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01.25.12 :: 711 "UNKNOWN SUBJECT" [NEW] A serial rapist in Houston known as "The Piano Man" resurfaces and assaults his previous victims. Meanwhile, Prentiss deals with the trauma of rejoining the team.

12.14.11 :: 710 "THE BITTERSWEET SCIENCE" [NEW] Bludgeonings in Philadelphia have the team investigating the boxing world in the city; and Hotch connects with an attractive triathlete while they train together.

12.07.11 :: 709 "SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY" [NEW] A mass suicide among young cadets at a military academy is investigated; and Hotch and Morgan clash when it looks like a member of the team is in danger.

11.16.11 :: 708 "HOPE" [NEW] In a personal case for Garcia, the agents search for Garcia's missing friend whose daughter disappeared seven years earlier.

11.09.11 :: 707 "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" [NEW] The bodies of boys are found in the aftermath of storms that hit Kansas, and the team travels to Wichita to investigate the deaths.

11.02.11 :: 706 "EPILOGUE" [NEW] The team goes to Angeles National Forest in California when bodies are found in the mountain lakes there; and Rossi has to make a tough decision regarding his ex-wife.

10.19.11 :: 705 "FROM CHILDHOOD'S HOUR" [NEW] Child abductions in St. Louis are investigated; and Rossi gets surprising news from his first wife.

10.12.11 :: 704 "PAINLESS" [NEW] A killer targets the survivors of a high-school massacre when they return 10 years later to remember the tragedy; and Hotch believes that Jack is being bullied at school.

10.05.11 :: 703 "DORADO FALLS" [NEW] A mass murder at an Internet-security company in Virginia has the team realizing this not the work of a typical serial killer. Meanwhile, Prentiss must go through recertification training.

09.28.11 :: 702 "PROOF" [NEW] A serial killer in Oklahoma attacks women in a manner that focuses on their five senses.

09.21.11 :: 701 "IT TAKES A VILLAGE" [NEW - SEVENTH SEASON PREMIERE] The team's actions in the aftermath of Prentiss' death are questioned by a Senate committee, and a familiar individual unexpectedly appears to rally them.

05.18.11 :: 624 "SUPPLY & DEMAND" [NEW - SIXTH SEASON FINALE] The team hunts for an interstate human-trafficking ring, and J.J. returns to the BAU.

05.11.11 :: 623 "BIG SEA" [NEW] A Florida serial killer is burying bodies at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, and the case turns personal for Morgan when his aunt believes that her missing daughter could be one of the victims.

05.04.11 :: 622 "OUT OF THE LIGHT" [NEW] A woman disappears and another is injured at the hand of the same criminal in a mountain town in North Carolina, and the agents suspect that there are more victims.

04.13.11 :: 621 "THE STRANGER" [NEW] The team travels to San Diego to catch a killer who is targeting college students; and, they are under the watchful eye of Strauss following the death of Prentiss.

04.06.11 :: 620 "HANLEY WATERS" [NEW] A killer in Tampa is hunted while the team comes to terms with the loss of Prentiss.

03.30.11 :: 619 "WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE" [NEW] A gang of killers attacks a new victim every night.

03.16.11 :: 618 "LAUREN" [NEW] Prentiss prepares for a final showdown with her nemesis, Ian Doyle, and the team asks J.J. to return and assist them as they try to help Prentiss.

03.02.11 :: 617 "VALHALLA" [NEW] Prentiss believes her old Interpol nemesis is behind a series of murders and that he's close to her, which means the entire team's safety is threatened.

02.23.11 :: 616 "CODA" [NEW] The parents of an autistic boy vanish and Reid's connection with the child could help the agents find his parents. Meanwhile, Prentiss asks two former Interpol colleagues to track down a nemesis from her past.

02.16.11 :: 615 "TODAY I DO" [NEW] Mysterious disappearances of self-help-inundated persons in upstate New York are investigated.

03.09.11 :: 614 "SENSE MEMORY" [NEW] Strange murders in Los Angeles are investigated; and Prentiss' past comes back to haunt her.

10.26.11 :: 613 "THE THIRTEENTH STEP" [NEW] The team searches for a young couple who are on an interstate killing spree; and Prentiss gets shocking news from her former boss.

