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 is ready to work full time again.
40min
September 22, 2005
2. Compulsion
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
43min
September 28, 2005
3. Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
41min
October 5, 2005
4. 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.
40min
October 12, 2005
5. 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.
42min
October 19, 2005
6. 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.
40min
November 2, 2005
7. 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.
42min
November 9, 2005
8. 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 unsolved missing persons cases.
42min
November 16, 2005
9. 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 the man's fantasy to save the people he has taken hostage.
41min
November 23, 2005
10. The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
41min
November 30, 2005
11. 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.
43min
December 14, 2005
12. 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 team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.
43min
January 11, 2006
13. 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.
40min
January 18, 2006
14. 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 it.
43min
January 25, 2006
15. 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.
41min
March 1, 2006
16. The Tribe
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
43min
March 8, 2006
17. 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.
42min
March 22, 2006
18. Somebody's Watching
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
42min
March 29, 2006
19. Machismo
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
41min
April 12, 2006
20. Charm and Harm
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
41min
April 19, 2006
21. Secrets and Lies
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
42min
May 3, 2006
22. 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.