Criminal Minds: Season 6

2010 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 6 of Criminal Minds

Season six picks up the story right where it left off. Morgan and Detective Mateo Spicer have been ambushed, and the Behavioral Analysis Unit is still hunting The Prince of Darkness to rescue Spicer's daughter. The cases keep piling up. One killer targets married couples, another becomes obsessed with exotic dancers, and several women turn up dead in a private gated community in New Mexico. Rossi reopens a case from 25 years ago in Bristol, Virginia. Hotch leads the team from Quantico, while Morgan worries about Ellie, who runs away from her foster family.

24episodes

Sep 22, 2010premiered

May 18, 2011latest episode

16.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 The Longest Night
Sep 22, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU team closes in on the serial killer as he continues his murder spree throughout Los Angeles - with Detective Spicer's kidnapped daughter as his hostage - in the conclusion of last season's cliffhanger.
Directing: Edward Allen Bernero · Writing: Edward Allen Bernero · Starring: A.J. Cook, Tim Curry, Robert Davi, Eric Close
6x02 JJ
Sep 29, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
While JJ attempts to reunite a family whose daughter has mysteriously disappeared, her BAU family braces for the loss of one of their own.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: A.J. Cook, Michael Welch, Jayne Atkinson, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
6x03 Remembrance of Things Past
Oct 6, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
When several women in Herndon, Virginia, are found murdered in a similar manner, SSA David Rossi reopens an unsolved cold case that has haunted him for a quarter of a century because he believes the original killer, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, might have returned.
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Janine Sherman Barrois · Starring: Daniel J. Travanti, Josh Braaten, David Rees Snell, Michael Spound
6x04 Compromising Positions
Oct 13, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.4
The team searches for a serial killer who is preying on married couples; Hotchner looks to a team member to fill JJ's vacant role.
Directing: Guy Norman Bee · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Kiff Scholl, Nicholas Brendon
6x05 Safe Haven
Oct 20, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The team pursues a serial killer targeting families in the Midwest; Morgan receives a visit from Ellie after she runs away from her foster family.
Directing: Andy Wolk · Writing: Alicia Kirk · Starring: Sterling Beaumon
6x06 Devil's Night
Oct 27, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
The team searches for a killer who has struck the past three years during Detroit's raucous pre-Halloween celebrations.
Directing: Charles Haid · Writing: Randy Huggins · Starring: Ava Acres, Ernie Hudson, Ken Olandt, Cade Owens
6x07 Middle Man
Nov 3, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.0
The BAU must catch a group of serial killers that is killing exotic dancers and leaving their bodies in the cornfields of Indiana.
Directing: Rob Spera · Writing: Rick Dunkle · Starring: Robert Newman, Michael Grant Terry, Steve Talley, Jake Thomas
6x08 Reflection of Desire
Nov 10, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
The BAU becomes involved in the search for a kidnapped woman in the nation's capital after the body of a second kidnap victim is found in a Georgetown alley.
Directing: Anna Foerster · Writing: Simon Mirren · Starring: Robert Knepper, Conor O'Farrell
6x09 Into the Woods
Nov 17, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
When an 8-year-old is found murdered on the Appalachian Trail, the BAU team goes deep into its forests in search of a man lurking in the wilderness who is targeting children.
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Kimberly A. Harrison · Starring: Emily Alyn Lind, Gattlin Griffith
6x10 What Happens at Home...
Dec 8, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
The BAU searches inside a gated New Mexico community for a killer targeting women, and Hotchner looks to an FBI cadet with a unique past for help with the investigation.
Directing: Jan Eliasberg · Writing: Edward Allen Bernero · Starring: Kenneth Mitchell
6x11 25 to Life Mid-Season Finale
Dec 15, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
Morgan suggests that a man has been rehabilitated and aids in his parole, but later regrets his decision when the man murders someone days after being released.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: Kyle Secor, Jayne Atkinson, Nikki Hahn
6x12 Corazon
