S01E01 Extreme Aggressor
After a fourth woman goes missing in as many months, the team is brought in to track down the guy before he kidnaps again. Hotch is asked to secretly evaluate Gideon to see if he...
Criminal Minds
To catch a criminal, you have to think like one.
Overview
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Episodes
S01E02 Compulsion
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
S01E03 Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
S01E04 Plain Sight
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
S01E05 Broken Mirror
The BAU investigates the kidnapping of a U.S. District Attorney's daughter and determines the kidnapper isn't seeking money -- he's after her twin sister.
S01E06 L.D.S.K.
The BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, and the team works with local law enforcement officers to recreate one of the shootings.
S01E07 The Fox
The BAU profiles a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations.
S01E08 Natural Born Killer
When an undercover cop in Baltimore involved in a mob investigation goes missing, the BAU believes a serial killer rather than organized crime has something to do with his disappearance. The probe leads to several...
S01E09 Derailed
Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train in Texas by a paranoid schizophrenic who is convinced that the U.S. government is monitoring him. Hotchner and Gideon are forced to play into...
S01E10 The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
S01E11 Blood Hungry
While Gideon is stuck at the office on crutches, the rest of the team travels to Tennessee to track down a killer who disembowels his victims and supposedly eats their organs.
S01E12 What Fresh Hell?
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the...
S01E13 Poison
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned, one of them fatally with LSD, ten times more potent than the street version.
S01E14 Riding the Lightning
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove...
S01E15 Unfinished Business
A serial killer reappears after 20 years of silence and contacts the BAU with the promise he will kill another victim in the next five days.
S01E16 The Tribe
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
S01E17 A Real Rain
The BAU unit travels to NYC to investigate a series of murders that appears to have been committed by a vigilante conducting revenge on former criminals who have been released by the justice system.
S01E18 Somebody's Watching
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
S01E19 Machismo
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
S01E20 Charm and Harm
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
S01E21 Secrets and Lies
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
S01E22 The Fisher King (1)
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.
Cast
Joe Mantegna
David Rossi
Paget Brewster
Emily Prentiss
Adam Rodriguez
Luke Alvez
Kirsten Vangsness
Penelope Garcia
A. J. Cook
Jennifer Jareau
Aisha Tyler
Dr. Tara Lewis
Zach Gilford
Elias Voit
Ryan-James Hatanaka
Tyler Green
