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Criminal Minds

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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.

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#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Extreme Aggressor	Sep 22, 2005	7.8
2	Compulsion	Sep 28, 2005	7.6
3	Won't Get Fooled Again	Oct 5, 2005	7.6
4	Plain Sight	Oct 12, 2005	7.7
5	Broken Mirror	Oct 19, 2005	7.8
6	L.D.S.K.	Nov 2, 2005	8.3
7	The Fox	Nov 9, 2005	7.9
8	Natural Born Killer	Nov 16, 2005	7.5
9	Derailed	Nov 23, 2005	7.8
10	The Popular Kids	Nov 30, 2005	7.5
11	Blood Hungry	Dec 14, 2005	7.1
12	What Fresh Hell?	Jan 11, 2006	7.4
13	Poison	Jan 18, 2006	7.3
14	Riding the Lightning	Jan 25, 2006	8.7
15	Unfinished Business	Mar 1, 2006	7.7
16	The Tribe	Mar 8, 2006	7.6
17	A Real Rain	Mar 22, 2006	7.6
18	Somebody's Watching	Mar 29, 2006	8.2
19	Machismo	Apr 12, 2006	7.2
20	Charm and Harm	Apr 19, 2006	7.6
21	Secrets and Lies	May 3, 2006	7.6
22	The Fisher King (1)	May 10, 2006	8.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Fisher King (2)	Sep 20, 2006	8.7
2	P911	Sep 27, 2006	7.9
3	The Perfect Storm	Oct 4, 2006	7.7
4	Psychodrama	Oct 11, 2006	7.4
5	Aftermath	Oct 18, 2006	7.6
6	The Boogeyman	Oct 25, 2006	7.8
7	North Mammon	Nov 1, 2006	8.1
8	Empty Planet	Nov 8, 2006	7.6
9	The Last Word	Nov 15, 2006	7.8
10	Lessons Learned	Nov 22, 2006	8.3
11	Sex, Birth, Death	Nov 29, 2006	8.5
12	Profiler, Profiled	Dec 13, 2006	8.1
13	No Way Out (1)	Jan 17, 2007	8.4
14	The Big Game (1)	Feb 4, 2007	8.1
15	Revelations (2)	Feb 7, 2007	8.9
16	Fear and Loathing	Feb 14, 2007	7.5
17	Distress	Feb 21, 2007	7.7
18	Jones	Feb 28, 2007	8.1
19	Ashes and Dust	Mar 21, 2007	7.7
20	Honor Among Thieves	Apr 11, 2007	7.1
21	Open Season	May 2, 2007	7.9
22	Legacy	May 9, 2007	8.1
23	No Way Out: The Evilution of Frank (2)	May 16, 2007	8.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Doubt	Sep 26, 2007	7.6
2	In Name and Blood	Oct 3, 2007	7.9
3	Scared to Death	Oct 10, 2007	7.6
4	Children of the Dark	Oct 17, 2007	7.9
5	Seven Seconds	Oct 24, 2007	8.3
6	About Face	Oct 31, 2007	7.5
7	Identity	Nov 7, 2007	7.4
8	Lucky	Nov 14, 2007	8.2
9	Penelope	Nov 21, 2007	8.7
10	True Night	Nov 28, 2007	7.8
11	Birthright	Dec 12, 2007	7.7
12	3rd Life	Jan 9, 2008	8.0
13	Limelight	Jan 23, 2008	7.5
14	Damaged	Apr 2, 2008	8.0
15	A Higher Power	Apr 9, 2008	7.4
16	Elephant's Memory	Apr 16, 2008	8.3
17	In Heat	Apr 30, 2008	7.6
18	The Crossing	May 7, 2008	7.6
19	Tabula Rasa	May 14, 2008	8.1
20	Lo-Fi	May 21, 2008	8.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Mayhem	Sep 24, 2008	8.6
2	The Angel Maker	Oct 1, 2008	7.7
3	Minimal Loss	Oct 8, 2008	8.2
4	Paradise	Oct 22, 2008	7.6
