Criminal Minds
Luke
TV Flash files “Luke” as hour 305 of 364 in the TV Flash guide — Criminal Minds (2005–2020) on CBS, season 14, episode 6, aired 2018-11-07, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E06: listed hour 305 of 364 in the Criminal Minds guide, hour 6 of 15 in season 14. It aired 2018-11-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Tall Man” (S14E05). Next is “Twenty Seven” (S14E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The BAU heads to Bethesda, Md., to investigate four murders in the span of three days along the eastern seaboard. The crimes become personal for Alvez, when the team discovers there are ties to his time spent five years ago working alongside the DEA and the Mexican police force in pursuit of the most notorious hitman in Mexico. Also, Alvez and his girlfriend, Lisa, decide to move in together.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Luke sit in the Criminal Minds guide?
S14E06 is listed hour 305 of 364 — hour 6 of 15 in season 14, season 14 episode 6.
When did Criminal Minds S14E06 air?
Luke aired 2018-11-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Criminal Minds too dark to be comfort TV?
It is formulaic dread with bullpen warmth: Reid's brain, Garcia's color, the jet as home. Serial-killer cases as appointment ritual, not prestige horror.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The jet, the profile board, the unsub of the week: CBS packaged serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Criminal Minds is bullpen warmth against formulaic dark — Reid's brain, Garcia's color, a procedural that lasted long enough to grow folklore and a streaming encore.
The jet is the silhouette. Criminal Minds (2005–2020) dresses serial-killer dread in CBS appointment tailoring: an elite FBI unit, a profile board as the week's jewelry, unsubs as a vocabulary the camera treats like a fabric you should not touch. Jeff Davis built a staple — Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler's Reid, Kirsten Vangsness's Garcia, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna — formulaic dark with ensemble warmth in the bullpen. Reid's brain. Garcia's color. Fifteen seasons as a long-haul ritual, later…
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- Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
Shemar Moore charged Criminal Minds as Derek Morgan — bullpen warmth against the unsub of the week, a CBS jet that turned serial-killer dread into a long-haul appointment ritual. Muscle, loyalty, a profile board that still photographs…
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Spencer Reid
Matthew Gray Gubler boarded the jet as Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds — the profile board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a brain as folklore. TV…
- Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
Kirsten Vangsness's Penelope Garcia colored Criminal Minds from the bullpen's neon corner — CBS serial-killer appointment ritual, jet and profile board, warmth against formulaic dark. A procedural that lasted long enough to grow folklore.…
- A.J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau
A.J. Cook’s Jennifer Jareau became Criminal Minds’ liaison-and-heart — the jet, the profile board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as a long-haul appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a procedural that…
- Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
Joe Mantegna’s David Rossi became Criminal Minds’ long-haul profiler — the jet, the board, the unsub of the week, CBS serial-killer dread as appointment ritual. Bullpen warmth against formulaic dark, a procedural that lasted long enough…