The following is a list of episodes for the television show Criminal Minds.
As of December 14, 2011, a total of 148 episodes of Criminal Minds have been aired over seven seasons. The sixth season of Criminal Minds started on September 22, 2010 and ended on May 18, 2011. The seventh season premiered on September 21, 2011.
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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | |||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | United States (R1) | United Kingdom (R2) | Australia (R4) | Discs | |||
1 | 22 | September 22, 2005 | May 10, 2006 | November 28, 2006[1] | February 12, 2007[2] | November 3, 2007[3] | 6 | |
2 | 23 | September 20, 2006 | May 16, 2007 | October 2, 2007[4] | May 5, 2008[5] | April 1, 2008[6] | 6 | |
3 | 20 | September 26, 2007 | May 21, 2008 | September 16, 2008[7] | April 6, 2009[8] | March 18, 2009[9] | 5 | |
4 | 26 | September 24, 2008 | May 20, 2009 | September 8, 2009[10] | March 1, 2010[11] | March 9, 2010[12] | 7 | |
5 | 23 | September 23, 2009 | May 26, 2010 | September 7, 2010[13] | February 28, 2011 | March 2, 2011 | 6 | |
6 | 24 | September 22, 2010 | May 18, 2011 | September 6, 2011[14] | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
7 | 24 [15] | September 21, 2011[16] | May 2012 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Extreme Aggressor" | Richard Shepard | Jeff Davis | September 22, 2005 | 19.57[17] |
2 | 2 | "Compulsion" | Charles Haid | Jeff Davis | September 28, 2005 | 10.57[18] |
3 | 3 | "Won't Get Fooled Again" | Kevin Bray | Aaron Zelman | October 5, 2005 | 11.98[19] |
4 | 4 | "Plain Sight" | Matt Earl Beesley | Edward Allen Bernero | October 12, 2005 | 13.76[20] |
5 | 5 | "Broken Mirror" | Guy Norman Bee | Judith McCreary | October 19, 2005 | 12.79[21] |
6 | 6 | "L.D.S.K." | Ernest Dickerson | Andrew Wilder | November 2, 2005 | 16.22[22] |
7 | 7 | "The Fox" | Guy Norman Bee | Simon Mirren | November 9, 2005 | 15.09[23] |
8 | 8 | "Natural Born Killer" | Peter Ellis | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | November 16, 2005 | 14.36[24] |
9 | 9 | "Derailed" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Jeff Davis | November 23, 2005 | 12.83[25] |
10 | 10 | "The Popular Kids" | Andy Wolk | Edward Allen Bernero | November 30, 2005 | 15.56[26] |
11 | 11 | "Blood Hungry" | Charles Haid | Ed Napier | December 14, 2005 | 15.23[27] |
12 | 12 | "What Fresh Hell" | Adam Davidson | Judith McCreary | January 11, 2006 | 15.92[28] |
13 | 13 | "Poison" | Thomas J. Wright | Aaron Zelman | January 18, 2006 | 14.10[29] |
14 | 14 | "Riding the Lightning" | Chris Long | Simon Mirren | January 25, 2006 | 14.65[30] |
15 | 15 | "Unfinished Business" | J. Miller Tobin | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | March 1, 2006 | 11.72[31] |
16 | 16 | "The Tribe" | Matt Earl Beesley | Andrew Wilder | March 8, 2006 | 15.27[32] |
17 | 17 | "A Real Rain" | Gloria Muzio | Chris Mundy | March 22, 2006 | 13.03[33] |
18 | 18 | "Somebody's Watching" | Paul Shapiro | Ed Napier | March 29, 2006 | 12.54[34] |
19 | 19 | "Machismo" | Guy Norman Bee | Aaron Zelman | April 12, 2006 | 11.76[35] |
20 | 20 | "Charm and Harm" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | April 19, 2006 | 13.53[36] |
21 | 21 | "Secrets and Lies" | Matt Earl Beesley | Simon Mirren | May 3, 2006 | 12.17[37] |
