Criminal Minds: Season 8

2012 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 8 of Criminal Minds

Season eight opens with the profilers of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico facing one of their darkest investigations. A series of murders that feel eerily familiar leads them to suspect a copycat, a criminal who taunts the team by recreating crimes from past cases. Aaron Hotchner leads the group, which includes David Rossi, Spencer Reid, Derek Morgan, JJ and Penelope Garcia. They are joined by Alex Blake, a newly arrived linguist brought in to strengthen the unit. Everyone tries to get inside the mind of a killer who seems to enjoy toying with the agents.

24episodes

Sep 26, 2012premiered

May 22, 2013latest episode

16.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 The Silencer
Sep 26, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
When a Texas prisoner escapes during a transfer, he leaves behind victims with his unique trademark, sewing their mouths shut, a signature the BAU remembers as unique to the UnSub "The Silencer." While they investigate who he was and who he's become, the BAU also gets to know the newest member of the team.
Directed by: Glenn Kershaw · Written by: Erica Messer · Starring: Sam Hennings, Jayne Atkinson
8x02 The Pact
Oct 10, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
When the bodies of two seemingly unrelated victims are found just hours apart in San Diego and Los Angeles respectively, the BAU suspects that that not one, but two killers are working together to commit these murders.
Directed by Karen Gaviola · Written by Janine Sherman Barrois · Starring Mackenzie Phillips, Kim Wayans, Brandon Keener, Victoria Gabrielle Platt
8x03 Through the Looking Glass
Oct 17, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
An UNSUB who kidnaps families with the intention of making them admit to and pay for their indiscretions.
Directed by Dermott Downs · Written by Sharon Lee Watson · Starring Cade Owens, Gary Grubbs, Danielle Bisutti, Josh Stamberg
8x04 God Complex
Oct 24, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
When a legless body is found in the New Mexico desert and a second unwilling amputee shows up at the hospital, the BAU team searches for this amateur surgeon before he preys upon his next reluctant victim. Also, Reid's phone calls to a mystery woman have the team intrigued.
Directed by Larry Teng · Written by Breen Frazier · Starring Ray Wise, Arjay Smith, Beth Riesgraf, Jamie Rose
8x05 The Good Earth
Oct 31, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The team heads to Oregon as four men have gone missing.
Directed by: John Terlesky · Written by: Bruce Zimmerman · Starring: Anne Dudek, Rebecca Wisocky, HannaH Eisenmann, Matthew Jaeger
8x06 The Apprenticeship
Nov 7, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
When prostitutes in Miami are discovered murdered in a similar style to local animals found dead there, the BAU must work fast to find an unsub whose confidence is quickly escalating. Also, Morgan tries to increase Reid's athletic skills by convincing him to join the bureau's softball team.
Directed by Rob Bailey · Written by Virgil Williams · Starring Matthew Lillard, Harrison Thomas, Hector Hugo, Shira Scott Astrof
8x07 The Fallen
Nov 14, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The BAU travels to Santa Monica when burned bodies of homeless people begin showing up by the famous pier. Also, Rossi reconnects with his former Marine sergeant from Vietnam.
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski · Written by Rick Dunkle · Starring Shane Johnson, Conni Marie Brazelton, Joseph H. Johnson Jr., Rene Rosado
8x08 The Wheels on the Bus...
Nov 21, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.1
The BAU team goes in pursuit of a missing school bus full of children outside the Washington, D.C. area, and it becomes a race against time for them to bring them home safely.
Directing: Rob Hardy · Writing: Kimberly A. Harrison · Starring: David Gallagher, Andrew James Allen, Devon Werkheiser, Brittany Curran
8x09 Magnificent Light
Nov 28, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.1
An attendee at a popular motivational-speaker's conference in Seattle is murdered and the speaker himself disappears soon afterward. Meanwhile, Garcia is puzzled when Morgan refuses to attend a dinner honoring an old family friend.
Directed by John T. Kretchmer · Written by Sharon Lee Watson · Starring Patrick Fabian, Raphael Sbarge, Matthew Yang King, Rico E. Anderson
8x10 The Lesson
Dec 5, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
A ritualistic killer is hunted after male bodies are found that have been physically altered. Meanwhile, Reid gets anxious at the prospect of meeting his mystery woman.
Directed by Matthew Gray Gubler · Written by Janine Sherman Barrois · Starring Brad Dourif, Hanna Hall, Jay Hayden, Beth Riesgraf
8x11 Perennials Mid-Season Finale
