Criminal Minds season 8
{{short description|Season of television series Criminal Minds}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 8
| bgcolour = #644439
| image = Criminal Minds (season 8) DVD cover.jpg
| image_upright = 1.15
| caption = Season 8 U.S. DVD cover
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Joe Mantegna
- Shemar Moore
- Matthew Gray Gubler
- A. J. Cook
- Kirsten Vangsness
- Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Thomas Gibson
}}
| num_episodes = 24
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|9|26}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|5|22}}
| episode_list = List of Criminal Minds episodes
}}
The eighth season of Criminal Minds premiered on CBS on September 26, 2012. The series was renewed on March 14, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/03/14/cbs-renews-18-shows-the-good-wife-blue-bloods-2-broke-girls-the-mentalist-mike-molly-many-more/124487/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316005222/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/03/14/cbs-renews-18-shows-the-good-wife-blue-bloods-2-broke-girls-the-mentalist-mike-molly-many-more/124487/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2012 |title=CBS Renews 18 Shows: 'The Good Wife,' 'Blue Bloods,' '2 Broke Girls,' 'The Mentalist,' 'Mike & Molly' & Many More |work=TV by the Numbers |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=May 17, 2012}}
In Canada, season eight aired one day earlier on CTV than on CBS in the United States.
Cast
On February 15, 2012, Deadline Hollywood reported that Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) would leave the show once season seven was over. All other main cast members had secured deals for the season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/paget-brewster-criminal-minds-leaving-cbs-drama-231189/|title=Paget Brewster To Leave 'Criminal Minds'|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie| date=February 15, 2012|access-date=May 17, 2012}} On June 13, 2012, CBS announced that Jeanne Tripplehorn would join the cast of the show.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2012/06/13/criminal-minds-jeanne-tripplehorn/|title=Criminal Minds Scoop: Big Love's Jeanne Tripplehorn Joins Cast as a Series Regular|work=TV Line.com|date=June 13, 2012|access-date=June 14, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526032502/https://tvline.com/2012/06/13/criminal-minds-jeanne-tripplehorn/|url-status=dead}}
=Main=
- Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi (BAU Senior Agent)
- Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan (BAU Agent)
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (BAU Agent)
- A. J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (BAU Agent)
- Kirsten Vangsness as Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia (BAU Technical Analyst & Co-Communications Liaison)
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Alex Blake (BAU Agent)
- Thomas Gibson as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (BAU Unit Chief & Co-Communications Liaison)
=Recurring=
- Jayne Atkinson as Supervisory Special Agent Erin Strauss (BAU Section Chief)
- Beth Riesgraf as Maeve Donovan
- Mekhai Andersen as Henry LaMontagne
- Nicholas Brendon as Kevin Lynch
- Cade Owens as Jack Hotchner
- Bellamy Young as Beth Clemmons
- Josh Stewart as William "Will" LaMontagne Jr.
- Skipp Sudduth as Stan Gordinski
- Mark Hamill as John Curtis / The Replicator
Episodes
{{See also|List of Criminal Minds episodes}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=163
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Silencer
|WrittenBy=Erica Messer
|DirectedBy=Glenn Kershaw
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|26}}
|ProdCode=801
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=164
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Pact
|WrittenBy=Janine Sherman Barrois
|DirectedBy=Karen Gaviola
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|10|10}}
|ProdCode=802
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=165
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Through the Looking Glass
|WrittenBy=Sharon Lee Watson
|DirectedBy=Dermott Downs
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|10|17}}
|ProdCode=803
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=166
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=God Complex
|WrittenBy=Breen Frazier
|DirectedBy=Larry Teng
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|10|24}}
|ProdCode=804
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=167
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Good Earth
|WrittenBy=Bruce Zimmerman
|DirectedBy=John Terlesky
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|31}}
|ProdCode=805
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=168
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Apprenticeship
|WrittenBy=Virgil Williams
|DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|11|7}}
|ProdCode=806
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=169
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Fallen
|WrittenBy= {{WritingCredits|t=Rick Dunkle|s=Rick Dunkle & Danny Ramm|order=t}}
|DirectedBy=Doug Aarniokoski
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|11|14}}
|ProdCode=807
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=170
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Wheels on the Bus…
|WrittenBy=Kimberly Ann Harrison
|DirectedBy=Rob Hardy
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2012|11|21}}
|ProdCode=808
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=171
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Magnificent Light
|WrittenBy=Sharon Lee Watson
|DirectedBy=John T. Kretchmer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|28}}
|ProdCode=809
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=172
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Lesson
|WrittenBy=Janine Sherman Barrois
|DirectedBy=Matthew Gray Gubler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|5}}
|ProdCode=810
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=173
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Perennials
|WrittenBy=Bruce Zimmerman
|DirectedBy=Michael Lange
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|12}}
|ProdCode=811
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=174
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Zugzwang
|WrittenBy=Breen Frazier