22 | 22 | "The Fisher King" (Part 1) | Edward Allen Bernero | Edward Allen Bernero | May 10, 2006 | 12.67[38] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | "The Fisher King" (Part 2) | Gloria Muzio | Edward Allen Bernero | September 20, 2006 | 15.65[39] |
24 | 2 | "P911" | Adam Davidson | Simon Mirren | September 27, 2006 | 16.54[40] |
25 | 3 | "The Perfect Storm" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | October 4, 2006 | 15.19[41] |
26 | 4 | "Psychodrama" | Guy Norman Bee | Aaron Zelman | October 11, 2006 | 16.73[42] |
27 | 5 | "The Aftermath" | Tim Matheson | Chris Mundy | October 18, 2006 | 16.20[43] |
28 | 6 | "The Boogeyman" | Steve Boyum | Andi Bushell | October 25, 2006 | 16.77[44] |
29 | 7 | "North Mammon" | Matt Earl Beesley | Andrew Wilder | November 1, 2006 | 16.97[45] |
30 | 8 | "Empty Planet" | Elodie Keene | Ed Napier | November 8, 2006 | 17.57[46] |
31 | 9 | "The Last Word" | Gloria Muzio | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | November 15, 2006 | 16.48[47] |
32 | 10 | "Lessons Learned" | Guy Normal Bee | Jim Clemente | November 22, 2006 | 16.56[48] |
33 | 11 | "Sex, Birth, Death" | Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Chris Mundy | November 29, 2006 | 17.92[49] |
34 | 12 | "Profiler, Profiled" | Glenn Kershaw | Edward Allen Bernero | December 13, 2006 | 16.06[50] |
35 | 13 | "No Way Out" | John E. Ghallagher | Simon Mirren | January 17, 2007 | 12.99[51] |
36 | 14 | "The Big Game" (Part 1) | Gloria Muzio | Edward Allen Bernero | February 4, 2007 | 26.31[52] |
37 | 15 | "Revelations" (Part 2) | Guy Norman Bee | Chris Mundy | February 7, 2007 | 16.27[53] |
38 | 16 | "Fear and Loathing" | Rob Spera | Aaron Zelman | February 14, 2007 | 15.16[54] |
39 | 17 | "Distress" | John F. Showalter | Oanh Ly | February 21, 2007 | 13.70[55] |
40 | 18 | "Jones" | Steve Shill | Andi Bushell | February 28, 2007 | 14.50[56] |
41 | 19 | "Ashes and Dust" | John E. Gallagher | Andrew Wilder | March 21, 2007 | 15.19[57] |
42 | 20 | "Honor Among Thieves" | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Aaron Zelman | April 11, 2007 | 12.80[58] |
43 | 21 | "Open Season" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | May 2, 2007 | 13.28[59] |
44 | 22 | "Legacy" | Glenn Kershaw | Edward Allen Bernero | May 9, 2007 | 12.92[60] |
45 | 23 | "No Way Out II: The Evilution of Frank" | Edward Allen Bernero | Simon Mirren | May 16, 2007 | 13.21[61] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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46 | 1 | "Doubt" | Gloria Muzio | Chris Mundy | September 26, 2007 | 12.66[62] |
47 | 2 | "In Name and Blood (In Birth and Death)" | Edward Allen Bernero | Chris Mundy | October 3, 2007 | 14.56[63] |
48 | 3 | "Scared to Death" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | October 10, 2007 | 14.55[64] |
49 | 4 | "Children of the Dark" | Guy Norman Bee | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | October 17, 2007 | 15.03[65] |
50 | 5 | "Seven Seconds" | John E. Gallagher | Andi Bushell | October 24, 2007 | 15.05[66] |
51 | 6 | "About Face" | Skipp Sudduth | Charles Murray | October 31, 2007 | 14.94[67] |
52 | 7 | "Identity" | Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Oanh Ly | November 7, 2007 | 14.65[68] |
53 | 8 | "Lucky" (Part 1) | Steve Boyum | Andrew Wilder | November 14, 2007 | 15.73[69] |
54 | 9 | "Penelope" (Part 2) | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Chris Mundy | November 21, 2007 | 15.88[70] |
