23 Heartbreaking "Criminal Minds" Moments That Actually Tore My Heart To Shreds

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 major Criminal Minds spoilers ahead. 

Some entries also contain topics of sexual assault, drug addiction, and suicide.

1.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.

2.When JJ tried to save kids from burning alive inside a warehouse fire, but she could only save one. Later on, she tells Will that she chose to save the little boy first because he reminded her of their son.

3.When three girls were abducted and were told the only way they could see their families again was if one of them was sacrificed.

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

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

6.When a woman who's wrongfully sentenced to death begs Gideon to let her go through with it because she'd rather die than ruin her son's life.

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

8.When Will felt guilty for letting hostages die during a bank robbery, so he entered the building and got shot. Meanwhile, JJ had to be held back from running in and getting herself hurt, too.

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

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

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

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.

13.And then, when his son Jack was found alive because Hotch taught him how to "work the case" and hide from danger.

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

15.When a woman, who was held hostage for years, finally gets freed only to be killed by a different serial killer, who was posing as Agent Gideon.

16.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.

17.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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

We obviously couldn't include them all, but in the comments, tell us which other Criminal Minds scenes made you sob uncontrollably.

Submissions were edited for length and clarity.