

Criminal Minds
★ 8.3 · 19 seasons
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.
Season 1 · 22 episodes
- E1
Extreme Aggressor
After a fourth woman goes missing in as many months, the team is brought in to track down the guy before he kidnaps again. Hotch is asked to secretly evaluate Gideon to see if he is ready to work full time again.
- E2
Compulsion
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
- E3
Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
- E4
Plain Sight
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
- E5
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 after her twin sister.
- E6
L.D.S.K.
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the team works with local law enforcement officers to recreate one of the shootings.
- E7
The Fox
The BAU profiles a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations.
- E8
Natural Born Killer
When an undercover cop in Baltimore involved in a mob investigation goes missing, the BAU believes a serial killer rather than organized crime has something to do with his disappearance. The probe leads to several unsolved missing persons cases.
- E9
Derailed
Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train in Texas by a paranoid schizophrenic who is convinced that the U.S. government is monitoring him. Hotchner and Gideon are forced to play into the man's fantasy to save the people he has taken hostage.
- E10
The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
- E11
Blood Hungry
While Gideon is stuck at the office on crutches, the rest of the team travels to Tennessee to track down a killer who disembowels his victims and supposedly eats their organs.
- E12
What Fresh Hell?
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.
- E13
Poison
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned, one of them fatally with LSD, ten times more potent than the street version.
- E14
Riding the Lightning
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
- E15
Unfinished Business
A serial killer reappears after 20 years of silence and contacts the BAU with the promise he will kill another victim in the next five days.
- E16
The Tribe
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
- E17
A Real Rain
The BAU unit travels to NYC to investigate a series of murders that appears to have been committed by a vigilante conducting revenge on former criminals who have been released by the justice system.
- E18
Somebody's Watching
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
- E19
Machismo
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
- E20
Charm and Harm
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
- E21
Secrets and Lies
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
- E22
The Fisher King (1)
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.
Season 2 · 23 episodes
- E1
The Fisher King (2)
The BAU team continues to unravel the clues given to each of them by a psychopath in order to save his most recent victim. Gideon decides not to focus on the personal aspects of the case. Rather, he tells the team to profile the killer as they would in any other investigation. Reid stays behind to work on a personal connection that could solve the case as one member of the team fights for life.
- E2
P911
A young boy who had disappeared a year ago turns up for sale by a child pornographer on an online auction in Cleveland. A former profiler who now heads the FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit asks Hotch and the BAU to help her save the boy's life before it's too late.
- E3
The Perfect Storm
The BAU has reason to believe a series of murders might have been committed by two people working as a team after the victims' families receive DVDs after each crime that includes psychological attacks.
- E4
Psychodrama
The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based on money because the robber abuses his victims by forcing them to undress before he leaves the crime scene.
- E5
Aftermath
The BAU investigates a serial rapist who had been attacking young women at religious schools and stopped for six weeks. He has resumed his attacks, but is now targeting a different demographic of women. Elle makes a decision that could end her career with the BAU.
Season 3 · 20 episodes
- E1
Doubt
The team investigates a serial killer who is targeting women at a small college in Flagstaff, Arizona. The BAU shuts down the campus, creates a detailed profile of the unsub, and arrests a suspect. However, the team members begin to have doubts about themselves when another woman is killed while the suspect is in custody.
- E2
In Name and Blood
In Milwaukee, a series of women have been found murdered with their hearts crudely removed. The BAU is assigned to the case, but they are short three members: Gideon, who is missing, Hotch, who is on suspension and Prentiss, who resigns her commission to join the Foreign Service. Supervisor Strauss steps in as lead, but she doesn't handle herself well in the field.
- E3
Scared to Death
The BAU travels to Portland to assist local authorities in investigating the disappearances of people who are new to the city and have no strong social ties.
- E4
Children of the Dark
When home invasions involve the murder of entire families, the BAU is called to Denver to identify the killers who possibly have been abused while in foster care.
- E5
Seven Seconds
The investigation turns to the family as the BAU and local authorities race against time to locate a young girl who has disappeared from a local shopping mall.
