- 5.9/10243 votesLoading...
#1 - El Toro Bravo
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/25/2016
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
- 6.0/10302 votesLoading...
#2 - The Matchmaker
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/2016
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
- 6.3/10170 votesLoading...
#3 - Obey
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/10/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10459 votesLoading...
#4 - The Harmful One
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2016
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
- 6.5/10338 votesLoading...
#5 - Denial
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2016
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
- 6.5/10172 votesLoading...
#6 - Abominable
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/17/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10293 votesLoading...
#7 - The Lonely Heart
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/2016
The International Response Team heads to Paris to search for an UnSub targeting Americans who live there.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: Ticona S. Joy
- 6.6/10277 votesLoading...
#8 - De Los Inocentes
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2016
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
- 6.6/10251 votesLoading...
#9 - Iqiniso
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/11/2016
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
- 6.7/10351 votesLoading...
#10 - Harvested
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2016
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
- 6.7/10266 votesLoading...
#11 - Citizens of the World
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2016
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
- 6.7/10248 votesLoading...
#12 - The Ballad of Nick and Nat
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/11/2016
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
- 6.7/10176 votesLoading...
#13 - Type A
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10298 votesLoading...
#14 - Whispering Death
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2016
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
- 6.8/10279 votesLoading...
#15 - Love Interrupted
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/2016
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
- 6.8/10192 votesLoading...
#16 - Made In...
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2017
The International Response Team investigates when two American entrepreneurs disappear while conducting business in Bangladesh.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10190 votesLoading...
#17 - Pankration
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/19/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10242 votesLoading...
#18 - Paper Orphans
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/25/2016
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 Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Erica Messer
- 6.9/10187 votesLoading...
#20 - The Ripper of Riga
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/17/2017
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
- 7.0/10224 votesLoading...
#21 - Lost Souls
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2017
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
- 7.0/10200 votesLoading...
#22 - Pretty Like Me
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10204 votesLoading...
#23 - Cinderella and the Dragon
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2017
When two American flight attendants go missing while in Singapore, the International Response Team is called in to investigate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10189 votesLoading...
#24 - Blowback
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/26/2017
The International Response Team is investigated by the FBI after a mission in Kurjikistan results in the death of a suspect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10222 votesLoading...
#25 - Il Mostro
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2017
When two casualties resemble the M.O. of the most notorious killer in Italian history, the International Response Team is called to investigate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Every episode of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders!
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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"El Toro Bravo" is the worst rated episode of "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders". It scored 5.9/10 based on 243 votes. Directed by Tawnia McKiernan and written by Erica Meredith, it aired on 5/25/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Matchmaker".