Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds (2005)

"To catch a criminal, you have to think like one."

8.3 (3998 votes)
19 Seasons
September 22, 2005
English
Crime Drama Mystery

Synopsis

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.

Network

CBS, Paramount+

Episodes

Extreme Aggressor
E1

Extreme Aggressor

Sep 22, 2005
40 min
7.5

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.

Compulsion
E2

Compulsion

Sep 28, 2005
43 min
7.7

The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.

Won't Get Fooled Again
E3

Won't Get Fooled Again

Oct 5, 2005
41 min
7.6

Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.

Plain Sight
E4

Plain Sight

Oct 12, 2005
40 min
7.7

The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.

Broken Mirror
E5

Broken Mirror

Oct 19, 2005
42 min
7.7

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.

L.D.S.K.
E6

L.D.S.K.

Nov 2, 2005
40 min
8.4

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.

The Fox
E7

The Fox

Nov 9, 2005
42 min
8.1

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.

Natural Born Killer
E8

Natural Born Killer

Nov 16, 2005
42 min
7.7

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.

Derailed
E9

Derailed

Nov 23, 2005
41 min
7.9

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.

The Popular Kids
E10

The Popular Kids

Nov 30, 2005
41 min
7.8

The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.

Blood Hungry
E11

Blood Hungry

Dec 14, 2005
43 min
7.6

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.

What Fresh Hell?
E12

What Fresh Hell?

Jan 11, 2006
43 min
7.7

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.

Poison
E13

Poison

Jan 18, 2006
40 min
7.5

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.

Riding the Lightning
E14

Riding the Lightning

Jan 25, 2006
43 min
7.8

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.

Unfinished Business
E15

Unfinished Business

Mar 1, 2006
41 min
8.1

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.

The Tribe
E16

The Tribe

Mar 8, 2006
43 min
8.0

The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.

A Real Rain
E17

A Real Rain

Mar 22, 2006
42 min
7.6

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.

Somebody's Watching
E18

Somebody's Watching

Mar 29, 2006
42 min
7.6

Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.

Machismo
E19

Machismo

Apr 12, 2006
41 min
7.5

The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.

Charm and Harm
E20

Charm and Harm

Apr 19, 2006
41 min
7.8

The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.

Secrets and Lies
E21

Secrets and Lies

May 3, 2006
42 min
7.5

The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.

The Fisher King (1)
E22

The Fisher King (1)

May 10, 2006
41 min
8.1

While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.

Cast

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Details

Original Title

Criminal Minds

Status

Returning Series

Seasons

19

Episodes

354

Production

Touchstone Television, The Mark Gordon Company, Paramount Television