Hotch also mentions MacDonald when dealing with an UnSub in "Magnificent Light." The Criminal Minds season 11 episode "Hostage" is eerily similar to the real-life case of Ariel Castro kidnapping ...

Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 18 will premiere on Thursday, May 8, on Paramount+. The 10-episode season will drop weekly on Thursdays.

If there’s one thing that now 17 seasons of watching the profilers of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) hunting down serial killers and the like has taught us, it’s that there’s no shortage ...