01.19.11 :: 612 "CORAZON" [NEW] The team travels to Miami to investigate ritualistic murders, and Reid suffers from hallucinations and severe headaches.

12.15.10 :: 611 "25 TO LIFE" [NEW] A man whom Morgan helps get paroled is arrested for murder days after his release.

12.08.10 :: 610 "WHAT HAPPENS AT HOME" [NEW] The BAU enlists an FBI cadet to help investigate a gated New Mexico community for a killer targeting women.

11.17.10 :: 609 "INTO THE WOODS" [NEW] The BAU heads to the Appalachian Trail in search of a child abductor.

11.10.10 :: 608 "REFLECTION OF DESIRE" [NEW] The BAU hunts a killer who mutilated a woman after dressing her up like a 1950s movie star, and enlists Garcia to draw out the unsub.

11.03.10 :: 607 "MIDDLE MAN" [NEW] The BAU tracks a group of killers who target exotic dancers and leaves their bodies in cornfields.

10.27.10 :: 606 "DEVIL'S NIGHT" [NEW] The BAU trails a serial killer who has attacked for the past three years in Detroit on the days leading up to Halloween.

10.20.10 :: 605 "SAFE HAVEN" [NEW] The BAU hunts a teen serial killer who targets families, while Ellie runs away from her foster family.

10.13.10 :: 604 "COMPOROMISING POSITIONS" [NEW] The BAU searches for a serial killer who goes after married couples, while Garcia gets stretched too thin when she tries to fill JJ's shoes.

10.06.10 :: 603 "REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST" [NEW] The murders of several women cause Rossi to revisit the 26-year-old cold case of The Butcher. Meanwhile, Morgan gets closer to Ellie Spicer.

09.29.10 :: 602 "JJ" [NEW] The BAU is running against the clock to try to find a girl who mysteriously disappeared, while JJ is faced with a job that she did not ask for — or want.

09.22.10 :: 601 "THE LONGEST NIGHT" [NEW - SIXTH SEASON PREMIERE] The BAU team continues to track down serial killer Billy Flynn, aka "The Prince of Darkness," who has now kidnapped Detective Spicer's daughter. Meanwhile, Morgan is angry and stressed out as he has promised Spicer not to let anything happen to his daughter.

05.26.10 :: 523 "OUR DARKEST HOUR" [NEW - FIFTH SEASON FINALE] The team travels to Los Angeles to find a serial killer who amidst rolling blackouts attacks entire families and leaves only one member alive.

05.19.10 :: 522 "THE INTERNET IS FOREVER" [NEW] The team profiles a serial killer who finds his victims through social-networking Internet sites.

05.12.10 :: 521 "EXIT WOUNDS" [NEW] Garcia travels with the team to Alaska for a case involving several murders, and she plays a critical role in solving the crimes.

05.05.10 :: 520 "...A THOUSAND WORDS" [NEW] A heavily tattooed serial killer commits suicide and leaves clues identifying a person he abducted who could still be alive.

04.14.10 :: 519 "RITE OF PASSAGE" [NEW] The team travels to Texas to find a serial killer who targets illegal immigrants trying to cross the border into the U.S.

04.07.10 :: 518 "THE FIGHT" [NEW] The Hotch and the team investigate the murders of homeless men in San Francisco, and they work with a separate BAU group handling a case that may be connected to the deaths.

03.10.10 :: 517 "SOLITARY MAN" [NEW] The team profiles a truck driver who abducts women.

03.03.10 :: 516 "MOSLEY LANE" [NEW] A child-abduction case has similarities to an unsolved eight-year-old abduction case, leading the agents to believe that they may be able to solve both crimes.

02.10.10 :: 515 "PUBLIC ENEMY" [NEW] A serial killer murders his victims in public places, hoping to cause widespread fear.

02.03.10 :: 514 "PARASITE" [NEW] The team profiles a con artist whose descent into mental illness is prompting him to kill people involved in his scams.

01.20.10 :: 513 "RISKY BUSINESS" [NEW] The team travels to a small Wyoming town to investigate a series of teen suicides.

