Criminal Minds
Awakenings
TV Flash files “Awakenings” as hour 316 of 364 in the TV Flash guide — Criminal Minds (2005–2020) on CBS, season 15, episode 2, aired 2020-01-08, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E02: listed hour 316 of 364 in the Criminal Minds guide, hour 2 of 10 in season 15. It aired 2020-01-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Under the Skin” (S15E01). Next is “Spectator Slowing” (S15E03).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With a member of the BAU in the hospital, the team searches for Everett Lynch (Michael Mosley), and his daughter, Grace. Also, Spencer has a meaningful visit with his mother, Diana Reid (Jane Lynch), while she's experiencing a period of lucidity.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Awakenings sit in the Criminal Minds guide?
S15E02 is listed hour 316 of 364 — hour 2 of 10 in season 15, season 15 episode 2.
When did Criminal Minds S15E02 air?
Awakenings aired 2020-01-08 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…
Filed against
- Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner
Thomas Gibson ran Criminal Minds as Aaron Hotchner — 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. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- 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…