Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 23
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Criminal Minds Season 5 (2009-2010)

Criminal Minds Nameless, Faceless 5x01 Nameless, Faceless
Hotch's unexplained absence quickly becomes apparent when the team is called back together to profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor. Source: CBS
Sep. 23, 2009
Criminal Minds Haunted 5x02 Haunted
When a disturbed man kills several people at a pharmacy, the BAU must figure out what triggered his actions before he hurts anyone else. Source: CBS
Sep. 30, 2009
Criminal Minds Reckoner 5x03 Reckoner
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life. Source: CBS
Oct. 07, 2009
Criminal Minds Hopeless 5x04 Hopeless
When vandalism escalates into violence, the BAU must track down a pack of unsubs who kill their victims for the thrill of it. Source: www.TVRage.com
Oct. 14, 2009
Criminal Minds Cradle to Grave 5x05 Cradle to Grave
The team tries to find a suspect who is known for making young woman pregnant and then kill them after they've given birth. Source: www.TVRage.com
Oct. 21, 2009
Criminal Minds The Eyes Have It 5x06 The Eyes Have It
The team attempts to catch a serial killer who kills his victims and keeps their eyes as souvenirs. Source: CBS
Nov. 04, 2009
Criminal Minds The Performer 5x07 The Performer
The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star. Source: CBS
Nov. 11, 2009
Criminal Minds Outfoxed 5x08 Outfoxed
The BAU team is tracking down a family annihilator, but need to take a break from the case to get advice from "The Fox", which is a horrific killer from the team's past. "The Fox" surprises ...
Nov. 18, 2009
Criminal Minds 100 5x09 100
Hotchner needs help to find The Reaper and save his own family before it's too late. Source: CBS
Nov. 25, 2009
Criminal Minds The Slave of Duty 5x10 The Slave of Duty
The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave the team. Source: CBS
Dec. 09, 2009
Criminal Minds Retaliation 5x11 Retaliation
When a criminal escapes from custody and starts a killing spree, the BAU must first profile his past in order to catch the criminal. Source: CBS
Dec. 16, 2009
Criminal Minds The Uncanny Valley 5x12 The Uncanny Valley
While Hotch has problems returning to work, the BAU investigates an abduction case in which an unusual personal obsession is at the center. Source: CBS
Jan. 13, 2010
Criminal Minds Risky Business 5x13 Risky Business
The BAU team investigates a rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town. Source: CBS
Jan. 20, 2010
Criminal Minds Parasite 5x14 Parasite
The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to eliminate the people involved in them.
Feb. 03, 2010
Criminal Minds Public Enemy 5x15 Public Enemy
The BAU is summoned to Rhode Island to investigate a serial killer in Providence who is murdering random victims in highly visible places just to generate public fear.
May. 21, 2010
Criminal Minds Mosley Lane 5x16 Mosley Lane
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children for at least eight years.
May. 28, 2010
Criminal Minds Solitary Man 5x17 Solitary Man
The team travels to New Mexico to investigate a truck driver in Edgewood who is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations as he tries to find a mother for his daug ...
Jun. 04, 2010
Criminal Minds The Fight 5x18 The Fight
SSA Aaron Hotchner and his team investigate the murders of several homeless men in San Francisco and coordinate their efforts with another team of BAU agents who are working on a case ...
Jun. 11, 2010
Criminal Minds Rite of Passage 5x19 Rite of Passage
Illegal immigrants entering the country are being targeted by a serial killer, so the BAU is called in.
Jun. 18, 2010
Criminal Minds ...A Thousand Words 5x20 ...A Thousand Words
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim
Jun. 25, 2010
Criminal Minds Exit Wounds 5x21 Exit Wounds
Garcia plays a crucial role in a case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU team to investigate the murders of several members of a small town.
Jul. 02, 2010
Criminal Minds The Internet Is Forever 5x22 The Internet Is Forever
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".
May. 19, 2010
Criminal Minds Our Darkest Hour 5x23 Our Darkest Hour
The BAU team hunts a serial killer in Los Angeles who preys on his victims in the dark, killing entire families except for one left alive to remember.
May. 26, 2010
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Season 5 Characters

David Rossi played by Joe Mantegna
Emily Prentiss played by Paget Brewster
Derek Morgan played by Shemar Moore
Dr. Spencer Reid played by Matthew Gray Gubler
Jennifer Jareau played by A.J. Cook
Penelope Garcia played by Kirsten Vangsness
Aaron Hotchner played by Thomas Gibson
Erin Strauss played by Jayne Atkinson
Jack Hotchner played by Cade Owens
FBI Agent played by Indra Patel
Haley Hotchner played by Meredith Monroe
Kevin Lynch played by Nicholas Brendon
Medical Examiner played by Van Epperson
Reporter played by Aisha Kabia
Tamara Barnes played by Salli Richardson-Whitfield
The Reaper played by C. Thomas Howell
George Foyet played by C. Thomas Howell
Carol played by Dale Dickey
Unsub played by Reece Rios
Detective William LaMontagne Jr. played by Josh Stewart (II)
Agent Anderson played by Brian Appel
Pharmacist played by Ariana Thomas
SWAT Commander played by Gary P. Stein Jr.

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

05x07 - The Performer Season 5 / Episode 7: - The Performer

Emily Prentiss: [voiceover] writer Cyril Connolly said: Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
05x13 - Risky Business Season 5 / Episode 13: - Risky Business

Dr. Spencer Reid: [Watching Prentiss play with a wooden toy puzzle] What is that?
Emily Prentiss: It's called a 'star puzzle'. It's basically impossible to figure out.You have to put all of the pieces back together to form a perfect star. But the origin of it is, um, kind of a romantic tale. [She abandons the puzzle to explain as the rest of the team stops what they're doing to listen] There was this young prince who wanted to win the heart of the fairest maiden in the land, so he climbed to the top of the tallest tower in the kingdom and he caught a falling star for her. Unfortunately, he was so excited that he dropped it and it smashed into all of these pieces. So he frantically put it back together again to prove his undying love to her and he succeeded and they lived happily ever after.
Dr. Spencer Reid: That doesn't make any sense.
Emily Prentiss: What do you mean?
Dr. Spencer Reid: You can't catch a falling star. It would burn up in the atmosphere.
Emily Prentiss: Yeah, but it's not literal, Reid, it's a fable.
Dr. Spencer Reid: But there's no moral. Uh, fables have morals.
Emily Prentiss: Okay, so it's just a romantic little story. [Reid picks up the pieces and begins assembling it] And the point is, it's basically impossible to do because you have to take all of those pieces and fit them together exactly - [Reid sets the completed star on the table] There's a lot to hate about you, Dr. Reid.
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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 01 - Because Matthew Gray Gubler busted his knee to smithereens while partying with his Days of Summer co-stars, poor Dr. Spencer Reid had to get shot in the leg in this season opener.
  • Episode 18 - Pilot for the spin-off, "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" (2011).
  • Episode 07 - David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), states that he was obsessed with The Rat Pack. Joe Mantegna played 'Dean Martin' in the 1998 movie 'The Rat Pack (1998) (TV)'.
  • Episode 20 - Goof (errors in geography): At the beginning of the show, the call comes in to the Leon County dispatch center in Tallahassee. The call is from Crawfordville, which is in Wakulla County.
  • Episode 19 - Goof (factual errors): Terlingua is described as having a large population. In fact, the population was less than 300 as of the 2000 census, and the entire population of the county was less than 9000 as of 2008.

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