedy assassination is a motivating factor…
To Bear Witness
The BAU meets their new section chief, Mateo Cruz, who, unbeknownst to them, shares a long work history with JJ.…
Route 66
As Hotch fights for his life due to complications from his stabbing at the hands of George Foyet, a.k.a. "The…
In the Blood
The BAU are called to Utah to investigate the murder of a women who died by being buried under stones.…
Gatekeeper
Though Rossi is sad because his favorite bar is closing, the team goes to Boston to solve a series of…
The Return
When teenagers who were reported missing are suspected of a series of mass murders in Chicago, the BAU investigates their…
Strange Fruit
When skeletons are discovered in the backyard of a home in Virginia, family secrets and past racial divisions are brought…
The Caller
When a young boy goes missing from his home in St. Louis, the BAU reinvestigates a similar cold case to…
Bully
When the BAU is called to Kansas City to investigate a series of murders, a tense reunion ensues between Blake…
The Black Queen
A murder investigation leads to Garcia delving into her hacker past -- and reconnecting with her former love.
The Road Home (1)
As the team searches for a vigilante killer in Cleveland, Rossi's former Marine sergeant goes missing in Los Angeles; J.J.'s…
200 (2)
When JJ is kidnapped, the BAU delves into her time at the State Department to find clues to her disappearance…
Mr. & Mrs. Anderson
The BAU travels to Pittsburgh on the hunt for a pair of suspects that appear to be working together as…
Gabby
When a 4-year-old girl goes missing while staying with a relative in Mississippi, the BAU uncovers some startling truths as…
Persuasion
The BAU must determine the true cause and motive when several drowned people are discovered in the Las Vegas desert.
Rabid
When three bodies are found with animal and human bite marks in a shallow grave near Milwaukee, the BAU has…
The Edge of Winter
Morgan's visit with a survivor of unusual stabbings in upstate New York leads to more questions about the case.
Blood Relations
Two murder victims are found in a West Virginia backwoods community. The investigation reveals that the homicides may be linked…
What Happens in Mecklinburg...
The team searches for a commonality when a series of target abductions take place; Savannah is frustrated with Morgan's traveling.
Fatal
Victims of arsenic poisoning are found in Long Beach. The investigation reveals that the killer has a fascination with Greek…
Angels (1)
When prostitutes are murdered in Texas, their deaths seem to have religious overtones; members of the team are put at…
Demons (2)
The investigation in Texas reveals a deep web of corruption; Garcia must save a friend.
X
The BAU team investigates a series of murders in Bakersfield, Ca, which have left the victims unidentifiable. New agent Kate…
Burn
A series of abductions and murders in Seattle send the BAU seeking an UnSub who was abused in the past…
A Thousand Suns
When a passenger jet crashes in Colorado, the BAU team is called to build a profile around the suspicious circumstances.…
The Itch
The investigation into a series of mysterious deaths in Atlanta reveals the murders were likely committed by an UnSub with…
Boxed In
When a young boy who went missing in San Diego on Halloween suddenly reappears one year later, the BAU must…
If the Shoe Fits
The BAU is stumped to find the common denominator among male victims in Montana, making in difficult to profile the…
Hashtag
When victims with large social media followings are found dead in Maryland, the BAU searches for an UnSub taking on…
The Boys of Sudworth Place
When a prominent attorney goes missing in Boston, the BAU unearths secrets in his past which could point to the…
Fate
The BAU investigates random murders in northern Virginia and searches for a conflicted UnSub who has an uncontrollable urge to…
Amelia Porter
When the BAU is called to Salt Lake City Utah to investigate a triple homicide, the search for a connection…
The Forever People
When frozen bodies are found in Nevada floating in water, the BAU’s investigation leads them to suspect that the victims…
Anonymous
The BAU searches Tallahassee for a serial killer who calls the authorities to report the crimes prior to committing murder.…
Nelson's Sparrow
The BAU revisits its origins when they look at one of Rossi and Gideon’s old cases to track a killer…
Hero Worship
When an Indianapolis coffee shop is blown up and a hero emerges from the wreckage, the BAU tries to protect…
Scream
Victims in California have the BAU searching for an UnSub who may have witnessed abuse as a child. Meanwhile, Kate…
Lockdown
When two guards at a privatized maximum security prison in Texas are murdered, the BAU suspects that more than one…
Breath Play
The BAU is called to Wisconsin in search of a serial killer, and the team looks for a connection among…
Rock Creek Park
When the wife of an up-and-coming congressman disappears, the BAU investigates his political enemies as possible suspects.
