Criminal Minds
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Crime drama
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An elite squad of FBI profilers analyzes the country’s most-twisted criminal minds.
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Sunday, December 1
The Bond
Season 11 • Episode 13
The BAU looks for a suspect and a motive when victims are found in truck stop restrooms.
Sunday, December 1
Hostage
Season 11 • Episode 14
A teenager escapes from the home where she and two other women were held captive for years.
Sunday, December 1
A Badge and a Gun
Season 11 • Episode 15
Security footage is discovered, which shows an unknown subject being invited into victims' homes.
Sunday, December 1
Derek
Season 11 • Episode 16
When Morgan is abducted, the members of the BAU team race to find him and save his life.
Sunday, December 1
The Sandman
Season 11 • Episode 17
An unknown subject is taking children while their parents are asleep; Morgan pursues his attacker.
Sunday, December 1
A Beautiful Disaster
Season 11 • Episode 18
When an unsub targets the BAU, the team pursues the person who is responsible for the actions.
Sunday, December 1
Tribute
Season 11 • Episode 19
Emily looks to the BAU for help when tracking an international serial killer.
Sunday, December 1
Inner Beauty
Season 11 • Episode 20
The BAU hunts for an UnSUB who deliberately disfigures victims; Rossi meets with his ex-wife.
Monday, December 2
X
Season 10 • Episode 1
The team investigates a series of murders with unidentifiable victims in Bakersfield, Calif.
Monday, December 2
Burn
Season 10 • Episode 2
The team members search for a vengeful suspect who was once abused.
Monday, December 2
A Thousand Suns
Season 10 • Episode 3
The BAU team goes to Colorado to investigate when a passenger jet crashes.
Monday, December 2
The Itch
Season 10 • Episode 4
The BAU tracks a suspect with a chronic skin disorder after a body with scratches turns up.
Monday, December 2
Boxed In
Season 10 • Episode 5
A child reappears one year after he went missing -- just as another child disappears.
Monday, December 2
If the Shoe Fits
Season 10 • Episode 6
The team has a difficult time finding a common denominator among several male victims in Montana.
Monday, December 2
Hashtag
Season 10 • Episode 7
People with substantial social media followings are found dead.
Monday, December 2
The Boys of Sudworth Place
Season 10 • Episode 8
The team investigates the disappearance of a prominent Boston attorney.
Tuesday, December 3
Devil's Backbone
Season 11 • Episode 21
The BAU plays a dangerous game with a serial killer who may have information on two kidnapped boys.
Tuesday, December 3
The Storm
Season 11 • Episode 22
When Hotch is arrested and suspected of conspiracy the team tries to prove his innocence.
Tuesday, December 3
The Crimson King
Season 12 • Episode 1
New recruit Luke Alvez helps the team capture a killer who escaped from prison.
Tuesday, December 3
Sick Day
Season 12 • Episode 2
J.J. breaks down after investigating the case of two abducted children.
Tuesday, December 3
Taboo
Season 12 • Episode 3
The BAU are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women.
Tuesday, December 3
Keeper
Season 12 • Episode 4
The team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
Tuesday, December 3
The Anti-Terror Squad
Season 12 • Episode 5
Two high school students are the only survivors when both of their families are murdered.
Tuesday, December 3
Elliott's Pond
Season 12 • Episode 6
Three children vanish on the same path where a similar disappearance happened 30 years earlier.
Wednesday, December 4
Mirror Image
Season 12 • Episode 7
A man who claims he's the brother of Dr. Tara Lewis appears, knowing everything about Tara's family.
Wednesday, December 4
Scarecrow
Season 12 • Episode 8
The remains of a dozen people are discovered along a creek bed in Yakima, Wash.
Wednesday, December 4
Profiling 202
Season 12 • Episode 9
Rossi gets a call from serial killer Tommy Yates, who states the location of his latest victim.
Wednesday, December 4
Seek & Destroy
Season 12 • Episode 10
The team investigates a series of home invasions involving casualties in upscale neighborhoods.
Wednesday, December 4
Surface Tension
Season 12 • Episode 11
The BAU investigates when a bizarre hieroglyph is found under a deceased homeless man's armpit.
Wednesday, December 4
A Good Husband
Season 12 • Episode 12
The team is called in to investigate when male bodies are found and there's no way to identify them.
Wednesday, December 4
Spencer
Season 12 • Episode 13
The International Response Team is called to help when a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico.
Wednesday, December 4
Collision Course
Season 12 • Episode 14
The BAU looks into the cause of several fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians.
Thursday, December 5
Alpha Male
Season 12 • Episode 15
The BAU investigates a series of disfiguring acid attacks on young men and women.
Thursday, December 5
Assistance Is Futile
Season 12 • Episode 16
A mother has intel for the BAU to aid in their investigation of an unsub known as the bone crusher.