01.13.10 :: 512 "THE UNCANNY VALLEY" [NEW] The team profiles an unsub who abducts specific types of women to satisfy a personal obsession.

12.13.09 :: 511 "RETALIATION" [NEW] An ex-con escapes while in the custody of the BAU, and the team must review his criminal career in order to determine where he may have gone.

12.09.09 :: 510 "THE SLAVE OF DUTY" [NEW] Hotchner leaves the BAU temporarily to contemplate his future there, while the team investigates a home-invasion case without him.

11.25.09 :: 509 "100" [NEW] The Reaper returns to terrorize Hotch and his family.

11.18.09 :: 508 "OUTFOXED" [NEW] A serial killer who murders entire families is tracked, and the team seeks advice from one of the most vile criminals from the past, "The Fox."

11.11.09 :: 507 "THE PERFORMER" [NEW] The team tracks a serial killer who seems to follow the touring schedule of a Goth rock star (Gavin Rossdale), and the team suspects that the performer has become lost in his own stage persona.

11.04.09 :: 506 "THE EYES HAVE IT" [NEW] The team searches for a serial killer who removes his victims' eyes.

10.21.09 :: 505 "CRADLE TO GRAVE" [NEW] The team profiles a serial killer who impregnates women and kills them after they give birth.

10.14.09 :: 504 "HOPELESS" [NEW] The team profiles a group of killers who travel as a pack and chose victims randomly.

10.07.09 :: 503 "RECKONER" [NEW] A case in Rossi's hometown has his personal and professional lives overlapping.

09.30.09 :: 502 "HAUNTED" [NEW] When a man goes on a killing spree at a pharmacy, the team tries to find out what set him off so they can find him before more people are hurt.

09.23.09 :: 501 "NAMELESS, FACELESS" [NEW - FIFTH SEASON PREMIERE] The BAU team realizes that their head honcho is missing as they try to profile a killer targeting an ER doctor.

05.20.09 :: 425-26 "TO HELL... AND BACK" [NEW - FOURTH SEASON FINALE] The team searches for the killer in Canada, and an agent's life is threatened.

05.13.09 :: 424 "AMPLIFICATION" [NEW] A killer releases a deadly virus into the open air, and one of the agents risks his life to stop the threat.

05.06.09 :: 423 "ROADKILL" [NEW] The team travels to Bend, Ore., to search for a serial killer who murders victims with his car.

04.29.09 :: 422 "THE BIG WHEEL" [NEW] A serial killer sends the team a videotape recounting one of his murders--and also asking for help to stop killing.

04.22.09 :: 421 "A SHADE OF GREY" [NEW] A serial killer preying on children is in custody, but the case takes a twist when it's discovered that one of the murders may have been committed by someone else.

04.08.09 :: 420 "CONFLICTED" [NEW] The team travels to South Padre Island, Texas, where a serial killer is targeting students on spring break.

03.25.09 :: 419 "HOUSE ON FIRE" [NEW] A small town is terrorized by a serial arsonist targeting community meeting places.

03.18.09 :: 418 "OMNIVORE" [NEW] One of New England's deadliest serial killers may be murdering again after a 10-year hiatus, leading Hotchner to revisit his first case with the BAU.

03.11.09 :: 417 "DEMONOLOGY" [NEW] A string of deaths with religious undercurrents is investigated, and Prentiss has a personal tie to the case.

02.25.09 :: 416 "PLEASURE IS MY BUSINESS" [NEW] The team searches for a prostitute who is luring and murdering business executives.

02.18.09 :: 415 "ZOE'S REPRISE" [NEW] The team pursues a copycat murderer who is duplicating the methods of infamous serial killers.

02.11.09 :: 414 "COLD COMFORT" [NEW] The team searches for a killer who embalms his victims in order to spend more time with them.

01.21.09 :: 413 "BLOODLINE" [NEW] A family is suspected of working together to abduct pre-teen girls.

01.14.09 :: 412 "SOUL MATES" [NEW] A young woman disappears from her affluent Atlanta neighborhood, and the team believes someone in the community is responsible and may have had an accomplice.