Beyond Borders
When a family of four is abducted while on vacation in Barbados, the BAU is called to assist Unit Chief…
A Place at the Table
When a Maryland family is found murdered at their dining room table, the team tracks down other family members and…
Mr. Scratch
When three people implicated in murders claim they were attacked by a “clawed shadow monster” at the moment each crime…
Protection
When shooting victims are found in the Los Angeles area with possible links to criminal activity, the BAU searches for…
The Hunt
When Kate's niece and her best friend Markayla are kidnapped, the BAU suspects an online predator engaged in sex trafficking…
The Job
The BAU is interviewing different candidates to join their ranks in the wake of Kate’s departure, including a forensic psychologist,…
The Witness
When a Los Angeles bus is attacked with sarin gas, the BAU must act quickly to find the suspect before…
'Til Death Do Us Part
When brides-to-be in Savannah are killed on the eve of their nuptials, the BAU suspects a jilted UnSub is at…
Outlaw
When three restaurant workers are killed in a robbery/homicide in Las Vegas, N.M., the BAU looks at a cold case…
The Night Watch
When the BAU investigates incidents of bodies being incorporated into macabre graffiti art in Detroit, they suspect an elusive-yet-notorious street…
Pariahville
When a woman is murdered in a small town in Florida inhabited entirely by sex offenders, the BAU faces a…
Target Rich
The BAU helps Rossi’s journalist daughter, Joy, investigate the disappearance of a college student. Also, the team is alarmed when…
Awake
Victims are kidnapped in Phoenix and forced to endure sleep deprivation. Meanwhile, JJ copes with exhaustion from juggling work and…
Internal Affairs
After two undercover DEA agents are murdered and a third goes missing, the BAU joins the NSA to investigate whether…
Future Perfect
The BAU searches for an UnSub who may be fascinated with medical experimentation.
Entropy
The BAU implements an elaborate strategy to try and take down the “Dirty Dozen” hitmen ring, with Reid playing a…
Drive
When bodies are discovered in public places throughout Boston, the BAU investigates whether a taxi or ride-share service the victims…
The Bond
The BAU searches for a motive and an UnSub when victims are found in truck stop restrooms along highways throughout…
Hostage
When an 18-year-old girl escapes from a suburban home where she was held captive for years with two other women,…
A Badge and a Gun
Women are found dead inside their own homes throughout L.A. The BAU searches security footage for an UnSub who was…
Derek
When Morgan is abducted, the BAU scrambles to find him and save his life.
The Sandman
The BAU heads to Wichita in search of an UnSub abducting children while their parents sleep. Also, Morgan tries to…
A Beautiful Disaster
When an UnSub targets the BAU, and the team goes into action to find out who is responsible.
Tribute
When former team member Prentiss tracks an international serial killer, she enlists the help of the BAU when she believes…
Inner Beauty
The BAU searches for an UnSub who is purposely disfiguring victims. Also, Rossi has an awkward reunion with his ex-wife,…
Devil's Backbone
When guards at a Virginia prison intercept a package with evidence relating to the kidnapping of two boys several years…
The Storm
The BAU is shocked when Hotch is apprehended by a SWAT team and suspected of conspiracy, and as the team…
The Crimson King
Agent Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) joins the BAU team, which is tasked with capturing a killer who escaped prison with…
Sick Day
When JJ arrives home shaken after a rough case, she breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of…
Taboo
The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss as they are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women
Keeper
The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad
The BAU investigates if bullying may be the link between two high school students who are the sole survivors after…
Elliott's Pond
When three children disappear while riding their bikes on the same path as a similar unsolved disappearance 30 years ago,…
Mirror Image
The BAU team opens an investigation when a man who fully believes he’s Dr. Tara Lewis’ brother arrives in town,…
Scarecrow
The team heads to Yakima, Washington when the remains of a dozen people are found along a creek bed.
