- 8.5/1015 votes
#1 - Omnivore
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2009
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.4/1018 votes
#2 - Normal
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2008
The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.3/1022 votes
#3 - L.D.S.K.
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2005
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the team works with local law enforcement officers to recreate one of the shootings.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.2/106 votes
#4 - Rogue
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/2014
Martin is put on leave in the wake of a confrontation with the Colonel. Martin then begins to investigate his own past, discovering that an enigmatic smuggler in Houston may have the answers he needs.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.1/1018 votes
#5 - North Mammon
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2006
After a man kidnaps three teenaged girls and locks them in a cellar, he tells them only two of them will live and they must choose which one will die. The BAU team takes the case when the mother of one of the girls travels to Quantico to ask JJ to intercede with the FBI on the girls' behalf.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.0/103 votes
#6 - Insomnia
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2014
Thomas becomes obsessed about an ominous letter that puts his career and family in serious jeopardy. Catherine works to overcome a personal loss.
Director: John David Coles
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.0/102 votes
#7 - Untethered
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/11/2014
As Catherine comes to terms with the death of her mother, Thomas struggles to keep her under his control. The killer who is abducting people, continues to abduct couples.
Director: Stephen Kay
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.0/1020 votes
#8 - The Tribe
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/2006
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.0/108 votes
#9 - Prey
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2018
Special Agent Maggie Bell, Special Agent OA Zidan and the team investigate the murders of 18 young women with help from a survivor associated with the deceased.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 8.0/105 votes
#10 - Gauntlet
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/2014
Fallout from a shoot-out finds Martin taking Kyle Dobson into custody. Before long, Dobson's mysterious employers enlist hit men to retrieve a wounded Dobson, prompting Martin to plan a desperate escape with Dobson back to Los Angeles.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.9/1019 votes
#11 - Elephant's Memory
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2008
The BAU is called to West Bune, a small town in Texas, to investigate what appears to be spree killings that involve a teenaged boy and his girlfriend.
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.9/1014 votes
#12 - Ashes and Dust
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/2007
A serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families as they sleep is investigated. The BAU determines the arson victims are linked together through corporate development companies that have been accused of building on contaminated land.
Director: John Gallagher
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.9/1017 votes
#13 - Minimal Loss
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2008
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.8/1024 votes
#14 - The Wrath of Savitar
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2017
While training with Barry, Wally starts to have visions of Savitar, which he hides from the team. A dangerous secret threatens Barry and Iris’ happiness.
Director: Alexandra La Roche
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.6/1018 votes
#15 - Lucky
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2007
A team member's life is put in jeopardy when the BAU investigates serial killings in Florida that appear to involve the occult and satanic worship. Garcia believes she has met her dream man, but her first date with him doesn't go exactly as she had expected.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.6/107 votes
#16 - The Armorer’s Faith
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2018
When an illegal arms broker turned informant is assassinated, OA assumes his identity and goes undercover to stop the sale of dangerous weapons, with help from Maggie and their former FBI instructor, Rowan Quinn.
Director: Nicole Cummins-Rubio
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 7.0/102 votes
#17 - The Detective
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2016
Eric discovers that he and Danny have more in common than he first believed. The two get closer to finding Liam, but they aren’t the only ones who have been hot on his trail. At work, things begin to unravel when Patrick fails to cover for Eric at a big meeting and then gets swept up in Detective Cornell’s web of interrogation. And just when Eric begins to get some answers, he is confronted by a huge betrayal, leaving him speechless.
Director: Rob J. Greenlea
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 6.5/104 votes
#18 - Apex
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2019
Maggie and Dana struggle to find justice for victims murdered by a serial killer who left a ghoulish mark on all of his victims, while the mayor limits the investigation in order to prevent economical loss.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Andrew Wilder
- 5.2/1017 votes
#19 - Pequod
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/13/2017
Kevin, Mia, Jonah, and Adrian arrive at an abandoned gas station where Kevin tries to reason with Clay amid fears of the wherabouts of his child. At the mall bookstore, Alex comes face to face with the Mist.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Andrew Wilder