Season Fifteen

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Season Fifteen
Network	CBS
Production Status	Completed
No. Episodes	10 episodes
Original Run	January 8, 2020 - February 19, 2020
Slogan	"Wheels Up!"
Season chronology
Previous	Season Fourteen
Next	Season Sixteen

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
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"Saturday"	January 22, 2020	Stephanie Birkitt & Breen Frazier	Edward Allen Bernero	4	318
	The BAU spends a weekend off doing various different activities.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.