55 | 10 | "True Night" | Edward Allen Bernero | Edward Allen Bernero | November 28, 2007 | 16.23[71] |
56 | 11 | "Birthright" | John E. Gallagher | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | December 12, 2007 | 14.18[72] |
57 | 12 | "3rd Life" | Anthony Hemingway | Simon Mirren | January 9, 2008 | 14.30[73] |
58 | 13 | "Limelight" | Glenn Kershaw | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | January 23, 2008 | 12.67[74] |
59 | 14 | "Damaged" | Edward Allen Bernero | Edward Allen Bernero | April 2, 2008 | 12.81[75] |
60 | 15 | "A Higher Power" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Michael Udesky | April 9, 2008 | 13.33[76] |
61 | 16 | "Elephant's Memory" | Bobby Roth | Andrew Wilder | April 16, 2008 | 12.98[77] |
62 | 17 | "In Heat" | John E. Gallagher | Andi Bushell | April 30, 2008 | 13.03[78] |
63 | 18 | "The Crossing" | Guy Norman Bee | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | May 7, 2008 | 12.88[79] |
64 | 19 | "Tabula Rasa" | Steve Boyum | Jay Beattie & Don Dworkin | May 14, 2008 | 12.88[80] |
65 | 20 | "Lo-Fi" (Part 1) | Glenn Kershaw | Chris Mundy | May 21, 2008 | 13.15[81] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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66 | 1 | "Mayhem" (Part 2) | Edward Allen Bernero | Simon Mirren | September 24, 2008 | 17.01[82] |
67 | 2 | "The Angel Maker" | Glenn Kershaw | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | October 1, 2008 | 14.78[83] |
68 | 3 | "Minimal Loss" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Andrew Wilder | October 8, 2008 | 16.19[84] |
69 | 4 | "Paradise" | John E. Gallagher | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | October 22, 2008 | 15.01[85] |
70 | 5 | "Catching Out" | Charles Haid | Oanh Ly | October 29, 2008 | 13.97[86] |
71 | 6 | "The Instincts" (Part 1) | Rob Spera | Chris Mundy | November 5, 2008 | 14.30[87] |
72 | 7 | "Memoriam" (Part 2) | Guy Norman Bee | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | November 12, 2008 | 14.83[88] |
73 | 8 | "Masterpiece" | Paul Michael Glaser | Edward Allen Bernero | November 19, 2008 | 16.33[89] |
74 | 9 | "52 Pickup" | Bobby Roth | Breen Frazier | November 26, 2008 | 14.11[90] |
75 | 10 | "Brothers in Arms" | Glenn Kershaw | Holly Harold | December 10, 2008 | 14.68[91] |
76 | 11 | "Normal" | Steve Boyum | Andrew Wilder | December 17, 2008 | 15.16[92] |
77 | 12 | "Soul Mates" | John E. Gallagher | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | January 14, 2009 | 13.78[93] |
78 | 13 | "Bloodline" | Tim Matheson | Mark Linehan Bruner | January 21, 2009 | 13.82[94] |
79 | 14 | "Cold Comfort" | Anna Foerster | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | February 11, 2009 | 12.48[95] |
80 | 15 | "Zoe's Reprise" | Charles S. Carroll | Oanh Ly | February 18, 2009 | 14.54[96] |
81 | 16 | "Pleasure is My Business" | Gwyneth Horder-Payton | Breen Frazier | February 25, 2009 | 13.93[97] |
82 | 17 | "Demonology" | Edward Allen Bernero | Chris Mundy | March 11, 2009 | 14.34[98] |
83 | 18 | "Omnivore" | Nelson McCormick | Andrew Wilder | March 18, 2009 | 13.74[99] |
84 | 19 | "House on Fire" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Holly Harold | March 25, 2009 | 14.36[100] |
85 | 20 | "Conflicted" | Jason Alexander | Rick Dunkle | April 8, 2009 | 13.61[101] |
