8.9/107 votes#1 - Believer
Season 13 Episode 22 - Aired 4/18/2018
When Reid discovers former FBI Special Agent Owen Quinn locked inside a storage unit, the BAU questions the credibility of Quinn's bizarre accounts of searching for an UnSub that he named "The Strangler".
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Breen Frazier
8.8/1012 votes#2 - True Genius
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2012
A series of murders in San Francisco bearing the tell-tale signs of the infamous Zodiac Killer have the BAU wondering if the notorious serial killer has returned. Also, Reid ponders if he should be doing more with his genius abilities.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Sharon Lee Watson
8.8/106 votes#3 - Red Light
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2017
Derek Morgan brings the BAU a lead in the case against serial killer and escaped convict Mr. Scratch.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Breen Frazier
8.7/103 votes#4 - Dead End
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2023
With Rossi in Voit’s clutches, he grapples with the limits of his technical know-how and mental strength. As the BAU tightens their grip on Voit, he reveals just how far he’s willing to take his deadly crusade.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Christopher Barbour
8.6/1013 votes#5 - Demons (2)
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2014
The investigation in Texas reveals a deep web of corruption; Garcia must save a friend.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.5/106 votes#6 - 300
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2018
When Reid and Garcia are abducted by Benjamin Merva, it's up to the rest of the team to find them. The BAU finds surprising clues in their own history to solve why the two heroes have been targeted by a mass murderer. It's a race to save them before a Believer's prophecy is fulfilled.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.4/1015 votes#7 - The Replicator (2)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2013
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also, the BAU is called in to investigate a string of deaths in Manhattan tied to apparent ecstasy overdoses, and Hotch discovers that his estranged brother, Sean, is caught in the middle.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.4/1010 votes#8 - The Job
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015
The BAU is interviewing different candidates to join their ranks in the wake of Kate’s departure, including a forensic psychologist, Dr. Tara Lewis, who is eager to assist their efforts. Also, the BAU hunts for a serial killer who leaves behind distinctive evidence that points to someone intent on revenge.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Breen Frazier
8.3/1014 votes#9 - Lo-Fi
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2008
The BAU faces one of its toughest cases when the team is called to New York City to determine if a series of random shootings is the work of one serial killer or a team of killers working together.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Chris Mundy
8.3/1015 votes#10 - Remembrance of Things Past
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2010
When several women in Herndon, Virginia, are found murdered in a similar manner, SSA David Rossi reopens an unsolved cold case that has haunted him for a quarter of a century because he believes the original killer, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, might have returned.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
8.3/1015 votes#11 - Run (2)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/2012
As the BAU team continues to pursue the bank-robbing serial killers, the team determines that the suspects have a bigger target in the Nation's capital, and with one of the team still a hostage, they must work quickly to diffuse an explosive situation. Also, wedding bells ring for one of the BAU, and Prentiss ponders her future.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/1010 votes#12 - Nelson's Sparrow
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2015
The BAU revisits its origins when they look at one of Rossi and Gideon’s old cases to track a killer that got away.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/106 votes#13 - Truth or Dare
Season 14 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2019
Wedding bells are ringing as Rossi prepares to marry Krystall. But first, the BAU team travels to Los Angeles to investigate a series of fatal shootings in broad daylight following car accidents.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Meredith
8.2/1011 votes#14 - The Hunt
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/2015
When Kate's niece and her best friend Markayla are kidnapped, the BAU suspects an online predator engaged in sex trafficking who poses as a teenage boy.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
8.2/108 votes#15 - Target Rich
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2015
The BAU helps Rossi’s journalist daughter, Joy, investigate the disappearance of a college student. Also, the team is alarmed when Giuseppe Montolo dies in prison after he warns Morgan about the “Dirty Dozen,” an underground group of hitmen, and JJ returns from maternity leave.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Jim Clemente
8.2/106 votes#16 - Spencer
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2017
When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for their help.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/106 votes#17 - And In the End (2)
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 2/19/2020
Following an explosive face-to-face encounter with Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” Dr. Reid suffers from a brain injury and, while experiencing hallucinations, is visited by ghosts from his past. Also, the BAU makes a shocking discovery about Lynch that affects Rossi personally, and the entire BAU team comes together to celebrate Rossi’s retirement.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.1/1017 votes#18 - Profiler, Profiled
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/2006
Morgan is arrested as a serial killer after he goes home to Chicago to visit his family. Because the detective making the arrest had used a profile provided by Gideon, the team travels to Chicago to help the local authorities find the real killer and exonerate Morgan.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Edward Allen Bernero
8.1/1015 votes#19 - The Silencer
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2012
When a Texas prisoner escapes during a transfer, he leaves behind victims with his unique trademark, sewing their mouths shut, a signature the BAU remembers as unique to the UnSub "The Silencer." While they investigate who he was and who he's become, the BAU also gets to know the newest member of the team.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.1/1015 votes#20 - The Inspiration (1)
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2013
The hunt for a methodical killer takes the BAU to Arizona to search for an increasingly devolving unsub, and the team speculates that Hotch is in the running to be the new BAU Section Chief following the death of Erin Strauss.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
8.0/106 votes#21 - Cure
Season 13 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/2018
The BAU is called to investigate a series of D.C. homicides where cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of each victim.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Christopher Barbour
7.9/1015 votes#22 - The Angel Maker
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2008
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.9/1017 votes#23 - Brothers in Arms
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2008
The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case that hits close to home for Morgan, a former cop.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Holly Harold
7.9/1016 votes#24 - The Eyes Have It
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2009
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Oanh Ly
7.8/1016 votes#25 - Limelight
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2008
After the contents of a self-storage unit purchased at an auction take the BAU to Philadelphia to investigate a series of murders, the local agent becomes the center of the case. To catch the killer, the team must profile the items inside the unit.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Dan Dworkin
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"Believer" is the best rated episode directed by Glenn Kershaw. It scored 8.9/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Breen Frazier. It aired on 4/18/2018 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "True Genius".