Overview of 'Criminal Minds' Season 5

Criminal Minds (2005)

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

Writing:

Jeff Davis

Stars:

Release Date: 2005-09-22
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

8.3/10

Country: US, CA
Language: English
Runtime: 42

Season 5 Episode List

Episode 1 - Nameless, Faceless
Release Date: 2009-09-23
As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.
Episode 2 - Haunted
Release Date: 2009-09-30
The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone else.
Episode 3 - Reckoner
Release Date: 2009-10-07
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
Episode 4 - Hopeless
Release Date: 2009-10-14
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.
Episode 5 - Cradle to Grave
Release Date: 2009-10-21
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
Episode 6 - The Eyes Have It
Release Date: 2009-11-04
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
Episode 7 - The Performer
Release Date: 2009-11-11
The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.
Episode 8 - Outfoxed
Release Date: 2009-11-18
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.
Episode 9 - 100
Release Date: 2009-11-25
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
Episode 10 - The Slave of Duty
Release Date: 2009-12-09
The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave the team.
Episode 11 - Retaliation
Release Date: 2009-12-16
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.
Episode 12 - The Uncanny Valley
Release Date: 2010-01-13
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
Episode 13 - Risky Business
Release Date: 2010-01-20
A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
Episode 14 - Parasite
Release Date: 2010-02-03
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.
Episode 15 - Public Enemy
Release Date: 2010-02-10
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.
Episode 16 - Mosley Lane
Release Date: 2010-03-03
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.
Episode 17 - Solitary Man
Release Date: 2010-03-10
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.
Episode 18 - The Fight
Release Date: 2010-04-07
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.
Episode 19 - Rite of Passage
Release Date: 2010-04-14
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S.
Episode 20 - ...A Thousand Words
Release Date: 2010-05-05
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.
Episode 21 - Exit Wounds
Release Date: 2010-05-12
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.
Episode 22 - The Internet Is Forever
Release Date: 2010-05-19
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".
Episode 23 - Our Darkest Hour
Release Date: 2010-05-26
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.