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Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 8 - De Los Inocentes
    4.8/10(6 votes)

    #1 - De Los Inocentes

    S1:E8

    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

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  2. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 3 - Denial
    5.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Denial

    S1:E3

    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

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  3. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 3 - The Devil's Breath
    5.0/10(5 votes)

    #3 - The Devil's Breath

    S2:E3

    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

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  4. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 9 - The Matchmaker
    5.6/10(5 votes)

    #4 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E9

    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

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  5. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 11 - The Ballad of Nick and Nat
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #5 - The Ballad of Nick and Nat

    S1:E11

    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

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  6. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 11 - Obey
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Obey

    S2:E11

    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

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  7. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 6 - Cinderella and the Dragon
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Cinderella and the Dragon

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 1 - The Harmful One
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #8 - The Harmful One

    S1:E1

    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

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  9. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 5 - Made In...
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Made In...

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 8 - Pankration
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Pankration

    S2:E8

    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

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  11. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 10 - Type A
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Type A

    S2:E10

    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

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  12. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 12 - Abominable
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Abominable

    S2:E12

    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

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  13. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 12 - El Toro Bravo
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - El Toro Bravo

    S1:E12

    The IRT heads to Pamplona, Spain, for the running of the bulls, where the ears of a missing American tourist are found.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Erica Meredith

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  14. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 4 - Pretty Like Me
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Pretty Like Me

    S2:E4

    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

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  15. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 9 - Blowback
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Blowback

    S2:E9

    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

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  16. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 13 - The Ripper of Riga
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Ripper of Riga

    S2:E13

    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

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  17. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 4 - Whispering Death
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Whispering Death

    S1:E4

    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

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  18. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 5 - The Lonely Heart
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - The Lonely Heart

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writer:Ticona S. Joy

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  19. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 7 - Citizens of the World
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Citizens of the World

    S1:E7

    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

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  20. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 13 - Paper Orphans
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Paper Orphans

    S1:E13

    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

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  21. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 2 - Il Mostro
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Il Mostro

    S2:E2

    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

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  22. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 2 - Harvested
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Harvested

    S1:E2

    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

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  23. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 6 - Love Interrupted
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Love Interrupted

    S1:E6

    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

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  24. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 1 Episode 10 - Iqiniso
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Iqiniso

    S1:E10

    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

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  25. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Season 2 Episode 1 - Lost Souls
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Lost Souls

    S2:E1

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"De Los Inocentes" is the worst rated episode of "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders". It scored 4.8/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Christopher Barbour, it aired on 4/27/2016. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Denial".