Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

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

TV-MA2005•8.3/10
CrimeDramaMystery

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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

Touchstone Television, The Mark Gordon Company, Paramount Television, CBS Studios, Erica Messer Productions, ABC Studios, ABC Signature, Entertainment One Television, Lionsgate Television

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

September 22, 2005

Last Aired

July 10, 2025

Networks

CBS, Paramount+

Created By

Jeff Davis

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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Extreme Aggressor
E1
Extreme Aggressor
Air date: 2005-09-22
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
Air date: 2005-09-28
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
Air date: 2005-10-05
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
Plain Sight
E4
Plain Sight
Air date: 2005-10-12
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
Air date: 2005-10-19
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.
Air date: 2005-11-02
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
Air date: 2005-11-09
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
Air date: 2005-11-16
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
Air date: 2005-11-23
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
Air date: 2005-11-30
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
Air date: 2005-12-14
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?
Air date: 2006-01-11
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
Air date: 2006-01-18
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
Air date: 2006-01-25
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
Air date: 2006-03-01
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
Air date: 2006-03-08
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
Air date: 2006-03-22
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
Air date: 2006-03-29
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
Machismo
E19
Machismo
Air date: 2006-04-12
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
Air date: 2006-04-19
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
Secrets and Lies
E21
Secrets and Lies
Air date: 2006-05-03
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)
Air date: 2006-05-10
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.

Cast

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

David Rossi

Paget Brewster

Paget Brewster

Emily Prentiss

Adam Rodriguez

Adam Rodriguez

Luke Alvez

Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Vangsness

Penelope Garcia

A. J. Cook

A. J. Cook

Jennifer Jareau

Aisha Tyler

Aisha Tyler

Dr. Tara Lewis

Zach Gilford

Zach Gilford

Elias Voit

Ryan-James Hatanaka

Ryan-James Hatanaka

Tyler Green

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