Criminal Minds

55min

Crime

Drama

Mystery

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.

Production Companies

Touchstone Television

The Mark Gordon Company

Paramount Television

CBS Studios

Erica Messer Productions

ABC Studios

ABC Signature

Entertainment One Television

Lionsgate Television

Episodes

Cast

Extreme Aggressor

1. Extreme Aggressor

40min

22nd Sep 2005

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

2. Compulsion

43min

28th Sep 2005

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

Won't Get Fooled Again

3. Won't Get Fooled Again

41min

5th Oct 2005

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

Plain Sight

4. Plain Sight

40min

12th Oct 2005

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

5. Broken Mirror

42min

19th Oct 2005

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.

6. L.D.S.K.

40min

2nd Nov 2005

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

7. The Fox

42min

9th Nov 2005

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

8. Natural Born Killer

42min

16th Nov 2005

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

9. Derailed

41min

23rd Nov 2005

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

10. The Popular Kids

41min

30th Nov 2005

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

Blood Hungry

11. Blood Hungry

43min

14th Dec 2005

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?

12. What Fresh Hell?

43min

11th Jan 2006

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

13. Poison

40min

18th Jan 2006

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

14. Riding the Lightning

43min

25th Jan 2006

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

15. Unfinished Business

41min

1st Mar 2006

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

16. The Tribe

43min

8th Mar 2006

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

17. A Real Rain

42min

22nd Mar 2006

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

18. Somebody's Watching

42min

29th Mar 2006

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

Machismo

19. Machismo

41min

12th Apr 2006

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

Charm and Harm

20. Charm and Harm

41min

19th Apr 2006

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

Secrets and Lies

21. Secrets and Lies

42min

3rd May 2006

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

The Fisher King (1)

22. The Fisher King (1)

41min

10th May 2006

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

First air date

22nd Sep 2005

Last air date

10th Jul 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks