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PRIMETIME EMMYS® 1X nominee in 2012

Criminal Minds

Season eight of the drama begins with Alex Blake's (Jeanne Tripplehorn) first case with the BAU, in which the team travels to Texas after an ambulance carrying an UnSub known as "The Silencer" overturns on a highway. Reid's personal and professional life collide as he becomes romantically attached to a scientist whom he only speaks to over the phone, but she may be harboring a dark secret.
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Episodes

  1. S8 E1 - The Silencer
    September 25, 2012
    42min
    TV-14
    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.
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  2. S8 E2 - The Pact
    October 9, 2012
    43min
    TV-14
    When the bodies of two seemingly unrelated victims are found just hours apart in San Diego and Los Angeles respectively, the BAU suspects that not one, but two killers are working together to commit these murders. Guest Stars include Mackenzie Phillips and Kim Wayans.
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  3. S8 E3 - Through the Looking Glass
    October 16, 2012
    44min
    TV-14
    When one Kansas family turns up dead and another goes missing, the BAU looks for a link between the cases to find out who is behind the kidnappings and murders.
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  4. S8 E4 - God Complex
    October 23, 2012
    42min
    TV-14
    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. Ray Wise guest stars.
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  5. S8 E5 - The Good Earth
    October 30, 2012
    42min
    TV-14
    When four men go missing in rural Oregon, the BAU searches for a common link among them in order to track them down. Anne Dudek guest stars.
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  6. S8 E6 - The Apprenticeship
    November 6, 2012
    43min
    TV-14
    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. Matthew Lillard guest stars.
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  7. S8 E7 - The Fallen
    November 13, 2012
    43min
    TV-14
    The BAU travels to Santa Monica when burned bodies of homeless people begin showing up by the famous pier. Meshach Taylor guest stars.
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  8. S8 E8 - The Wheels on the Bus...
    November 20, 2012
    41min
    TV-14
    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. Andrew James Allen, David Gallagher, and Reggie Hayes guest star.
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  9. S8 E9 - Magnificent Light
    November 27, 2012
    42min
    TV-14
    When a recent attendee at a popular motivational speaker's conference in Seattle is murdered, the BAU looks at the speaker as the main suspect, but they have to refocus their investigation when the speaker himself goes missing.
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  10. S8 E10 - The Lesson
    December 4, 2012
    43min
    TV-14
    The BAU investigates a series of male bodies that have been oddly disposed of, finding themselves in search of a killer with ritualistic tendencies. Series star Matthew Gray Gubler directs the episode.
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  11. S8 E11 - Perennials
    December 11, 2012
    41min
    TV-14
    The BAU heads south to investigate a fast-moving UnSub whose signature matches that of a serial killer from 30 years ago.
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  12. S8 E12 - Zugzwang
    January 15, 2013
    42min
    TV-14
    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. Michelle Trachtenberg guest stars.
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  13. S8 E13 - Magnum Opus
    January 22, 2013
    42min
    TV-14
    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. Jamie Luner guest stars.
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  14. S8 E14 - All That Remains
    February 5, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    When the daughters of Bruce Morrison (Ken Olin), a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect.
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  15. S8 E15 - Broken
    February 19, 2013
    43min
    TV-14
    The BAU heads to Austin to investigate victims found there with their watches set inaccurately, a clue which may connect the crimes.
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  16. S8 E16 - Carbon Copy
    February 26, 2013
    41min
    TV-14
    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. Scott Grimes guest stars.
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  17. S8 E17 - The Gathering
    March 19, 2013
    42min
    TV-14
    The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media.
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  18. S8 E18 - Restoration
    April 2, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    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. Skipp Sudduth and Julius Tennon guest star.
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  19. S8 E19 - Pay It Forward
    April 9, 2013
    41min
    TV-14
    When a time capsule in a small Colorado town is opened 25 years later and contains a gruesome discovery, the BAU investigates that crime and a possible link to the death of a local police officer. Pamela Bellwood guest stars.
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  20. S8 E20 - Alchemy
    April 30, 2013
    42min
    TV-14
    The BAU travels to Rapid City after two male victims are discovered murdered in a ritualistic manner.
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  21. S8 E21 - Nanny Dearest
    May 7, 2013
    44min
    TV-14
    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. Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer and Kent Schocknek guest star.
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  22. S8 E22 - #6
    May 14, 2013
    43min
    TV-14
    The BAU goes to Detroit to track an UnSub with a rapidly changing MO. D.W. Moffett and James and Erin Cummings guest star.
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  23. S8 E23 - Brothers Hotchner/The Replicator
    May 21, 2013
    1 h 23 min
    TV-14
    The Replicator zeroes in on the BAU when the killer targets one of the team as the next victim. Mark Hamill, Bellamy Young, Beth Clemmons, and Eric Johnson guest star.
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Audio languages
English Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Glenn KershawFélix Enríquez AlcaláRob BaileyEdward Allen BerneroMatthew Gray GublerJohn GallagherGuy Norman BeeLarry TengJoe MantegnaDouglas Aarniokoski
Starring
Kirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. Cook
Studio
CBS
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