
Criminal Minds To catch a criminal, you have to think like one.
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.
- Created By
Jeff Davis
- First Aired on
Sep 22, 2005
- Popularity: 169.021
- 3,833 votes
- Networks
- (US)(US)
- Production
Touchstone Television (US)The Mark Gordon Company (US)Paramount Television (US)CBS Studios (US)Erica Messer Productions (US)ABC Studios (US)ABC Signature (US)Entertainment One Television (CA)Lionsgate Television (US)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
18 seaons till May 22, 2025
Last episode: Time to Say Goodbye
Seasons & episodes
Total 18 seasons, 354 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Extreme Aggressor40 min
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.
Episode 2Compulsion43 min
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Episode 3Won't Get Fooled Again41 min
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
Episode 4Plain Sight40 min
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
Episode 5Broken Mirror42 min
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.
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