Criminal Minds: Evolution Loglines

Ep 1601: Just Getting Started (Available to stream Thursday, November 24)

When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.

Written by: Erica Messer

Directed by: Nelson McCormick

Ep 1602: Sicarius (Available to stream Thursday, November 24)

As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU. 

Written by: Breen Frazier

Directed by: Nelson McCormick

Ep 1603: Moose (Available to stream Thursday, December 1)

At the heart of the serial killing network is Elias Voit. Dangerous psychopath. Manipulative narcissist. Loving father and husband. In order to find him, the team must find all of his kill kits. But one is missing, and the path leads to a bomb in the middle of Washington, D.C.

Written by: Matthew Lau

Directed by: Joe Mantegna

Ep 1604: Pay-Per-View (Available to stream Thursday, December 8)

The BAU hunts for the next connection to the serial killer network when they pursue a home invasion team. Alvez and Garcia convince Tyler Green to submit a cognitive interview to unlock his memories of Sicarius.

Written by: Christopher Barbour

Directed by: Adam Rodriguez

Ep 1605: Oedipus Wrecks (Available to stream Thursday, December 15)

A surprising connection forces Deputy Director Bailey to ask the BAU to take a case involving young D.C. socialites who are bitten by a sadistic UnSub. But when the case turns political, the BAU finds themselves in the crosshairs from a high-powered senator. The team is led to a second shipping container that’s rigged to blow. 

Written by: Jayne Archer

Directed by: Sharat Raju

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Ep 1606: True Conviction (Available to stream Thursday, January 12)

The aftermath of the explosion threatens to end the Sicarius case unless the BAU can justify a reason to keep it open. The hunt takes them to a death row inmate — but is he a killer or another one of Sicarius’ victims?

Written by: Chikodill Agwuna

Directed by: Bethany Rooney

Ep 1607: What Doesn’t Kill Us (Available to stream Thursday, January 19)

With the fate of the Sicarius investigation hanging in the balance, the BAU takes a case in West Virginia, where an UnSub practices his own twisted form of Old Testament vengeance.

Written by: Sullivan Fitzgerald

Directed by: Aisha Tyler

Ep 1608: Forget Me Knots (Available to stream Thursday, January 26)

Voit’s internal struggles with himself lead him to a desperate kidnapping. But Rossi’s obsession brings the BAU closer to the truth than they’ve ever been. 

Written by: Carlton Gillespie

Directed by: A.J. Cook