The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit examines patterns in violent crime to understand the people responsible and anticipate their next actions. Cases take the profilers into different communities while the work shapes relationships within the team. Across the original series and its later continuation, the central question is how behaviour can help guide an investigation.
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The profiling framework offers a clear variation on the crime procedural, putting motive and patterns near the centre of each case. A long-running ensemble provides continuity between investigations. Consider it when you want an extensive crime series and are comfortable with stories involving disturbing violence and offenders.
Criminal Minds gives its investigators a particular way of approaching violent crime. The Behavioral Analysis Unit looks for patterns that might help explain an offender's choices and anticipate what could happen next. The narrative interest lies in connecting details across behaviour, circumstances and victims, rather than beginning with one familiar neighbourhood and its permanent set of suspects.
Because the cases take the team into different communities, the investigators themselves provide continuity. Their working relationships can develop even as the immediate setting changes. The series is dramatic fiction, so its profiling methods should be understood as part of a television storytelling framework rather than a dependable explanation of real-world investigative practice.
A cast that changes across the run
The long-running ensemble includes Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, A. J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss. Aisha Tyler plays Tara Lewis and Adam Rodriguez plays Luke Alvez in later parts of the series. Earlier seasons feature additional leads whose place in the team differs from that of the continuation.
Jeff Davis created the programme. After the original run, it returned under the Criminal Minds: Evolution branding. Some catalogues continue the overall season count while others emphasise Evolution as a separate label, so the title of the first episode can help confirm that you are selecting the intended starting point.
Original series or Evolution?
The first season is the natural route if you want to follow the team's history from the beginning. A viewer interested specifically in the continuation can start with Evolution while accepting that the returning characters already share substantial history. Its more serialised structure makes watching those episodes in order particularly useful.
This may appeal if you want an extensive crime catalogue with a stable professional group at its centre. The cases involve disturbing violence and offender behaviour, so the choice depends on your comfort with that subject matter as much as your interest in puzzles. Beyond identifying a suspect, watch how the team divide responsibility for interpreting evidence and how repeated exposure to difficult cases shapes the relationships that make their work possible.
The essentials
Series facts.
Release year
2005
Series premiere
22 Sep 2005
Format
Scripted
Genres
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Creator
Jeff Davis
Typical episode
About 59 minutes
Original language
English
Series status
Running
Principal team
The FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit
Continuation title
Criminal Minds: Evolution
Series format
Crime procedural with continuing team stories
Series format, language and status: TVmaze. Original dates may differ from a release in your country.
People behind the story
Cast & characters.
Credited performers across the series. Cast and roles can change between seasons.
Kirsten Vangsnessas Penelope Garcia
A.J. Cookas Jennifer "JJ" Jareau / Jennifer Jareau
Joe Mantegnaas David Rossi
Matthew Gray Gubleras Dr. Spencer Reid
Thomas Gibsonas Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner
Shemar Mooreas Derek Morgan
Paget Brewsteras Emily Prentiss
Aisha Tyleras Dr. Tara Elisabeth Lewis / Tara Lewis
Adam Rodriguezas Luke Alvez
Daniel Henneyas Matthew Simmons
Jeanne Tripplehornas Alex Blake
Mandy Patinkinas Jason Gideon
See 6 more credited performers
Zach Gilfordas Elias Voit
Ryan-James Hatanakaas Tyler Green
Lola Glaudinias Elle Greenaway
Jennifer Love Hewittas Kate Callahan
Damon Guptonas Stephen Walker
Rachel Nicholsas Ashley Seaver
Cast data includes credits from TVmaze, under CC BY-SA 4.0, grouped and reformatted for this guide. Additional credits are documented in the editorial sources.
Plan your watch
Seasons & episodes.
20 listed seasons364 released episodes
Browse every listed season and episode. Dates refer to the original release; the catalogue in your selected country may differ.
Season 12005–2006 · 22 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 22 Sep 2005. Finale: 10 May 2006. 22 released regular episodes of 22 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 1: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Extreme Aggressor
60 min
02
Compulsion
60 min
03
Won't Get Fooled Again
60 min
04
Plain Sight
60 min
05
Broken Mirror
60 min
06
L.D.S.K.
60 min
07
The Fox
60 min
08
Natural Born Killer
60 min
09
Derailed
60 min
10
The Popular Kids
60 min
11
Blood Hungry
60 min
12
What Fresh Hell?
