Criminal Minds

After fifteen long years,Criminal Mindsfinally came to an end in February 2020.

The show which premiered in 2005 did a great job of satisfying fans of crime and drama.

The ratings were quite high with each season averaging at least ten million viewers.

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By the time the series ended, a whopping 324 episodes (all with unique cases) had aired.

Out of all those episodes, here are the ten best ones according to IMDb ratings.

Elsewhere, Reid and Prentiss attended a seminar whose theme was “Violent Crime.”

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The seminar was hosted by the popular crime novelist Patricia Cornwell.

The strain of anthrax was a deadly one, suggesting that it had been engineered by a scientist.

Media outlets refused to air the story to avoid panic among the public.

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To make matters worse, a member of the team got exposed to the pathogen too.

The episode title is borrowed from a German chess term meaning “the compulsion to move.”

Someone had kidnapped a father and daughter and in return she wanted Cat Adams to be released.

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Interestingly, Cat didn’t want to be released.

All she wanted as her final wish was a date with Reid.

They were all aware that Cat was up to no good.

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Best: Lauren (8.8)

The BAU had new headaches in Season 6’s eighteenth episode.

Prentiss had gone missing, leaving behind her badge and gun.

But they also realize that she has no chance because Doyle has a vast that keeps him safe.

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The team thus worked on patching the clues together.

The email gave hints about the whereabouts of Owen Quinnthe FBI agent who had ambitions of joining the BAU.

After breaking protocol while pursuing a major case, Owen had quit then disappeared for the past year.

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The BAU tried to find out what the sender of the email wanted to achieve.

But there was more evidence that hinted at Oliver being part of “The Stranglers” too.

In the episode, there was a killer named Tobias Hankle.Tobias was a religious fanatic who punished immoral people.

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He also happened to be a drug addict.Quite the unusual combination.

Tobias had kidnapped Dr. Spencer Reid and kept him captive inside an isolated cabin deep in the woods.

He thus developed Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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“Mosley Lane” was directed by Matthew Gray Gubler who plays Dr. Reid.

Best: Entropy (9.2)

Season 11’s eleventh episode was all about the Black Widow.

But Cat was smart and she soon discovered she was being played by Reid.

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