Thursday, December 5
In the Dark
Season 12 • Episode 17
The BAU thinks two unsubs may be at work simultaneously; the team tries to keep Reid safe in prison.
Thursday, December 5
Hell's Kitchen
Season 12 • Episode 18
An urban vampire kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system.
Thursday, December 5
True North
Season 12 • Episode 19
The BAU is called to investigate after three victims are found tied to stakes in the Arizona desert.
Thursday, December 5
Unforgettable
Season 12 • Episode 20
The BAU investigates when several federal government employees succumb to heart attack symptoms.
Thursday, December 5
Green Light
Season 12 • Episode 21
Fearing his mother has been abducted, Reid asks the BAU to investigate.
Thursday, December 5
Red Light
Season 12 • Episode 22
Morgan brings the BAU new information in the case against a serial killer and escaped convict.
Sunday, December 8
Wheels Up
Season 13 • Episode 1
Agent Matt Simmons joins the BAU team in a race to take down Mr. Scratch and save one of their own.
Sunday, December 8
To a Better Place
Season 13 • Episode 2
The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.
Sunday, December 8
Killer App
Season 13 • Episode 4
The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.
Sunday, December 8
Blue Angel
Season 13 • Episode 3
An anger-driven, unknown subject targets successful businessmen in Detroit.
Sunday, December 8
The Bunker
Season 13 • Episode 6
The BAU must find out what several missing women have in common to find them.
Sunday, December 8
Lucky Strikes
Season 13 • Episode 5
Morgan returns to the BAU to help Penelope deal with a case that has affected her emotionally.
Sunday, December 8
Dust and Bones
Season 13 • Episode 7
The BAU searches for a subject who is targeting prominent members of the community.
Sunday, December 8
Neon Terror
Season 13 • Episode 8
A criminal sensationalizes his crimes by giving the local media exclusive footage.
Monday, December 9
Fate
Season 10 • Episode 9
The BAU tracks a conflicted killer in Virginia who feels remorseful after committing crimes.
Monday, December 9
Amelia Porter
Season 10 • Episode 10
The BAU heads to Salt Lake City to look into a triple homicide.
Monday, December 9
The Forever People
Season 10 • Episode 11
When frozen bodies are found in Nevada, the team believes the victims were members of a cult.
Monday, December 9
Anonymous
Season 10 • Episode 12
The team searches for a killer who calls the authorities before committing his crimes.
Monday, December 9
Nelson's Sparrow
Season 10 • Episode 13
The members of the BAU team are brought back to their origins as they look at an old case.
Monday, December 9
Hero Worship
Season 10 • Episode 14
The BAU team members search for the person responsible for a bombing in an Indianapolis coffee shop.
Monday, December 9
Scream
Season 10 • Episode 15
The members of the BAU team search for a suspect who may have witnessed abuse as a child.
Monday, December 9
Lockdown
Season 10 • Episode 16
People within a maximum security prison come under suspicion when two guards are murdered.
Tuesday, December 10
False Flag
Season 13 • Episode 9
The BAU is called to investigate when conspiracy group members perish in quick succession.
Tuesday, December 10
Submerged
Season 13 • Episode 10
The BAU investigates when a series of backyard pool homicides are reported in California.
Tuesday, December 10
Full-Tilt Boogie
Season 13 • Episode 11
The BAU team's investigation into a home invasion uncovers a world of secrets in a small town.
Tuesday, December 10
Bad moon on the Rise
Season 13 • Episode 12
The BAU is called to New York when several casualties of a brutal nature are reported.
Tuesday, December 10
Cure
Season 13 • Episode 13
Cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of homicide victims.
Tuesday, December 10
Miasma
Season 13 • Episode 14
The BAU is called when a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt is discovered.
Tuesday, December 10
Annihilator
Season 13 • Episode 15
The BAU investigates the quadruple homicide of a group of roommates in St. Louis.
Tuesday, December 10
Last Gasp
Season 13 • Episode 16
The BAU investigates when a subject appears to be kidnapping and photographing young women.
Wednesday, December 11
The Capilanos
Season 13 • Episode 17
The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown who is terrorizing a town.
Wednesday, December 11
The Dance of Love
Season 13 • Episode 18
The BAU travels to Chicago to investigate a case where red roses are left on victims.
Wednesday, December 11
Ex Parte
Season 13 • Episode 19
The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm where Matt Simmons' wife works.
Wednesday, December 11
All You Can Eat
Season 13 • Episode 20
The BAU is called upon when bioterrorism is suspected in a series of mysterious deaths.
Wednesday, December 11
Mixed Signals
Season 13 • Episode 21
The BAU is called to Taos, N.M., when someone targets victims' temporal lobes.
