The BEST episodes of Criminal Minds season 14

Every episode of Criminal Minds season 14, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Criminal Minds season 14!

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.

Last Updated: 11/15/2024Network: Paramount+Status: Continuing
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300
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7.86
1237 votes

#1 - 300

Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2018

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 “Believers” prophecy is fulfilled.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Erica Messer
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Truth or Dare
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7.70
901 votes

#2 - Truth or Dare

Season 14 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2019

Wedding bells are ringing as Rossi prepares to marry Krystall. But first, the BAU team travels to Los Angeles to investigate a series of fatal shootings in broad daylight following car accidents.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
Watch Now:Apple TV
Chameleon
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7.69
951 votes

#3 - Chameleon

Season 14 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2019

Rossi questions his actions in the aftermath of a near-death struggle with a serial killer who appears to have outsmarted the BAU.

Directors: A.J. Cook
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Tall Man
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7.68
1053 votes

#4 - The Tall Man

Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2018

The BAU investigates a spooky local ghost story of the “Tall Man” and the clues it provides when two people go missing in the woods of East Allegheny’s Dead Man’s Conservatory, and a third mysteriously surfaces the following day with limited details as to what happened to her friends. To assist with the case, JJ reluctantly returns to her hometown, triggering emotional flashbacks to age 11 and her older sister’s tragic death.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Starter Home
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7.59
1100 votes

#5 - Starter Home

Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2018

When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple’s remote South Carolina home, Rossi, J.J. and Simmons are dispatched to track down a trail of clues that date back over 20 years. The hunt becomes urgent after BAU learns the killer has a specific ritual of when to strike, and like clockwork another person goes missing. Also, Rossi reconnects with his ex-wife, Krystall.

Directors: Diana Valentine
Watch Now:Apple TV
Luke
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7.58
999 votes

#6 - Luke

Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2018

The BAU heads to Bethesda, Md., to investigate four murders in the span of three days along the eastern seaboard. The crimes become personal for Alvez, when the team discovers there are ties to his time spent five years ago working alongside the DEA and the Mexican police force in pursuit of the most notorious hitman in Mexico. Also, Alvez and his girlfriend, Lisa, decide to move in together.

Directors: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Erik Stiller
Watch Now:Apple TV
Broken Wing
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7.57
959 votes

#7 - Broken Wing

Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2018

A professor from Lewis’ past tips off the BAU to an alarming number of overdose deaths of patients who just completed rehab.

Directors: Aisha Tyler
Writer: Jim Clemente
Watch Now:Apple TV
Sick and Evil
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7.56
872 votes

#8 - Sick and Evil

Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2019

The BAU leads the investigation into a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Lewiston, Maine.

Directors: Rob Bailey
Writer: Erik Stiller
Watch Now:Apple TV
Flesh and Blood
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7.55
958 votes

#9 - Flesh and Blood

Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2018

Prentiss faces her past when the BAU is sent to investigate the murders of prominent businessmen, all of whom are missing their hearts. Also, Prentiss plans a romantic first date with Mendoza, but the evening is cut short by an urgent call from Rossi.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
Watch Now:Apple TV
Rule 34
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7.55
1088 votes

#10 - Rule 34

Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2018

When packages with gruesome contents are delivered to six people in the Washington, D.C. area, the BAU must first figure out what connects the recipients before they can identify the UnSub. Also, Simmons and Kristy struggle to connect with their son, David, who is suspended from school for aggressive behavior.

Directors: Alec Smight
Watch Now:Apple TV
Ashley
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7.54
970 votes

#11 - Ashley

Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2018

The BAU investigates a double homicide and kidnapping in New Hampshire. Also, Rossi’s plans to elevate his relationship with Krystall don’t go as planned.

Directors: Adam Rodriguez
Watch Now:Apple TV
Hamelin
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7.54
924 votes

#12 - Hamelin

Season 14 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/2019

Prentiss and The BAU team fly to Iowa to investigate the disappearance of three 10-year-old children who appear to have been abducted from their homes in the middle of the night, with surveillance video from a neighborhood park as their only lead to finding the children’s whereabouts.

Directors: Simon Mirren
Watch Now:Apple TV
Twenty Seven
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7.54
1045 votes

#13 - Twenty Seven

Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2018

It’s literally a race against the clock for the BAU to capture the vigilantes behind a series of attacks taking place every 27 minutes in the nation’s capital. Prentiss and Unit Chief Andrew Mendoza lead the effort to identify the Unsubs and what’s motivating them.

Directors: Sharat Raju
Watch Now:Apple TV
Innocence
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7.52
1037 votes

#14 - Innocence

Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2018

Soon after the BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla., a second person who is related to the first victim is killed under similar circumstances. Also, Prentiss is concerned about Garcia’s behavior in the aftermath of her abduction and has an idea of how to help with the healing process.

Directors: Lily Mariye
Watch Now:Apple TV
Night Lights
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7.47
938 votes

#15 - Night Lights

Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2019

The BAU team heads to Portland, Ore., to investigate a chilling abduction that may be linked to a local couple who were killed in their home a week earlier.

Directors: Nelson McCormick
Watch Now:Apple TV