The best episodes of Criminal Minds Season 5
Season 5 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
- 02
The BAU profiles a child abductor who may have been keeping children for more than eight years.
- 03
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".
- 04
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
- 05
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
- 06
The BAU must profile a criminal's past in order to catch him after he escapes from custody and begins a killing spree.
- 07
Rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
- 08
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.
- 09
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
- 10
Serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places to create a sense of public fear is the subject of a BAU investigation.
- 11
Hotch's unexplained absence quickly becomes apparent when the team is called back together to profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor.
- 12
When a disturbed man kills several people at a pharmacy, the BAU must figure out what triggered his actions before he hurts anyone else.
- 13
While tracking a family annihilator, the BAU must seek advice from "The Fox," one of the most horrific killers from the team's past who has an ominous message for Agent Hotchner.
- 14
While Agent Hotchner takes a leave of absence from the BAU, the team must regroup to solve a home invasion case.
- 15
Garcia plays a crucial role in a case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU team to investigate the murders of several members of a small town.
- 16
Series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his killing spree.
- 17
The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to eliminate the people involved in them.
- 18
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men and teams up with a separate group of BAU operatives who are working another case they think is connected.
- 19
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S..
- 20
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
- 21
Truck driver is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations and the BAU must find out his motive in order to catch him.
- 22
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.
- 23
The BAU team follows a trail of murders that seems to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.
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