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Criminal Minds

2005– · Continuing · 19 seasons

Drama Crime Suspense Thriller Mystery
First aired
Sep 22, 2005
IMDb rating
8.1 / 10 243,849 votes
Recall rating
8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

Special Agents Jason Gideon and Aaron Hotchner head up the FBI's most elite profiling team, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, the experts in analyzing criminal psychology. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they travel the country, matching wits with the most ruthless criminals on Earth.

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 24 wins & 35 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 4 · 26 episodes

  • E1 Mayhem
    Sep 24, 2008 45 min

    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.

  • Oct 1, 2008 45 min

    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.

  • Oct 8, 2008 45 min

    Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.

  • Oct 22, 2008 45 min

    The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car accidents.

  • Oct 29, 2008 45 min

    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.

  • Nov 5, 2008 45 min

    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.

  • Nov 12, 2008 45 min

    As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.

  • Nov 19, 2008 45 min

    When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the team must locate his latest victims before it is too late.

  • Nov 26, 2008 45 min

    Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a serial killer who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.

  • Dec 10, 2008 45 min

    The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case that hits close to home for Morgan, a former cop.

  • E11 Normal
    Dec 17, 2008 45 min

    The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.

  • Jan 14, 2009 45 min

    The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice

  • E13 Bloodline
    Jan 21, 2009 45 min

    The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young women.

  • Feb 11, 2009 45 min

    The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms his victims.

  • Feb 18, 2009 45 min

    The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.

  • Feb 25, 2009 45 min

    The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure and kill high-powered executives.

  • Mar 11, 2009 45 min

    Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.

  • E18 Omnivore
    Mar 18, 2009 45 min

    Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.

  • Mar 25, 2009 45 min

    The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.

  • Apr 8, 2009 45 min

    The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer with multiple personalities who is targeting co-eds on vacation.

  • Apr 22, 2009 45 min

    When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.

  • Apr 29, 2009 45 min

    When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.

  • E23 Roadkill
    May 6, 2009 45 min

    An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.

  • May 13, 2009 45 min

    When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.

  • May 20, 2009 45 min

    The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.

  • May 20, 2009 45 min

    The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada. An agent's life is in peril.

Cast 17

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