# List of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders episodes

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is an American police procedural that debuted on CBS on March 16, 2016. The series is a spin-off of another series Criminal Minds aired on the same network, and is the third show in the Criminal Minds franchise. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders follows an elite team of profilers and agents from the FBI's International Response Team (IRT). This team solves cases that involve American citizens in trouble on international soil. CBS aired a backdoor pilot on an episode of Criminal Minds on April 8, 2015, introducing the characters with a crossover episode eponymously titled "Beyond Borders". The series follows special agents Jack Garrett, Clara Seger, Matthew Simmons, Russ Montgomery and Mae Jarvis. On May 16, 2016, CBS renewed the series for a second and final season, which premiered on March 8, 2017.
A total of 26 episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders aired over two seasons.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| Backdoor pilot | Backdoor pilot | Backdoor pilot | April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08) | April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08) |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16) | May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08) | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) |

## Episodes
### Backdoor pilot (2015)

The program and its characters are introduced during the tenth season of Criminal Minds. The Criminal Minds episode, "Beyond Borders", served as a backdoor pilot episode for the show.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 229 | 19 | "Beyond Borders" | Glenn Kershaw | Erica Messer | April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08) | 1019 | 10.39 |
| When a family of four is abducted while vacationing in Barbados, the BAU works with SSA Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise) and the International Response Team, a unit tasked with solving cases that involve Americans who are traveling abroad, to profile a family annihilator who forces his victims to reenact moments from his childhood. ||||||||

### Season 1 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "The Harmful One" | Colin Bucksey | Erica Messer | March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16) | 101 | 8.88 |
| 2 | 2 | "Harvested" | Rob Bailey | Erica Meredith | March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23) | 104 | 7.78 |
| 3 | 3 | "Denial" | Rod Holcomb | Adam Glass | March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30) | 107 | 7.07 |
| 4 | 4 | "Whispering Death" | Larry Teng | Adam Glass | April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06) | 110 | 7.44 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Lonely Heart" | Constantine Makris | Ticona S. Joy | April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06) | 108 | 6.98 |
| 6 | 6 | "Love Interrupted" | Paul A. Kaufman | Adam Glass | April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13) | 102 | 7.91 |
| 7 | 7 | "Citizens of the World" | Alec Smight | Matthew Lau | April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20) | 106 | 7.55 |
| 8 | 8 | "De Los Inocentes" | Jeannot Szwarc | Christopher Barbour | April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27) | 103 | 6.58 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Matchmaker" | Matt Earl Beesley | Tim Clemente | May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04) | 109 | 6.82 |
| 10 | 10 | "Iqiniso" | Laura Belsey | Christopher Barbour | May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11) | 111 | 6.05 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Ballad of Nick and Nat" | Jeremiah Chechik | Daniele Nathanson | May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11) | 105 | 5.94 |
| 12 | 12 | "El Toro Bravo" | Tawnia McKiernan | Erica Meredith | May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) | 112 | 5.74 |
| 13 | 13 | "Paper Orphans" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Erica Messer | May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) | 113 | 5.19 |

### Season 2 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Lost Souls" | Alec Smight | Erica Messer | March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08) | 201 | 5.35 |
| 15 | 2 | "Il Mostro" | Leon Ichaso | Christopher Barbour | March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15) | 204 | 5.37 |
| 16 | 3 | "The Devil's Breath" | Oz Scott | Adam Glass | March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22) | 202 | 4.78 |
| 17 | 4 | "Pretty Like Me" | Greg Prange | Daniele Nathanson | March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) | 206 | 4.97 |
| 18 | 5 | "Made In..." | Jeannot Szwarc | Erica Meredith | April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) | 205 | 4.61 |
| 19 | 6 | "Cinderella and the Dragon" | Diana C. Valentine | Matthew Lau | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) | 203 | 5.74 |
| 20 | 7 | "La Huesuda" | Rod Holcomb | Adam Glass | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) | 207 | 4.72 |
| 21 | 8 | "Pankration" | Laura Belsey | Ticona S. Joy | April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19) | 208 | 4.74 |
| 22 | 9 | "Blowback" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Christopher Barbour | April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) | 209 | 4.56 |
| 23 | 10 | "Type A" | Christoph Schrewe | Tim Clemente | May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) | 210 | 5.00 |
| 24 | 11 | "Obey" | Constantine Makris | Daniele Nathanson | May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) | 211 | 4.85 |
| 25 | 12 | "Abominable" | Jennifer Lynch | Matthew Lau | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | 212 | 4.87 |
| 26 | 13 | "The Ripper of Riga" | Mikael Salomon | Adam Glass | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | 213 | 4.16 |

## Home releases

| Season | Episodes | DVD release dates | DVD release dates | DVD release dates | DVD release dates |
| Season | Episodes | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Discs |
| Pilot | 1 | August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25) | December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07) | December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02) | 6 |
| 1 | 13 | September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20) | TBA | TBA | 4 |
| 2 | 13 | November 23, 2018 (2018-11-23) | TBA | TBA | 3 |