Criminal Minds: Season 18

2025 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 18 of Criminal Minds

The season begins six months after other inmates attacked the notorious killer Elias Voit, known as Sicarius. His followers on the dark web spread chaos across the country, and the BAU, led by Aaron Hotchner, is forced to work with an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own plans. The agents hunt members of the Sicario network, such as the Guardian and The Disciple, while investigating cases that range from bodies found off the Maryland coast to an organ trafficking ring. Rossi, Lewis, and JJ carry much of the weight of the investigations.

10episodes

May 8, 2025Premiered

Jul 10, 2025latest episode

8.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 18 Episodes

18x01 Swimmer's Calculus
May 8, 2025 · 48 min · ★ 8.3
When bodies wash up on the Maryland shoreline, the BAU races to find the UnSub. After surviving a prison attack, Elias Voit has been placed in a medically induced coma while Rossi is investigated for the incident.
Directed by: Bethany Rooney · Written by: Breen Frazier · Starring: Nicole Pacent, Jade Harlow, Tate Moore, Eddie Mills
18x02 The Zookeeper
May 15, 2025 · 58 min · ★ 7.2
Voit awakens from his coma. The team finds videos from a dormant Sicarius Network killer called "The Zookeeper" indicating that the network has reactivated. With Voit still in recovery, the BAU must tackle this reawakened network on their own.
Directed by: Aisha Tyler · Written by: Christopher Barbour · Starring: Mekhai Andersen, Josh Stewart, Nicole Pacent, Ariel Jackson
18x03 Time to Say Goodbye
May 22, 2025 · 58 min · ★ 8.0
Rossi and Lewis enlist the help of Ramona, Voit's sole survivor, to help unlock Voit's memory. JJ and the team say goodbye to Will.
Directed by: Joe Mantegna · Written by: Erica Messer · Starring: Matthew Gray Gubler, Candy Clark, Mekhai Andersen, Phoenix Andersen
18x04 I'm Fine, It's Fine. Everything Is Fine
May 29, 2025 · 55 min
While the team works an organ harvesting case, Voit's recovery process leads him to suspect he is more likely a prisoner than victim. JJ finds a cryptic video posted to the BAU-Gate website of a masked UnSub that could be connected to Voit's network.
Directed by: Anthony Vietro · Written by: Jayne A. Archer · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Derek Webster, Tayler Buck, Alexander Bedria
18x05 The Brutal Man
Jun 5, 2025 · 53 min
JJ works with Dr. Ochoa to help Voit process the truth about his violent past, and tells him that one of his followers has a message from a mysterious unsub who appears to be organizing the remaining members of Voit's serial killer network.
Directed by: Nelson McCormick · Written by: Sullivan Fitzgerald · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Winter Andrews, Daniel Adaro, Madison Calderon
18x06 Hell Is Empty…
Jun 12, 2025 · 53 min
The team investigates a network killer who buries his victims alive, and Tara confronts Rebecca's ex who has recently re-entered her life. Ronald Graber delivers a message from his Disciple to Voit.
Directed by: Jackeline Tejada · Written by: Charles Dewey · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Winter Andrews, Geoff Stults, Aaron Stanford
18x07 …All the Devils are Here
Jun 19, 2025 · 50 min
Network UnSubs torture and kill hostages as Voit works with the BAU to stop them. Rebecca's ex, Evan Delray, is appointed Voit's new liaison.
Directed by: A.J. Cook · Written by: Carlton Gillespie · Starring: Nicole Pacent, Geoff Stults, Silas Weir Mitchell, Derek Basco
18x08 Tara
Jun 26, 2025 · 54 min
When the team works to hunt down the person who shot Tara, they discover "The Disciple" deliberately had them chasing their tails. While undergoing critical surgery, Tara gets to the root of her relationship issues.
Directed by: Sharat Raju · Written by: Chikodili Agwuna · Starring: Aimee Garcia, Geoff Stults, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Dahlya Glick
18x09 CollateRal
Jul 3, 2025 · 49 min
The team inches closer to uncovering the identity of "The Disciple", someone they believe is linked to Voit's past, but Voit's unpredictable behavior puts their progress in jeopardy.
Directed by: Douglas Aarniokoski · Written by: Breen Frazier · Starring: Nicole Pacent, Ariel Jackson, Aimee Garcia, Aaron Stanford
18x10 The Disciple Season Finale
Jul 10, 2025 · 55 min · ★ 8.0
After Voit and Ochoa are kidnapped by "The Disciple", the team races to find them. While in The Disciple's custody, Voit wrestles with keeping the monster inside him at bay.
Directed by: Glenn Kershaw · Written by: Christopher Barbour · Starring: Nicole Pacent, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Stults, Silas Weir Mitchell