Episode guide
Criminal Minds: Season 12
22 episodes · premiered Sep 28, 2016
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- Episode 1: The Crimson King Sep 28, 2016 · 42m Agent Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) joins the BAU team, which is tasked with capturing a killer who escaped prison with 13 other convicts at the end of last season.
- Episode 2: Sick Day Oct 5, 2016 · 42m When JJ arrives home shaken after a rough case, she breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of two children.
- Episode 3: Taboo Oct 12, 2016 · 42m The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss as they are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women
- Episode 4: Keeper Oct 26, 2016 · 42m The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
- Episode 5: The Anti-Terrorism Squad Nov 9, 2016 · 42m The BAU investigates if bullying may be the link between two high school students who are the sole survivors after both of their families are killed.
- Episode 6: Elliott's Pond Nov 16, 2016 · 42m 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.
- Episode 7: Mirror Image Nov 30, 2016 · 42m The BAU team opens an investigation when a man who fully believes he’s Dr. Tara Lewis’ brother arrives in town, knowing everything about her and her family, and she is unable to make…
- Episode 8: Scarecrow Dec 7, 2016 · 42m The team heads to Yakima, Washington when the remains of a dozen people are found along a creek bed.
- Episode 9: Profiling 202 Jan 4, 2017 · 42m While Rossi conducts a profiling course on his birthday, he receives a call from his nemesis Tommy Yates, who discloses the location of his latest victim.
- Episode 10: Seek and Destroy Jan 11, 2017 · 42m BAU team investigates a series of home invasions in upscale neighborhoods in San Diego involving casualties.
- Episode 11: Surface Tension Feb 1, 2017 · 42m Reid has returned from Houston, where he was visiting his mother who is in a new facility on an experimental drug program. He is called back home from the office while the rest of the team…
- Episode 12: A Good Husband Feb 8, 2017 · 42m The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.
- Episode 13: Spencer Feb 15, 2017 · 42m When a BAU member gets in trouble in Mexico, the team enlists the services of the International Response Team for their help.
- Episode 14: Collision Course Feb 22, 2017 · 42m The BAU investigates the cause of several fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians. Also, Reid gets bad news.
- Episode 15: Alpha Male Mar 1, 2017 · 42m The BAU investigates when several young men and women are victims of disfiguring acid attacks. Also, Dr. Reid begins to settle into his new surroundings.
- Episode 16: Assistance Is Futile Mar 15, 2017 · 42m When three women in New York City are found dead with several bones broken, the BAU works with a single mother (Tatum O'Neal) who believes that her son is behind the heinous crimes…
- Episode 17: In the Dark Mar 22, 2017 · 42m When two drastically different murder sprees are committed in Burlington, Vermont, the BAU concludes that a serial killer suffering from sleepwalking is responsible for both crimes…
- Episode 18: Hell's Kitchen Mar 29, 2017 · 42m 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.
- Episode 19: True North Apr 5, 2017 · 42m Three victims are found tied to stakes in the Arizona desert.
- Episode 20: Unforgettable Apr 26, 2017 · 42m The BAU investigates when several federal government employees, including a close friend of Walker's, succumb to symptoms of a heart attack; Reid anxiously awaits his trial date.
- Episode 21: Green Light May 3, 2017 · 42m When Reid fears his mother has been abducted, he asks the BAU to investigate while he's stuck in prison.
- Episode 22: Red Light May 10, 2017 · 42m Derek Morgan brings the BAU a lead in the case against serial killer and escaped convict Mr. Scratch.