Profiling 202
While Rossi conducts a profiling course on his birthday, he receives a call from his nemesis Tommy Yates, who discloses…
Seek and Destroy
BAU team investigates a series of home invasions in upscale neighborhoods in San Diego involving casualties.
Surface Tension
Reid has returned from Houston, where he was visiting his mother who is in a new facility on an experimental…
A Good Husband
The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.
Spencer
When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for…
Collision Course
The BAU investigates the cause of several fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians. Also, Reid gets bad news.
Alpha Male
The BAU investigates when several young men and women are victims of disfiguring acid attacks. Also, Dr. Reid begins to…
Assistance Is Futile
When three women in New York City are found dead with several bones broken, the BAU works with a single…
In the Dark
When two drastically different murder sprees are committed in Burlington, Vermont, the BAU concludes that a serial killer suffering from…
Hell's Kitchen
The BAU investigates an urban vampire who kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system;…
True North
Three victims are found tied to stakes in the Arizona desert.
Unforgettable
The BAU investigates when several federal government employees, including a close friend of Walker's, succumb to symptoms of a heart…
Green Light
When Reid fears his mother has been abducted, he asks the BAU to investigate while he's stuck in prison.
Red Light
Derek Morgan brings the BAU a lead in the case against serial killer and escaped convict Mr. Scratch.
Wheels Up
In the wake of a devastating attack, the BAU works with former International Response Team member Matthew Simmons to save…
To a Better Place
The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.
Blue Angel
When successful businessmen in Detroit are targeted by an anger-driven power-assertive Unsub, the BAU is called in to investigate.
Killer App
The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.
Lucky Strikes
Morgan lends emotional support to Garcia when she experiences anxiety over a case that is personal to her from her…
The Bunker
Several women go missing in Virginia and the BAU must figure out what they all have in common in order…
Dust and Bones
The BAU searches for an unsub in Austin, Texas, who is targeting prominent members of the community.
Neon Terror
When an UnSub in Miami sensationalizes his crimes by giving the local media exclusive footage, the BAU is called in…
False Flag
When two members of a conspiracy group in Roswell, N.M., perish in quick succession, the BAU is called to investigate.
Submerged
When a series of backyard pool homicides are reported in California, the BAU team searches for an UnSub with a…
Full-Tilt Boogie
The BAU team’s investigation into the home invasion and attempted homicide of a police chief’s wife uncovers a world of…
Bad Moon on the Rise
The BAU is called to New York when several casualties of a brutal nature are reported in Central Park.
Cure
The BAU is called to investigate a series of D.C. homicides where cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of…
Miasma
The BAU is called when the New Orleans P.D. discovers a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt in a…
Annihilator
The FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, joins the BAU as they investigate a quadruple homicide of a…
Last Gasp
Away from the watchful eye of the FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, the BAU meets in secret…
The Capilanos
The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.
The Dance of Love
The BAU travels to Chicago to investigate an unsub who leaves red roses on each victim. Also, Rossi gets an…
Ex Parte
The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons’ wife, Kristy works.
All You Can Eat
The BAU is called to investigate a series of deaths in Virginia suspected by the Center for Disease Control to…
Mixed Signals
The BAU is called to Taos, N.M. to investigate an UnSub who is targeting his victims' temporal lobes.
