8.8/1017 votes#1 - 100
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2009
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
Director: Edward Allen Bernero
Writer: Erica Messer
8.6/1013 votes#2 - Demons (2)
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2014
The investigation in Texas reveals a deep web of corruption; Garcia must save a friend.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.6/108 votes#3 - The Capilanos
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/2018
The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Erica Messer
8.5/1013 votes#4 - Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2011
The BAU team looks into the real reasons behind an apparent mass suicide of a small group of youths at a military academy. Also, Hotch and Morgan butt heads when a team member could be in jeopardy.
Director: Charles Haid
Writer: Erica Messer
8.5/108 votes#5 - Elliott's Pond
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2016
When three children disappear while riding their bikes on the same path as a similar unsolved disappearance 30 years ago, the BAU team comes in to investigate.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Erica Messer
8.5/106 votes#6 - 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
8.4/1015 votes#7 - Mosley Lane
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/2010
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children for at least eight years.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Erica Messer
8.4/1015 votes#8 - The Replicator (2)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2013
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also, the BAU is called in to investigate a string of deaths in Manhattan tied to apparent ecstasy overdoses, and Hotch discovers that his estranged brother, Sean, is caught in the middle.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.4/108 votes#9 - Rendezvous
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/2002
Will's life is about to change as he is sent to find the person responsible for leaking information to him about SD-6. Meanwhile, Sloane finds himself on the cusp of finally tracking down Khasinau when SD-6 captures "The Man's" right-hand man, Mr. Sark. Dixon becomes suspicious of Sydney's activities.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/106 votes#10 - Passage (1)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2002
Sydney, Jack and Irina must put aside their differences and go undercover as a loving family in order to seize six nuclear warheads from an unfriendly nation. Meanwhile, Sloane announces to a suspicious staff that Mr. Sark will be working with SD-6, and later he is contacted by an unknown group claiming that Emily is still alive.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/1019 votes#11 - Scared to Death
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2007
The BAU travels to Portland to assist local authorities in investigating the disappearances of people who are new to the city and have no strong social ties.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/1015 votes#12 - Run (2)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/2012
As the BAU team continues to pursue the bank-robbing serial killers, the team determines that the suspects have a bigger target in the Nation's capital, and with one of the team still a hostage, they must work quickly to diffuse an explosive situation. Also, wedding bells ring for one of the BAU, and Prentiss ponders her future.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/1010 votes#13 - Nelson's Sparrow
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2015
The BAU revisits its origins when they look at one of Rossi and Gideon’s old cases to track a killer that got away.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/107 votes#14 - Hell's Kitchen
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2017
The BAU investigates an urban vampire who kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system; Reid makes a difficult decision in prison.
Director: Simon Mirren
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/106 votes#15 - 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
8.3/106 votes#16 - Gold Star
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/2024
Prentiss uncovers a series of brutal killings linked by a specific calling card. Despite being haunted by Elias Voit, the BAU is forced to team up with him to track the Gold Star killer. Rossi and Prentiss devise a plan to gain leverage over Voit.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/1013 votes#17 - Valhalla
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/2011
After a series of murders, Prentiss becomes suspicious of a former nemesis, and fears for the safety of her team.
Director: Charles S. Carroll
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/109 votes#18 - Mea Culpa
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2001
Sydney's life is placed in mortal danger when Sloane is informed by his superior that she is the SD-6 mole. Meanwhile, Dixon's life hangs in the balance after he is shot on a mission, and Will realizes that his discovery of Kate Jones' pin could uncover some unexpected information.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/1013 votes#19 - All That Remains
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2013
A writer's daughters vanish on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, which leads the BAU to investigate the man as a possible suspect.
Director: Thomas Gibson
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/1013 votes#20 - Gatekeeper
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2013
Though Rossi is sad because his favorite bar is closing, the team goes to Boston to solve a series of strangulations.
Director: Matthew Gray Gubler
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/106 votes#21 - Spencer
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2017
When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for their help.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/106 votes#22 - Full-Tilt Boogie
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2018
The BAU team’s investigation into the home invasion and attempted homicide of a police chief’s wife uncovers a world of secrets in a small town in Virginia.
Director: Simon Mirren
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/106 votes#23 - And In the End (2)
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 2/19/2020
Following an explosive face-to-face encounter with Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” Dr. Reid suffers from a brain injury and, while experiencing hallucinations, is visited by ghosts from his past. Also, the BAU makes a shocking discovery about Lynch that affects Rossi personally, and the entire BAU team comes together to celebrate Rossi’s retirement.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
8.2/1017 votes#24 - A Shade of Gray
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2009
When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Erica Messer
8.1/108 votes#25 - The Heights
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2003
Back to school for the O.C. kids. No one really wants to be there, except for the gossips. Ryan doesn't feel like he fits in at his new school, and Luke doesn't make the situation any better. Sandy accepts a case at his new job, a case that will test his relationship with Kirsten and her father. Anna and Seth hatch a plan. Marissa chooses her man.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Erica Messer
Popular searches:
The Best Episodes Written By Erica Messer
Every TV Episode Written by Erica Messer Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Erica Messer Ratings Summary
"100" is the best rated episode written by Erica Messer. It scored 8.8/10 based on 17 votes. It was directed by Edward Allen Bernero. It aired on 11/25/2009 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Demons (2)".