S19E1

Now and Then

Criminal Minds · 2026-05-28 · 60 min

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from 28 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

The BAU hunts kidnappers targeting couples as Elias Voit faces a familiar darkness in prison

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 28 comments — 14 said when.

The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 14 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“I was a little confused by the way Rossi and Emily confronted the older unsub. It seemed like they were trying to bait him into saying something, but they didn’t need to since they’d already found the twins and confirmed his identity with the original victim. Also, I know hostage situations can bring out the worst in people, but that one victim was weirdly judgmental and eager to use that crowbar. I’d understand if the long-term victims snapped like that, but her reaction felt a little jarring.”
anuzman1m▲ 34about 75–100% inread it ↗
“This was a really strong season starter, managed to mesh some of the old Criminal Minds with Evolution in a really engaging way.”
Thatkliqkid▲ 33about 0–15% inread it ↗
“a good start to the season”
littlefanged▲ 28about 0–15% inread it ↗

who made it

directed: Douglas Aarniokoski
written: Erica Messer

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Mekhai Andersen as Henry LaMontagne
PPhoenix Andersen as Michael LaMontagne
Jeri Ryan as Susan Cartwright
Levi Meaden as Noel Warner
Tyler Lawrence Gray as Mark Benton
Cher Alvarez as Laurie Raines
Owais Ahmed as Bodhi Stearn

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