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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...

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  1. 6.6/10(2.2k votes)

    #1 - Future Perfect

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    S11:E10

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

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  2. 6.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #2 - Awake

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    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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  3. 6.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #3 - A Good Husband

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    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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  4. 6.9/10(2.2k votes)

    #4 - Internal Affairs

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    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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  5. 6.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #5 - Submerged

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    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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  6. 6.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #6 - All You Can Eat

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    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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  8. 7.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #7 - Demonology

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    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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  9. 7.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #8 - Beyond Borders

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    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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  10. 7.0/10(1.8k votes)

    #9 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

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    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
  11. 7.0/10(1.9k votes)

    #10 - Inner Beauty

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    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
  12. 7.0/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - Neon Terror

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    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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  13. 7.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #12 - Mixed Signals

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    S13:E21

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.0/10(793 votes)

    #13 - Rusty

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    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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  15. 7.1/10(3.2k votes)

    #14 - Blood Hungry

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    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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  16. 7.1/10(2.8k votes)

    #15 - Honor Among Thieves

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    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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  17. 7.1/10(2.3k votes)

    #16 - Magnificent Light

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    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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  18. 7.1/10(2.1k votes)

    #17 - Breath Play

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    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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  19. 7.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #18 - The Bond

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    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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  20. 7.1/10(1.8k votes)

    #19 - Keeper

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    S12:E4

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

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  21. 7.1/10(1.7k votes)

    #20 - The Anti-Terrorism Squad

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    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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  22. 7.1/10(1.0k votes)

    #21 - Innocence

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    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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  23. 7.1/10(875 votes)

    #22 - Sick and Evil

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    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
  24. 7.2/10(2.6k votes)

    #23 - Machismo

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    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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  25. 7.2/10(2.1k votes)

    #24 - The Eyes Have It

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    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
  26. 7.2/10(2.0k votes)

    #25 - Devil's Night

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    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Future Perfect" is the worst rated episode of "Criminal Minds". It scored 6.6/10 based on 2228 votes. Directed by Laura Belsey and written by Bruce Zimmerman, it aired on 12/9/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Awake".