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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.