The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   Click to reveal

   REVEAL THE WINNER
   

   7.2/10(239 votes)

   #1 - Il Mostro

   S2:E23/15/2017

   When two casualties resemble the M.O. of the most notorious killer in Italian history, the International Response Team is called to investigate.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   7.1/10(212 votes)

   #2 - La Huesuda

   S2:E74/12/2017

   When a night of partying ends tragically for an American 18-year-old in Tijuana, the International Response Team is called to investigate.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
3. 

   7.1/10(206 votes)

   #3 - Blowback

   S2:E94/26/2017

   The International Response Team is investigated by the FBI after a mission in Kurjikistan results in the death of a suspect.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   7.0/10(241 votes)

   #4 - Lost Souls

   S2:E13/8/2017

   Unit Chief Jack Garrett and his international response team are called to Tanzania when a 23-member church group disappears.

   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Erica Messer

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Alec Smight

   Writer:Erica Messer
5. 

   7.0/10(219 votes)

   #5 - Cinderella and the Dragon

   S2:E64/12/2017

   When two American flight attendants go missing while in Singapore, the International Response Team is called in to investigate.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   6.9/10(218 votes)

   #6 - The Devil's Breath

   S2:E33/22/2017

   The International Response Team investigates the apparent suicide of an American in Colombia who emptied his bank account prior to his death.

   Director:Oz Scott

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Oz Scott

   Writer:Unknown
TRENDING NOW
The 20 WORST Episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
READ
7. 

   6.9/10(216 votes)

   #7 - Pretty Like Me

   S2:E43/29/2017

   The International Response Team head to South Korea when an American college student is found disfigured. Also, Simmons fulfills his mother’s last dying wish to find his grandmother.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
8. 

   6.8/10(322 votes)

   #8 - Whispering Death

   S1:E44/6/2016

   The team travels to Japan to assist local law enforcement in investigating homicides made to look like suicides. Meanwhile, Mae encourages Clara to get out and enjoy herself.

   Director:Larry Teng

   Writer:Adam Glass

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Larry Teng

   Writer:Adam Glass
9. 

   6.8/10(297 votes)

   #9 - Love Interrupted

   S1:E64/13/2016

   The International Response Team heads to Belize to search for a couple who disappears while on their honeymoon in what appears to be a targeted abduction.

   Director:Paul A. Kaufman

   Writer:Adam Glass

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Paul A. Kaufman

   Writer:Adam Glass
10. 

    6.8/10(258 votes)

    #10 - Paper Orphans

    S1:E135/25/2016

    When the daughter of an American family visiting Haiti to adopt a child is kidnapped, the International Response Team travels to the island nation to try to find her. Also, Jack and his wife, Karen, prepare to send their daughter to college.

    Director:Félix Alcalá

    Writer:Erica Messer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Félix Alcalá

    Writer:Erica Messer
11. 

    6.8/10(206 votes)

    #11 - Pankration

    S2:E84/19/2017

    When an American visiting Greece to get more involved in his family's business is found beaten in a rough part of Athens, the International Response Team is called to investigate.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    6.8/10(204 votes)

    #12 - The Ripper of Riga

    S2:E135/17/2017

    The International Response Team travels to Russia when an American ballerina is kidnapped, and Jack tangles with an ex-KBG agent who escaped from prison.

    Director:Mikael Salomon

    Writer:Adam Glass

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Mikael Salomon

    Writer:Adam Glass
13. 

    6.7/10(377 votes)

    #13 - Harvested

    S1:E23/23/2016

    When an American man attending a festival in Mumbai wakes up missing a kidney and his friend gone, the International Response Team’s investigation leads them to suspect the UnSub is more than just trading organs on the Black Market.

    Director:Rob Bailey

    Writer:Erica Meredith

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Rob Bailey

    Writer:Erica Meredith
14. 

    6.7/10(284 votes)

    #14 - Citizens of the World

    S1:E74/20/2016

    The International Response Team travels to Morocco when a retired couple from Idaho is kidnapped while visiting the country on a cruise.

    Director:Alec Smight

    Writer:Matthew Lau

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Alec Smight

    Writer:Matthew Lau
15. 

    6.7/10(271 votes)

    #15 - Iqiniso

    S1:E105/11/2016

    When an American college student working in Johannesburg is killed and his brother goes missing, the International Response Team suspects a gang could be behind both. Jack works the case with Lieutenant Ananda Doshi, a profiler he’s worked with before who has an unorthodox style of investigation.

    Director:Laura Belsey

    Writer:Christopher Barbour

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Laura Belsey

    Writer:Christopher Barbour
16. 

    6.7/10(268 votes)

    #16 - The Ballad of Nick and Nat

    S1:E115/11/2016

    When American victims are found in different locations throughout Cuba, the International Response Team heads to the island nation to search for possible spree killers.

    Director:Jeremiah S. Chechik

    Writer:Daniele Nathanson

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Jeremiah S. Chechik

    Writer:Daniele Nathanson
17. 

    6.7/10(208 votes)

    #17 - Made In...

    S2:E54/5/2017

    The International Response Team investigates when two American entrepreneurs disappear while conducting business in Bangladesh.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
18. 

    6.7/10(193 votes)

    #18 - Type A

    S2:E105/3/2017

    The International Response Team is called to Taipei when it appears an American committed a crime that is similar to an unsolved case in New York.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
19. 

    6.6/10(312 votes)

    #19 - The Lonely Heart

    S1:E54/6/2016

    The International Response Team heads to Paris to search for an UnSub targeting Americans who live there.

    Director:Constantine Makris

    Writer:Ticona S. Joy

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Constantine Makris

    Writer:Ticona S. Joy
20. 

    6.6/10(295 votes)

    #20 - De Los Inocentes

    S1:E84/27/2016

    When a woman vacationing in Mexico with her family is the victim of foul play, the International Response Team investigates her husband as the prime suspect when he flees.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Christopher Barbour

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Christopher Barbour
21. 

    6.5/10(367 votes)

    #21 - Denial

    S1:E33/30/2016

    The International Response Team heads to Cairo when an Egyptian-American former U.S. serviceman is killed in a gas attack there and his friend goes missing.

    Director:Rod Holcomb

    Writer:Adam Glass

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Rod Holcomb

    Writer:Adam Glass
22. 

    6.4/10(492 votes)

    #22 - The Harmful One

    S1:E13/16/2016

    Garrett and his unit travel to Thailand when three American volunteers go missing during a trek to Bangkok. Once there, former colleague Clara Seger, a cultural anthropologist, helps them rush to gather evidence leading to the UnSub before a storm threatens to wash it away,

    Director:Colin Bucksey

    Writer:Erica Messer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Colin Bucksey

    Writer:Erica Messer
23. 

    6.4/10(189 votes)

    #23 - Abominable

    S2:E125/17/2017

    The IRT must find the murderer of a woman in Nepal who was at a yoga camp. Monty is on the field for the first time.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
24. 

    6.3/10(188 votes)

    #24 - Obey

    S2:E115/10/2017

    When the body of an American singer is found on a rural road in the blue mountains of Jamaica, the International Response Team is called to investigate.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
25. 

    6.0/10(325 votes)

    #25 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E95/4/2016

    When an American girl leaves home to meet her boyfriend in Turkey, the International Response Team suspects she’s in trouble after being tricked by someone posing as her boyfriend.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley

    Writer:Tim Clemente

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley

    Writer:Tim Clemente