The BEST episodes of Criminal Minds season 4

Every episode of Criminal Minds season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Criminal Minds season 4!

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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Omnivore
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8.01
1571 votes

#1 - Omnivore

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2009

Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.

Directors: Nelson McCormick
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
...and Back (2)
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8.00
1156 votes

#2 - ...and Back (2)

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/20/2009

The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada. An agent's life is in peril.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
To Hell... (1)
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7.96
1614 votes

#3 - To Hell... (1)

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/20/2009

The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.

Directors: Charles Haid
Writer: Chris Mundy
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Mayhem
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7.88
2040 votes

#4 - Mayhem

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2008

When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing.

Writer: Simon Mirren
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Amplification
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7.77
1520 votes

#5 - Amplification

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/2009

When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.

Directors: John Gallagher
Writer: Oanh Ly
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Pleasure Is My Business
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7.73
1535 votes

#6 - Pleasure Is My Business

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2009

The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure and kill high-powered executives.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Zoe's Reprise
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7.72
1663 votes

#7 - Zoe's Reprise

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2009

The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.

Writer: Oanh Ly
Watch Now:Apple TV
Minimal Loss
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7.71
1695 votes

#8 - Minimal Loss

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2008

Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Memoriam
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7.69
1699 votes

#9 - Memoriam

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2008

As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
Watch Now:Apple TV
Masterpiece
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7.68
1812 votes

#10 - Masterpiece

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2008

When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the team must locate his latest victims before it is too late.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Normal
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7.65
1934 votes

#11 - Normal

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2008

The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.

Directors: Steve Boyum
Watch Now:Apple TV
House on Fire
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7.64
1507 votes

#12 - House on Fire

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2009

The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.

Writer: Holly Harold
Watch Now:Apple TV
Bloodline
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7.63
1542 votes

#13 - Bloodline

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2009

The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young women.

Directors: Tim Matheson
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Big Wheel
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7.60
1563 votes

#14 - The Big Wheel

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2009

When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.

Directors: Rob Hardy
Writer: Simon Mirren
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Instincts
star
7.59
1731 votes

#15 - The Instincts

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2008

While investigating the abduction of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid starts to have dreams that might help reveal buried memories from his childhood.

Directors: Rob Spera
Writer: Chris Mundy
Watch Now:Apple TV
A Shade of Gray
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7.58
1568 votes

#16 - A Shade of Gray

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2009

When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.

Directors: Karen Gaviola
Watch Now:Apple TV
52 Pickup
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7.57
1708 votes

#17 - 52 Pickup

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2008

Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a serial killer who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.

Directors: Bobby Roth
Watch Now:Apple TV
Soul Mates
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7.55
1607 votes

#18 - Soul Mates

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2009

The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice

Directors: John Gallagher
Watch Now:Apple TV
Demonology
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7.47
1543 votes

#19 - Demonology

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2009

Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.

Writer: Chris Mundy
Watch Now:Apple TV
Conflicted
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7.46
1654 votes

#20 - Conflicted

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/2009

The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer with multiple personalities who is targeting co-eds on vacation.

Directors: Jason Alexander
Writer: Rick Dunkle
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Angel Maker
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7.46
1800 votes

#21 - The Angel Maker

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2008

A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
Watch Now:Apple TV
Cold Comfort
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7.44
1633 votes

#22 - Cold Comfort

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009

The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms his victims.

Directors: Anna Foerster
Watch Now:Apple TV
Catching Out
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7.41
1965 votes

#23 - Catching Out

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2008

The BAU investigates a series of murders that appear to be connected to a killer who jumps trains and chooses his victims based on their proximity to the railway.

Directors: Charles Haid
Writer: Oanh Ly
Watch Now:Apple TV
Brothers in Arms
star
7.37
1745 votes

#24 - Brothers in Arms

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2008

The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case that hits close to home for Morgan, a former cop.

Directors: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Holly Harold
Watch Now:Apple TV
Paradise
star
7.34
1806 votes

#25 - Paradise

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2008

The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car accidents.

Directors: John Gallagher
Watch Now:Apple TV