Criminal Minds

Episodes

Season 12 · 22 episodes

• E1 The Crimson King
  Sep 28, 2016 45 min

  Agent Luke Alvez joins the BAU team, which is tasked with capturing a killer who escaped prison with 13 other convicts.

• E2 Sick Day
  Oct 5, 2016 45 min

  When JJ arrives home shaken after a rough case, she breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of two children.

• E3 Taboo
  Oct 12, 2016 45 min

  The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss as they are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women.

• E4 Keeper
  Oct 26, 2016 45 min

  The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.

• E5 The Anti-Terror Squad
  Nov 9, 2016 45 min

  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
  Nov 16, 2016 45 min

  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.

• E7 Mirror Image
  Nov 30, 2016 45 min

  The BAU team opens an investigation when a man who fully believes he’s Dr. Tara Lewis’ brother arrives in town, knowing everything about her and her family, and she is unable to make contact with her real sibling.

• E8 Scarecrow
  Dec 7, 2016 45 min

  The BAU team heads to Yakima, Wash., after the remains of a dozen people are found along a creek bed.

• E9 Profiling 202
  Jan 4, 2017 45 min

  As Rossi conducts a profiling course on his birthday, he receives a call from his serial killer nemesis, Tommy Yates, telling him the location of his latest victim.

• E10 Seek and Destroy
  Jan 11, 2017 45 min

  The BAU team investigates a series of home invasions in upscale neighborhoods in San Diego involving casualties.

• E11 Surface Tension
  Feb 1, 2017 45 min

  When a bizarre hieroglyph found under a deceased homeless man’s armpit is the same from previous casualties a few years ago, the BAU is called in to investigate. Also, Reid decides to take his mother out of a clinical study early to bring her home with him.

• E12 A Good Husband
  Feb 8, 2017 45 min

  The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.

• E13 Spencer
  Feb 15, 2017 45 min

  When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for their help.

• E14 Collision Course
  Feb 22, 2017 45 min

  The BAU investigates the cause of several fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians. Also, Reid gets bad news.

• E15 Alpha Male
  Mar 1, 2017 45 min

  The BAU investigates when several young men and women are victims of disfiguring acid attacks. Also, Dr. Reid begins to settle into his new surroundings.

• E16 Assistance Is Futile
  Mar 15, 2017 45 min

  A mother steps forward with valuable information for the BAU to aid in their investigation of an unsub known as the bone crusher. Also, Reid must adapt to a new set of rules in prison life.

• E17 In the Dark
  Mar 22, 2017 45 min

  The BAU believes two unsubs may be operating at the same time, when victims killed in two drastically different ways are discovered in the same city. Also, the team grapples with keeping Reid safe in prison.

• E18 Hell's Kitchen
  Mar 29, 2017 45 min

  The BAU investigates an urban vampire in New York who kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system. Also, Reid makes an impossible decision in prison that severely affects himself and other inmates.

• E19 True North
  Apr 5, 2017 45 min

  The BAU is called after three victims are found tied to stakes in the Arizona desert.

• E20 Unforgettable
  Apr 26, 2017 45 min

  When several federal government employees, including a close friend of Walker’s, succumb to symptoms of a heart attack, the BAU investigates. Also, Reid anxiously awaits his trial date.

• E21 Green Light
  May 3, 2017 45 min

  When Reid fears his mother has been abducted, he asks the BAU to investigate while he’s stuck in prison.

• E22 Red Light
  May 10, 2017 45 min

  Derek Morgan brings the BAU a lead in the case against serial killer and escaped convict Mr. Scratch.