|DirectedBy=Jesse Warn
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|16}}
|ProdCode=812
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=175
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Magnum Opus
|WrittenBy=Jason J. Bernero
|DirectedBy=Glenn Kershaw
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|23}}
|ProdCode=813
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=176
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=All That Remains
|WrittenBy=Erica Messer
|DirectedBy=Thomas Gibson
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2013|2|6}}
|ProdCode=815
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=177
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Broken
|WrittenBy=Rick Dunkle
|DirectedBy=Larry Teng
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|20}}
|ProdCode=814
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=178
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Carbon Copy
|WrittenBy=Virgil Williams
|DirectedBy=Rob Hardy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|27}}
|ProdCode=816
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=179
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=The Gathering
|WrittenBy=Kimberly Ann Harrison
|DirectedBy=Michael Lange
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2013|3|20}}
|ProdCode=817
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=180
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Restoration
|WrittenBy=Jim Clemente & Janine Sherman Barrois
|DirectedBy=Félix Alcalá
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2013|4|3}}
|ProdCode=818
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=181
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Pay It Forward
|WrittenBy=Bruce Zimmerman
|DirectedBy=John Terlesky
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|10}}
|ProdCode=819
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=182
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Alchemy
|WrittenBy=Sharon Lee Watson
|DirectedBy=Matthew Gray Gubler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|1}}
|ProdCode=820
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=183
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=Nanny Dearest
|WrittenBy=Virgil Williams
|DirectedBy=Doug Aarniokoski
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|8}}
|ProdCode=821
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=184
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=#6
|WrittenBy=Breen Frazier
|DirectedBy=Karen Gaviola
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|15}}
|ProdCode=822
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=185
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=Brothers Hotchner
|WrittenBy=Rick Dunkle
|DirectedBy=Rob Bailey
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|22}}
|ProdCode=823
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Criminal Minds season 8
|EpisodeNumber=186
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=The Replicator
|WrittenBy=Erica Messer
|DirectedBy= Glenn Kershaw
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|22}}
|ProdCode=824
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=644439
}}
|LineColor=644439
}}
Ratings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="3" | Episode
! colspan="4" | U.S. ratings ! colspan="4" | Canada ratings |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | Original air date
! rowspan="2" | Viewers ! colspan="2" | Rank ! rowspan="2" | Original air date ! rowspan="2" | Viewers ! colspan="2" | Rank |
| Night
! Week ! Night ! Week |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Silencer"
| September 26, 2012 | 2 | September 25, 2012 | 5 | 25 |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Pact"
| October 10, 2012 | 3 | October 9, 2012 | 4 | 17 |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Through the Looking Glass"
| October 17, 2012 | 2 | October 16, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "God Complex"
| October 24, 2012 | 3 | October 23, 2012 | {{n/a}} | 7 |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Good Earth"
| October 31, 2012 | 1 | October 30, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Apprenticeship"
| November 7, 2012 | 2 | November 6, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Fallen"
| November 14, 2012 | 1 | November 13, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Wheels on the Bus..."
| November 21, 2012 | 1 | November 20, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Magnificent Light"
| November 28, 2012 | 1 | November 27, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Lesson"
| December 5, 2012 | 1 | December 4, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Perennials"
| December 12, 2012 | 1 | December 11, 2012 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Zugzwang"
| January 16, 2013 | 2 | January 15, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Magnum Opus"
| January 23, 2013 | 1 | January 22, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "All That Remains"
| February 6, 2013 | 2 | February 5, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Broken"
| February 20, 2013 | 2 | February 19, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Carbon Copy"
| February 27, 2013 | 3 | February 26, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Gathering"
| March 20, 2013 | 2 | March 19, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Restoration"
| April 3, 2013 | 3 | April 2, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Pay It Forward"
| April 10, 2013 | 2 | April 9, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Alchemy"
| May 1, 2013 | 2 | April 30, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Nanny Dearest"
| May 8, 2013 | 2 | May 7, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "#6"
| May 15, 2013 | 2 | May 15, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "Brothers Hotchner"
| May 22, 2013 | 1 | May 22, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | "The Replicator"
| May 22, 2013 | 1 | May 22, 2013 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
Home media
References
{{Reflist|2}}
;General references
- {{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/criminal-minds/listings/|title=Shows A-Z – Criminal Minds on CBS|publisher=The Futon Critic|access-date=May 17, 2012}}
External links
- {{IMDb episodes|0452046}}
{{Criminal Minds}}
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