12.17.08 :: 411 "NORMAL" [NEW] The team heads to Southern California to search for a serial killer nicknamed the Road Warrior, who is targeting luxury-car owners on the freeway.

12.10.08 :: 410 "BROTHERS IN ARMS" [NEW] The team searches for a serial killer who is targeting cops in Phoenix. The case is very personal for former police officer Morgan.

11.26.08 :: 409 "52 PICKUP" [NEW] Prentiss and Todd go undercover to find a serial killer who uses his fine-tuned pickup skills to ensnare women.

11.19.08 :: 408 "MASTERPIECE" [NEW] A serial killer turns himself in, and the team must profile him in order to find unaccounted victims who are still alive, but may not be for long.

11.12.08 :: 407 "MEMORIAM" [NEW] Reid conducts a solo investigation of a boy's murder that happened years earlier, believing the case has a link to his own childhood.

11.05.08 :: 406 "THE INSTINCTS" [NEW] The case of an abducted child in Las Vegas prompts Reid to have unusual dreams that help him unlock some secrets from his childhood.

10.29.08 :: 405 "CATCHING OUT" [NEW] The team hunts a serial killer targeting people who live near the railway.

10.22.08 :: 404 "PARADISE" [NEW] The team searches for a serial killer who stages his murders to look like car accidents.

10.08.08 :: 403 "MINIMAL LOSS" [NEW] Prentiss and Reid are held captive at a cult compound when they go undercover to investigate potential child abuse.

10.01.08 :: 402 "THE ANGEL MAKER" [NEW] The team investigates recent murders that are connected to a serial killer who was executed.

09.24.08 :: 401 "MAYHEM" [NEW - FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE] Following the aftermath of the bombing in New York City, two team members are injured and the rest of the team hunt for terrorists who may be planning a bigger attack.

05.21.08 :: 320 "LO-FI" [NEW - THIRD SEASON FINALE] A series of murders with no apparent pattern to tie the crimes together sends the team to New York City to determine if it's the work of a serial killer or a team of killers.

05.14.08 :: 319 "TABULA RASA" [NEW] A serial-killer case is reopened when the suspected killer wakes up from a four-year coma and claims he doesn't remember committing any crimes.

05.07.08 :: 318 "THE CROSSING" [NEW] The team must find a stalker who has crossed state lines to pursue a woman with whom he's obsessed. Meanwhile, Hotch and Rossi assist in a murder case in which they must determine if a woman who killed her husband and claimed battered-woman syndrome is telling the truth.

04.30.08 :: 317 "IN HEAT" [NEW] The team travels to Miami to catch a serial killer believed to have a conflicted sexual identity, which plays a part in his choice of victims.

04.16.08 :: 316 "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY" [NEW] The team profiles a serial killer in a small Texas town after responding to the murders of a teenage boy and his girlfriend.

04.09.08 :: 315 "A HIGHER POWER" [NEW] In a Pittsburgh neighborhood, the team investigates a rise in deaths attributed to suicide that could actually be the work of a serial killer.

04.02.08 :: 314 "DAMAGED" [NEW] Rossi reopens an unsolved case from his past, and the team helps him to find answers regarding the murder of two parents who were killed almost 20 years earlier.

01.23.08 :: 313 "LIMELIGHT" [NEW] The contents of a self-storage unit suggest a serial killer in the making, and the team tries to form a profile in order to find the suspect.

01.09.08 :: 312 "3RD LIFE" [NEW] When two teens vanish and one of them is found murdered, the team races to find the killer before he harms the other girl.

12.12.07 :: 311 "BIRTHRIGHT" [NEW] A killing spree in Virginia is very similar to a series of murders that took place two decades earlier in the same place.

11.28.07 :: 310 "TRUE NIGHT" [NEW] A famous comic-book artist is instrumental in the hunt for a serial killer.

11.21.07 :: 309 "PENELOPE" [NEW] The team suspects that Garcia's life is in danger, thinking she may be the target of a serial killer.

11.14.07 :: 308 "LUCKY" [NEW] The team searches for a cannibalistic serial killer, and the case leads Morgan to a crisis of faith. Meanwhile, Garcia meets a man she thinks is perfect, but is surprised when their date ends unexpectedly.