Jan 19, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
A series of bizarre, ritualistic murders brings the team to Miami; Reid experiences hallucinations and blinding headaches.
Directing: John Gallagher · Writing: Katarina Wittich · Starring: Ruben Rabasa, Chris Butler
6x13 The Thirteenth Step
Jan 26, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU hits the road to track down a pair of young lovers on an interstate murder spree. Also, Prentiss hears frightening news from her former boss at Interpol.
Directing: Douglas Aarniokoski · Writing: Janine Sherman Barrois · Starring: Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Tucker, Gary Hudson
6x14 Sense Memory
Feb 9, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The team investigates unusual murders in Los Angeles, and more information about Prentiss' past arises.
Directing: Rob Spera · Writing: Randy Huggins · Starring: Nicolas Pajon
6x15 Today I Do
Feb 16, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
The BAU is called to upstate New York to investigate mysterious disappearances. Also, Prentiss gets some disturbing news about one of her former Interpol colleagues.
Directing: Ali Selim · Writing: Alicia Kirk · Starring: Corbin Bernsen, Rebecca Field, Don Harvey, Joshua Leonard
6x16 Coda
Feb 23, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
Prentiss enlists two former friends from Interpol to track down an old enemy, as Reid discovers clues that could help the BAU locate the parents of an autistic boy.
Directing: Rob Hardy · Writing: Rick Dunkle · Starring: Lew Temple, Jessica Lundy, Romy Rosemont, Mimi Kennedy
6x17 Valhalla
Mar 2, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
After a series of murders, Prentiss becomes suspicious of a former nemesis, and fears for the safety of her team.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Erica Messer, Simon Mirren · Starring: Siena Goines, Madison Mason, Tyler Poelle, John Colella
6x18 Lauren
Mar 16, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
As Prentiss faces off against Ian Doyle, JJ receives a call and returns to help them find Prentiss and capture Doyle before it's too late.
Directing: Matthew Gray Gubler · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: A.J. Cook, Patrick Fischler, Andy McPhee, Alan Pietruszewski
6x19 With Friends Like These...
Mar 30, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU travels to Portland to investigate a suspected gang of murderers targeting a new victim each night.
Directing: Anna Foerster · Writing: Janine Sherman Barrois · Starring: Bug Hall, Cody Sullivan, Chad Lindberg
6x20 Hanley Waters
Apr 6, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU members investigate targeted killings in Tampa as they cope with their feelings about losing Emily Prentiss.
Directing: Jesse Warn · Writing: Randy Huggins, Alicia Kirk · Starring: Kelli Williams, David Chisum, Louis Herthum, Zach Lewis
6x21 The Stranger
Apr 13, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU hunts a stalker in San Diego who is targeting college students. Meanwhile, the team comes under Strauss' scrutiny in the wake of the loss of Prentiss.
Directing: Nelson McCormick · Writing: Rick Dunkle, Kimberly A. Harrison · Starring: Sophie Kargman, Chad Todhunter, Heather Mazur, Michael Raynor
6x22 Out of the Light
May 4, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
The BAU is called to a North Carolina resort town after a woman is found badly injured and another woman is missing. On arrival, the team discovers these two women are not the only victims.
Directing: Douglas Aarniokoski · Writing: Roger Hedden · Starring: Cade Owens, Stephanie Finochio, Nick Dash, Brian Durkin
6x23 Big Sea
May 11, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
When the BAU is called to Florida after bodies are discovered buried in the ocean floor off the Jacksonville coast, the case hits home for Morgan because his aunt fears her missing daughter could be one of the victims.
Directing: Glenn Kershaw · Writing: Breen Frazier, Jim Clemente · Starring: Karl Makinen, Denise Dowse, Benjamin John Parrillo, Bruce Nozick
6x24 Supply and Demand Season Finale
May 18, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
As the BAU searches for a suspected human trafficking ring when the bodies of two missing persons are found in the trunk of a car, Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner intimates there could be changes within the team due to budget cuts as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau returns to the FBI. The team is also assisted by SSA Andi Swan, the head of the Domestic Trafficking Task Force.
Directing: Charles S. Carroll · Writing: Erica Messer · Starring: A.J. Cook, Danielle Jaffey, Nicholas Brendon, Angela Sarafyan