60 min
13
Poison
60 min
14
Riding the Lightning
60 min
15
Unfinished Business
60 min
16
The Tribe
60 min
17
A Real Rain
60 min
18
Somebody's Watching
60 min
19
Machismo
60 min
20
Charm and Harm
60 min
21
Secrets and Lies
60 min
22
The Fisher King (1)
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 22006–2007 · 23 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 20 Sep 2006. Finale: 16 May 2007. 23 released regular episodes of 23 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 2: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Fisher King (2)
60 min
02
P911
60 min
03
The Perfect Storm
60 min
04
Psychodrama
60 min
05
Aftermath
60 min
06
The Boogeyman
60 min
07
North Mammon
60 min
08
Empty Planet
60 min
09
The Last Word
60 min
10
Lessons Learned
60 min
11
Sex, Birth, Death
60 min
12
Profiler, Profiled
60 min
13
No Way Out
60 min
14
The Big Game
60 min
15
Revelations
60 min
16
Fear and Loathing
60 min
17
Distress
60 min
18
Jones
60 min
19
Ashes and Dust
60 min
20
Honor Among Thieves
60 min
21
Open Season
60 min
22
Legacy
60 min
23
No Way Out, Part II: The Evolution of Frank
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 32007–2008 · 20 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 26 Sep 2007. Finale: 21 May 2008. 20 released regular episodes of 20 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 3: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Doubt
60 min
02
In Name and Blood
60 min
03
Scared to Death
60 min
04
Children of the Dark
60 min
05
Seven Seconds
60 min
06
About Face
60 min
07
Identity
60 min
08
Lucky
60 min
09
Penelope
60 min
10
True Night
60 min
11
Birthright
60 min
12
3rd Life
60 min
13
Limelight
60 min
14
Damaged
60 min
15
A Higher Power
60 min
16
Elephant's Memory
60 min
17
In Heat
60 min
18
The Crossing
60 min
19
Tabula Rasa
60 min
20
Lo-Fi
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 42008–2009 · 26 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 24 Sep 2008. Finale: 20 May 2009. 26 released regular episodes of 26 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 4: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Mayhem
60 min
02
The Angel Maker
60 min
03
Minimal Loss
60 min
04
Paradise
60 min
05
Catching Out
60 min
06
The Instincts
60 min
07
Memoriam
60 min
08
Masterpiece
60 min
09
52 Pickup
60 min
10
Brothers in Arms
60 min
11
Normal
60 min
12
Soul Mates
60 min
13
Bloodline
60 min
14
Cold Comfort
60 min
15
Zoe's Reprise
60 min
16
Pleasure is My Business
60 min
17
Demonology
60 min
18
Omnivore
60 min
19
House on Fire
60 min
20
Conflicted
60 min
21
A Shade of Gray
60 min
22
The Big Wheel
60 min
23
Roadkill
60 min
24
Amplification
60 min
25
To Hell...and Back (1)
60 min
26
To Hell...and Back (2)
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 52009–2010 · 23 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 23 Sep 2009. Finale: 26 May 2010. 23 released regular episodes of 23 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 5: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Nameless, Faceless
60 min
02
Haunted
60 min
03
Reckoner
60 min
04
Hopeless
60 min
05
Cradle to Grave
60 min
06
The Eyes Have It
60 min
07
The Performer
60 min
08
Outfoxed
60 min
09
100
60 min
10
The Slave of Duty
60 min
11
Retaliation
60 min
12
The Uncanny Valley
60 min
13
Risky Business
60 min
14
Parasite
60 min
15
Public Enemy
60 min
16
Mosley Lane
60 min
17
Solitary Man
60 min
18
The Fight
60 min
19
Rite of Passage
60 min
20
...A Thousand Words
60 min
21
Exit Wounds
60 min
22
The Internet is Forever
60 min
23
Our Darkest Hour
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 62010–2011 · 24 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 22 Sep 2010. Finale: 18 May 2011. 24 released regular episodes of 24 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 6: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Longest Night
60 min
02
JJ
60 min
03
Remembrance of Things Past
60 min
04
Compromising Positions
60 min
05
Safe Haven
60 min
06
Devil's Night
60 min
07
Middle Man
60 min
08
Reflection of Desire
60 min
09
Into the Woods
60 min
10
What Happens at Home…
60 min
11
25 to Life
60 min
12
Corazon
60 min
13
The Thirteenth Step
60 min
14
Sense Memory
60 min
15
Today I Do
60 min
16
Coda
60 min
17
Valhalla
60 min
18
Lauren
60 min
19
With Friends Like These…
60 min
20
Hanley Waters
60 min
21
The Stranger
60 min
22
Out of the Light
60 min
23
Big Sea
60 min
24
Supply & Demand
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 72011–2012 · 24 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 21 Sep 2011. Finale: 16 May 2012. 24 released regular episodes of 24 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 7: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
