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Criminal Minds: Season 14

15 episodes Premiered Oct 3, 2018 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on Criminal Minds

Season 14 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 13.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 14 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 14: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S14·E1 Mytharc

300

Oct 3, 2018 · 42 min

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 h

S14·E2 Core

Starter Home

Oct 10, 2018 · 42 min

When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's remote South Carolina home, Rossi, JJ and Simmons are dispatched to track down a trail

S14·E3 Core

Rule 34

Oct 17, 2018 · 42 min

The BAU must determine what connects six people that each received a mysterious package in order to identify the Unsub. Simmons and his wife deal with their son's suspension from s

S14·E4 Core

Innocence

Oct 24, 2018 · 42 min

The BAU steps in to help local law enforcement isolate a prime suspect for a ritualistic murder in Tallahassee, Fla., and soon after a second person who is related to the first vic

S14·E5 Core

The Tall Man

Oct 31, 2018 · 42 min

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

S14·E6 Core

Luke

Nov 7, 2018 · 42 min

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 ther

S14·E7 Core

Twenty Seven

Nov 14, 2018 · 42 min

The BAU races 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

S14·E8 Core

Ashley

Nov 21, 2018 · 42 min

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

S14·E9 Core

Broken Wing

Dec 5, 2018 · 42 min

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

S14·E10 Core

Flesh and Blood

Dec 12, 2018 · 42 min

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 w

S14·E11 Core

Night Lights

Jan 2, 2019 · 42 min

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

S14·E12 Core

Hamelin

Jan 9, 2019 · 42 min

Prentiss and the 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

S14·E13 Core

Chameleon

Jan 23, 2019 · 42 min

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

S14·E14 Mytharc

Sick and Evil

Jan 30, 2019 · 42 min

The BAU investigates a string of murders taking place in supposedly haunted houses in Lewiston, Maine.

S14·E15 Mytharc

Truth or Dare

Feb 6, 2019 · 42 min

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

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