Believer
When Reid discovers former FBI Special Agent Owen Quinn locked inside a storage unit, the BAU questions the credibility of…
300
When Reid and Garcia are abducted by Benjamin Merva, it's up to the rest of the team to find them.…
Starter Home
When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's remote South Carolina home,…
Rule 34
The BAU must determine what connects six people that each received a mysterious package in order to identify the Unsub.…
Innocence
The BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla.,…
The Tall Man
The BAU investigates a spooky local ghost story of the 'Tall Man' and the clues it provides when two people…
Luke
The BAU heads to Bethesda, Md., to investigate four murders in the span of three days along the eastern seaboard.…
Twenty Seven
The BAU races to capture the vigilantes behind a series of attacks taking place every 27 minutes in the nation’s…
Ashley
The BAU investigates a double homicide and kidnapping in New Hampshire. Rossi's plans to elevate his relationship with Krystall don't…
Broken Wing
A professor from Lewis’ past tips off the BAU to an alarming number of overdose deaths of patients who just…
Flesh and Blood
Prentiss faces her past when the BAU is sent to investigate the murders of prominent businessmen, all of whom are…
Night Lights
The BAU team heads to Portland, Ore., to investigate a chilling abduction that may be linked to a local couple…
Hamelin
Prentiss and the team fly to Iowa to investigate the disappearance of three 10-year-old children who appear to have been…
Chameleon
Rossi questions his actions in the aftermath of a near-death struggle with a serial killer who appears to have outsmarted…
Sick and Evil
The BAU investigates a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Lewiston, Maine.
Truth or Dare
Wedding bells are ringing as Rossi prepares to marry Krystall. But first, the BAU team travels to Los Angeles to…
Under the Skin
The BAU team investigates an UnSub with striking similarities to Rossi’s latest obsession, “The Chameleon,” a.k.a. Everett Lynch, who nearly…
Awakenings
With a member of the BAU in the hospital, the team searches for Everett Lynch, and his daughter, Grace. Also,…
Spectator Slowing
The BAU team investigates a series of seemingly random fatal explosions throughout Kentucky and Tennessee.
Saturday
The members of the BAU enjoy a Saturday off in vastly different ways. While Rossi and Prentiss help Simmons assemble…
Ghost
Following a series of fatal shootings, the BAU team travels to Des Plaines, Ill. to investigate what appears to be…
Date Night
After a father and daughter get kidnapped, a former foe of the BAU returns with very specific demands for Dr.…
Rusty
When the BAU team travels to Denver to investigate several murders, Prentiss is forced to evaluate her relationship with Special…
Family Tree
Prentiss and J.J. are faced with important decisions to make about their futures as the BAU travels to Beaumont, Texas…
Face Off (1)
It has been a year since Rossi nearly died at the hands of Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” and he…
And in the End (2)
Following an explosive face-to-face encounter with Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” Dr. Reid suffers from a brain injury and, while…
Just Getting Started
When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the…
Sicarius
As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points…
Moose
At the heart of the serial killing network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. In…
Pay-Per-View
The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez…
Oedipus Wrecks
A surprising connection forces Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young D.C. socialites who…
True Conviction
The explosion looks to have exposed the true mastermind behind Sicarius, but all is not what it seems. Is someone…
What Doesn’t Kill Us
With the fate of the Sicarius investigation hanging in the balance, the BAU takes a case in West Virginia, where…
Forget Me Knots
Voit’s internal struggles with himself lead him to a desperate kidnapping. But Rossi’s obsession brings the BAU closer to the…
Memento Mori
Rossi will go to any lengths to prove that Elias Voit is Sicarius. But Voit turns Rossi into his own…
Dead End
With Rossi in Voit’s clutches, he grapples with the limits of his technical know-how and mental strength. As the BAU…
Gold Star
Prentiss uncovers a series of brutal killings linked by a specific calling card. Despite being haunted by Elias Voit, the…
Contagion
The BAU investigates a series of killings with the same brutal M.O. they saw with the strike team deaths. The…
Homesick
The BAU investigates the "Moving Day Murders" and track a ritualistic killer with a twisted method of subduing his victims.…