5	Catching Out	Oct 29, 2008	7.2
6	The Instincts	Nov 5, 2008	8.2
7	Memoriam	Nov 12, 2008	8.4
8	Masterpiece	Nov 19, 2008	8.3
9	52 Pickup	Nov 26, 2008	7.9
10	Brothers in Arms	Dec 10, 2008	7.5
11	Normal	Dec 17, 2008	8.3
12	Soul Mates	Jan 14, 2009	7.7
13	Bloodline	Jan 21, 2009	7.8
14	Cold Comfort	Feb 11, 2009	7.4
15	Zoe's Reprise	Feb 18, 2009	8.1
16	Pleasure Is My Business	Feb 25, 2009	8.1
17	Demonology	Mar 11, 2009	7.0
18	Omnivore	Mar 18, 2009	8.6
19	House on Fire	Mar 25, 2009	7.3
20	Conflicted	Apr 8, 2009	8.4
21	A Shade of Gray	Apr 22, 2009	8.0
22	The Big Wheel	Apr 29, 2009	8.2
23	Roadkill	May 6, 2009	7.3
24	Amplification	May 13, 2009	8.4
25	To Hell... (1)	May 20, 2009	8.5
26	...And Back (2)	May 20, 2009	8.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Nameless, Faceless	Sep 23, 2009	8.0
2	Haunted	Sep 30, 2009	7.7
3	Reckoner	Oct 7, 2009	7.4
4	Hopeless	Oct 14, 2009	7.3
5	Cradle to Grave	Oct 21, 2009	7.6
6	The Eyes Have It	Nov 4, 2009	7.2
7	The Performer	Nov 11, 2009	7.4
8	Outfoxed	Nov 18, 2009	7.7
9	100	Nov 25, 2009	9.2
10	The Slave of Duty	Dec 9, 2009	7.7
11	Retaliation	Dec 16, 2009	7.3
12	The Uncanny Valley	Jan 13, 2010	8.4
13	Risky Business	Jan 20, 2010	7.7
14	Parasite	Feb 3, 2010	7.4
15	Public Enemy	Feb 10, 2010	7.6
16	Mosley Lane	Mar 3, 2010	8.9
17	Solitary Man	Mar 10, 2010	7.4
18	The Fight	Apr 7, 2010	7.3
19	Rite of Passage	Apr 14, 2010	7.3
20	...A Thousand Words	May 5, 2010	7.9
21	Exit Wounds	May 12, 2010	7.5
22	The Internet Is Forever	May 19, 2010	7.7
23	Our Darkest Hour	May 26, 2010	8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Longest Night	Sep 22, 2010	8.0
2	JJ	Sep 29, 2010	8.1
3	Remembrance of Things Past	Oct 6, 2010	7.7
4	Compromising Positions	Oct 13, 2010	7.3
5	Safe Haven	Oct 20, 2010	7.7
6	Devil's Night	Oct 27, 2010	7.2
7	Middle Man	Nov 3, 2010	7.6
8	Reflection of Desire	Nov 10, 2010	7.7
9	Into the Woods	Nov 17, 2010	7.7
10	What Happens at Home...	Dec 8, 2010	7.6
11	25 to Life	Dec 15, 2010	7.8
12	Corazon	Jan 19, 2011	7.5
13	The Thirteenth Step	Jan 26, 2011	7.4
14	Sense Memory	Feb 9, 2011	7.3
15	Today I Do	Feb 16, 2011	7.2
16	Coda	Feb 23, 2011	8.1
17	Valhalla	Mar 2, 2011	8.0
18	Lauren	Mar 16, 2011	8.7
19	With Friends Like These...	Mar 30, 2011	7.5
20	Hanley Waters	Apr 6, 2011	7.5
21	The Stranger	Apr 13, 2011	7.3
22	Out of the Light	May 4, 2011	7.4
23	Big Sea	May 11, 2011	7.2
24	Supply and Demand	May 18, 2011	7.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	It Takes a Village	Sep 21, 2011	8.0
2	Proof	Sep 28, 2011	7.9
3	Dorado Falls	Oct 5, 2011	7.7
4	Painless	Oct 12, 2011	7.8
5	From Childhood's Hour	Oct 19, 2011	7.4
6	Epilogue	Nov 2, 2011	7.4
7	There's No Place Like Home	Nov 9, 2011	7.2
8	Hope	Nov 16, 2011	7.6
