26 "Criminal Minds" Scenes That Will Never Not Wreck Me Emotionally

We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which scenes from Criminal Minds never fail to make them cry. Here's what they said:

🚨Warning: There are MASSIVE spoilers ahead. Some entries also contain sexual assault, addiction, and suicide. 🚨

1.When a boy named Stephen, who'd been abducted years before, was killed for protecting a little girl, then his parents realized that if the kids had been rescued a day earlier, Stephen would've still been alive too.

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2.When Reid got abducted, tortured, and injected with dilaudid, which he then became addicted to in later episodes.

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3.When Derek said goodbye to Garcia, his closest friend at the BAU and original "Baby Girl."

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4.When Emily listened to Garcia's voicemail begging her to come home.

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5.When JJ finally learned that before her sister Roslyn died by suicide, she was sexually assaulted by her teacher. She also realized that the necklace Roslyn gave her was actually meant to protect her against Roslyn's abuser.

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6.When Spencer finally met the love of his life in person, only to watch her get killed in front of him.

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7.When JJ tried to save sisters from burning alive inside a warehouse fire but she could only save one.

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8.When Garcia was shot by a man she went on a date with and was rushed to the hospital.

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9.When Hotch is in danger of losing his job but defends the BAU for their reckless actions because he believes in them and knows they're a perfect team.

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10.When Spencer gets sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit:

11.When Derek said goodbye to Reid and he revealed that he named his newborn son after Reid.

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12.When Hotch's ex-wife Haley was killed just as the FBI was on their way to save her, and the entire team listened to it happen over the phone.

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13.When JJ and Spencer were being held hostage at gunpoint and she admitted that she "always loved" him.

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14.When Morgan finally confronted his childhood abuser, Carl Buford, after finding out Carl was still assaulting kids.

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15.When Reid thought he was going to die after being exposed to anthrax and he asked Garcia to record a message so he could say goodbye to his mother.

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16.When Emily confided in Rossi about the abortion she had as a teenager and she tells him she believes it's what caused her close friend's downward spiral and eventual death.

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17.When Alvez's friend was killed by one of their past suspects and he couldn't do anything to save him.

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18.When Kristy stopped Matt from killing the man who held her hostage and they finally reunited after he thought she was dead.

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19.When JJ told Billy Flynn that mothers are supposed to protect their kids, not be the ones they're afraid of while urging him to let his hostage loose.

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20.When the BAU found out that Gideon was murdered.

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21.When Spencer found the good-bye letter Gideon left for him before leaving the BAU.

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22.When Will felt guilty for letting hostages die, so he entered the building despite JJ pleading for him not to, then he got shot.

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23.When JJ and Hotch told the rest of the team that Emily died in surgery.

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24.When Tara's ex-husband finally admitted that she saved his life and that he'd always love her.

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25.When Garcia forgave and helped set free the man who killed her parents while drunk driving.

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26.And finally, when the BAU gang has their last dinner together before going their separate ways.

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Responses have been edited for length and clarity.