8.1/101,795 votes#1 - Wheels Up
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2017
In the wake of a devastating attack, the BAU works with former International Response Team member Matthew Simmons to save one of their own from escaped serial killer Peter Lewis.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Breen Frazier
7.5/101,908 votes#2 - To a Better Place
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2017
The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Bruce Zimmerman
7.3/101,529 votes#3 - Blue Angel
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2017
When successful businessmen in Detroit are targeted by an anger-driven power-assertive Unsub, the BAU is called in to investigate.
Director: Sharat Raju
Writer: Christopher Barbour
7.5/101,623 votes#4 - Killer App
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2017
The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.
Director: Alec Smight
Writer: Stephanie Sengupta
7.7/101,500 votes#5 - Lucky Strikes
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2017
Morgan lends emotional support to Garcia when she experiences anxiety over a case that is personal to her from her past.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan, Aisha Tyler
Writer: Jim Clemente
7.6/101,862 votes#6 - The Bunker
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2017
Several women go missing in Virginia and the BAU must figure out what they all have in common in order to find them.
Director: Aisha Tyler
Writer: Karen Maser
7.3/101,697 votes#7 - Dust and Bones
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2017
The BAU searches for an unsub in Austin, Texas, who is targeting prominent members of the community.
Director: Marcus Stokes
Writer: Erica Meredith
7.0/101,229 votes#8 - Neon Terror
Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2017
When an UnSub in Miami sensationalizes his crimes by giving the local media exclusive footage, the BAU is called in to investigate.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Erik Stiller
7.3/101,380 votes#9 - False Flag
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2017
When two members of a conspiracy group in Roswell, N.M., perish in quick succession, the BAU is called to investigate.
Director: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Breen Frazier
6.9/101,128 votes#10 - Submerged
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2018
When a series of backyard pool homicides are reported in California, the BAU team searches for an UnSub with a puzzling past.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Bruce Zimmerman
7.3/101,235 votes#11 - Full-Tilt Boogie
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2018
The BAU team’s investigation into the home invasion and attempted homicide of a police chief’s wife uncovers a world of secrets in a small town in Virginia.
Director: Simon Mirren
Writer: Erica Messer, Kirsten Vangsness
7.2/101,568 votes#12 - Bad Moon on the Rise
Season 13 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2018
The BAU is called to New York when several casualties of a brutal nature are reported in Central Park.
Director: Christoph Schrewe
Writer: Karen Maser
7.4/101,432 votes#13 - 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
7.2/101,578 votes#14 - Miasma
Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2018
The BAU is called when the New Orleans P.D. discovers a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt in a local cemetery.
Director: Leon Ichaso
Writer: Erica Meredith
7.6/101,639 votes#15 - Annihilator
Season 13 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2018
The FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, joins the BAU as they investigate a quadruple homicide of a group of roommates in St. Louis.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Erik Stiller
8.1/101,320 votes#16 - Last Gasp
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2018
Away from the watchful eye of the FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, the BAU meets in secret to investigate an UnSub who appears to be kidnapping and photographing young women.
Director: Adam Rodriguez
Writer: Stephanie Sengupta
7.5/101,667 votes#17 - The Capilanos
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/2018
The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Erica Messer
7.4/101,361 votes#18 - The Dance of Love
Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/2018
The BAU travels to Chicago to investigate an unsub who leaves red roses on each victim. Also, Rossi gets an unexpected visit from his ex-wife, Krystall Richards.
Director: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Bruce Zimmerman
7.5/101,312 votes#19 - Ex Parte
Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2018
The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons’ wife, Kristy works.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/101,120 votes#20 - All You Can Eat
Season 13 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/2018
The BAU is called to investigate a series of deaths in Virginia suspected by the Center for Disease Control to be caused by bio-terrorism; Garcia visits her stepbrother to take care of a family issue.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Karen Maser
7.0/101,048 votes#21 - Mixed Signals
Season 13 Episode 21 - Aired 4/18/2018
The BAU is called to Taos, N.M. to investigate an UnSub who is targeting his victims' temporal lobes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/101,547 votes#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 13
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Season 13 Ratings Summary
"Wheels Up" is the best rated episode of "Criminal Minds" season 13. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1795 votes. Directed by Glenn Kershaw and written by Breen Frazier, it aired on 9/27/2017. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "To a Better Place".