Criminal Minds

Episodes

Season 8 · 24 episodes

• E1 The Silencer
  Sep 26, 2012 45 min

  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
  Oct 10, 2012 45 min

  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
  Oct 17, 2012 45 min

  When one Kansas family turns up dead and another goes missing, the BAU looks for a link between the cases to find out who is behind the kidnappings and murders. Meanwhile, Hotch gets surprising news from Beth.

• E4 God Complex
  Oct 24, 2012 45 min

  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
  Oct 31, 2012 45 min

  When four men go missing in rural Oregon, the BAU searches for a common link among them in order to track them down. Also, JJ gets upset when her son Henry doesn't want to celebrate Halloween this year.

• E6 The Apprenticeship
  Nov 7, 2012 45 min

  When prostitutes in Miami are discovered murdered in a similar style to local animals found dead there, the BAU must work fast to find an unsub whose confidence is quickly escalating. Also, Morgan tries to increase Reid's athletic skills by convincing him to join the bureau softball team.

• E7 The Fallen
  Nov 14, 2012 45 min

  The BAU travels to Santa Monica when burned bodies of homeless people begin showing up by the famous pier. Also, Rossi reconnects with his former Marine sergeant from Vietnam.

• E8 The Wheels on the Bus...
  Nov 21, 2012 45 min

  The BAU team goes in pursuit of a missing school bus full of children outside the Washington, D.C. area, and it becomes a race against time for them to bring them home safely.

• E9 Magnificent Light
  Nov 28, 2012 45 min

  An attendee at a popular motivational-speaker's conference in Seattle is murdered and the speaker himself disappears soon afterward. Meanwhile, Garcia is puzzled when Morgan refuses to attend a dinner honoring an old family friend.

• E10 The Lesson
  Dec 5, 2012 45 min

  A ritualistic killer is hunted after male bodies are found that have been physically altered. Meanwhile, Reid gets anxious at the prospect of meeting his mystery woman.

• E11 Perennials
  Dec 12, 2012 45 min

  The BAU heads south to investigate a fast-moving UnSub whose signature matches that of a serial killer from 30 years ago. Also, the team learns that someone is tracking their cases and replicating crimes the BAU is solving.

• E12 Zugzwang
  Jan 16, 2013 45 min

  When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together to find her before it's too late.

• E13 Magnum Opus
  Jan 23, 2013 45 min

  While Reid copes with a loss in his personal life, the rest of the BAU travels to San Francisco to investigate victims discovered in the Mission District.

• E14 All That Remains
  Feb 6, 2013 45 min

  A writer's daughters vanish on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, which leads the BAU to investigate the man as a possible suspect.

• E15 Broken
  Feb 20, 2013 45 min

  The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found there with their watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect the crimes. Meanwhile, the UnSub stalking the BAU inches closer in his pursuit of the team.

• E16 Carbon Copy
  Feb 27, 2013 45 min

  When victims are found in Philadelphia in a similar style to victims of The Replicator, the stalker who has been tracking the BAU's every move, the team thinks this could be the break they need to try and apprehend him.

• E17 The Gathering
  Mar 20, 2013 45 min

  The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media. Also, Kevin gets jealous when he learns Garcia may have a new love interest.

• E18 Restoration
  Apr 3, 2013 45 min

  The BAU goes to Morgan's old neighborhood in urban Chicago in search of an unsub targeting middle-aged men, and a clue leads Morgan to believe that they are after someone connected to the man who molested him as a child.

• E19 Pay It Forward
  Apr 10, 2013 45 min

  When a time capsule in a small Colorado town is opened twenty-five years later and contains a gruesome discovery, the BAU investigates the crime and find a possible link to the death of a local police officer.

• E20 Alchemy
  May 1, 2013 45 min

  The BAU travel to Rapid City after two male victims are discovered murdered in a ritualistic manner. Also, Reid continues to grieve over Maeve’s death.

• E21 Nanny Dearest
  May 8, 2013 45 min

  The BAU travels to Los Angeles looking for an UnSub who is kidnapping nannies and the children they care for on the same day each year.

• E22 Number Six
  May 15, 2013 45 min

  The BAU goes to Detroit to track an UnSub with a rapidly changing MO. Also, Blake's husband returns from overseas with a life-changing career proposition for her.

• E23 Brothers Hotchner (1)
  May 22, 2013 45 min

  When Hotch receives a phone call from his brother Sean while on vacation in New York City and several civilians are found dead from apparent ecstasy overdoses, the BAU attempts to profile a sociopath killer attempting to make a statement. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles to keep himself from becoming emotionally involved in the case.

• E24 The Replicator (2)
  May 22, 2013 45 min

  The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. The team is also called in to investigate a string of deaths in Manhattan tied to apparent ecstasy overdoses. Hotch discovers that his estranged brother is caught in the middle.