It Takes a Village
60 min
02
Proof
60 min
03
Dorado Falls
60 min
04
Painless
60 min
05
From Childhood's Hour
60 min
06
Epilogue
60 min
07
There's No Place Like Home
60 min
08
Hope
60 min
09
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
60 min
10
The Bittersweet Science
60 min
11
True Genius
60 min
12
Unknown Subject
60 min
13
Snake Eyes
60 min
14
Closing Time
60 min
15
A Thin Line
60 min
16
A Family Affair
60 min
17
I Love You, Tommy Brown
60 min
18
Foundation
60 min
19
Heathridge Manor
60 min
20
The Company
60 min
21
Divining Rod
60 min
22
Profiling 101
60 min
23
Hit
60 min
24
Run
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 82012–2013 · 24 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 26 Sep 2012. Finale: 22 May 2013. 24 released regular episodes of 24 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 8: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Silencer
60 min
02
The Pact
60 min
03
Through the Looking Glass
60 min
04
God Complex
60 min
05
The Good Earth
60 min
06
The Apprenticeship
60 min
07
The Fallen
60 min
08
The Wheels on the Bus…
60 min
09
Magnificent Light
60 min
10
The Lesson
60 min
11
Perennials
60 min
12
Zugzwang
60 min
13
Magnum Opus
60 min
14
All That Remains
60 min
15
Broken
60 min
16
Carbon Copy
60 min
17
The Gathering
60 min
18
Restoration
60 min
19
Pay It Forward
60 min
20
Alchemy
60 min
21
Nanny Dearest
60 min
22
#6
60 min
23
Brothers Hotchner
60 min
24
The Replicator
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 92013–2014 · 24 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 25 Sep 2013. Finale: 14 May 2014. 24 released regular episodes of 24 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 9: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Inspiration
60 min
02
The Inspired
60 min
03
Final Shot
60 min
04
To Bear Witness
60 min
05
Route 66
60 min
06
In the Blood
60 min
07
Gatekeeper
60 min
08
The Return
60 min
09
Strange Fruit
60 min
10
The Caller
60 min
11
Bully
60 min
12
The Black Queen
60 min
13
The Road Home
60 min
14
200
60 min
15
Mr. & Mrs. Anderson
60 min
16
Gabby
60 min
17
Persuasion
60 min
18
Rabid
60 min
19
The Edge of Winter
60 min
20
Blood Relations
60 min
21
What Happens in Mecklinburg…
60 min
22
Fatal
60 min
23
Angels
60 min
24
Demons
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 102014–2015 · 23 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 1 Oct 2014. Finale: 6 May 2015. 23 released regular episodes of 23 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 10: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
'X'
60 min
02
Burn
60 min
03
A Thousand Suns
60 min
04
The Itch
60 min
05
Boxed In
60 min
06
If the Shoe Fits
60 min
07
Hashtag
60 min
08
The Boys of Sudworth Place
60 min
09
Fate
60 min
10
Amelia Porter
60 min
11
The Forever People
60 min
12
Anonymous
60 min
13
Nelson's Sparrow
60 min
14
Hero Worship
60 min
15
Scream
60 min
16
Lockdown
60 min
17
Breath Play
60 min
18
Rock Creek Park
60 min
19
Beyond Borders
60 min
20
A Place at the Table
60 min
21
Mr. Scratch
60 min
22
Protection
60 min
23
The Hunt
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 112015–2016 · 22 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 30 Sep 2015. Finale: 4 May 2016. 22 released regular episodes of 22 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 11: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Job
60 min
02
The Witness
60 min
03
Til Death Do Us Part
60 min
04
Outlaw
60 min
05
The Night Watch
60 min
06
Pariahville
60 min
07
Target Rich
60 min
08
Awake
60 min
09
Internal Affairs
60 min
10
Future Perfect
60 min
11
Entropy
60 min
12
Drive
60 min
13
The Bond
60 min
14
Hostage
60 min
15
A Badge and a Gun
60 min
16
Derek
60 min
17
The Sandman
60 min
18
A Beautiful Disaster
60 min
19
Tribute
60 min
20
Inner Beauty
60 min
21
Devil's Backbone
60 min
22
The Storm
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 122016–2017 · 22 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 28 Sep 2016. Finale: 10 May 2017. 22 released regular episodes of 22 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 12: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
The Crimson King
60 min
02
Sick Day
60 min
03
Taboo
60 min
04
Keeper
60 min
05
The Anti-Terror Squad
60 min
06
Elliott's Pond
60 min
07
Mirror Image
60 min
08
Scarecrow
60 min
09
Profiling 202
60 min
10
Seek and Destroy
60 min
11
Surface Tension
60 min
12
A Good Husband
60 min
13
Spencer
60 min
14
Collision Course
60 min
15
Alpha Male
60 min
16
Assistance is Futile
