Criminal Minds: Season 15

2020 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 15 of Criminal Minds

The season opens with a serial killer who has murdered three women in Montana. The Behavioral Analysis Unit team, based in Quantico, begins hunting him while J.J. is put in danger. Then the agents investigate seemingly random explosions in Kentucky and Tennessee, and later travel to Des Plaines, Illinois, to track down a copycat. Hotchner leads the investigations, while Prentiss, Rossi, and Dr. Reid carry much of the storylines. Prentiss must weigh her relationship with Agent Andrew Mendoza, and Rossi reconnects with Everett Lynch, known as The Chameleon, alongside Jason Gideon.

10episodes

Jan 8, 2020premiered

Feb 19, 2020last episode

7 hrtotal runtime

Season 15 Episodes

15x01 Under the Skin
Jan 8, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
The BAU team investigates an UnSub with striking similarities to Rossi’s latest obsession, “The Chameleon,” a.k.a. Everett Lynch, who nearly killed him and then disappeared.
Directing: Nelson McCormick · Writing: Christopher Barbour · Starring: Kimberly Fox, Michael Mosley, Tom Amandes, Alex Jennings
15x02 Awakenings
Jan 8, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
With a member of the BAU in the hospital, the team searches for Everett Lynch, and his daughter, Grace. Also, Spencer has a meaningful visit with his mother, Diana Reid, while she’s experiencing a period of lucidity.
Directed by: Alec Smight · Written by: Erica Messer, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring: Mekhai Andersen, Phoenix Andersen, Josh Stewart, Jane Lynch
15x03 Spectator Slowing
Jan 15, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The BAU team investigates a series of seemingly random fatal explosions throughout Kentucky and Tennessee.
Directed by: Kevin Berlandi · Written by: Bruce Zimmerman · Starring: Dorian Harewood, Andi Chapman, Will Tranfo, Thomas Blake, Jr.
15x04 Saturday
Jan 22, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The members of the BAU enjoy a Saturday off in vastly different ways. While Rossi and Prentiss help Simmons assemble a new crib, Garcia leads a hacking competition, and Dr. Reid strikes up a conversation with a woman named Maxine.
Directing: Edward Allen Bernero · Writing: Breen Frazier, Stephanie Birkitt · Starring: April Grace, Paul F. Tompkins, Jocelyn Hudon, Michael Blake Kruse
15x05 Ghost
Jan 29, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
Following a series of fatal shootings, the BAU team travels to Des Plaines, Ill. to investigate what appears to be a copycat serial killer. Their efforts are thrown off track when members of the BAU are targeted.
Directed by: Diana Valentine · Written by: Bobby Chacon
15x06 Date Night
Feb 5, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.3
After a father and daughter get kidnapped, a former foe of the BAU returns with very specific demands for Dr. Reid that give a whole new meaning to the phrase “wheels up".
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jamie Sara Slovon, Michael Dempsey
15x07 Rusty
Feb 5, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 6.3
When the BAU team travels to Denver to investigate several murders, Prentiss is forced to evaluate her relationship with Special Agent Andrew Mendoza.
Directed by: Rachel Feldman · Written by: Erica Meredith, Erik Stiller · Starring: Stephen Bishop, Kevin Miles
15x08 Family Tree
Feb 12, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 6.3
Prentiss and J.J. are faced with important decisions to make about their futures as the BAU travels to Beaumont, Texas to investigate a series of murdered businessmen.
Directing: Alec Smight · Writing: Bruce Zimmerman · Starring: Cailin McDonald, Michael Mosley, Bailey Noble, Joseph C. Phillips
15x09 Face Off (1)
Feb 19, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
It has been a year since Rossi nearly died at the hands of Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” and he has developed some new theories, with inspiration from his former partner, Jason Gideon. The BAU team sets out on an epic hunt to capture Lynch.
Directed by: Sharat Raju · Written by: Christopher Barbour · Starring: Graham Beckel, Jim O'Heir, Ben Savage, Nick Gomez
15x10 And in the End (2) Season Finale
Feb 19, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
Following an explosive face-to-face encounter with Everett Lynch, a.k.a. “The Chameleon,” Dr. Reid suffers from a brain injury and, while experiencing hallucinations, is visited by ghosts from his past. Also, the BAU makes a shocking discovery about Lynch that affects Rossi personally, and the entire BAU team comes together to celebrate Rossi’s retirement.
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Erica Messer, Kirsten Vangsness · Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Gina Garcia, Josh Stewart, Jane Lynch