The BEST episodes of Criminal Minds season 12
Every episode of Criminal Minds season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Criminal Minds season 12!
Special Agents Jason Gideon and Aaron Hotchner head up the FBI's most elite profiling team, the Behavioral Analysis Unit, the experts in analyzing criminal psychology. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they travel the country, matching wits with the most ruthless criminals on Earth.
#1 - Red Light
Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2017
Derek Morgan brings the BAU a lead in the case against serial killer and escaped convict Mr. Scratch.
#2 - Green Light
Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2017
When Reid fears his mother has been abducted, he asks the BAU to investigate while he’s stuck in prison.
#3 - Unforgettable
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2017
When several federal government employees, including a close friend of Walker’s, succumb to symptoms of a heart attack, the BAU investigates. Also, Reid anxiously awaits his trial date.
#4 - Mirror Image
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/30/2016
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 contact with her real sibling.
#5 - Hell's Kitchen
Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2017
The BAU investigates an urban vampire in New York who kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system. Also, Reid makes an impossible decision in prison that severely affects himself and other inmates.
#6 - Collision Course
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/22/2017
The BAU investigates the cause of several fatal car crashes involving drivers and pedestrians. Also, Reid gets bad news.
#7 - Alpha Male
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/2017
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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - In the Dark
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2017
The BAU believes two unsubs may be operating at the same time, when victims killed in two drastically different ways are discovered in the same city. Also, the team grapples with keeping Reid safe in prison.
#10 - Sick Day
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2016
When JJ arrives home shaken after a rough case, she breaks down and tells her husband about the abduction of two children.
#11 - Profiling 202
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/2017
As Rossi conducts a profiling course on his birthday, he receives a call from his serial killer nemesis, Tommy Yates, telling him the location of his latest victim.
#12 - The Crimson King
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2016
Agent Luke Alvez joins the BAU team, which is tasked with capturing a killer who escaped prison with 13 other convicts.
#13 - 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.
#14 - True North
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/2017
The BAU is called after three victims are found tied to stakes in the Arizona desert.
#15 - Taboo
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016
The BAU welcomes back Emily Prentiss as they are called upon to investigate the disappearance of three women.
#16 - Scarecrow
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2016
The BAU team heads to Yakima, Wash., after the remains of a dozen people are found along a creek bed.
#17 - The Anti-Terror Squad
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2016
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.
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#18 - Assistance Is Futile
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2017
A mother steps forward with valuable information for the BAU to aid in their investigation of an unsub known as the bone crusher. Also, Reid must adapt to a new set of rules in prison life.
#19 - Seek and Destroy
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2017
The BAU team investigates a series of home invasions in upscale neighborhoods in San Diego involving casualties.
#20 - Keeper
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2016
The BAU team searches for a serial killer along the Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
#21 - A Good Husband
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/8/2017
The BAU team is called in to investigate when male victims are found with no way to identify them.
#22 - Surface Tension
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/2017
When a bizarre hieroglyph found under a deceased homeless man’s armpit is the same from previous casualties a few years ago, the BAU is called in to investigate. Also, Reid decides to take his mother out of a clinical study early to bring her home with him.