Episode
Criminal Minds: Persuasion
Overview
The BAU must determine the true cause and motive when several drowned people are discovered in the Las Vegas desert.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2014-03-05
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Persuasion is Episode 17 in Season 9 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2014-03-05. The runtime is 42 min.
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