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Season 8

Season 8

Criminal Minds

2012
Episodes: 24

Episodes

The Silencer

1. The Silencer

September 26, 2012

8.1
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sam Hennings, Jayne Atkinson

The Pact

2. The Pact

October 10, 2012

7.8
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Mackenzie Phillips, Kim Wayans, Brandon Keener

Through the Looking Glass

3. Through the Looking Glass

October 17, 2012

7.9
42 min

An UNSUB who kidnaps families with the intention of making them admit to and pay for their indiscretions.

Guest Stars: Cade Owens, Gary Grubbs, Danielle Bisutti

God Complex

4. God Complex

October 24, 2012

7.9
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Ray Wise, Arjay Smith, Beth Riesgraf

The Good Earth

5. The Good Earth

October 31, 2012

7.9
42 min

The team heads to Oregon as four men have gone missing.

Guest Stars: Anne Dudek, Rebecca Wisocky, HannaH Eisenmann

The Apprenticeship

6. The Apprenticeship

November 7, 2012

7.5
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Matthew Lillard, Harrison C. Thomas, Hector Hugo

The Fallen

7. The Fallen

November 14, 2012

8.2
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Shane Johnson, Conni Marie Brazelton, Joseph H. Johnson Jr.

The Wheels on the Bus...

8. The Wheels on the Bus...

November 21, 2012

7.4
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: David Gallagher, Andrew James Allen, Devon Werkheiser

Magnificent Light

9. Magnificent Light

November 28, 2012

7.2
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Patrick Fabian, Raphael Sbarge, Matthew Yang King

The Lesson

10. The Lesson

December 5, 2012

8.3
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Brad Dourif, Hanna Hall, Jay Hayden

Perennials

11. Perennials

December 12, 2012

7.9
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Bill Tangradi, Steph DuVall, Kristen O'Meara

Zugzwang

12. Zugzwang

January 16, 2013

8.6
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Benmio McCrea, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jay Hayden

Magnum Opus

13. Magnum Opus

January 23, 2013

6.9
42 min

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.

All That Remains

14. All That Remains

February 6, 2013

8.2
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Keith Szarabajka, Larry Poindexter, Delilah Napier

Broken

15. Broken

February 20, 2013

6.9
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Patrick John Flueger

Carbon Copy

16. Carbon Copy

February 27, 2013

8.3
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Matthew Del Negro, Scott Grimes, Derek Graf

The Gathering

17. The Gathering

March 20, 2013

7.8
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Nicholas Brendon, Patrick Breen, Jayne Atkinson

Restoration

18. Restoration

April 3, 2013

8.2
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Skipp Sudduth

Pay It Forward

19. Pay It Forward

April 10, 2013

7.9
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Rob Nagle

Alchemy

20. Alchemy

May 1, 2013

8.0
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Angela Bettis, David Hoflin, John Posey

Nanny Dearest

21. Nanny Dearest

May 8, 2013

8.2
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Yara Martinez, Christopher Amitrano, Thomas Hobson

Number Six

22. Number Six

May 15, 2013

7.9
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Erin Cummings

Brothers Hotchner (1)

23. Brothers Hotchner (1)

May 22, 2013

8.1
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Mark Hamill, Eric Johnson, Sean Maguire

The Replicator (2)

24. The Replicator (2)

May 22, 2013

8.4
42 min

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.

Guest Stars: Mark Hamill, Nicholas Brendon, Brian Appel

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