Criminal Minds: Season 5

2009 · 23 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 5 of Criminal Minds

Season five opens with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia, facing its strangest cases yet. Aaron Hotchner becomes the target again of his enemy, the Ripper, while the team races to catch the killer before he strikes again. David Rossi receives threats during a visit to his hometown, and Penelope Garcia must arrest a criminal in Alaska. Emily Prentiss, Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan and JJ Jareau back up their colleagues in every investigation, relying on their professionalism and mutual support.

23episodes

Sep 23, 2009premiered

May 26, 2010latest episode

15.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Nameless, Faceless
Sep 23, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Chris Mundy · Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Paul Butcher, Christopher Cousins, Cade Owens
5x02 Haunted
Sep 30, 2009 · 40 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone else.
Directing: Jon Cassar · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Glenn Morshower, Bjorn Johnson, Michael Bowen
5x03 Reckoner
Oct 7, 2009 · 40 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
Directing: Karen Gaviola · Writing: Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin · Starring: William Sadler, Lawrence Pressman, Vincent Guastaferro, Cynthia Watros
5x04 Hopeless
Oct 14, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Writing: Chris Mundy · Starring: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Clayne Crawford, Wade Williams
5x05 Cradle to Grave
Oct 21, 2009 · 41 min · ★ 7.9
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
Directing: Rob Spera · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Diana Scarwid, Van Epperson, Max Gail, Mae Whitman
5x06 The Eyes Have It
Nov 4, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Oanh Ly · Starring: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Amanda Jaros, Todd Giebenhain, Jayne Atkinson
5x07 The Performer
Nov 11, 2009 · 40 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.
Directing: John Badham · Writing: Holly Harold · Starring: Ian Anthony Dale, Gavin Rossdale, Eddie Jemison, Netta Most
5x08 Outfoxed
Nov 18, 2009 · 39 min · ★ 8.2
The BAU team is tracking down a family annihilator, but needs to take a break from the case to get advice from "The Fox", who is an horrific killer from the team's past. "The Fox" surprises the team with a ominous message for Agent Hotchner.
Directing: John Gallagher · Writing: Simon Mirren · Starring: Andrea Thompson, Neill Barry, Kristina Klebe, Neal Jones
5x09 100
Nov 25, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.9
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
Directing: Edward Allen Bernero · Writing: Erica Messer, Simon Mirren, Edward Allen Bernero · Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Gina Garcia, Mekhai Andersen, Josh Stewart
5x10 The Slave of Duty
Dec 9, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave the team.
Directing: Charles Haid · Writing: Rick Dunkle · Starring: Khary Payton, Gina Garcia, Josh Stewart, Nicholas Brendon
5x11 Retaliation Mid-Season Finale
Dec 16, 2009 · 40 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU is called upon to profile the past of an ex-convict and help stop him after he escapes from custody and embarks on a violent killing spree.
Directing: Félix Alcalá · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: Tim Guinee, Lee Tergesen, Jan Hoag, Griffin Cleveland
5x12 The Uncanny Valley
Jan 13, 2010 · 41 min · ★ 8.5
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
Directing: Anna Foerster · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Jonathan Frakes, Butch Klein
5x13 Risky Business
Jan 20, 2010 · 40 min · ★ 7.9
A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
Directing: Rob Spera · Writing: Jim Clemente · Starring: John Pyper-Ferguson, Clare Carey, D. C. Douglas, Ellen Marlow
5x14 Parasite
Feb 3, 2010 · 39 min · ★ 7.0
The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to eliminate the people involved in them.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Oanh Ly · Starring: Annabeth Gish, Rebecca Staab, Valerie Cruz, Victor Webster
5x15 Public Enemy
Feb 10, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
A serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places to create a sense of public fear is the subject of a BAU investigation.
Directing: Nelson McCormick · Writing: Jess Prosser · Starring: Sprague Grayden
5x16 Mosley Lane
Mar 3, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children for at least eight years.
Directing: Matthew Gray Gubler · Writing: Erica Messer, Simon Mirren · Starring: David Youse, Toby Huss, Beth Grant, Evan Peters
5x17 Solitary Man
Mar 10, 2010 · 41 min · ★ 7.5
A truck driver is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations and the BAU must find out his motive in order to catch him.
Directing: Rob Hardy · Writing: Kimberly A. Harrison · Starring: Morgan Lily
5x18 The Fight
Apr 7, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men and teams up with a separate group of BAU operatives who are working another case they think is connected.
Directing: Richard Shepard · Writing: Chris Mundy · Starring: Alexa Nikolas, Beau Garrett, Forest Whitaker, Jason Brooks
5x19 Rite of Passage
Apr 14, 2010 · 39 min · ★ 7.6
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S.
Directing: John Gallagher · Writing: Victor De Jesus · Starring: Kurt Caceres, Mike Doyle, Marlene Forte, Alex Quijano
5x20 ...A Thousand Words
May 5, 2010 · 39 min · ★ 8.0
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.
Directing: Rosemary Rodriguez · Writing: Edward Allen Bernero · Starring: Holland Roden, Jolene Andersen, Tina Lifford
5x21 Exit Wounds
May 12, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
Garcia plays a crucial role in a case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU team to investigate the murders of several members of a small town.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Rick Dunkle · Starring: Wings Hauser, Eric Ladin, Dale Dickey, Mark L. Young
5x22 The Internet Is Forever
May 19, 2010 · 41 min · ★ 7.6
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Peggy McClellan, Sarah Lieving
5x23 Our Darkest Hour Season Finale
May 26, 2010 · 41 min · ★ 8.1
A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his killing spree.
Directing: Edward Allen Bernero · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: Tim Curry, Robert Davi, Eric Close