Criminal Minds: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
It Takes a Village
Sep 21, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU team is at a crossroads as they are questioned by a Senate Committee for their retaliatory actions in the wake of Prentiss' loss, but an unexpected familiar face could help
Proof
Sep 28, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU team searches rural Oklahoma when women are being found murdered after being robbed of one of their five senses. Also, JJ and Prentiss get the cold shoulder from Reid as he
Dorado Falls
Oct 5, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU team investigates a mass murder at an Internet security company in Charlottesville, Va., but clues reveal it is not a typical serial killer at work.
Painless
Oct 12, 2011 · 42 min
Survivors of a Boise high school massacre return to remember the event 10 years later, but the BAU team is called in when a new killer with a similar style targets the survivors. A
From Childhood's Hour
Oct 19, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU team investigates the abductions of young children with troubled mothers in St. Louis. Also, Rossi reconnects with his first wife who has shocking news for him.
Epilogue
Nov 2, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU search Californias Angeles National Forest after a number of bodies mysteriously turn up in the mountain lakes there. Also, Rossi struggles with an agonizing decision regar
There's No Place Like Home
Nov 9, 2011 · 42 min
When a series of tornadoes hits Kansas, the BAU is called in to investigate bodies of young boys that turn up in the aftermath of the storms. Also, work pressures cause tension on
Hope
Nov 16, 2011 · 42 min
It’s personal for Garcia when the BAU investigate the disappearance of a woman in her survivors’ support group whose daughter went missing seven years earlier.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Dec 7, 2011 · 42 min
The BAU team looks into the real reasons behind an apparent mass suicide of a small group of youths at a military academy. Also, Hotch and Morgan butt heads when a team member coul
The Bittersweet Science
Dec 14, 2011 · 42 min
The investigation of a series of bludgeonings in Philadelphia leads the team to the city's boxing scene; Hotch connects with a fellow runner while training for the triathlon.
True Genius
Jan 18, 2012 · 42 min
A series of murders in San Francisco bearing the tell-tale signs of the infamous Zodiac Killer have the BAU wondering if the notorious serial killer has returned. Also, Reid ponder
Unknown Subject
Jan 25, 2012 · 42 min
The team is called to Texas to search for a serial rapist in Houston known as "The Piano Man" who has returned and is attacking his past victims. Meanwhile, Prentiss begins to deal
Snake Eyes
Feb 8, 2012 · 42 min
The BAU tries their luck in Atlantic City when the team is called in to investigate a series of ritualistic casino-related murders. Also, after a spat with her boyfriend, Kevin, Ga
Closing Time
Feb 15, 2012 · 42 min
The team hunts a killer when bodies are found hidden in lifeguard towers on Southern California beaches.
A Thin Line
Feb 22, 2012 · 42 min
The BAU team investigates a series of brutal home invasions and murders in California's Inland Empire that appear to be gang-related, but their investigation may uncover a more sin
A Family Affair
Feb 29, 2012 · 42 min
When the BAU travels to Atlanta to investigate the murders of women, the clues lead them to look for an unsub who is not working alone.
I Love You, Tommy Brown
Mar 14, 2012 · 42 min
When married couples fostering young children end up being killed in Seattle, the BAU team looks for an unsub with a maternal-yet-murderous instinct. Also, Garcia fears a possible
Foundation
Mar 21, 2012 · 42 min
The team hunts for a kidnapper when an emaciated boy is found in the desert and another goes missing.
Heathridge Manor
Apr 4, 2012 · 42 min
The BAU team heads to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders.
The Company
Apr 11, 2012 · 42 min
When Morgan's sister sees a woman who looks like their presumed-dead cousin, Cindi, it forces Morgan to confront a lie he told his family last year to provide closure and compels t
Divining Rod
May 2, 2012 · 42 min
A serial killer is executed, in Oklahoma, a copycat shows up and the BAU are called to find him. Meanwhile, Prentiss gets nervous about a real estate purchase.
Profiling 101
May 9, 2012 · 42 min
Rossi and the team teach college students the science of criminal profiling by taking the class through a serial-killer case that spanned 20 years.
Hit (1)
May 16, 2012 · 42 min
When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the team tries to negotiate the situation unfolding inside the bank, but the stakes rise whe
Run (2)
May 16, 2012 · 42 min
As the BAU team continues to pursue the bank-robbing serial killers, the team determines that the suspects have a bigger target in the Nation's capital, and with one of the team st