Wednesday, December 11
Believer
Season 13 • Episode 22
The team questions the credibility of a former FBI agent's bizarre account.
Wednesday, December 11
300
Season 14 • Episode 1
When Reid and Garcia are abducted by a mass murderer, it's up to the rest of the team to find them.
Wednesday, December 11
Starter Home
Season 14 • Episode 2
Mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's home.
Thursday, December 12
Rule 34
Season 14 • Episode 3
Packages with gruesome contents are delivered to six people in the Washington, D.C., area.
Thursday, December 12
Innocence
Season 14 • Episode 4
The BAU tries to help local law enforcement isolate a suspect for a ritualistic murder.
Thursday, December 12
The Tall Man
Season 14 • Episode 5
An investigation into a spooky local ghost story provides clues when two people go missing.
Thursday, December 12
Luke
Season 14 • Episode 6
The BAU investigates four murders; Alvez and his girlfriend decide to move in together.
Thursday, December 12
Twenty Seven
Season 14 • Episode 7
The BAU races to capture the vigilantes behind a series of attacks taking place every 27 minutes.
Thursday, December 12
Ashley
Season 14 • Episode 8
The BAU investigates a double homicide and kidnapping in New Hampshire.
Thursday, December 12
Broken Wing
Season 14 • Episode 9
A professor alerts the BAU to an alarming number of deaths of patients who just completed rehab.
Thursday, December 12
Flesh and Blood
Season 14 • Episode 10
Prentiss faces her past when the BAU is sent to investigate the murders of prominent businessmen.
Sunday, December 15
Night Lights
Season 14 • Episode 11
The team investigates an abduction possibly linked to a couple who were killed in their home.
Sunday, December 15
Hamelin
Season 14 • Episode 12
The BAU team investigates the disappearance of three children who appear to have been abducted.
Sunday, December 15
Chameleon
Season 14 • Episode 13
Rossi questions his actions in the aftermath of a struggle with a serial killer.
Sunday, December 15
Sick and Evil
Season 14 • Episode 14
The BAU investigates a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Maine.
Sunday, December 15
Truth or Dare
Season 14 • Episode 15
The team investigates a series of fatal shootings following car accidents.
Sunday, December 15
Under the Skin
Season 15 • Episode 1
The team investigates an unsub with striking similarities to "The Chameleon."
Sunday, December 15
Awakenings
Season 15 • Episode 2
The team searches for Everett Lynch and his daughter; Spencer visits with his mother.
Sunday, December 15
Spectator Slowing
Season 15 • Episode 3
The BAU team investigates a series of fatal explosions throughout Kentucky and Tennessee.
Monday, December 16
Breath Play
Season 10 • Episode 17
The BAU tracks a serial killer in Wisconsin; Kate's niece, Meg, starts acting out.
Monday, December 16
Rock Creek Park
Season 10 • Episode 18
When an up-and-coming congressman's wife disappears, the team investigates his political enemies.
Monday, December 16
Beyond Borders
Season 10 • Episode 19
International Unit Chief Jack Garrett and his team work with the BAU when a family is abducted.
Monday, December 16
A Place at the Table
Season 10 • Episode 20
The members of a family are found murdered at their dining room table.
Monday, December 16
Mr. Scratch
Season 10 • Episode 21
The BAU searches for a suspect who controls minds; the hunt puts one team member in danger.
Monday, December 16
Protection
Season 10 • Episode 22
The BAU tracks a vigilante who is shooting people with possible ties to criminal activity.
Monday, December 16
The Hunt
Season 10 • Episode 23
The team suspects Kate's niece was kidnapped by an online predator involved in sex trafficking.
Monday, December 16
The Job
Season 11 • Episode 1
The team tracks a serial killer who leaves evidence that indicates a person intent on revenge.
Tuesday, December 17
Saturday
Season 15 • Episode 4
The team members enjoy a Saturday off in vastly different ways; Garcia leads a hacking competition.
Tuesday, December 17
Ghost
Season 15 • Episode 5
The BAU team travels to Illinois to investigate what appears to be a copycat serial killer.
Tuesday, December 17
Date Night
Season 15 • Episode 6
After a father and daughter get kidnapped, a former foe returns with very specific demands.
Tuesday, December 17
Rusty
Season 15 • Episode 7
The BAU team travels to Denver to investigate several murders.
Tuesday, December 17
Family Tree
Season 15 • Episode 8
The BAU travels to Texas to investigate the murders of a series of businessmen.
Tuesday, December 17
Face Off
Season 15 • Episode 9
Rossi develops some new theories about Everett Lynch, aka The Chameleon.
Tuesday, December 17
And in the End
Season 15 • Episode 10
Dr. Reid suffers from a brain injury and hallucinates about ghosts from his past.
Recaps
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Q&A
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