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The Behavioral Analysis Unit investigates deadly crimes in each episode of Criminal Minds. Some great Criminal Minds episodes are about developing profiles of potential perpetrators while other good episodes feature drama within the BAU. A few good episodes of Criminal Minds finds BAU team members being targeted as the victims of crimes.
What are the best episodes of Criminal Minds? “Limelight” from season three is a fan favorite. This episode finds the BAU contending with an FBI Agent with an eye for fame. “Alchemy” is also a compelling episode of the series, Criminal Minds.
“A Higher Power” is another good episode from Criminal Minds as is “Cradle to Grave” in which Mae Whitman and Hallee Hirsh guest star as victims of a twisted kidnaper and killer.
Do you have a favorite episode of Criminal Minds? Give the best episodes a vote up and vote down any episodes you may not have liked.
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Nov 25 2009Season: Criminal Minds - Season 5
Episode Number: 9
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.... more
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1,470406Hit
May 16 2012Season: Criminal Minds - Season 7
Episode Number: 23
When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the... more3
1,291350Zugzwang
Jan 16 2013Season: Criminal Minds - Season 8
Episode Number: 12
When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team... more4
1,761503Revelations
Feb 07 2007Season: Criminal Minds - Season 2
Episode Number: 15
In this conclusion of a special two-part episode, finding the serial killer becomes critical... more5
757182Demons
May 14 2014Season: Criminal Minds - Season 9
Episode Number: 24
The BAU continues its murder investigation in Texas, and clues uncover a deep web of... more6
1,381389Penelope
Nov 21 2007Season: Criminal Minds - Season 3
Episode Number: 9
As a team member fights for life, the BAU continues the search for an attacker that leads the... more7
1,381391Mosley Lane
Mar 03 2010Season: Criminal Minds - Season 5
Episode Number: 16
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may... more8
1,152315Mayhem
Sep 24 2008Season: Criminal Minds - Season 4
Episode Number: 1
When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them... more9
1,145341Amplification
May 13 2009Season: Criminal Minds - Season 4
Episode Number: 24
When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to... more10
1,046310Seven Seconds
Oct 24 2007Season: Criminal Minds - Season 3
Episode Number: 5
The investigation turns to the family as the BAU and local authorities race against time to... more11
1,054317Profiler, Profiled
Dec 13 2006Season: Criminal Minds - Season 2
Episode Number: 12
Morgan is arrested as a serial killer after he goes home to Chicago to visit his family....12
1,021306Minimal Loss
Oct 08 2008Season: Criminal Minds - Season 4
Episode Number: 3
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child... more13
1,302422Riding the Lightning
Jan 25 2006Season: Criminal Minds - Season 1
Episode Number: 14
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is... more14
454106Lo-Fi
May 21 2008Season: Criminal Minds - Season 3
Episode Number: 20
The BAU faces one of its toughest cases when the team is called to New York City to determine... more15
701210Lauren
Mar 16 2011Season: Criminal Minds - Season 6
Episode Number: 18
As Prentiss faces off against Ian Doyle, JJ receives a call and returns to help them find...16
697228North Mammon
Nov 01 2006Season: Criminal Minds - Season 2
Episode Number: 7
After a man kidnaps three teenaged girls and locks them in a cellar, he tells them only two of... more17
480150Omnivore
Mar 18 2009Season: Criminal Minds - Season 4
Episode Number: 18
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one...18
654231The Fisher King, Part 1
May 10 2006Season: Criminal Minds - Season 1
Episode Number: 22
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer...19
481157No Way Out, Part II: The Evilution Of Frank
May 16 2007Season: Criminal Minds - Season 2
Episode Number: 23
When the prolific serial killer Frank returns and murders Gideon's girlfriend, Gideon takes...20
731272Somebody's Watching
Mar 29 2006Season: Criminal Minds - Season 1
Episode Number: 18
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a...21
647236L.D.S.K.
Nov 02 2005Season: Criminal Minds - Season 1
Episode Number: 6
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the...22
354103Damaged
Apr 02 2008Season: Criminal Minds - Season 3
Episode Number: 14
Rossi travels to Indianapolis to continue his investigation into the two unsolved murders that... more23
591217Masterpiece
Nov 19 2008Season: Criminal Minds - Season 4
Episode Number: 8
When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the...24
29383It Takes a Village
Sep 21 2011Season: Criminal Minds - Season 7
Episode Number: 1
The BAU team is at a crossroads as they are questioned by a Senate Committee for their...25
25367The Wheels on the Bus. . .
May 21 2009Season: One Life to Live - Season 41
Episode Number: 215
The team searches for a missing school bus filled with students in Washington, DC.
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