# Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders season 2

The second and final season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders was ordered on May 16, 2016, by CBS. The season premiered on March 8, 2017. The series concluded on May 17, 2017.

## Cast
### Main

* Gary Sinise as Unit Chief Jack Garrett
* Alana de la Garza as Senior SSA Clara Seger
* Daniel Henney as SSA Matthew "Matt" Simmons
* Tyler James Williams as Tech Analyst Russ "Monty" Montgomery
* Annie Funke as SSA Mae Jarvis

### Criminal Minds characters

* Kirsten Vangsness as Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia
* Joe Mantegna as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi
* Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss

### Recurring

* Kelly Frye as Kristy Simmons
* Ezra Dewey as Jake Simmons
* Declan Whaley as David Simmons
* Matt Cohen as Special Agent Ryan Garrett
* Sherry Stringfield as Karen Garrett
* Esai Morales as Mateo "Matt" Cruz
* Kim Rhodes as Executive Assistant Director Linda Barnes

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Lost Souls" | Alec Smight | Erica Messer | March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08) | 201 | 5.35 |
| When 23 members of an American church group disappear while in Tanzania, the IRT works with local authorities to identify the kidnappers. Meanwhile, Monty works with Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) to locate the victims' relatives, only to make a startling discovery. ||||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Il Mostro" | Leon Ichaso | Christopher Barbour | March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15) | 204 | 5.37 |
| When two American couples are gunned down in Florence in Italy, the IRT works with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and the Italian authorities to determine whether or not Italy's most infamous serial killer has returned. ||||||||
| 16 | 3 | "The Devil's Breath" | Oz Scott | Adam Glass | March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22) | 202 | 4.78 |
| When an American is found dead in Bogota, Colombia, the IRT must work with the local authorities to determine whether he committed suicide or was murdered and why he emptied his bank account before his death. ||||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Pretty Like Me" | Greg Prange | Daniele Nathanson | March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) | 206 | 4.97 |
| When an American college student is found disfigured in Seoul in South Korea, Simmons calls the IRT to come and investigate. Meanwhile, Simmons tries to fulfill his mother's dying wish of finding his grandmother. ||||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Made In..." | Jeannot Szwarc | Erica Meredith | April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) | 205 | 4.61 |
| The IRT travels to the Dhaka, Bangladesh when two American entrepreneurs (Richard Speight Jr. and Rob Benedict) are abducted by a group of masked men, as the investigation continues the team begins to believe that they were taken by someone with whom they were doing business in the country. Meanwhile, Clara tries to move on from her late husband, Brad. ||||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Cinderella and the Dragon" | Diana C. Valentine | Matthew Lau | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) | 203 | 5.74 |
| The IRT travels to Singapore when an American flight attendant is found dead in luggage transport; whilst the team investigates the murder, they must also be forced to find a suspect caught on video who may be innocent whilst in conflict with the local authorities who want to see the harshest sentence executed on the suspect; they also learn a more sinister motive may be at play. ||||||||
| 20 | 7 | "La Huesuda" | Rod Holcomb | Adam Glass | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) | 207 | 4.72 |
| When an American student is found murdered in Tijuana, Mexico, the IRT investigates and finds a link between the murders and an ancient Mexican folk tale; meanwhile, Garrett worries for the safety of his son - Ryan, when he finds out that Ryan is deep undercover in the Mexican drug trade. ||||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Pankration" | Laura Belsey | Ticona S. Joy | April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19) | 208 | 4.74 |
| The IRT travels to Athens, Greece to investigate the case of an American businessman who was discovered dead; upon discovering that his cause of death was a fatal beating, the team realizes that their suspect might be engaging in a brutal ancient Greek combat sport that involves literal duels to the death. ||||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Blowback" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Christopher Barbour | April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) | 209 | 4.56 |
| The IRT is investigated after an investigation into a murder committed by an FBI agent abroad ends with the suspect dead. During the proceedings, the team begins to discover that someone within the bureau itself was behind the shootout that killed the suspect and possibly was attempting to murder the IRT team themselves to cover their tracks. ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Type A" | Christoph Schrewe | Tim Clemente | May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) | 210 | 5.00 |
| An investigation becomes personal for Clara when SSA Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) informs the team of a series of killings in Taipei that are the same M.O. of an American serial killer who terrorized Brooklyn in 2001, including a detail about the crime scenes that was never released to the public. ||||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Obey" | Constantine Makris | Daniele Nathanson | May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) | 211 | 4.85 |
| While Garrett worries for his son Ryan, who was taken out of a Mexican prison by the FBI after a botched undercover assignment, the IRT team heads to Kingston, Jamaica to investigate ritualistic murders connected to a mentally disturbed suspect who's survived a gunshot to the head and is acting out delusions related to native legend. ||||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Abominable" | Jennifer Lynch | Matthew Lau | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | 212 | 4.87 |
| The IRT heads to Kathmandu, Nepal to investigate a brutal killing of two Americans on a Yoga retreat; the team's investigation becomes complicated when local authorities believes the killings to be committed by the mythological Yeti - only to discover their killer's motive is far more disturbing. ||||||||
| 26 | 13 | "The Ripper of Riga" | Mikael Salomon | Adam Glass | May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) | 213 | 4.16 |
| In the series finale, the IRT has to investigate the abduction of an American ballerina in Saint Petersburg, Russia in a tense investigation between American agents and Russian officials, as the team continues to look into her disappearance the team learns of a series of incidents that lead Garrett to a Russian serial killer and ex-KGB agent whom he helped in putting in prison years prior and an even more dangerous plan in play. ||||||||

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders season 2 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Lost Souls" | March 8, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 5.35 | 2.52 | 7.90 |
| 2 | "Il Mostro" | March 15, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 5.37 | 2.37 | 7.75 |
| 3 | "The Devil's Breath" | March 22, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.78 | 2.26 | 7.04 |
| 4 | "Pretty Like Me" | March 29, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 4.97 | 2.21 | 7.19 |
| 5 | "Made In..." | April 5, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 4.61 | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | "Cinderella and the Dragon" | April 12, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 5.74 | 1.88 | 6.81 |
| 7 | "La Huesuda" | April 12, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.72 | 1.88 | 6.81 |
| 8 | "Pankration" | April 19, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.74 | 2.11 | 6.86 |
| 9 | "Blowback" | April 26, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.56 | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "Type A" | May 3, 2017 | 0.9/4 | 5.00 | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | "Obey" | May 10, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.85 | 2.03 | 6.87 |
| 12 | "Abominable" | May 17, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 4.87 | 2.02 | 6.18 |
| 13 | "The Ripper of Riga" | May 17, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 4.16 | 2.02 | 6.18 |