9	Self-Fulfilling Prophecy	Dec 7, 2011	7.7
10	The Bittersweet Science	Dec 14, 2011	7.2
11	True Genius	Jan 18, 2012	8.4
12	Unknown Subject	Jan 25, 2012	8.0
13	Snake Eyes	Feb 8, 2012	7.2
14	Closing Time	Feb 15, 2012	7.2
15	A Thin Line	Feb 22, 2012	7.3
16	A Family Affair	Feb 29, 2012	7.5
17	I Love You, Tommy Brown	Mar 14, 2012	7.3
18	Foundation	Mar 21, 2012	7.9
19	Heathridge Manor	Apr 4, 2012	8.0
20	The Company	Apr 11, 2012	8.2
21	Divining Rod	May 2, 2012	7.4
22	Profiling 101	May 9, 2012	8.0
23	Hit (1)	May 16, 2012	8.4
24	Run (2)	May 16, 2012	8.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Silencer	Sep 26, 2012	7.3
2	The Pact	Oct 10, 2012	7.4
3	Through the Looking Glass	Oct 17, 2012	7.5
4	God Complex	Oct 24, 2012	7.7
5	The Good Earth	Oct 31, 2012	7.4
6	The Apprenticeship	Nov 7, 2012	7.6
7	The Fallen	Nov 14, 2012	7.7
8	The Wheels on the Bus...	Nov 21, 2012	7.3
9	Magnificent Light	Nov 28, 2012	7.1
10	The Lesson	Dec 5, 2012	8.2
11	Perennials	Dec 12, 2012	7.3
12	Zugzwang	Jan 16, 2013	8.6
13	Magnum Opus	Jan 23, 2013	7.6
14	All That Remains	Feb 6, 2013	7.9
15	Broken	Feb 20, 2013	7.6
16	Carbon Copy	Feb 27, 2013	7.8
17	The Gathering	Mar 20, 2013	7.3
18	Restoration	Apr 3, 2013	7.7
19	Pay It Forward	Apr 10, 2013	7.4
20	Alchemy	May 1, 2013	7.6
21	Nanny Dearest	May 8, 2013	7.7
22	Number Six	May 15, 2013	7.4
23	Brothers Hotchner (1)	May 22, 2013	7.7
24	The Replicator (2)	May 22, 2013	8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Inspiration (1)	Sep 25, 2013	7.4
2	The Inspired (2)	Oct 2, 2013	7.5
3	Final Shot	Oct 9, 2013	7.7
4	To Bear Witness	Oct 16, 2013	7.5
5	Route 66	Oct 23, 2013	7.7
6	In the Blood	Oct 30, 2013	7.4
7	Gatekeeper	Nov 6, 2013	7.8
8	The Return	Nov 13, 2013	7.4
9	Strange Fruit	Nov 20, 2013	7.8
10	The Caller	Nov 27, 2013	8.1
11	Bully	Dec 11, 2013	7.5
12	The Black Queen	Jan 15, 2014	7.4
13	The Road Home (1)	Jan 22, 2014	7.6
14	200 (2)	Feb 5, 2014	8.2
15	Mr. & Mrs. Anderson	Feb 19, 2014	7.4
16	Gabby	Feb 26, 2014	8.0
17	Persuasion	Mar 5, 2014	7.5
18	Rabid	Mar 12, 2014	7.6
19	The Edge of Winter	Mar 19, 2014	7.7
20	Blood Relations	Apr 2, 2014	7.9
21	What Happens in Mecklinburg...	Apr 9, 2014	7.4
22	Fatal	Apr 30, 2014	7.4
23	Angels (1)	May 7, 2014	8.2
24	Demons (2)	May 14, 2014	8.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	X	Oct 1, 2014	7.6
2	Burn	Oct 8, 2014	7.2
3	A Thousand Suns	Oct 15, 2014	7.6
4	The Itch	Oct 22, 2014	7.3
5	Boxed In	Oct 29, 2014	7.4
6	If the Shoe Fits	Nov 5, 2014	7.6
7	Hashtag	Nov 12, 2014	7.5
8	The Boys of Sudworth Place	Nov 19, 2014	7.5
9	Fate	Nov 26, 2014	7.4
10	Amelia Porter	Dec 10, 2014	7.2
11	The Forever People	Jan 14, 2015	7.6
12	Anonymous	Jan 21, 2015	7.5
13	Nelson's Sparrow	Jan 28, 2015	8.1