Season 4 · 26 episodes
- E1
Mayhem
When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing.
- E2
The Angel Maker
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.
- E3
Minimal Loss
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.
- E4
Paradise
The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car accidents.
- E5
Catching Out
The BAU investigates a series of murders that appear to be connected to a killer who jumps trains and chooses his victims based on their proximity to the railway.
- E6
The Instincts
While investigating the abduction of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid starts to have dreams that might help reveal buried memories from his childhood.
Season 5 · 23 episodes
- E1
Nameless, Faceless
As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.
- E2
Haunted
The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone else.
- E3
Reckoner
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
- E4
Hopeless
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.
- E5
Cradle to Grave
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
- E6
The Eyes Have It
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
- E7
Season 6 · 24 episodes
- E1
The Longest Night
The BAU team closes in on the serial killer as he continues his murder spree throughout Los Angeles - with Detective Spicer's kidnapped daughter as his hostage - in the conclusion of last season's cliffhanger.
- E2
JJ
While JJ attempts to reunite a family whose daughter has mysteriously disappeared, her BAU family braces for the loss of one of their own.
- E3
Remembrance of Things Past
When several women in Herndon, Virginia, are found murdered in a similar manner, SSA David Rossi reopens an unsolved cold case that has haunted him for a quarter of a century because he believes the original killer, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, might have returned.
- E4
Compromising Positions
The team searches for a serial killer who is preying on married couples; Hotchner looks to a team member to fill JJ's vacant role.
- E5
Safe Haven
The team pursues a serial killer targeting families in the Midwest; Morgan receives a visit from Ellie after she runs away from her foster family.
- E6
Devil's Night
Season 7 · 24 episodes
- E1
It Takes a Village
The BAU team is at a crossroads as they are questioned by a Senate Committee for their retaliatory actions in the wake of Prentiss' loss, but an unexpected familiar face could help them win their case and keep the team together.
- E2
Proof
The BAU team searches rural Oklahoma when women are being found murdered after being robbed of one of their five senses. Also, JJ and Prentiss get the cold shoulder from Reid as he deals with their deception about Prentiss' presumed death.
- E3
Dorado Falls
The BAU team investigates a mass murder at an Internet security company in Charlottesville, Va., but clues reveal it is not a typical serial killer at work.
- E4
Painless
Survivors of a Boise high school massacre return to remember the event 10 years later, but the BAU team is called in when a new killer with a similar style targets the survivors. Also, Hotch is worried that his son, Jack, may be a victim of school bullying.
- E5
From Childhood's Hour
The BAU team investigates the abductions of young children with troubled mothers in St. Louis. Also, Rossi reconnects with his first wife who has shocking news for him.
Season 8 · 24 episodes
- E1
The Silencer
When a Texas prisoner escapes during a transfer, he leaves behind victims with his unique trademark, sewing their mouths shut, a signature the BAU remembers as unique to the UnSub "The Silencer." While they investigate who he was and who he's become, the BAU also gets to know the newest member of the team.
- E2
The Pact
When the bodies of two seemingly unrelated victims are found just hours apart in San Diego and Los Angeles respectively, the BAU suspects that that not one, but two killers are working together to commit these murders.
- E3
Through the Looking Glass
An UNSUB who kidnaps families with the intention of making them admit to and pay for their indiscretions.
- E4
God Complex
When a legless body is found in the New Mexico desert and a second unwilling amputee shows up at the hospital, the BAU team searches for this amateur surgeon before he preys upon his next reluctant victim. Also, Reid's phone calls to a mystery woman have the team intrigued.
- E5
The Good Earth
The team heads to Oregon as four men have gone missing.
- E6
Season 9 · 24 episodes
- E1
The Inspiration (1)
The hunt for a methodical killer takes the BAU to Arizona to search for an increasingly devolving unsub, and the team speculates that Hotch is in the running to be the new BAU Section Chief following the death of Erin Strauss.
- E2
The Inspired (2)
As the BAU zeroes in on the suspect of the ritualistic killings they've been investigating in Arizona, a bizarre connection within the unsub's family could lead them to finally nab the suspect.
- E3
Final Shot
When a sniper strikes Dallas, the BAU investigates whether the upcoming anniversary of the Kennedy assassination is a motivating factor or if something else is driving the unsub.
- E4
To Bear Witness
The BAU meets their new section chief, Mateo Cruz, who, unbeknownst to them, shares a long work history with JJ. Cruz joins the team as they comb the streets of Baltimore for an unsub who leaves victims unable to communicate.