Dec 12, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU heads south to investigate a fast-moving UnSub whose signature matches that of a serial killer from 30 years ago. Also, the team learns that someone is tracking their cases and replicating crimes the BAU is solving.
Directed by Michael Lange · Written by Bruce Zimmerman · Starring Bill Tangradi, Steph DuVall, Kristen O'Meara, Kim Robillard
8x12 Zugzwang
Jan 16, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.5
When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together to find her before it's too late.
Directing: Jesse Warn · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Benmio McCrea, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jay Hayden, Beth Riesgraf
8x13 Magnum Opus
Jan 23, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 6.9
While Reid copes with a loss in his personal life, the rest of the BAU travels to San Francisco to investigate victims discovered in the Mission District.
Directed by Glenn Kershaw · Written by Jason Bernero
8x14 All That Remains
Feb 6, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
A writer's daughters vanish on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, which leads the BAU to investigate the man as a possible suspect.
Directed by: Thomas Gibson · Written by: Erica Messer · Starring: Keith Szarabajka, Larry Poindexter, Delilah Napier
8x15 Broken
Feb 20, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 6.9
The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found there with their watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect the crimes. Meanwhile, the UnSub stalking the BAU inches closer in his pursuit of the team.
Directed by Larry Teng · Written by Rick Dunkle · Starring Patrick John Flueger
8x16 Carbon Copy
Feb 27, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
When victims are found in Philadelphia in a similar style to victims of The Replicator, the stalker who has been tracking the BAU's every move, the team thinks this could be the break they need to try and apprehend him.
Directing: Rob Hardy · Writing: Virgil Williams · Starring: Matthew Del Negro, Scott Grimes, Derek Graf, Brian Appel
8x17 The Gathering
Mar 20, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media. Also, Kevin gets jealous when he learns Garcia may have a new love interest.
Directed by Michael Lange · Written by Kimberly A. Harrison · Starring Nicholas Brendon, Patrick Breen, Jayne Atkinson
8x18 Restoration
Apr 3, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
The BAU goes to Morgan's old neighborhood in urban Chicago in search of an unsub targeting middle-aged men, and a clue leads Morgan to believe that they are after someone connected to the man who molested him as a child.
Directed by: Félix Alcalá · Written by: Janine Sherman Barrois, Jim Clemente · Starring: Skipp Sudduth
8x19 Pay It Forward
Apr 10, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
When a time capsule in a small Colorado town is opened twenty-five years later and contains a gruesome discovery, the BAU investigates the crime and find a possible link to the death of a local police officer.
Directed by John Terlesky · Written by Bruce Zimmerman · Starring Rob Nagle
8x20 Alchemy
May 1, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
The BAU travel to Rapid City after two male victims are discovered murdered in a ritualistic manner. Also, Reid continues to grieve over Maeve’s death.
Directing: Matthew Gray Gubler · Writing: Sharon Lee Watson · Starring: Angela Bettis, David Hoflin, John Posey, Cooper Huckabee
8x21 Nanny Dearest
May 8, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The BAU travels to Los Angeles looking for an UnSub who is kidnapping nannies and the children they care for on the same day each year.
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski · Written by Virgil Williams · Starring Yara Martinez, Christopher Amitrano, Thomas Hobson, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
8x22 Number Six
May 15, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The BAU goes to Detroit to track an UnSub with a rapidly changing MO. Also, Blake's husband returns from overseas with a life-changing career proposition for her.
Directing: Karen Gaviola · Writing: Breen Frazier · Starring: Erin Cummings
8x23 Brothers Hotchner (1)
May 22, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also, the BAU is called in to investigate a string of deaths in Manhattan tied to apparent ecstasy overdoses, and Hotch discovers that his estranged brother, Sean, is caught in the middle.
Directing: Rob Bailey · Writing: Rick Dunkle · Starring: Mark Hamill, Eric Johnson, Sean Maguire, Richard Augustine
8x24 The Replicator (2) Season Finale
May 22, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Also, the BAU is called in to investigate a string of deaths in Manhattan tied to apparent ecstasy overdoses, and Hotch discovers that his estranged brother, Sean, is caught in the middle.
Directed by Glenn Kershaw · Written by Erica Messer · Starring Mark Hamill, Nicholas Brendon, Brian Appel, Jayne Atkinson