The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 14
Every episode of Criminal Minds Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 14!
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 most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Season 14 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Criminal Minds" season 14 is "300", rated 8.3/10 from 1399 user votes. It was directed by Glenn Kershaw and written by Erica Messer. "300" aired on 10/3/2018 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Starter Home".
8.3/10 1,399 votes#1 - 300
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2018
When Reid and Garcia are abducted by Benjamin Merva, it's up to the rest of the team to find them. The BAU finds surprising clues in their own history to solve why the two heroes have been targeted by a mass murderer. It's a race to save them before a Believer's prophecy is fulfilled.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
7.6/10 1,061 votes#2 - Starter Home
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2018
When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's remote South Carolina home, Rossi, JJ and Simmons are dispatched to track down a trail of clues that date back over 20 years. The hunt becomes urgent after BAU learns the killer has a specific ritual of when to strike, and like clockwork another person goes missing. Rossi reconnects with his ex-wife.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Bruce Zimmerman
7.4/10 1,028 votes#3 - Rule 34
Season 14 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2018
The BAU must determine what connects six people that each received a mysterious package in order to identify the Unsub. Simmons and his wife deal with their son's suspension from school.
Director: Alec Smight
Writer: Christopher Barbour
7.1/10 971 votes#4 - Innocence
Season 14 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2018
The BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla., and soon after a second person who is related to the first victim is killed under similar circumstances. Prentiss is concerned about Garcia’s behavior in the aftermath of her abduction and has an idea of how to help with the healing process.
Director: Lily Mariye
Writer: Stephanie Sengupta
8.3/10 1,338 votes#5 - The Tall Man
Season 14 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2018
The BAU investigates a spooky local ghost story of the 'Tall Man' and the clues it provides when two people go missing in the woods of East Allegheny’s Dead Man’s Conservatory, and a third mysteriously surfaces the following day with limited details as to what happened to her friends. To assist with the case, JJ reluctantly returns to her hometown, triggering emotional flashbacks to age 11 and her older sister’s tragic death.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Breen Frazier
7.4/10 1,067 votes#6 - Luke
Season 14 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2018
The BAU heads to Bethesda, Md., to investigate four murders in the span of three days along the eastern seaboard. The crimes become personal for Alvez, when the team discovers there are ties to his time spent five years ago working alongside the DEA and the Mexican police force in pursuit of the most notorious hitman in Mexico. Alvez and his girlfriend decide to move in together.
Director: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Erik Stiller
7.7/10 1,044 votes#7 - Twenty Seven
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2018
The BAU races to capture the vigilantes behind a series of attacks taking place every 27 minutes in the nation’s capital. Prentiss and Unit Chief Andrew Mendoza lead the effort to identify the Unsubs and what’s motivating them.
Director: Sharat Raju
Writer: Erica Meredith
7.4/10 978 votes#8 - Ashley
Season 14 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2018
The BAU investigates a double homicide and kidnapping in New Hampshire. Rossi's plans to elevate his relationship with Krystall don't go as planned.
Director: Adam Rodriguez
Writer: Stephanie Birkitt
7.3/10 921 votes#9 - Broken Wing
Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2018
A professor from Lewis’ past tips off the BAU to an alarming number of overdose deaths of patients who just completed rehab.
Director: Aisha Tyler
Writer: Jim Clemente
7.4/10 920 votes#10 - Flesh and Blood
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2018
Prentiss faces her past when the BAU is sent to investigate the murders of prominent businessmen, all of whom are missing their hearts. Also, Prentiss plans a romantic first date with Mendoza, but the evening is cut short by an urgent call from Rossi.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Christopher Barbour
7.2/10 880 votes#11 - Night Lights
Season 14 Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2019
The BAU team heads to Portland, Ore., to investigate a chilling abduction that may be linked to a local couple killed in their home a week earlier.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Heather Noël Aldridge
7.4/10 958 votes#12 - Hamelin
Season 14 Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/2019
Prentiss and the team fly to Iowa to investigate the disappearance of three 10-year-old children who appear to have been abducted from their homes in the middle of the night, with surveillance video from a neighborhood park as their only lead to finding the children’s whereabouts.
Director: Simon Mirren
Writer: Bruce Zimmerman
8.1/10 1,102 votes#13 - Chameleon
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2019
Rossi questions his actions in the aftermath of a near-death struggle with a serial killer who appears to have outsmarted the BAU.
Director: A.J. Cook
Writer: Breen Frazier, Charles Dewey
7.1/10 823 votes#14 - Sick and Evil
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2019
The BAU investigates a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Lewiston, Maine.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Erik Stiller
7.5/10 1,079 votes#15 - Truth or Dare
Season 14 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2019
Wedding bells are ringing as Rossi prepares to marry Krystall. But first, the BAU team travels to Los Angeles to investigate a series of fatal shootings in broad daylight following car accidents.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Meredith