Episode
Criminal Minds: Foundation
Overview
The team hunts for a kidnapper when an emaciated boy is found in the desert and another goes missing.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2012-03-21
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Foundation is Episode 18 in Season 7 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2012-03-21. The runtime is 42 min.
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