The twelfth season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 28, 2016 and ended on May 10, 2017. The season contained 22 episodes.
"New Cases. New Faces." This season shakes the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) to its very core. Unforeseen threats lead to sudden changes to the team, beginning with the addition of Luke Alvez, whose fugitive tracking skills are put to the test on day one. Emily Prentiss returns from London to take over as the new Unit Chief, joined by Stephen Walker, a seasoned profiler in his own right. Back on the case are agents David Rossi, Jennifer "J.J." Jareau, Dr. Spencer Reid, technical analyst Penelope Garcia, and Dr. Tara Lewis. As the BAU grows in number, their enemies only grow stronger. This new team must learn to work together to stop the killers, psychopaths, masterminds, hackers, abductors and other dangerous perpetrators that await them. |
CRIMINAL MINDS - SEASON 12STARRING
JOE MANTEGNA as DAVID ROSSI MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER as Dr. SPENCER REID A.J. COOK as JENNIFER "JJ" JAREAU KIRSTEN VANGSNESS as PENELOPE GARCIA DAMON GUPTON as STEPHEN WALKER AISHA TYLER as Dr. TARA LEWIS with ADAM RODGRIGUEZ as LUKE ALVEZ THOMAS GIBSON as AARON "HOTCH" HOTCHNER and PAGET BREWSTER as EMILY PRENTISS SPECIAL GUESTS
SHEMAR MOORE as DEREK MORGAN ALANA DE LA GARZA as CLARA SEGER DANIEL HENNEY as MATTHEW "MATT" SIMMONS JANE LYNCH as DIANA REID RECURRING
BODHI ELFMAN as PETER LEWIS a.k.a MR. SCRATCH JOSH STEWART as WILLIAM "WILL" LaMONTAGNE Jr. MEKHAI ANDERSEN as HENRY LaMONTAGNE ANGELA ROBINSON WITHERSPOON as CASSIE CAMPBELL JEANANNE GOOSSEN as FIONA DUNCAN HAROLD PERRINEAU as CALVIN SHAW GIA MANTEGNA as LINDSEY VAUGHN TRACIE THOMS as MONICA WALKER BETH RIESGRAF as MAEVE DONOVAN AUBREY PLAZA as CAT ADAMS EPISODES: 22 RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 - MAY 10, 2017 |
NO. IN SEASON |
EPISODE TITLE |
DIRECTED BY |
WRITTEN BY |
AIR DATE |
1 |
Glenn Kershaw |
Breen Frazier |
September 28, 2016 |
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2 |
Larry Teng |
Virgil Williams |
October 5, 2016 |
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3 |
Alec Smight |
Karen Maser |
October 12, 2016 |
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4 |
Sharat Raju |
Bruce Zimmerman |
October 26, 2016 |
|
5 |
Tawnia McKiernan |
Stephanie SenGupta |
November 9, 2016 |
|
6 |
Matthew Gray Gubler |
Erica Messer |
November 16, 2016 |
|
7 |
Joe Mantegna |
Breen Frazier |
November 30, 2016 |
|
8 |
Christoph Schrewe |
Karen Maser |
December 7, 2016 |
|
9 |
Rob Bailey |
Virgil Williams |
January 4, 2017 |
|
10 |
Diana C. Valentine |
Erik Stiller |
January 11, 2017 |
|
11 |
Oz Scott |
Bruce Zimmerman |
February 1, 2017 |
|
12 |
Laura Belsey |
Jim Clemente |
February 8, 2017 |
|
13 |
Glenn Kershaw |
Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer |
February 15, 2017 |
|
14 |
Alec Smight |
Stephanie SenGupta |
February 22, 2017 |
|
15 |
Rob Bailey |
Karen Messer |
March 1, 2017 |
|
16 |
Leon Ichaso |
Virgil Williams |
March 15, 2017 |
|
17 |
Diana C. Valentine |
Dania Bennett |
March 22, 2017 |
|
18 |
Simon Mirren |
Erica Messer |
March 29, 2017 |
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19 |
Joe Mantegna |
Bruce Zimmerman |
April 5, 2017 |
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20 |
Carlos Bernard |
Stephanie SenGupta |
April 26, 2017 |
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21 |
Alec Smight |
Erik Stiller |
May 3, 2017 |
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22 |
Glenn Kershaw |
Breen Frazier |
May 10, 2017 |