14	Hero Worship	Feb 4, 2015	7.3
15	Scream	Feb 11, 2015	7.3
16	Lockdown	Mar 4, 2015	7.7
17	Breath Play	Mar 11, 2015	7.1
18	Rock Creek Park	Mar 25, 2015	7.5
19	Beyond Borders	Apr 8, 2015	7.0
20	A Place at the Table	Apr 15, 2015	7.4
21	Mr. Scratch	Apr 22, 2015	8.7
22	Protection	Apr 29, 2015	7.2
23	The Hunt	May 6, 2015	7.9

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Job	Sep 30, 2015	7.6
2	The Witness	Oct 7, 2015	7.5
3	'Til Death Do Us Part	Oct 14, 2015	7.0
4	Outlaw	Oct 21, 2015	7.2
5	The Night Watch	Oct 28, 2015	7.2
6	Pariahville	Nov 4, 2015	7.3
7	Target Rich	Nov 11, 2015	7.5
8	Awake	Nov 18, 2015	6.7
9	Internal Affairs	Dec 2, 2015	7.0
10	Future Perfect	Dec 9, 2015	6.6
11	Entropy	Jan 13, 2016	9.2
12	Drive	Jan 20, 2016	7.2
13	The Bond	Jan 27, 2016	7.1
14	Hostage	Feb 10, 2016	8.3
15	A Badge and a Gun	Feb 24, 2016	7.4
16	Derek	Mar 2, 2016	8.1
17	The Sandman	Mar 16, 2016	7.3
18	A Beautiful Disaster	Mar 23, 2016	8.4
19	Tribute	Mar 30, 2016	7.5
20	Inner Beauty	Apr 13, 2016	7.0
21	Devil's Backbone	Apr 20, 2016	7.8
22	The Storm	May 4, 2016	8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Crimson King	Sep 28, 2016	7.4
2	Sick Day	Oct 5, 2016	7.5
3	Taboo	Oct 12, 2016	7.2
4	Keeper	Oct 26, 2016	7.2
5	The Anti-Terrorism Squad	Nov 9, 2016	7.1
6	Elliott's Pond	Nov 16, 2016	7.6
7	Mirror Image	Nov 30, 2016	7.8
8	Scarecrow	Dec 7, 2016	7.3
9	Profiling 202	Jan 4, 2017	7.3
10	Seek and Destroy	Jan 11, 2017	7.2
11	Surface Tension	Feb 1, 2017	7.2
12	A Good Husband	Feb 8, 2017	6.7
13	Spencer	Feb 15, 2017	7.8
14	Collision Course	Feb 22, 2017	7.3
15	Alpha Male	Mar 1, 2017	7.3
16	Assistance Is Futile	Mar 15, 2017	7.2
17	In the Dark	Mar 22, 2017	7.4
18	Hell's Kitchen	Mar 29, 2017	7.3
19	True North	Apr 5, 2017	7.2
20	Unforgettable	Apr 26, 2017	7.5
21	Green Light	May 3, 2017	8.2
22	Red Light	May 10, 2017	8.4

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Wheels Up	Sep 27, 2017	8.2
2	To a Better Place	Oct 4, 2017	7.5
3	Blue Angel	Oct 11, 2017	7.3
4	Killer App	Oct 18, 2017	7.5
5	Lucky Strikes	Oct 25, 2017	7.7
6	The Bunker	Nov 8, 2017	7.7
7	Dust and Bones	Nov 15, 2017	7.3
8	Neon Terror	Nov 22, 2017	7.0
9	False Flag	Dec 6, 2017	7.4
10	Submerged	Jan 3, 2018	6.9
11	Full-Tilt Boogie	Jan 10, 2018	7.4
12	Bad Moon on the Rise	Jan 17, 2018	7.2
13	Cure	Jan 24, 2018	7.4
14	Miasma	Jan 31, 2018	7.2
15	Annihilator	Mar 7, 2018	7.6
16	Last Gasp	Mar 14, 2018	8.2
17	The Capilanos	Mar 21, 2018	7.5
18	The Dance of Love	Mar 28, 2018	7.4
19	Ex Parte	Apr 4, 2018	7.6
20	All You Can Eat	Apr 11, 2018	7.0
21	Mixed Signals	Apr 18, 2018	7.0
22	Believer	Apr 18, 2018	8.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	300	Oct 3, 2018	8.3
2	Starter Home	Oct 10, 2018	7.6
3	Rule 34	Oct 17, 2018	7.4
