Criminal Minds: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Criminal Minds Season 12.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Wheels Up
Sep 27, 2017 · 42 min
In the wake of a devastating attack, the BAU works with former International Response Team member Matthew Simmons to save one of their own from escaped serial killer Peter Lewis.
To a Better Place
Oct 4, 2017 · 42 min
The BAU investigates three similar crimes in which victims' remains are discovered in old suitcases.
Blue Angel
Oct 11, 2017 · 42 min
When successful businessmen in Detroit are targeted by an anger-driven power-assertive Unsub, the BAU is called in to investigate.
Killer App
Oct 18, 2017 · 42 min
The BAU investigates a workplace shooting committed by a state-of-the-art drone in Silicon Valley.
Lucky Strikes
Oct 25, 2017 · 42 min
Morgan lends emotional support to Garcia when she experiences anxiety over a case that is personal to her from her past.
The Bunker
Nov 8, 2017 · 42 min
Several women go missing in Virginia and the BAU must figure out what they all have in common in order to find them.
Dust and Bones
Nov 15, 2017 · 42 min
The BAU searches for an unsub in Austin, Texas, who is targeting prominent members of the community.
Neon Terror
Nov 22, 2017 · 42 min
When an UnSub in Miami sensationalizes his crimes by giving the local media exclusive footage, the BAU is called in to investigate.
False Flag
Dec 6, 2017 · 42 min
When two members of a conspiracy group in Roswell, N.M., perish in quick succession, the BAU is called to investigate.
Submerged
Jan 3, 2018 · 42 min
When a series of backyard pool homicides are reported in California, the BAU team searches for an UnSub with a puzzling past.
Full-Tilt Boogie
Jan 10, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU team’s investigation into the home invasion and attempted homicide of a police chief’s wife uncovers a world of secrets in a small town in Virginia.
Bad Moon on the Rise
Jan 17, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called to New York when several casualties of a brutal nature are reported in Central Park.
Cure
Jan 24, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called to investigate a series of D.C. homicides where cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of each victim.
Miasma
Jan 31, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called when the New Orleans P.D. discovers a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt in a local cemetery.
Annihilator
Mar 7, 2018 · 42 min
The FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, joins the BAU as they investigate a quadruple homicide of a group of roommates in St. Louis.
Last Gasp
Mar 14, 2018 · 42 min
Away from the watchful eye of the FBI's assistant director of national security, Linda Barnes, the BAU meets in secret to investigate an UnSub who appears to be kidnapping and phot
The Capilanos
Mar 21, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called to Oklahoma to investigate a murderous clown terrorizing the sleepy town of Guymon.
The Dance of Love
Mar 28, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU travels to Chicago to investigate an unsub who leaves red roses on each victim. Also, Rossi gets an unexpected visit from his ex-wife, Krystall Richards.
Ex Parte
Apr 4, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons’ wife, Kristy works.
All You Can Eat
Apr 11, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called to investigate a series of deaths in Virginia suspected by the Center for Disease Control to be caused by bio-terrorism; Garcia visits her stepbrother to take car
Mixed Signals
Apr 18, 2018 · 42 min
The BAU is called to Taos, N.M. to investigate an UnSub who is targeting his victims' temporal lobes.
Believer
Apr 18, 2018 · 42 min
When Reid discovers former FBI Special Agent Owen Quinn locked inside a storage unit, the BAU questions the credibility of Quinn's bizarre accounts of searching for an UnSub that h