Episode Guide
Season 1
Episode Guide
Extreme Aggressor
S1
E1
When the fourth woman in four months disappears in Seattle, the team are brought in to profile her captor. On his first job in six months after his last ended in disaster, Gideon assists the team while under the watchful eye of Hotch.
Compulsion
S1
E2
Gideon seeks help from a psychologist, hoping to use their professional analysis to track down an arsonist who set fire to a college campus and left very little evidence behind.
Won't Get Fooled Again
S1
E3
Gideon learns that the perpetrator bombing a small town is a protege of his nemesis.
Plain Sight
S1
E4
The unit travels to San Diego to profile a rapist and murderer who attacks his victims in affluent neighbourhoods in broad daylight.
Broken Mirror
S1
E5
The unit are called in when the daughter of a district attorney is kidnapped. It soon becomes clear that the kidnapper is not after money, but the victim's twin sister.
L.D.S.K
S1
E6
The team recreate a shooting in order to catch a sniper who preys on victims in the middle of the day. However, a shocking turn of events causes them to quickly change their original profile.
The Fox
S1
E7
The team profile a man who targets families on holiday by holding them hostage.
Natural Born Killer
S1
E8
When an undercover cop goes missing, the police suspect the mob are to blame. However, the team thinks that a serial killer whose job is making mob hits may be a more likely suspect.
Derailed
S1
E9
A group of train passengers, including Elle, are taken hostage by a paranoid schizophrenic. Dr. Reid attempts to convince the man that he agrees with his theories in order to get the hostages to safety.
The Popular Kids
S1
E10
The suspicious deaths of two high school students in a small town lead Hotchner and the team to believe they were victims of a cult killing.
Blood Hungry
S1
E11
Hotchner and the team try to see through the eyes of a psychotic killer.
What Fresh Hell?
S1
E12
When the victim's father is ruled out as a suspect in a kidnapping case, the unit investigates the seemingly safe neighbourhood in which the child lives for clues as to who is responsible for the young girl's abduction.
Poison
S1
E13
The apparent spiking of the citizens of a town in New Jersey puts the BAU on the trail of a poisoner who may not be finished.
Riding the Lightning
S1
E14
After interviewing a married couple sitting on death row for serial murder, Gideon suspects the woman is actually innocent. However, since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
Unfinished Business
S1
E15
Following a 20-year period of silence, a serial killer re-emerges, contacting the BAU with a guarantee to kill another victim before five days are up.
The Tribe
S1
E16
The BAU team investigate the murder of five college students, a killing that bears a resemblance to the wartime methods of a Native American tribe.
A Real Rain
S1
E17
The NYPD are investigating what they believe to be a series of random murders until links are drawn between the crimes and similarities emerge; the police suspect that a copy cat serial killer may be emulating the infamous Son of Sam murders.
Somebody's Watching
S1
E18
Gideon and Reid are visiting Los Angeles to present a seminar for the LAPD when they and the rest of the Behavioural Analysis Unit are brought into a case involving the murders of several people linked to a young, television actress.
Machismo
S1
E19
The team face opposition from the local law enforcement in charge of a murder investigation.
Charm and Harm
S1
E20
A killer with a number of identities leads the authorities on a baffling chase through the South.
Secrets And Lies
S1
E21
The team attempt to uncover a CIA mole who is endangering the lives of operatives.
The Fisher King: Part 1
S1
E22
The squad are led into a psychological game with a budding serial killer, who challenges them to solve a series of complicated clues in order to prevent the murder of his next victim.