The Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 16
Every episode of Criminal Minds Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Criminal Minds Season 16!
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 16 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Criminal Minds" season 16 is "Just Getting Started", rated 8/10 from 1031 user votes. It was directed by Nelson McCormick and written by Erica Messer. "Just Getting Started" aired on 11/24/2022 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sicarius".
8.0/10 1,031 votes#1 - Just Getting Started
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 11/24/2022
When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Erica Messer
8.1/10 850 votes#2 - Sicarius
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2022
As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Breen Frazier
7.9/10 720 votes#3 - Moose
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2022
At the heart of the serial killing network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. In order to find him, the team must find all of his kill kits. But one is missing, and the path leads to a bomb in the middle of Washington, D.C.
Director: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Matthew Lau
7.7/10 653 votes#4 - Pay-Per-View
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2022
The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez and Garcia convince Tyler Green to submit a cognitive interview to unlock his memories of Sicarius.
Director: Adam Rodriguez
Writer: Christopher Barbour
8.3/10 667 votes#5 - Oedipus Wrecks
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2022
A surprising connection forces Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young D.C. socialites who are bitten by a sadistic UnSub. But when the case turns political, the BAU finds themselves in the crosshairs from a high-powered senator. The team is led to a second shipping container that’s rigged to blow.
Director: Sharat Raju
Writer: Jayne A. Archer
7.7/10 594 votes#6 - True Conviction
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2023
The explosion looks to have exposed the true mastermind behind Sicarius, but all is not what it seems. Is someone taking the fall for these deadly actions? The BAU is determined to seek the truth.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Chikodili Agwuna
7.8/10 575 votes#7 - What Doesn’t Kill Us
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2023
With the fate of the Sicarius investigation hanging in the balance, the BAU takes a case in West Virginia, where an UnSub practices his own twisted form of Old Testament vengeance.
Director: Aisha Tyler
Writer: Sullivan Fitzgerald
8.0/10 562 votes#8 - Forget Me Knots
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2023
Voit’s internal struggles with himself lead him to a desperate kidnapping. But Rossi’s obsession brings the BAU closer to the truth than they’ve ever been.
Director: A.J. Cook
Writer: Carlton Gillespie
8.1/10 595 votes#9 - Memento Mori
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2023
Rossi will go to any lengths to prove that Elias Voit is Sicarius. But Voit turns Rossi into his own worst enemy, putting his future at the BAU in jeopardy.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Breen Frazier
7.9/10 674 votes#10 - Dead End
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2023
With Rossi in Voit’s clutches, he grapples with the limits of his technical know-how and mental strength. As the BAU tightens their grip on Voit, he reveals just how far he’s willing to take his deadly crusade.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Christopher Barbour