Season Fifteen is the fifteenth season of Criminal Minds. On January 10, 2019, CBS announced the renewal of Criminal Minds for the 2019-2020 TV season, with an order of 10 episodes.
The final season premiered on January 8, 2020, and concluded on February 19, 2020.
Ratings[]
No ratings information is available at this time.
Cast[]
- Joe Mantegna - David Rossi
- Matthew Gray Gubler - Dr. Spencer Reid
- A.J. Cook - Jennifer Jareau
- Kirsten Vangsness - Penelope Garcia
- Daniel Henney - Matthew Simmons
- Aisha Tyler - Dr. Tara Lewis
- Adam Rodriguez - Luke Alvez
- Paget Brewster - Emily Prentiss
Episodes[]
| Image | Title | Airdate | Writer | Director | Season Episode | Series Episode | |
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"Under the Skin" | January 8, 2020 | Christopher Barbour | Nelson McCormick | 1 | 315 | |
| The BAU investigates a series of crimes similar to that of The Chameleon. | |||||||
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"Awakenings" | January 8, 2020 | Stephanie SenGupta | Alec Smight | 2 | 316 | |
| The BAU continues to hunt for The Chameleon. Also, Reid visits his mother after she goes through a health scare. | |||||||
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"Spectator Slowing" | January 15, 2020 | Bruce Zimmerman | Kevin Berlandi | 3 | 317 | |
| The BAU search for an unsub responsible for multiple fatal explosions across Tennessee and Kentucky. | |||||||
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"Saturday" | January 22, 2020 | Stephanie Birkitt & Breen Frazier | Edward Allen Bernero | 4 | 318 | |
| The BAU spends a weekend off doing various different activities. | |||||||
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"Ghost" | January 29, 2020 | Bobby Chacon & James T. Clemente | Diana Valentine | 5 | 319 | |
| When the BAU hunt for a copycat serial killer, they find themselves getting caught in the crossfire. | |||||||
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"Date Night" | February 5, 2020 | Breen Frazier | Marcus Stokes | 6 | 320 | |
| A former foe of the BAU returns with very specific demands for Dr. Reid after a father and daughter are kidnapped. | |||||||
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"Rusty" | February 5, 2020 | Erica Meredith & Erik Stiller | Rachel Feldman | 7 | 321 | |
| Prentiss evaluates her relationship with Mendoza as the BAU travels to Denver to investigate several murders. | |||||||
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"Family Tree" | February 12, 2020 | Bruce Zimmerman | Alec Smight | 8 | 322 | |
| As the BAU travels to Beaumont, Texas to investigate a series of murders, Prentiss and J.J. face important decisions about their futures. | |||||||
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"Face Off" | February 19, 2020 | Christopher Barbour | Sharat Raju | 9 | 323 | |
| As the BAU hunts down The Chameleon, Rossi has new theories inspired by Gideon. | |||||||
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"And in the End..." | February 19, 2020 | Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer | Glenn Kershaw | 10 | 324 | |
| Reid encounters ghosts from his past following an encounter with The Chameleon and the BAU makes a discovery that personally affects Rossi. | |||||||
Highlights[]
- The season takes place six months after the Season Fourteen finale.
- Michael Mosley, Sharon Lawrence, and Alex Jennings returns.
- Jane Lynch returns in the second and final episodes.
- Rachael Leigh Cook appears in the fourth and sixth episodes as a potential love interest for Reid.
- Aubrey Plaza returns in the sixth episode.
- Joseph C. Phillips appears in the seventh, eighth, and ninth episodes.
- Jayne Atkinson, C. Thomas Howell, and Beth Riesgraf returns in the final episode.
- Stephen Bishop, Josh Stewart, Mekhai Andersen, Kelly Frye, and Declan Whaley also returns.