86 | 21 | "A Shade of Gray" | Karen Gaviola | Erica Messer & Debra J. Fisher | April 22, 2009 | 13.72[102] |
87 | 22 | "The Big Wheel" | Rob Hardy | Simon Mirren | April 29, 2009 | 13.61[103] |
88 | 23 | "Roadkill" | Steve Boyum | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | May 6, 2009 | 14.13[104] |
89 | 24 | "Amplification" | John E. Gallagher | Oanh Ly | May 13, 2009 | 13.37[105] |
90 | 25 | "To Hell..." (Part 1) | Charles Haid | Chris Mundy | May 20, 2009 | 13.99[106] |
91 | 26 | "...And Back" (Part 2) | Edward Allen Bernero | Edward Allen Bernero | May 20, 2009 | 13.99[106] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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92 | 1 | "Nameless, Faceless" (Part 3) | Charles S. Carroll | Chris Mundy | September 23, 2009 | 15.85[107] |
93 | 2 | "Haunted" | Jon Cassar | Erica Messer | September 30, 2009 | 14.24[108] |
94 | 3 | "Reckoner" | Karen Gaviola | Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin | October 7, 2009 | 14.05[109] |
95 | 4 | "Hopeless" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Chris Mundy | October 14, 2009 | 13.92[110] |
96 | 5 | "Cradle to Grave" | Rob Spera | Breen Frazier | October 21, 2009 | 14.27[111] |
97 | 6 | "The Eyes Have It" | Glenn Kershaw | Oanh Ly | November 4, 2009 | 12.55[112] |
98 | 7 | "The Performer" | John Badham | Holly Harold | November 11, 2009 | 12.77[113] |
99 | 8 | "Outfoxed" (Part 1) | John E. Gallagher | Simon Mirren | November 18, 2009 | 13.70[114] |
100 | 9 | "100" (Part 2) | Edward Allen Bernero | Bo Crese | November 25, 2009 | 13.61[115] |
101 | 10 | "The Slave of Duty" | Charles Haid | Rick Dunkle | December 9, 2009 | 14.43[116] |
102 | 11 | "Retaliation" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer | December 16, 2009 | 14.68[117] |
103 | 12 | "The Uncanny Valley" | Anna Foerster | Breen Frazier | January 13, 2010 | 13.90[118] |
104 | 13 | "Risky Business" | Rob Spera | Jim Clemente | January 20, 2010 | 14.91[119] |
105 | 14 | "Parasite" | Charles S. Carroll | Oanh Ly | February 3, 2010 | 14.75[120] |
106 | 15 | "Public Enemy" | Nelson McCormick | Jess Prenter Prosser | February 10, 2010 | 14.33[121] |
107 | 16 | "Mosley Lane" | Matthew Gray Gubler | Erica Messer & Simon Mirren | March 3, 2010 | 13.00[122] |
108 | 17 | "Solitary Man" | Rob Hardy | Kimberley Ann Harrison & Ryan Gibson | March 10, 2010 | 13.29[123] |
109 | 18 | "The Fight" | Richard Shepard | Edward Allen Bernero & Chris Mundy | April 7, 2010 | 12.70[124] |
110 | 19 | "A Rite of Passage" | John E. Gallagher | Victor De Jesus | April 14, 2010 | 12.44[125] |
111 | 20 | "...A Thousand Words" | Rosemary Rodriguez | Edward Allen Bernero | May 5, 2010 | 12.39[126] |
112 | 21 | "Exit Wounds" | Charles S. Carroll | Rick Dunkle | May 12, 2010 | 13.07[127] |
113 | 22 | "The Internet Is Forever" | Glenn Kershaw | Breen Frazier | May 19, 2010 | 13.25[128] |
114 | 23 | "Our Darkest Hour" (Part 1) | Edward Allen Bernero | Erica Messer | May 26, 2010 | 12.97[129] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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115 | 1 | "The Longest Night" (Part 2) | Edward Allen Bernero | Edward Allen Bernero | September 22, 2010 | 14.13[130] |
116 | 2 | "JJ" | Charles S. Carroll | Erica Messer | September 29, 2010 | 14.57[131] |
117 | 3 | "Remembrance of Things Past" | Glenn Kershaw | Janine Sherman Barrois | October 6, 2010 | 13.87[132] |
