The best episodes of Criminal Minds Season 4
Season 4 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.
- 02
The team pursues a copycat murderer who is duplicating the methods of infamous serial killers.
- 03
When an SUV carrying members of the BAU explodes, the rest of the team fights to save their colleagues and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing.
- 04
The team investigates a serial killer dubbed "The Road Warrior," a suspect who kills luxury car owners while they are driving on freeways in Southern California.
- 05
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.
- 06
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.
- 07
When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.
- 08
The team searches for the killer in Canada, and an agent's life is threatened.
- 09
When Prentiss and Reid go undercover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult, they get trapped inside the compound when a federal raid goes bad.
- 10
The team must profile a self-confessed serial killer who turns himself in, but sends them on a massive manhunt to find his latest victims before it is too late.
- 11
Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a pickup artist who uses his skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.
- 12
The team travels to South Padre Island during spring break to find a serial killer who is targeting college students on vacation.
- 13
The team hunts for a serial killer in Detroit who targets those on the fringe of society.
- 14
The team searches for a prostitute who is luring and murdering business executives.
- 15
An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.
- 16
Dr. Reid embarks on his own investigation into the murder of a young boy years earlier in Las Vegas that he strongly believes has a connection to his own childhood.
- 17
The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice.
- 18
The team searches for a killer who embalms his victims in order to spend more time with them.
- 19
Serial killer who disguises his victims' demise by creating car accidents to mask their earlier deaths is the subject of a BAU manhunt.
- 20
While investigating the kidnapping of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid begins to have dreams that may help reveal some buried memories from his childhood.
- 21
The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young women.
- 22
The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.
- 23
When a series of murders are linked to a serial killer who was executed a year ago, the BAU must find the connection between him and the current killing spree.
- 24
Case hits close to home for Morgan, who was a cop before joining the team, when a serial killer specifically focuses on members of the police force in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 25
A string of deaths with religious undercurrents is investigated, and Prentiss has a personal tie to the case.
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