The BEST episodes of Criminal Minds season 16

Every episode of Criminal Minds season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Criminal Minds season 16!

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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Oedipus Wrecks
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7.92
380 votes

#1 - Oedipus Wrecks

Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2022

A surprising connection forces Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young D.C. socialites who are bitten by a sadistic UnSub. But when the case turns political, the BAU finds themselves in the crosshairs from a high-powered senator. The team is led to a second shipping container that’s rigged to blow.

Directors: Sharat Raju
Writer: Jayne Archer
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Sicarius
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7.87
532 votes

#2 - Sicarius

Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2022

As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU.

Directors: Nelson McCormick
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Memento Mori
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7.83
458 votes

#3 - Memento Mori

Season 16 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2023

Rossi will go to any lengths to prove that Elias Voit is Sicarius. But Voit turns Rossi into his own worst enemy, putting his future at the BAU in jeopardy.

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Dead End
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7.82
444 votes

#4 - Dead End

Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2023

With Rossi in Voit's clutches, he grapples with the limits of his technical know-how and mental strength. As the BAU tightens their grip on Voit, he reveals just how far he's willing to take his deadly crusade.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
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True Conviction
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7.78
457 votes

#5 - True Conviction

Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2023

The explosion looks to have exposed the true mastermind behind Sicarius, but all is not what it seems. The BAU is determined to seek the truth.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
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Forget Me Knots
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7.77
439 votes

#6 - Forget Me Knots

Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2023

Voit’s internal struggles with himself lead him to a desperate kidnapping. But Rossi’s obsession brings the BAU closer to the truth than they’ve ever been.

Directors: A.J. Cook
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Pay-Per-View
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7.75
474 votes

#7 - Pay-Per-View

Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2022

The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez and Garcia convince Tyler Green to submit a cognitive interview to unlock his memories of Sicarius.

Directors: Adam Rodriguez
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Just Getting Started
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7.73
574 votes

#8 - Just Getting Started

Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/24/2022

When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.

Directors: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Erica Messer
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What Doesn’t Kill Us
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7.71
458 votes

#9 - What Doesn’t Kill Us

Season 16 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2023

With the fate of the Sicarius investigation hanging in the balance, the BAU takes a case in West Virginia, where an UnSub practices his own twisted form of Old Testament vengeance.

Directors: Aisha Tyler
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Moose
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7.70
523 votes

#10 - Moose

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2022

At the heart of the serial killing network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. In order to find him, the team must find all of his kill kits. But one is missing, and the path leads to a bomb in the middle of Washington, D.C.

Directors: Joe Mantegna
Writer: Matthew Lau
Watch Now:Apple TV