118 | 4 | "Compromising Positions" | Guy Norman Bee | Breen Frazier | October 13, 2010 | 14.00[133] |
119 | 5 | "Safe Haven" | Andy Wolk | Alicia Kirk | October 20, 2010 | 14.46[134] |
120 | 6 | "Devil's Night" | Charles Haid | Randy Huggins | October 27, 2010 | 13.94[135] |
121 | 7 | "Middle Man" | Rob Spera | Rick Dunkle | November 3, 2010 | 14.58[136] |
122 | 8 | "Reflection of Desire" | Anna Foerster | Simon Mirren | November 10, 2010 | 12.56[137] |
123 | 9 | "Into the Woods" | Glenn Kershaw | Kimberly Ann Harrison | November 17, 2010 | 14.39[138] |
124 | 10 | "What Happens at Home" | Jan Eliasberg | Edward Allen Bernero | December 8, 2010 | 14.23[139] |
125 | 11 | "25 to Life" | Charles S. Carroll | Erica Messer | December 15, 2010 | 13.77[140] |
126 | 12 | "Corazon" | John Gallagher | Katarina Wittich | January 19, 2011 | 12.02[141] |
127 | 13 | "The Thirteenth Step" | Doug Aarniokoski | Janine Sherman Barrois | January 26, 2011 | 12.77[142] |
128 | 14 | "Sense Memory" | Rob Spera | Randy Huggins | February 9, 2011 | 13.67[143] |
129 | 15 | "Today I Do" | Ali Selim | Alicia Kirk | February 16, 2011 | 12.85[144] |
130 | 16 | "Coda" | Rob Hardy | Rick Dunkle | February 23, 2011 | 13.15[145] |
131 | 17 | "Valhalla" (Part 1) | Charles S. Carroll | Simon Mirren & Erica Messer | March 2, 2011 | 14.37[146] |
132 | 18 | "Lauren"(Part 2) | Matthew Gray Gubler | Breen Frazier | March 16, 2011 | 13.73[147] |
133 | 19 | "With Friends Like These..." | Anna Foerster | Janine Sherman Barrios | March 30, 2011 | 13.05[148] |
134 | 20 | "Hanley Waters" | Jesse Warn | Alicia Kirk & Randy Huggins | April 6, 2011 | 14.08[149] |
135 | 21 | "The Stranger" | Nelson McCormick | Kimberly Ann Harrison & Rick Dunkle | April 13, 2011 | 13.59[150] |
136 | 22 | "Out of the Light" | Doug Aarniokoski | Roger Hedden | May 4, 2011 | 12.90[151] |
137 | 23 | "Big Sea" | Glenn Kershaw | Jim Clemente & Breen Frazier | May 11, 2011 | 13.29[152] |
138 | 24 | "Supply & Demand" | Charles S. Carroll | Erica Messer | May 18, 2011 | 12.84[153] |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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139 | 1 | "It Takes a Village" | Glenn Kershaw | Erica Messer | September 21, 2011 | 14.14[154] |
140 | 2 | "Proof" | Karen Gaviola | Janine Sherman Barrois | September 28, 2011 | 12.58[155] |
141 | 3 | "Dorado Falls" | Felix Alcala | Sharon Lee Watson | October 5, 2011 | 13.43[156] |
142 | 4 | "Painless" | Larry Teng | Breen Frazier | October 12, 2011 | 12.87[157] |
143 | 5 | "From Childhood's Hour" | Anna Foerster | Bruce Zimmerman | October 19, 2011 | 13.15[158] |
144 | 6 | "Epilogue" | Guy Ferland | Rick Dunkle | November 2, 2011 | 12.94[159] |
145 | 7 | "There's No Place Like Home" | Rob Spera | Virgil Williams | November 9, 2011 | 11.36[160] |
146 | 8 | "Hope" | Michael Watkins | Kimberly Ann Harrison | November 16, 2011 | 12.72[161] |
147 | 9 | "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" | Charlie Haid | Erica Messer | December 7, 2011 | 12.41[162] |
148 | 10 | "The Bittersweet Science" | Rob Hardy | Janine Sherman Barrois | December 14, 2011 | 12.88[163] |
149 | 11 | "True Genius"[164] | Glenn Kershaw | Sharon Lee Watson | January 18, 2012 | TBD |
150 | 12 | "Unknown Subject"[165] | Michael Lange | Breen Frazier | January 25, 2012 | TBD |
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