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The eleventh season of Criminal Minds was ordered on May 11, 2015 by CBS. It premiered on September 30, 2015 on CBS and ended on May 4, 2016. The season consisted of 22 episodes.
Find out the plot, cast, and ratings of each episode of Criminal Minds Season 11, a TV series about the Behavioral Analysis Unit. See the dates, titles, and summaries of the 14 episodes from September 2015 to January 2016.
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Season Eleven is the eleventh season of Criminal Minds. It ran from September 30, 2015 to May 6, 2016. It was released on DVD on August 30th, 2016.
Season Eleven received 12.206 million viewers and a 2.9 score in the A18-49 demo on CBS. The series premiere received 10.08 million U.S. viewers, while the season finale drew 8.84 million U.S. views.
All the cast returned except Jennifer Love Hewitt who left the series at the end of the season; Aisha Tayler joins the team in a recurring role
•Joe Mantegna - David Rossi
•Thomas Gibson - Aaron Hotchner
•Shemar Moore - Derek Morgan (18 episodes)
•Matthew Gray Gubler - Doctor Spencer Reid
•A.J. Cook - Jennifer Jareau
A.J. Cook, who was pregnant by the end of Season Ten, was not present for the first few episodes of the season, as she gave birth to her second child Phoenix around the time filming started. Phoenix began portraying Michael LaMontagne, JJ's second son.
Actress and comedian Aisha Tyler joined Criminal Minds at the start of the season. She portrays a recurring character, Doctor Tara Lewis, a forensic psychologist with a passion for the criminal justice system. Her previous experience in the FBI has brought her face-to-face with monsters, as her job was to extensively interview psychopathic criminals to determine whether they were fit for trial. Her dream was always to study psychopaths up close and personal, to try to learn how they can be caught and if there is any conscience behind their brutal crimes. Needless to say, after being pressured by the shortened team as a result of the absences of Kate and, temporarily, JJ, Hotch selects Lewis to join the BAU in the premiere, in which they search for a serial killer who is out for revenge. Her function in the team will be to examine the psyche of unsubs once they are apprehended.
A story arc revolved around a darknet organization called Silk Road (based entirely on its real-life counterpart, which was recently shut down by the FBI) being brought down by the BAU and other FBI agencies. Afterwards, the team is forced to focus on capturing individual members who managed to get away. Meanwhile, a new organization begins to form in the original's place, later revealed to be a network of hitmen.
Joe Mantegna will direct two episodes for the season, including the show's 250th episode, and he has hinted the possibility of Rossi's third ex-wife making an appearance. Erica Messer also confirmed the possibility of Hayden Montgomery, Rossi's second ex-wife, making a present-day appearance in the season following her first appearance via flashbacks. It was also stated in an interview that Rossi's daughter Joy Struthers will reappear in several episodes this season, starting with the seventh episode. Mantegna, answering fans' questions, confirmed that Thomas Gibson will direct another two episodes, the fifth and the sixteenth.
According to Matthew Gray Gubler, one of the main characters will depart from the show in an episode that he will be directing. The episode aired on March 23, 2016.
Paget Brewster reprised her role as Emily Prentiss for one episode.
•The Dirty Eleven
•To Derek, With Love
•The Good Doctor
•Criminology
•Gag Reel
•Deleted Scenes
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May 5, 2016 · The BAU team faces a series of threats from their past cases, including a prison break and a bomb plot, in the season 11 finale. Find out who framed Hotch, who escaped, and who returned to haunt the team in this recap.
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When former BAU team member and current Interpol Agent Emily Prentiss tracks an international serial killer, she enlists the help of her friends at the BAU after she is convinced the UnSub's next victim is on American soil. Paget Brewster returns as Emily Prentiss. Free trial of Paramount+ or buy.
