The eighth season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 26, 2012 and ended on May 22, 2013. The season contained 24 episodes.
"Dark Crimes. Brilliant Solutions." This season, the experts of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) crack cases by getting inside the heads of America's most twisted perpetrators. The team welcomes a new member, linguistics expert Alex Blake, while they uncover one of their grimmest challenges. A chillingly familiar series of slayings reveals the existence of the "Replicator," an obsessed killer who taunts the team by re-creating bizarre murder methods from past cases. But even the most devious criminal mastermind will have trouble eluding the grasp of sharp minds like unit chief Aaron Hotchner, profiling expert David Rossi, scientific genius Dr. Spencer Reid, Special Agent Derek Morgan, Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau, and technical analyst Penelope Garcia. |
CRIMINAL MINDS - SEASON 8STARRING
JOE MANTEGNA as DAVID ROSSI SHEMAR MOORE as DEREK MORGAN MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER as Dr. SPENCER REID A.J. COOK as JENNIFER "JJ" JAREAU KIRSTEN VANGSNESS as PENELOPE GARCIA with JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN as Dr. ALEX BLAKE and THOMAS GIBSON as AARON "HOTCH" HOTCHNER SPECIAL GUEST
MARK HAMILL as JOHN CURTIS a.k.a THE REPLICATOR RECURRING
BELLAMY YOUNG as BETH CLEMMONS NICHOLAS BRENDON as KEVIN LYNCH CADE OWENS as JACK HOTCHNER BETH RIESGRAF as MAEVE DONOVAN JOSH STEWART as WILLIAM "WILL" LaMONTAGNE Jr. MEKHAI ANDERSEN as HENRY LaMONTAGNE JAYNE ATKINSON as ERIN STRAUSS EPISODES: 24 RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 - MAY 22, 2013 |
NO. IN SEASON |
EPISODE TITLE |
DIRECTED BY |
WRITTEN BY |
AIR DATE |
1 |
"The Silencer" |
Glenn Kershaw |
Erica Messer |
September 26, 2012 |
2 |
"The Pact" |
Karen Gaviola |
Janine Sherman Barrois |
October 10, 2012 |
3 |
"Through the Looking Glass" |
Dermott Downs |
Sharon Lee Watson |
October 17, 2012 |
4 |
"God Complex" |
Larry Teng |
Breen Frazier |
October 24, 2012 |
5 |
"The Good Earth" |
John Terlesky |
Bruce Zimmerman |
October 31, 2012 |
6 |
"The Apprenticeship" |
Rob Bailey |
Virgil Williams |
November 7, 2012 |
7 |
"The Fallen" |
Doug Aarniokoski |
Teleplay by: Rick Dunkle Story by: Rick Dunkle & Danny Ramm |
November 14, 2012 |
8 |
"The Wheels on the Bus..." |
Rob Hardy |
Kimberly Ann Harrison |
November 21, 2012 |
9 |
"Magnificent Light" |
John T. Kretchmer |
Sharon Lee Watson |
November 28, 2012 |
10 |
"The Lesson" |
Matthew Gray Gubler |
Janine Sherman Barrois |
December 5, 2012 |
11 |
"Perennials" |
Michael Lange |
Bruce Zimmerman |
December 12, 2012 |
12 |
"Zugzwang" |
Jesse Warn |
Breen Frazier |
January 16, 2013 |
13 |
"Magnum Opus" |
Glenn Kershaw |
Jason J. Bernero |
January 23, 2013 |
14 |
"All That Remains" |
Thomas Gibson |
Erica Messer |
February 6, 2013 |
15 |
"Broken" |
Larry Teng |
Rick Dunkle |
February 20, 2013 |
16 |
"Carbon Copy" |
Rob Hardy |
Virgil Williams |
February 27, 2013 |
17 |
"The Gathering" |
Michael Lange |
Kimberly Ann Harrison |
March 20, 2013 |
18 |
"Restoration" |
Félix Alcalá |
Jim Clemente & Janine Sherman Barrois |
April 3, 2013 |
19 |
"Pay It Forward" |
John Terlesky |
Bruce Zimmerman |
April 10, 2013 |
20 |
"Alchemy" |
Matthew Gray Gubler |
Sharon Lee Watson |
May 1, 2013 |
21 |
"Nanny Dearest" |
Doug Aarniokoski |
Virgil Williams |
May 8, 2013 |
22 |
"#6" |
Karen Gaviola |
Breen Frazier |
May 15, 2013 |
23 |
"Brothers Hotchner (Part I)" |
Rob Bailey |
Rick Dunkle |
May 22, 2013 |
24 |
"The Replicator (Part II)" |
Glenn Kershaw |
Erica Messer |
May 22, 2013 |