- E5
Route 66
As Hotch fights for his life due to complications from his stabbing at the hands of George Foyet, a.k.a. "The Reaper," he experiences visions of his late wife, Haley, and his nemesis, Foyet. Meanwhile, the BAU searches for a missing teenager and investigate her estranged father as a suspect in her disappearance.
Season 10 · 23 episodes
- E1
X
The BAU team investigates a series of murders in Bakersfield, Ca, which have left the victims unidentifiable. New agent Kate Callahan joins the BAU fold, and assists in the effort to solve the cases.
- E2
Burn
A series of abductions and murders in Seattle send the BAU seeking an UnSub who was abused in the past and is out for revenge. Garcia heads to Texas to confront the man she shot while defending Reid and herself, as he waits on death row.
- E3
A Thousand Suns
When a passenger jet crashes in Colorado, the BAU team is called to build a profile around the suspicious circumstances. The case hits close to home for Kate, who is reminded of a family tragedy.
- E4
The Itch
The investigation into a series of mysterious deaths in Atlanta reveals the murders were likely committed by an UnSub with an obsessive skin disorder.
- E5
Boxed In
When a young boy who went missing in San Diego on Halloween suddenly reappears one year later, the BAU must work fast when another trick-or-treater disappears under similar circumstances.
- E6
If the Shoe Fits
Season 11 · 22 episodes
- E1
The Job
The BAU is interviewing different candidates to join their ranks in the wake of Kate’s departure, including a forensic psychologist, Dr. Tara Lewis, who is eager to assist their efforts. Also, the BAU hunts for a serial killer who leaves behind distinctive evidence that points to someone intent on revenge.
- E2
The Witness
When a Los Angeles bus is attacked with sarin gas, the BAU must act quickly to find the suspect before a larger-scale incident occurs.
- E3
'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 work.
- E4
Outlaw
When three restaurant workers are killed in a robbery/homicide in Las Vegas, N.M., the BAU looks at a cold case that happened in the town six years ago for leads.
- E5
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 artist could be the UnSub. Also, Dr. Lewis struggles to balance her relationship with her fiancé and her work.
- E6
Season 12 · 22 episodes
- E1
The Crimson King
Agent Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) joins the BAU team, which is tasked with capturing a killer who escaped prison with 13 other convicts at the end of last season.
- E2
Sick Day
When JJ arrives home shaken after a rough case, she breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of two children.
- E3
Taboo
The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss as they are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women
- E4
Keeper
The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
- E5
The Anti-Terrorism Squad
The BAU investigates if bullying may be the link between two high school students who are the sole survivors after both of their families are killed.
- E6
Elliott's Pond
When three children disappear while riding their bikes on the same path as a similar unsolved disappearance 30 years ago, the BAU team comes in to investigate.
Season 13 · 22 episodes
- E1
Wheels Up
In the wake of a devastating attack, the BAU works with former International Response Team member Matthew Simmons to save one of their own from escaped serial killer Peter Lewis.
- E2
To a Better Place
The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.
- E3
Blue Angel
When successful businessmen in Detroit are targeted by an anger-driven power-assertive Unsub, the BAU is called in to investigate.
- E4
Killer App
The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.
- E5
Lucky Strikes
Morgan lends emotional support to Garcia when she experiences anxiety over a case that is personal to her from her past.
- E6
The Bunker
Several women go missing in Virginia and the BAU must figure out what they all have in common in order to find them.
Season 14 · 15 episodes
- E1
300
When Reid and Garcia are abducted by Benjamin Merva, it's up to the rest of the team to find them. The BAU finds surprising clues in their own history to solve why the two heroes have been targeted by a mass murderer. It's a race to save them before a Believer's prophecy is fulfilled.
- E2
Starter Home
When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's remote South Carolina home, Rossi, JJ and Simmons are dispatched to track down a trail of clues that date back over 20 years. The hunt becomes urgent after BAU learns the killer has a specific ritual of when to strike, and like clockwork another person goes missing. Rossi reconnects with his ex-wife.
- E3
Rule 34
The BAU must determine what connects six people that each received a mysterious package in order to identify the Unsub. Simmons and his wife deal with their son's suspension from school.
- E4
Innocence
The BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla., and soon after a second person who is related to the first victim is killed under similar circumstances. Prentiss is concerned about Garcia’s behavior in the aftermath of her abduction and has an idea of how to help with the healing process.
- E5
The Tall Man
