Criminal Minds Season 14: What We Know So Far
06/26/2018 | By Mace Parker
Production on the 14th Season of Criminal Minds is already underway with filming due to start in July, which means we are going to be (already are) inundated with a lot of juicy bits of information and important details about the upcoming season. So before the season premieres in September, we have compiled a list of everything we know so far, just for the fans who can't wait til September and are keen to get their hands on any tidbit they can get. And as you know, the season premiere will be the 300th episode, which means there will be even more bits of juicy information and means there may be spoilers. The list will be updated as we get more information.
*CAUTION* SPOILERS MAY BE PRESENT Here's everything we know about Season 14 so far. THE CASTAll main cast members from last season (Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Daniel Henney, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster) will be returning this season. Kirsten Vangsness confirmed that both James Urbaniak (Owen Quinn) and Karen David (Mary Meadows), from last season's finale, will reprise their roles in the season premiere.
THE SEASON PREMIERE WILL ONLY BE AN HOUR LONGThe season premiere will be just like every other episode of Criminal Minds and will stay within the 45min mark (60mins with ads). Erica Messer also says the 300th episode will be a reward for longtime fans.
THE CULT MAY BE THE "BIG BAD" OF SEASON 14During an interview with TV Line, showrunner Erica Messer discussed the possibility of "The Believers" still be around by the end of the season.
THE SEASON 14 EPISODE COUNT IS UNKNOWNThere's no word yet on how many episodes season 14 will have but following the last three seasons, this season should have 22 episodes. Although there are rumors circulating that season 14 may be the show's last which means it will be a shorter season consisting of at least 13 episodes but there's nothing to confirm that.
THE SEASON PREMIERE IS APTLY TITLED "300"No surprise here. Just following tradition as the 100th episode was titled "100" and the 200th episode titled "200".
EPISODE 300 PICKS UP WHERE 299 LEFT OFFNot much info here but at least we do know that the season premiere will pick up right where last season's finale left off.
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIRJust like previous seasons, cast members: Matthew Gray Gubler, Joe Mantegna, Aisha Tyler and Adam Rodriguez will return to the director's chair and will be directing episodes this season AND so will A.J. COOK, who will be making her directorial debut!!! That's right, not only will A.J. Cook finally be directing an episode of Criminal Minds this season but it will also be her first time directing!! So get excited!!!
Don't forget to bookmark this article and check back every now and then as it will be updated with more information as we get closer to Season 14.
UPDATED 07/05/2018EPISODE COUNT REMAINS TO BE CONFIRMEDAlthough CBS have yet to release/confirm the episode count for season 14, it seems that there has been a minimum of 15 episodes ordered this season, although this could change and the episode count could be brought up to it's usual 22 episodes but Executive Producer Harry Bring seems doubtful.
WRITERS AND DIRECTORSExecutive Producer Harry Bring posted this image on twitter recently. As you can see there is only 15 episodes and directors confirmed as wells as 9 writers. We've manged to work out a list of who is directing and writing each episode:
1401: Directed by Glenn Kershaw / Written by Erica Messer 1402: Directed by Diana Valentine / Written by Bruce Zimmerman 1403: Directed by Alec Smight / Written by Christopher Barbour 1404: Directed by Matthew Gray Gubler / Written by Breen Frazier 1405: Directed by Lily Mariye / Written by Stephanie SenGupta 1406: Directed by Joe Mantegna / Written by Erik Stiller 1407: Directed by Sharat Raju / Written by Erica Meredith 1408: Directed by Adam Rodriguez / Written by ?? 1409: Directed by Aisha Tyler / Written by Jim Clemente 1410: Directed by Glenn Kershaw / Written by TBC (Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer)* 1411: Directed by Nelson McCormick / Written by TBC 1412: Directed by Simon Mirren / Written by TBC (Kirsten Vangsness & Erica Messer)* 1413: Directed by A.J. Cook / Written by TBC 1414: Directed by Rob Bailey / Written by TBC 1415: Directed by Glenn Kershaw / Written by TBC * Isn't confirmed but based on past seasons, it is likely they will write either episode 10 or 12 FILMING START DATEFilming for the 14th season of Criminal Minds officially begins on Wednesday, 11th July, 2018. Which means we can also expect some behind the scenes photos from the cast and crew very soon.
UPDATED 07/10/2018PREMIERE DATEWe finally have a premiere date for Season 14. The upcoming season will premiere on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 10/9c on CBS. (NOT September 26 as previously reported).
UPDATE 08/05/2018EPISODE TITLES
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