Season 1 Episode 9
Criminal Minds

Episodes

22 Episodes
Extreme Aggressor
Episode 1
Extreme Aggressor
40m

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.

Compulsion
Episode 2
Compulsion
43m

The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.

Won't Get Fooled Again
Episode 3
Won't Get Fooled Again
41m

Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.

Plain Sight
Episode 4
Plain Sight
40m

The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.

Broken Mirror
Episode 5
Broken Mirror
42m

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.

L.D.S.K.
Episode 6
L.D.S.K.
40m

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.

The Fox
Episode 7
The Fox
42m

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.

Natural Born Killer
Episode 8
Natural Born Killer
42m

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.

Derailed
Playing
Episode 9
Derailed
41m

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.

The Popular Kids
Episode 10
The Popular Kids
41m

The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.

Blood Hungry
Episode 11
Blood Hungry
43m

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.

What Fresh Hell?
Episode 12
What Fresh Hell?
43m

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.

Poison
Episode 13
Poison
40m

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.

Riding the Lightning
Episode 14
Riding the Lightning
43m

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.

Unfinished Business
Episode 15
Unfinished Business
41m

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.

The Tribe
Episode 16
The Tribe
43m

The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.

A Real Rain
Episode 17
A Real Rain
42m

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.

Somebody's Watching
Episode 18
Somebody's Watching
42m

Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.

Machismo
Episode 19
Machismo
41m

The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.

Charm and Harm
Episode 20
Charm and Harm
41m

The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.

Secrets and Lies
Episode 21
Secrets and Lies
42m

The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.

The Fisher King (1)
Episode 22
The Fisher King (1)
41m

While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.

Storyline

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.