Kingdom of the Blind
The BAU is faced with more Gold Star killing with the same gruesome M.O. Elias Voit says goodbye to his…
Conspiracy vs. Theory
The BAU enlists Voit to help capture Jade and Damien, the UnSubs behind the Gold Star killings. Damien and Jade…
Message in a Bottle
Alvez and Garcia profile who might be targeting Tyler's ex-girlfriend. JJ helps Prentiss work through an existential hangover. When Rossi's…
Piranha
The BAU zeroes in on a sadistic UnSub in D.C. with a twisted M.O. Prentiss and Rossi dive into the…
North Star
The BAU tries to get ahead of Jade and Damien who are on a killing spree. Rossi must confront an…
Stars & Stripes
With Jade on the run, the BAU continues to assemble the pieces connecting Gold Star victims to Aida Limited. Jade…
Save the Children
When the identity of the last Gold Star member is revealed, the pieces of the puzzle click together. Prentiss, now…
Swimmer's Calculus
When bodies wash up on the Maryland shoreline, the BAU races to find the UnSub. After surviving a prison attack,…
The Zookeeper
Voit awakens from his coma. The team finds videos from a dormant Sicarius Network killer called "The Zookeeper" indicating that…
Time to Say Goodbye
Rossi and Lewis enlist the help of Ramona, Voit's sole survivor, to help unlock Voit's memory. JJ and the team…
I'm Fine, It's Fine. Everything Is Fine
While the team works an organ harvesting case, Voit's recovery process leads him to suspect he is more likely a…
The Brutal Man
JJ works with Dr. Ochoa to help Voit process the truth about his violent past, and tells him that one…
Hell Is Empty…
The team investigates a network killer who buries his victims alive, and Tara confronts Rebecca's ex who has recently re-entered…
…All the Devils are Here
Network UnSubs torture and kill hostages as Voit works with the BAU to stop them. Rebecca's ex, Evan Delray, is…
Tara
When the team works to hunt down the person who shot Tara, they discover "The Disciple" deliberately had them chasing…
CollateRal
The team inches closer to uncovering the identity of "The Disciple", someone they believe is linked to Voit's past, but…
The Disciple
After Voit and Ochoa are kidnapped by "The Disciple", the team races to find them. While in The Disciple's custody,…
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Drama Serie Review
The enduring legacy of *Criminal Minds* lies not in its procedural format, but in its unapologetic descent into the shadows of the human psyche. While many crime dramas focus on the "how" of a crime, this series distinguishes itself by obsessing over the "why." By centering the narrative on the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), the show elevates the standard police procedural into a psychological chess match, where the weapon of choice is empathy utilized as a forensic tool.
The show’s primary strength is its ensemble chemistry, which has survived numerous cast rotations over nineteen seasons. The return of David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) provided a necessary bridge between the show’s foundational roots and its modern evolution. The interplay between technical wizardry, represented by Kirsten Vangsness, and the field-tested intuition of agents like Paget Brewster creates a compelling dynamic of "found family" that offsets the grim nature of the subject matter. The narrative structure, particularly in the more recent seasons involving Zach Gilford, has shifted from a "case-of-the-week" formula toward more complex, season-long arcs. This evolution allows for a deeper exploration of the antagonist's perspective, turning the "UnSub" from a mere monster into a tragic, albeit terrifying, study of trauma and deviance.
However, the series is not without its fatigue. Over 350 episodes, the plot beats can become predictable, often leaning on the "ticking clock" trope to manufacture tension. The relentless darkness of the crimes—ranging from ritualistic killings to psychological torture—can occasionally feel gratuitous, bordering on "misery porn" for the sake of shock value. Furthermore, the show sometimes struggles to balance its pseudo-scientific profiling with realistic FBI procedures, occasionally granting the characters near-psychic abilities to solve cases based on minimal evidence.
Ultimately, *Criminal Minds* remains a titan of the genre because it respects the intelligence of its audience while exploring the fragility of the human mind. It is a grim, often exhausting journey, but for viewers who crave a procedural with intellectual weight and emotional stakes, it remains essential viewing. It is a haunting reminder that to catch a monster, one must be willing to look directly into the abyss.