11.07.07 :: 307 "IDENTITY" [NEW] When one half of a serial-killing duo commits suicide, the team must identify and find the other killer, who has abducted his next victim.

10.31.07 :: 306 "ABOUT FACE" [NEW] The team searches for a serial killer who taunts victims by sending out "missing" fliers about them before he kidnaps and murders them. Rossi joins the team.

10.24.07 :: 305 "SEVEN SECONDS" [NEW] A child is abducted at a mall, and the team tries to profile the people on the scene at the time of the kidnapping in an effort to find the child.

10.17.07 :: 304 "CHILDREN OF THE DARK" [NEW] The team travels to a Denver suburb when a series of home invasions escalate to murder, and the agents believe it's the work of two people operating together.

10.10.07 :: 303 "SCARED TO DEATH" [NEW] A psychiatrist becomes a serial killer, using the knowledge of his patients' worst fears to murder them.

10.03.07 :: 302 "IN BIRTH AND DEATH" [NEW] The BAU is in chaos when Gideon disappears, Hotch asks for a transfer and Prentiss resigns; the remaining agents are left to track a serial killer in Milwaukee.

09.26.07 :: 301 "DOUBT" [NEW - THIRD SEASON PREMIERE] A serial killer is targeting young women at a small college. The initial profile produces a suspect, but the murders continue after that person is in custody, leading the agents to doubt their skills.

05.16.07 :: 223 "NO WAY OUT, PART II: THE EVILUTION OF FRANK" [NEW - SECOND SEASON FINALE] After Frank murders Gideon's girlfriend, Gideon takes off on his own to track him and becomes a suspect in the murder. The team must profile both men to find them.

05.09.07 :: 222 "LEGACY" [NEW] The team travels to Kansas City to investigate a report of missing homeless people.

05.02.07 :: 221 "OPEN SEASON" [NEW] The team investigate the discovery of bodies in the Idaho wilderness and they theorize that a group of killers is hunting humans for sport.

04.11.07 :: 220 "HONOR AMONG THIEVES" [NEW] Agent Prentiss' mother, Ambassador Elizabeth Prentiss (Kate Jackson), asks the team to help locate a Russian immigrant who has been kidnapped and held for ransom.

03.21.07 :: 219 "ASHES AND DUST" [NEW] The team tries to stop a serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families and strikes when everyone is sleeping.

02.28.07 :: 218 "JONES" [NEW] Gideon tracks a serial killer in New Orleans who slashes his victims' throats, then disembowels them. The murderer was thought to have perished in Hurricane Katrina until a fourth victim turned up in the French Quarter.

02.21.07 :: 217 "DISTRESS" [NEW] The agents travel to Houston where a killer snaps his victims' necks, but the seemingly random pattern of choosing who dies baffles the team. Because the murders occurred near construction sites and abandoned buildings, the agents believe the killer is a homeless person.

02.14.07 :: 216 "FEAR AND LOATHING" [NEW] The agents travel to a mostly white New York suburb where four murders are believed to be hate crimes since three of the victims, young black women, had swastikas painted on their faces. The agents need to work fast to prevent another killing and the possibility of a race riot among the town's tense residents.

02.07.07 :: 215 "REVELATIONS (PART 2)" [NEW] The team's urgency to find the killer increases when they realize he's holding Reid captive and they see a live feed of a bound and drugged Reid, who flashes back to his own troubled childhood while drifting in and out of consciousness.

02.04.07 :: 214 "THE BIG GAME (PART 1)" [NEW] The team pursues what is believed to be a team of killers that sets up computer webcams to record murders and then posts them on the Internet.

01.17.07 :: 213 "NO WAY OUT" [NEW] In a diner in Nevada, surrounded by local police, Gideon sits with a notorious serial killer (Keith Carradine) and tries to get him to divulge where he's keeping a woman hostage. Adding to the drama is the killer's vow to walk out of the diner a free man.

12.13.06 :: 212 "PROFILER, PROFILED" [NEW] When Morgan goes home to see his family in Chicago, he's arrested as a serial killer by a detective who used a profile that Gideon had sent to him after reviewing the case. The team flies to Chicago to find the real murderer and exonerate Morgan.

