Criminal Minds (season 19)

Criminal Minds season nineteen continues the gripping crime drama as the elite FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit team returns to track down dangerous serial killers using psychological profiling and unconventional investigative methods. This seventeenth production season premieres on May 28 2026 on Paramount plus and brings back all main characters from season eighteen including the multi season suspect Elias Voit who remains a central threat. The team faces increasingly dark and complex cases that test their emotional resilience and professional skills while navigating personal challenges and the aftermath of previous investigations. Special agent Sam Cooper leads the unit with mental and physical energy refusing to avoid career risks or political bureaucracy as he personally selected each profiler under his command. The new season features notable guest stars including Connor Storrie from the hit show Heated Rivalry and maintains the series signature intense atmosphere where understanding the criminal mind becomes the only way to stop gruesome crimes before more victims perish. Fans can expect the same thrilling cat and mouse game between brilliant profilers and ruthless predators that has made this long running series a enduring hit in the crime drama genre.