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Criminal Minds · Season 16

Criminal Minds season 16 episode 1: Just Getting Started

Aired 24 November 202251 minRated TV-14

8.1TMDB · 10 votesMark watched

Where to watch Criminal Minds Season 16 in Australia

Criminal Minds season 16 is streaming in Australia on Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show).

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Availability checked 16 November 2026.

What happens in “Just Getting Started”

When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is the season premiere of season 16.
  • It runs about 51 minutes.
  • Directed by Nelson McCormick, written by Erica Messer.
  • TMDB users rate it 8.1 out of 10 (10 votes).

Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Nelson McCormick
Writer
Erica Messer
Guest stars
Zach Gilford as Elias VoitJosh Stewart as William LaMontagne Jr.Sebastian Schier as Rory GilcrestManuel Rafael Lozano as Chief Bill MarmorHannah Bamberg as Chrissy DelaneyEileen Barnett as MargieDavid Bianchi as Deputy Kevin HensonTor Brown as Dylan McNamara

Credits: TMDB.

More from Criminal Minds Season 16

  1. E01
  2. E02
  3. E03
  4. E04
  5. E05
  6. E06
  7. E07
  8. E08
  9. E09
  10. E10

Every episode of Season 16Criminal Minds episode guide

Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.