The BAU investigates a spooky local ghost story of the 'Tall Man' and the clues it provides when two people go missing in the woods of East Allegheny’s Dead Man’s Conservatory, and a third mysteriously surfaces the following day with limited details as to what happened to her friends. To assist with the case, JJ reluctantly returns to her hometown, triggering emotional flashbacks to age 11 and her older sister’s tragic death.
Season 15 · 10 episodes
- E1
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 killed him and then disappeared.
- E2
Awakenings
With a member of the BAU in the hospital, the team searches for Everett Lynch, and his daughter, Grace. Also, Spencer has a meaningful visit with his mother, Diana Reid, while she’s experiencing a period of lucidity.
- E3
Spectator Slowing
The BAU team investigates a series of seemingly random fatal explosions throughout Kentucky and Tennessee.
- E4
Saturday
The members of the BAU enjoy a Saturday off in vastly different ways. While Rossi and Prentiss help Simmons assemble a new crib, Garcia leads a hacking competition, and Dr. Reid strikes up a conversation with a woman named Maxine.
- E5
Ghost
Following a series of fatal shootings, the BAU team travels to Des Plaines, Ill. to investigate what appears to be a copycat serial killer. Their efforts are thrown off track when members of the BAU are targeted.
- E6
Date Night
Season 16 · 10 episodes
- E1
Just Getting Started
When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.
- E2
Sicarius
As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU.
- E3
Moose
At the heart of the serial killing network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. In order to find him, the team must find all of his kill kits. But one is missing, and the path leads to a bomb in the middle of Washington, D.C.
- E4
Pay-Per-View
The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez and Garcia convince Tyler Green to submit a cognitive interview to unlock his memories of Sicarius.
- E5
Oedipus Wrecks
A surprising connection forces Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young D.C. socialites who are bitten by a sadistic UnSub. But when the case turns political, the BAU finds themselves in the crosshairs from a high-powered senator. The team is led to a second shipping container that’s rigged to blow.
Season 17 · 10 episodes
- E1
Gold Star
Prentiss uncovers a series of brutal killings linked by a specific calling card. Despite being haunted by Elias Voit, the BAU is forced to team up with him to track the Gold Star killer. Rossi and Prentiss devise a plan to gain leverage over Voit.
- E2
Contagion
The BAU investigates a series of killings with the same brutal M.O. they saw with the strike team deaths. The team tries to link the victims to determine if they are dealing with the same killer. Rebecca joins Lewis and Tyler Green on a stakeout.
- E3
Homesick
The BAU investigates the "Moving Day Murders" and track a ritualistic killer with a twisted method of subduing his victims. Tyler goes rogue to track down the latest Gold Star lead. Prentiss is targeted by conspiracy theorists.
- E4
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 family. Prentiss wrestles with the fallout of her run-in with Brian Garrity. Garcia hacks the cloned phone brought in by Tyler Green.
- E5
Conspiracy vs. Theory
The BAU enlists Voit to help capture Jade and Damien, the UnSubs behind the Gold Star killings. Damien and Jade get the upper hand and the BAU must watch as Voit tries to negotiate with them in order to avoid a mass casualty event.
Season 18 · 10 episodes
- E1
Swimmer's Calculus
When bodies wash up on the Maryland shoreline, the BAU races to find the UnSub. After surviving a prison attack, Elias Voit has been placed in a medically induced coma while Rossi is investigated for the incident.
- E2
The Zookeeper
Voit awakens from his coma. The team finds videos from a dormant Sicarius Network killer called "The Zookeeper" indicating that the network has reactivated. With Voit still in recovery, the BAU must tackle this reawakened network on their own.
- E3
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 say goodbye to Will.
- E4
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 prisoner than victim. JJ finds a cryptic video posted to the BAU-Gate website of a masked UnSub that could be connected to Voit's network.
- E5
The Brutal Man
JJ works with Dr. Ochoa to help Voit process the truth about his violent past, and tells him that one of his followers has a message from a mysterious unsub who appears to be organizing the remaining members of Voit's serial killer network.
Season 19 · 10 episodes
- E1
Now and Then
The BAU hunts kidnappers targeting couples as Elias Voit faces a familiar darkness in prison.
- E2
Cluster
The BAU investigates a veteran's death as Prentiss and Voit move to shut down a podcast from conspiracy theorist Brian Garrity.
- E3
Body Count
When new bodies are linked to Sicarius, the BAU takes Voit into the field to verify the killings.
- E4
The Witching Hour
An UnSub terrorizes spouses before killing one and sparing the other. Meanwhile, Voit receives disturbing mail from The Fan, a mysterious admirer.
- E5
Friendly Fire
Alvez and Tyler team up to investigate the murder of an FBI training instructor, while the rest of the BAU explore ways to lure out The Fan.
- E6
Proxy
The team investigates The Fan, while Brian Garrity questions the damage caused by his podcast.
Cast

Joe Mantegna
David Rossi

Paget Brewster
Emily Prentiss

Adam Rodriguez
Luke Alvez

Kirsten Vangsness
Penelope Garcia

A.J. Cook
Jennifer Jareau

Aisha Tyler
Dr. Tara Lewis

Zach Gilford