11.29.06 :: 211 "SEX, BIRTH, DEATH" [NEW] The team travel to Washington, D.C., where a serial killer is targeting prostitutes, and they suspect that a teen who approached Reid to ask his opinion about serial murders is the killer.

11.22.06 :: 210 "LESSONS LEARNED" [NEW] Gideon interrogates a detained terror suspect at Gitmo after a raid on a suspicious home uncovers a device designed to disperse chemical weapons and clues that indicate an attack is imminent and that lead to the detainee. Also, new agent Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), who's fluent in Arabic, joins Reid in studying the terrorist while Gideon talks to him.

11.15.06 :: 209 "THE LAST WORD" [NEW] The team searches for two serial killers who are terrorizing the same town. They're polar opposites in method and personality, and seem to be in competition with each other. Meanwhile, a new profiler arrives to join the team, but neither Hotch nor Gideon know anything about her.

11.08.06 :: 208 "EMPTY PLANET" [NEW] The team travels to Seattle, where a serial bomber is targeting centers of automated technology, and Reid discovers that the perpetrator is obsessed with a futuristic novel in which humans are taken over by robots.

11.01.06 :: 207 "NORTH MAMMON" [NEW] A man abducts three college women and locks them in a room, telling them that only two of them will live and they must choose who dies. The team takes the case when J.J., who grew up in the victims' hometown, is approached by one of the mothers.

10.25.06 :: 206 "THE BOOGEYMAN" [NEW] A small community in Texas is terrorized by a killer who takes children into the woods and murders them. Meanwhile, a worried Hotch searches for Elle after she misses a mandatory psych evaluation and doesn't answer her cell phone.

10.18.06 :: 205 "AFTERMATH" [NEW] The team profiles a serial rapist who attacked young women at religious schools before taking a six-week break and resuming his crimes, but targeting a different demographic.

10.11.06 :: 204 "PSYCHODRAMA" [NEW] The agents travel to Los Angeles when a bank robber's MO changes to include displays of rage along with telling his hostages to strip and engage in sexual acts in front of the others.

10.04.06 :: 203 "THE PERFECT STORM" [NEW] The teams search for what they believe are two killer cohorts who torture and murder young women and then send DVD recordings of their crimes to the victims' mothers.

09.27.06 :: 202 "P911" [NEW] A former profiler working undercover in the bureau's child-pornography unit brings in the team to find a captive child who's being sold in an online auction

09.20.06 :: 201 "THE FISHER KING (PART 2)" [NEW - SECOND SEASON PREMIERE] The team continues its search for a kidnapped girl and her enigmatic abductor, who has left clues for the agents. Tired of following the kidnapper's lead, Gideon has the team proceed as they would on any other case.

05.10.06 :: 122 "THE FISHER KING (PART 1)" [NEW - FIRST SEASON FINALE] A kidnapper brings the vacationing team members together by playing a frustrating game, giving them cryptic clues to lead them to a young woman being held captive. The kidnapper has also hacked into the team's personal files, posing a threat to Hotch's wife and child, who have to be relocated until the case is solved.

05.03.06 :: 121 "SECRETS AND LIES" [NEW] Gideon's team investigates a CIA counter-terrorism unit to identify a traitor who had a fellow agent murdered and who is trying to find and kill the unit's informant, a Saudi woman with two children who are in hiding.

04.19.06 :: 120 "CHARM AND HARM" [NEW] The team travels to Florida to search for a serial killer whose identity is known, but who is eluding the local authorities while holding a woman captive. The team investigates his past, hoping to find clues that will reveal where the man is going.

04.12.06 :: 119 "MACHISMO" [NEW] The team travels to a tourist town in Mexico where a woman was murdered. The local authorities there want the profilers to confirm that this is an isolated murder and not the work of a serial killer as the press is suggesting, thereby threatening the town's livelihood. Unfortunately, all the evidence points to a serial killer.

03.29.06 :: 118 "SOMEBODY'S WATCHING" [NEW] While conducting a training seminar for the LAPD, Reid and Gideon become involved in a celebrity murder case and call the rest of the team out to California. As the case develops, they find it necessary to protect an actress who seems to develop an attraction to Reid, and the feeling is mutual.

