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The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 13

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The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 13

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's...
  1. Background image for Wheels Up
    8.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #1 - Wheels Up

    S13:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for To a Better Place
    7.5/10(2.0k votes)

    #2 - To a Better Place

    S13:E2

    The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.

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  3. Background image for Blue Angel
    7.3/10(1.6k votes)

    #3 - Blue Angel

    S13:E3

    When successful businessmen in Detroit are targeted by an anger-driven power-assertive Unsub, the BAU is called in to investigate.

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  4. Background image for Killer App
    7.5/10(1.7k votes)

    #4 - Killer App

    S13:E4

    The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.

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  5. Background image for Lucky Strikes
    7.7/10(1.6k votes)

    #5 - Lucky Strikes

    S13:E5

    Morgan lends emotional support to Garcia when she experiences anxiety over a case that is personal to her from her past.

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  6. Background image for The Bunker
    7.7/10(1.9k votes)

    #6 - The Bunker

    S13:E6

    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
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  8. Background image for Dust and Bones
    7.3/10(1.8k votes)

    #7 - Dust and Bones

    S13:E7

    The BAU searches for an unsub in Austin, Texas, who is targeting prominent members of the community.

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  9. Background image for Neon Terror
    7.0/10(1.3k votes)

    #8 - Neon Terror

    S13:E8

    When an UnSub in Miami sensationalizes his crimes by giving the local media exclusive footage, the BAU is called in to investigate.

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  10. Background image for False Flag
    7.4/10(1.5k votes)

    #9 - False Flag

    S13:E9

    When two members of a conspiracy group in Roswell, N.M., perish in quick succession, the BAU is called to investigate.

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  11. Background image for Submerged
    6.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #10 - Submerged

    S13:E10

    When a series of backyard pool homicides are reported in California, the BAU team searches for an UnSub with a puzzling past.

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  12. Background image for Full-Tilt Boogie
    7.3/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - Full-Tilt Boogie

    S13:E11

    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.

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  13. Background image for Bad Moon on the Rise
    7.2/10(1.6k votes)

    #12 - Bad Moon on the Rise

    S13:E12

    The BAU is called to New York when several casualties of a brutal nature are reported in Central Park.

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  14. Background image for Cure
    7.4/10(1.5k votes)

    #13 - Cure

    S13:E13

    The BAU is called to investigate a series of D.C. homicides where cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of each victim.

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  15. Background image for Miasma
    7.2/10(1.6k votes)

    #14 - Miasma

    S13:E14

    The BAU is called when the New Orleans P.D. discovers a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt in a local cemetery.

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  16. Background image for Annihilator
    7.6/10(1.7k votes)

    #15 - Annihilator

    S13:E15

    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
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  17. Background image for Last Gasp
    8.1/10(1.4k votes)

    #16 - Last Gasp

    S13:E16

    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.

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  18. Background image for The Capilanos
    7.5/10(1.7k votes)

    #17 - The Capilanos

    S13:E17

    The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.

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  19. Background image for The Dance of Love
    7.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #18 - The Dance of Love

    S13:E18

    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.

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  20. Background image for Ex Parte
    7.6/10(1.4k votes)

    #19 - Ex Parte

    S13:E19

    The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons’ wife, Kristy works.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for All You Can Eat
    6.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #20 - All You Can Eat

    S13:E20

    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.

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  22. Background image for Mixed Signals
    7.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #21 - Mixed Signals

    S13:E21

    The BAU is called to Taos, N.M. to investigate an UnSub who is targeting his victims' temporal lobes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Believer
    8.5/10(1.6k votes)

    #22 - Believer

    S13:E22

    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".

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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 1867 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".