Criminal Minds
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Extreme Aggressor
September 22, 2005
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.
E02
Compulsion
September 28, 2005
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
E03
Won't Get Fooled Again
October 5, 2005
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
E04
Plain Sight
October 12, 2005
The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
E05
Broken Mirror
October 19, 2005
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.
E06
L.D.S.K.
November 2, 2005
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.
E07
The Fox
November 9, 2005
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.
E08
Natural Born Killer
November 16, 2005
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.
E09
Derailed
November 23, 2005
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.
E10
The Popular Kids
November 30, 2005
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
E11
Blood Hungry
December 14, 2005
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.
E12
What Fresh Hell?
January 11, 2006
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.
E13
Poison
January 18, 2006
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.
E14
Riding the Lightning
January 25, 2006
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.
E15
Unfinished Business
March 1, 2006
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.
E16
The Tribe
March 8, 2006
The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
E17
A Real Rain
March 22, 2006
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.
E18
Somebody's Watching
March 29, 2006
Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
E19
Machismo
April 12, 2006
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
E20
Charm and Harm
April 19, 2006
The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
E21
Secrets and Lies
May 3, 2006
The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
E22
The Fisher King (1)
May 10, 2006
While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.