Season One (also known as Season Sixteen) is the first season and series premiere of Criminal Minds: Evolution. It aired from November 24, 2022 to February 9, 2023 and ran for ten episodes.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
- A.J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau
- Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
- Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis
- Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez
- Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss
Recurring[]
- Zach Gilford as Elias Voit
- Josh Stewart as William LaMontagne, Jr.
- Nicholas D'Agosto as Deputy Director Doug Bailey
- Nicole Pacent as Rebecca Wilson
- Ryan-James Hatanaka as Tyler Green
- Kiele Sanchez as Sydney Voit
Guests[]
- Gail O'Grady as Krystall Rossi
- Luke Benward as Benjamin Reeves
- Silas Weir Mitchell as Cyrus Lebrun
- Monnae Michaell as Attorney General Louise Davis
Episodes[]
| Image | Title | Airdate | Writer | Director | Season Episode | Series Episode | |
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"Just Getting Started" | November 24, 2022 | Erica Messer | Nelson McCormick | 1 | 325 | |
| When a teenage girl is abducted from her home and her parents are killed, the Behavioral Analysis Unit believes the same perpetrator killed a family of four in Virginia. Meanwhile, Lewis investigates a number of bodies that were found in a storage container and developments in the abduction case bring former analyst Penelope Garcia back into the fold. | |||||||
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"Sicarius" | November 24, 2022 | Breen Frazier | Nelson McCormick | 2 | 326 | |
| When two men in the Washington, D.C. area are killed with their spinal cords severed and both men are found to be "bulls" in cuckoldry, the team tries to find the killer. In the midst of the investigation, it is discovered that this case and the last are connected to a serial killer network led by a man dubbed "Sicarius", and Lewis's girlfriend informs the team that the Department of Justice is trying to disband them. | |||||||
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"Moose" | December 01, 2022 | Matthew Lau | Joe Mantegna | 3 | 327 | |
| As the Behavioral Analysis Unit attempts to find the remaining kill kits, they try to locate a former army specialist who they believe is planning to detonate an incendiary device in a Washington, D.C. park. Their actions bring the team into conflict with the FBI's domestic terrorism unit. | |||||||
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"Pay-Per-View" | December 08, 2022 | Christopher Barbour | Adam Rodriguez | 4 | 328 | |
| After learning that the army specialist, Tyler Green, was not a member of the network, but rather an undercover vigilante trying to find his sister, Lewis and Garcia try to convince him to help them find Sicarius. Meanwhile, the team investigates a pair of home invaders who lure security guards to residences with home security systems, before forcing the homeowners to watch their murders over security cameras. | |||||||
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"Oedipus Wrecks" | December 15, 2022 | Jayne A. Archer | Sharat Raju | 5 | 329 | |
| The discovery of the bodies of two women employed in government jobs forces the team to confront the unsub, Benjamin Reeves; however, his position as the son of a prominent senator brings forth major political implications. Deputy Director Doug Bailey joins the investigation to keep the situation from imploding and, in the process, it is discovered that one of the victims was a former girlfriend he met on a dating site for government employees. | |||||||
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"True Conviction" | January 12, 2023 | Chikodili Agwuna | Bethany Rooney | 6 | 330 | |
| The aftermath of the explosion threatens to end the Sicarius case unless the team comes up with a legitimate reason to keep it open. The search brings them to a prisoner on death row. | |||||||
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"What Doesn't Kill Us" | January 19, 2023 | Sullivan Fitzgerald | Aisha Tyler | 7 | 331 | |
| As the investigation into Sicarius escalates, the team is forced to look into an unsub in West Virginia who killed one and kidnapped two others. | |||||||
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"Forget Me Knots" | January 26, 2023 | Carlton Gillespie | A.J. Cook | 8 | 332 | |
| The team becomes closer to finding Sicarius after finding surveillance footage of him at a hardware store, while also investigating how a recently deceased North Carolina man could be involved. Their search leads them to a missing California real estate agent who they believe was kidnapped by Sicarius and a local follower of his. | |||||||
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"Memento Mori" | February 02, 2023 | Breen Frazier | Doug Aarniokoski | 9 | 333 | |
| Rossi will go to any lengths to prove that Elias Voit is Sicarius - and Voit is prepared to turn Rossi into his worst enemy in an effort for self preservation. The entire ordeal puts his future at the Behavioral Analysis Unit in jeopardy. | |||||||
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"Dead End" | February 09, 2023 | Chris Barbour | Glenn Kershaw | 10 | 334 | |
| Rossi finds himself in the deadly clutches of Voit and, with his personal life slipping through his fingers, Voit goes on the run. The team is forced to confront Voit at his most volatile with multiple lives hanging in the balance. | |||||||