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The Worst Episodes of Criminal Minds

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 The Zookeeper
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #1 - The Zookeeper

    S18:E2

    Voit awakens from his coma. The team finds videos from a dormant Sicarius Network killer called "The Zookeeper" indicating that the network has reactivated. With Voit still in recovery, the BAU must tackle this reawakened network on their own.

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  2. Background image for Future Perfect
    6.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #2 - Future Perfect

    S11:E10

    The BAU searches for an UnSub who may be fascinated with medical experimentation.

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  3. Background image for Awake
    6.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #3 - Awake

    S11:E8

    Victims are kidnapped in Phoenix and forced to endure sleep deprivation. Meanwhile, JJ copes with exhaustion from juggling work and caring for her newborn son; and Hotch and Garcia deal with threats from the "Dirty Dozen," an underground hit man group.

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  4. Background image for A Good Husband
    6.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #4 - A Good Husband

    S12:E12

    The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.

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  5. Background image for Internal Affairs
    6.9/10(2.2k votes)

    #5 - Internal Affairs

    S11:E9

    After two undercover DEA agents are murdered and a third goes missing, the BAU joins the NSA to investigate whether an underground Internet drug syndicate is involved. Also, Hotch hopes the team’s work with the NSA brings them closer to finding the “Dirty Dozen” hitmen ring.

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  6. Background image for Demonology
    7.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #6 - Demonology

    S4:E17

    Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.

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  8. Background image for Beyond Borders
    7.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #7 - Beyond Borders

    S10:E19

    When a family of four is abducted while on vacation in Barbados, the BAU is called to assist Unit Chief Jack Garrett and his International Unit on their investigation. Garrett and his unit, the FBI's top division for handling cases involving Americans abroad, work jointly with Hotch and his team when they discover that this case matches one the BAU investigated last year in Florida.

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  9. Background image for 'Til Death Do Us Part
    7.0/10(1.8k votes)

    #8 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S11:E3

    When brides-to-be in Savannah are killed on the eve of their nuptials, the BAU suspects a jilted UnSub is at work.

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    Director:Joe Mantegna
  10. Background image for Inner Beauty
    7.0/10(1.9k votes)

    #9 - Inner Beauty

    S11:E20

    The BAU searches for an UnSub who is purposely disfiguring victims. Also, Rossi has an awkward reunion with his ex-wife, Hayden Montgomery, who kept his daughter, Joy, a secret from him for nearly 30 years.

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    Director:Alec Smight
  11. Background image for Rusty
    7.0/10(796 votes)

    #10 - Rusty

    S15:E7

    When the BAU team travels to Denver to investigate several murders, Prentiss is forced to evaluate her relationship with Special Agent Andrew Mendoza.

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  12. Background image for Blood Hungry
    7.1/10(3.3k votes)

    #11 - Blood Hungry

    S1:E11

    While Gideon is stuck at the office on crutches, the rest of the team travels to Tennessee to track down a killer who disembowels his victims and supposedly eats their organs.

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  13. Background image for Honor Among Thieves
    7.1/10(2.8k votes)

    #12 - Honor Among Thieves

    S2:E20

    Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss' mother, seeks the aid of the BAU when a Russian immigrant is kidnapped and held for ransom.

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    7.1/10(2.3k votes)

    #13 - Magnificent Light

    S8:E9

    An attendee at a popular motivational-speaker's conference in Seattle is murdered and the speaker himself disappears soon afterward. Meanwhile, Garcia is puzzled when Morgan refuses to attend a dinner honoring an old family friend.

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  15. Background image for Breath Play
    7.1/10(2.1k votes)

    #14 - Breath Play

    S10:E17

    The BAU is called to Wisconsin in search of a serial killer, and the team looks for a connection among the victims for clues to the UnSub. Also, Kate has trouble dealing with her niece, Meg, when she begins acting out.

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  16. Background image for The Bond
    7.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #15 - The Bond

    S11:E13

    The BAU searches for a motive and an UnSub when victims are found in truck stop restrooms along highways throughout the South.

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  17. Background image for Keeper
    7.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #16 - Keeper

    S12:E4

    The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.

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  18. Background image for The Anti-Terrorism Squad
    7.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #17 - The Anti-Terrorism Squad

    S12:E5

    The BAU investigates if bullying may be the link between two high school students who are the sole survivors after both of their families are killed.

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  19. Background image for Innocence
    7.1/10(1.0k votes)

    #18 - Innocence

    S14:E4

    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.

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  20. Background image for Sick and Evil
    7.1/10(878 votes)

    #19 - Sick and Evil

    S14:E14

    The BAU investigates a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Lewiston, Maine.

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    Director:Rob Bailey
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    7.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #20 - Machismo

    S1:E19

    The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.

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  22. Background image for The Eyes Have It
    7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #21 - The Eyes Have It

    S5:E6

    The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.

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    Director:Glenn Kershaw
    Writer:Oanh Ly
  23. Background image for Devil's Night
    7.2/10(2.0k votes)

    #22 - Devil's Night

    S6:E6

    The team searches for a killer who has struck the past three years during Detroit's raucous pre-Halloween celebrations.

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  24. Background image for Today I Do
    7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #23 - Today I Do

    S6:E15

    The BAU is called to upstate New York to investigate mysterious disappearances. Also, Prentiss gets some disturbing news about one of her former Interpol colleagues.

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    Director:Ali Selim
  25. Background image for There's No Place Like Home
    7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #24 - There's No Place Like Home

    S7:E7

    When a series of tornadoes hits Kansas, the BAU is called in to investigate bodies of young boys that turn up in the aftermath of the storms. Also, work pressures cause tension on JJ's home front.

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    Director:Rob Spera
  26. Background image for The Bittersweet Science
    7.2/10(1.9k votes)

    #25 - The Bittersweet Science

    S7:E10

    The investigation of a series of bludgeonings in Philadelphia leads the team to the city's boxing scene; Hotch connects with a fellow runner while training for the triathlon.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Zookeeper" is the worst rated episode of "Criminal Minds". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Aisha Tyler and written by Christopher Barbour, it aired on 5/15/2025. This episode scored 6.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Future Perfect".