03.22.06 :: 117 "A REAL RAIN" [NEW] In New York City, the team tracks a serial killer who seems to choose victims indiscriminately, and as Morgan points out, "with no discernible victim pattern, a killer is practically impossible to stop."

03.08.06 :: 116 "THE TRIBE" [NEW] A group of college students in New Mexico is tortured and murdered, and the team suspects a group of killers with a knowledge of Native American rituals. The investigation is helped by a man respected among the local Apache Indians.

03.01.06 :: 115 "UNFINISHED BUSINESS" [NEW] A retired BAU profiler works with the team when a serial killer who eluded him years ago -- and has become his obsession -- may have resurfaced and started to kill again. The former profiler's lack of personal life has Elle reflecting on her own life and her lack of fulfillment outside of the job.

01.25.06 :: 114 "RIDING THE LIGHTNING" [NEW] Gideon and Hotch interview a couple on death row for serial-murder convictions hours before their executions to see if there are undiscovered bodies, and Gideon suspects the woman may be innocent.

01.18.06 :: 113 "POISON" [NEW] The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned with LSD that's 10 times more potent than the street dose, which has led to one fatality.

01.11.06 :: 112 "WHAT FRESH HELL?" [NEW] The team members search for an 11-year-old girl who was abducted in a park, but they were notified 20 hours after the crime, and their chances of finding the girl alive are greatly diminished.

12.14.05 :: 111 "BLOOD HUNGRY" [NEW] The team -- minus Gideon, who's stuck at the office on crutches -- travels to Tennessee to find a psychotic killer who eviscerates his victims and takes their organs, supposedly to eat them.

11.30.05 :: 110 "THE POPULAR KIDS" [NEW] The team goes to a small town where a teen was murdered. A skeleton found at the crime scene suggests the death could be connected to a satanic ritual. It is also discovered that the victim was with a girl who is now missing and is possibly being held by the group responsible for the murder.

11.23.05 :: 109 "DERAILED" [NEW] Elle is among a group of hostages being held on a train by a psychotic man who believes the government is monitoring him, and he demands to talk to the "higher authority."

11.16.05 :: 108 "NATURAL BORN KILLER" [NEW] The team works with a Baltimore FBI unit to find a killer described as a "pure psychopath" who tortures and mutilates his victims, when it's believed that he's holding an undercover agent captive.

11.09.05 :: 107 "THE FOX" [NEW] A killer targets families with two children who are about to go on vacation, and holds them hostage for days before killing each family member. The case hits home for Hotch, as he has just become a father.

11.02.05 :: 106 "L.D.S.K." [NEW] The team searches for a sniper -- or L.D.S.K. (Long Distance Serial Killer) in FBI speak -- who has shot six people, but only in the stomach. But the task is daunting, in that there is no known profile for this type of criminal, since they are rare.

10.19.05 :: 105 "BROKEN MIRROR" [NEW] The team profiles a kidnapper who abducts a teen and demands $500,000 for her return. But what's most intriguing is his fixation on the girl's twin sister: She is the only person he wants to talk to and he demands that she make the drop-off.

10.12.05 :: 104 "PLAIN SIGHT" [NEW] The team heads to San Diego after six rape-murders occur over a three-week period, crimes perpetrated by a killer who glues his victims' eyes open.

10.05.05 :: 103 "WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN" [NEW] The team searches for a copycat serial bomber whose MO is identical to that of Adrian Bale (Tim Kelleher), the bomber responsible for killing six of Gideon's agents, and Gideon confronts Bale in prison to see if he's linked to the crimes.

09.28.05 :: 102 "COMPULSION" [NEW] The team searches for a serial arsonist who's terrorizing a college campus, but hits a wall in their investigation when the behavior doesn't fit their standard profile of an arsonist.

09.22.05 :: 101 "EXTREME AGGRESSOR" [NEW - SERIES PREMIERE] The team profiles a serial killer who has abducted a woman who may still be alive. Meanwhile, Agent Aaron Hotchner is asked to evaluate Agent Gideon, who suffered a breakdown after his actions in an investigation led to the deaths of several agents.

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