The Best Episodes Written By Erica Messer

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

The investigation in Texas reveals a deep web of corruption; Garcia must save a friend.

Director: Glenn Kershaw

Writer: Erica Messer

The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.

Director: Matthew Gray Gubler

Writer: Erica Messer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A serial killer reappears after 20 years of silence and contacts the BAU with the promise he will kill another victim in the next five days.

Director: J. Miller Tobin

Writer: Erica Messer