60 min
17
In the Dark
60 min
18
Hell's Kitchen
60 min
19
True North
60 min
20
Unforgettable
60 min
21
Green Light
60 min
22
Red Light
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 132017–2018 · 22 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 27 Sep 2017. Finale: 18 Apr 2018. 22 released regular episodes of 22 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 13: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Wheels Up
60 min
02
To a Better Place
60 min
03
Blue Angel
60 min
04
Killer App
60 min
05
Lucky Strikes
60 min
06
The Bunker
60 min
07
Dust and Bones
60 min
08
Neon Terror
60 min
09
False Flag
60 min
10
Submerged
60 min
11
Full-Tilt Boogie
60 min
12
Bad Moon on the Rise
60 min
13
Cure
60 min
14
Miasma
60 min
15
Annihilator
60 min
16
Last Gasp
60 min
17
The Capilanos
60 min
18
The Dance of Love
60 min
19
Ex Parte
60 min
20
All You Can Eat
60 min
21
Mixed Signals
60 min
22
Believer
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 142018–2019 · 15 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 3 Oct 2018. Finale: 6 Feb 2019. 15 released regular episodes of 15 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 14: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
300
60 min
02
Starter Home
60 min
03
Rule 34
60 min
04
Innocence
60 min
05
The Tall Man
60 min
06
Luke
60 min
07
Twenty Seven
60 min
08
Ashley
60 min
09
Broken Wing
60 min
10
Flesh and Blood
60 min
11
Night Lights
60 min
12
Hamelin
60 min
13
Chameleon
60 min
14
Sick and Evil
60 min
15
Truth or Dare
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 152020 · 10 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 8 Jan 2020. Finale: 19 Feb 2020. 10 released regular episodes of 10 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 15: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Under the Skin
60 min
02
Awakenings
60 min
03
Spectator Slowing
60 min
04
Saturday
60 min
05
Ghost
60 min
06
Date Night
60 min
07
Rusty
60 min
08
Family Tree
60 min
09
Face Off
60 min
10
And in the End
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 16: Criminal Minds: Evolution2022–2023 · 10 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 24 Nov 2022. Finale: 9 Feb 2023. 10 released regular episodes of 10 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 16: Criminal Minds: Evolution: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Just Getting Started
50 min
02
Sicarius
53 min
03
Moose
44 min
04
Pay-Per-View
47 min
05
Oedipus Wrecks
45 min
06
True Conviction
55 min
07
What Doesn't Kill Us
56 min
08
Forget Me Knots
45 min
09
Memento Mori
56 min
10
Dead End
56 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 17: Criminal Minds: Evolution2024 · 10 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 6 Jun 2024. Finale: 1 Aug 2024. 10 released regular episodes of 10 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 17: Criminal Minds: Evolution: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Gold Star
56 min
02
Contagion
50 min
03
Homesick
49 min
04
Kingdom of the Blind
56 min
05
Conspiracy vs. Theory
46 min
06
Message in a Bottle
58 min
07
Piranha
55 min
08
North Star
58 min
09
Stars & Stripes
51 min
10
Save the Children
55 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 18: Criminal Minds: Evolution2025 · 10 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 8 May 2025. Finale: 10 Jul 2025. 10 released regular episodes of 10 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 18: Criminal Minds: Evolution: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Swimmer's Calculus
60 min
02
The Zookeeper
60 min
03
Time to Say Goodbye
60 min
04
I'm Fine, It's Fine. Everything is Fine.
60 min
05
The Brutal Man
60 min
06
Hell is Empty…
60 min
07
…All the Devils Are Here
60 min
08
Tara
60 min
09
CollateRal
60 min
10
The Disciple
60 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 19: Criminal Minds: Evolution2026 · 10 listed episodesComplete+
Premiere: 28 May 2026. Finale: 23 Jul 2026. 10 released regular episodes of 10 ordered.
Criminal Minds Season 19: Criminal Minds: Evolution: original episode titles, first air dates and runtimes
No.
Episode
First release
Length
01
Now and Then
60 min
02
Cluster
58 min
03
Body Count
50 min
04
The Witching Hour
53 min
05
Friendly Fire
56 min
06
Proxy
52 min
07
The Furies
54 min
08
Requiem
50 min
09
Special Agent Garrity
57 min
10
Bad Blood
54 min
No matching episode in this season.
Season 20: Criminal Minds: EvolutionEpisode details TBAListed+
0 released regular episodes. Episode details have not yet been announced.
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