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  • Nov 24, 2022
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  • Nov 24, 2022

Summary The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit led by Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (AJ Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) help find some of the most dangerous criminals around the ...

Created By: Jeff Davis

  • CBS
  • Nov 24, 2022
  • CBS
  • Nov 24, 2022
Criminal Minds
Season 16
17 Seasons
Season Premiere: Nov 24, 2022
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit led by Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (AJ Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) help find some of the most dangerous criminals around the ...

Created By: Jeff Davis

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Episode 1 • Nov 24, 2022
Just Getting Started
When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the BAU works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.
Episode 2 • Nov 24, 2022
Sicarius
Team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, and uncover a clue from their last case pointing to a serial killer network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi must convince a reluctant Garcia to return to the BAU.
Episode 3 • Dec 1, 2022
Moose
At the heart of the serial network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. The team must find all of his kill kits, but one is missing, and the path leads to a bomb in the capitol.
Episode 4 • Dec 8, 2022
Pay-Per-View
The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez and Garcia convince Tyler Green to submit to a cognitive interview to unlock his memories of Sicarius.
Episode 5 • Dec 15, 2022
Oedipus Wrecks
Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young DC socialites bitten by a sadistic UnSub.
Episode 6 • Jan 12, 2023
True Conviction
The aftermath of the explosion threatens to end the Sicarius case unless the BAU can justify a reason to keep it open. The hunt takes them to a death row inmate - but is he a killer or another one of Sicarius' victims?
Episode 7 • Jan 19, 2023
What Doesn't Kill Us
With the fate of the Sicarius investigation hanging in the balance, the BAU takes a case in West Virginia, where an UnSub practices his own twisted form of Old Testament vengeance.
Episode 8 • Jan 26, 2023
Forget Me Knots
Voit's internal struggles with himself lead him to a desperate kidnapping. But Rossi's obsession brings the BAU closer to the truth than they've ever been.
Episode 9 • Feb 2, 2023
Memento Mori
The team continues the Sicarius investigation, but Voit uses his manipulation skills to evade arrest.
Episode 10 • Feb 9, 2023
Dead End
With Rossi in Voit's clutches, he grapples with the limits of his technical know-how and mental strength. As the BAU tightens their grip on Voit, he reveals just how far he's willing to take his deadly crusade.
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83
May 3, 2024
I would not go so far as to say that Criminal Minds: Evolution is the product of “What if Criminal Minds and a prestige cable drama had a baby?” But that wouldn’t be too far off. It’s just wonderfully different, in assorted ways that longtime viewers may not have realized they wanted.
By Matt Webb Mitovich FULL REVIEW
83
May 3, 2024
While Evolution certainly doesn’t reinvent any hallmarks of crime dramas—this is Criminal Minds, after all—the serialized nature of the new season gradually builds intrigue that will ultimately make a final showdown between Volt and the BAU much more satisfying.
By Max Gao FULL REVIEW
75
May 3, 2024
The series is on a great path so far. The characters we have come to love over the years are back, the BAU is together again, and there’s a great, winding story to accompany the reunion.
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70
May 3, 2024
Has Criminal Minds: Evolution changed the tried and true formula that carried its original show to over 320 episodes? Not really. But with an extended storyline and most of the cast back, it’ll feel like a refresh to the show’s longtime fans, while feeling familiar enough to keep them very happy.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
60
May 3, 2024
“Evolution” is a lively and competent extension of a recently ended series, but little more, and it’s certainly not a leap forward.
By Joshua Alston FULL REVIEW
55
May 3, 2024
Since “Criminal Minds” was always a show about brutal crimes, the move to Paramount+ doesn’t result in that much more violence on screen, but it does allow star Joe Mantegna to drop the occasional f-bomb.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
May 3, 2024
At times the plotting is facile, and the scripts have their share of groaners ("Agent Rossi has forgotten more about serial offenders than we will ever know!"), but nobody comes to Criminal Minds for complexity and nuance. Showrunner Erica Messer knows that her viewers want something very simple and satisfying.
By Kristen Baldwin FULL REVIEW

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