4	Innocence	Oct 24, 2018	7.1
5	The Tall Man	Oct 31, 2018	8.3
6	Luke	Nov 7, 2018	7.4
7	Twenty Seven	Nov 14, 2018	7.7
8	Ashley	Nov 21, 2018	7.4
9	Broken Wing	Dec 5, 2018	7.3
10	Flesh and Blood	Dec 12, 2018	7.4
11	Night Lights	Jan 2, 2019	7.2
12	Hamelin	Jan 9, 2019	7.4
13	Chameleon	Jan 23, 2019	8.2
14	Sick and Evil	Jan 30, 2019	7.1
15	Truth or Dare	Feb 6, 2019	7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Under the Skin	Jan 8, 2020	7.9
2	Awakenings	Jan 8, 2020	7.9
3	Spectator Slowing	Jan 15, 2020	7.2
4	Saturday	Jan 22, 2020	8.0
5	Ghost	Jan 29, 2020	7.3
6	Date Night	Feb 5, 2020	8.6
7	Rusty	Feb 5, 2020	7.0
8	Family Tree	Feb 12, 2020	7.2
9	Face Off (1)	Feb 19, 2020	8.2
10	And in the End (2)	Feb 19, 2020	7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Gold Star	Jun 6, 2024	7.9
2	Contagion	Jun 6, 2024	7.7
3	Homesick	Jun 13, 2024	7.3
4	Kingdom of the Blind	Jun 20, 2024	7.5
5	Conspiracy vs. Theory	Jun 27, 2024	7.5
6	Message in a Bottle	Jul 4, 2024	7.2
7	Piranha	Jul 11, 2024	7.8
8	North Star	Jul 18, 2024	7.8
9	Stars & Stripes	Jul 25, 2024	7.8
10	Save the Children	Aug 1, 2024	7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Swimmer's Calculus	May 8, 2025	7.3
2	The Zookeeper	May 15, 2025	6.9
3	Time to Say Goodbye	May 22, 2025	8.2
4	I'm Fine, It's Fine. Everything Is Fine	May 29, 2025	7.5
5	The Brutal Man	Jun 5, 2025	7.4
6	Hell Is Empty…	Jun 12, 2025	7.5
7	…All the Devils are Here	Jun 19, 2025	7.7
8	Tara	Jun 26, 2025	5.8
9	CollateRal	Jul 3, 2025	7.6
10	The Disciple	Jul 10, 2025	7.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Now and Then	May 28, 2026	7.3
2	Cluster	May 28, 2026	7.7
3	Body Count	Jun 4, 2026	7.1
4	The Witching Hour	Jun 11, 2026	10.0
5	Friendly Fire	Jun 18, 2026	0.0
6	Proxy	Jun 25, 2026	0.0
7	The Furies	Jul 2, 2026	0.0
8	Requiem for a Dream	Jul 9, 2026	0.0
9	Badder Blood	Jul 16, 2026	0.0
10	Special Agent Garrity	Jul 23, 2026	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Gold Star	Jun 6, 2024	7.9
2	Contagion	Jun 6, 2024	7.7
3	Homesick	Jun 13, 2024	7.3
4	Kingdom of the Blind	Jun 20, 2024	7.5
5	Conspiracy vs. Theory	Jun 27, 2024	7.5
6	Message in a Bottle	Jul 4, 2024	7.2
7	Piranha	Jul 11, 2024	7.8
8	North Star	Jul 18, 2024	7.8
9	Stars & Stripes	Jul 25, 2024	7.8
10	Save the Children	Aug 1, 2024	7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Just Getting Started	Nov 24, 2022	7.9
2	Sicarius	Nov 24, 2022	8.1
3	Moose	Dec 1, 2022	7.9
4	Pay-Per-View	Dec 8, 2022	7.7
5	Oedipus Wrecks	Dec 15, 2022	8.3
6	True Conviction	Jan 12, 2023	7.7
7	What Doesn’t Kill Us	Jan 19, 2023	7.8
8	Forget Me Knots	Jan 26, 2023	8.0
9	Memento Mori	Feb 2, 2023	8.0
10	Dead End	Feb 9, 2023	7.9

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