Criminal Minds Season 5

Season 5

Air date: 2009-09-23

Episodes: 23

Episodes

E1: Nameless, Faceless

As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.

Air date: 2009-09-23 • ★ 8

E2: Haunted

The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone else.

Air date: 2009-09-30 • ★ 7.7

E3: Reckoner

The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.

Air date: 2009-10-07 • ★ 7.6

E4: Hopeless

A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.

Air date: 2009-10-14 • ★ 7.6

E5: Cradle to Grave

The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.

Air date: 2009-10-21 • ★ 7.9

E6: The Eyes Have It

The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.

Air date: 2009-11-04 • ★ 7.9

E7: The Performer

The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.

Air date: 2009-11-11 • ★ 8

E8: Outfoxed

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.

Air date: 2009-11-18 • ★ 8.2

E9: 100

The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.

Air date: 2009-11-25 • ★ 8.8

E10: The Slave of Duty

The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave the team.

Air date: 2009-12-09 • ★ 8

E11: Retaliation

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.

Air date: 2009-12-16 • ★ 7.7

E12: The Uncanny Valley

An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.

Air date: 2010-01-13 • ★ 8.4

E13: Risky Business

A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.

Air date: 2010-01-20 • ★ 7.9

E14: Parasite

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.

Air date: 2010-02-03 • ★ 6.941

E15: Public Enemy

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.

Air date: 2010-02-10 • ★ 7.5

E16: Mosley Lane

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.

Air date: 2010-03-03 • ★ 8.4

E17: Solitary Man

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.

Air date: 2010-03-10 • ★ 7.5

E18: The Fight

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.

Air date: 2010-04-07 • ★ 7.5

E19: Rite of Passage

The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S.

Air date: 2010-04-14 • ★ 7.6

E20: ...A Thousand Words

The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.

Air date: 2010-05-05 • ★ 8.1

E21: Exit Wounds

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.

Air date: 2010-05-12 • ★ 7.9

E22: The Internet Is Forever

The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".

Air date: 2010-05-19 • ★ 7.7

E23: Our Darkest Hour

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.

Air date: 2010-05-26 • ★ 8.1