Criminal Minds

Season 1

22 episodes 18 seasons

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Criminal Minds Season 1 released on September 22, 2005.

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S01E01 Aired September 22, 2005

Extreme Aggressor

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.

S01E02 Aired September 28, 2005

Compulsion

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

S01E03 Aired October 05, 2005

Won't Get Fooled Again

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

S01E04 Aired October 12, 2005

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.

S01E05 Aired October 19, 2005

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.

S01E06 Aired November 02, 2005

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.

S01E07 Aired November 09, 2005

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.

S01E08 Aired November 16, 2005

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.

S01E09 Aired November 23, 2005

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.

S01E10 Aired November 30, 2005

The Popular Kids

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

S01E11 Aired December 14, 2005

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.

S01E12 Aired January 11, 2006

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.

S01E13 Aired January 18, 2006

Poison

The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned (one fatally) with LSD ten times more potent than the street version.

S01E14 Aired January 25, 2006

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.

S01E15 Aired March 01, 2006

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.

S01E16 Aired March 08, 2006

The Tribe

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

S01E17 Aired March 22, 2006

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.

S01E18 Aired March 29, 2006

Somebody's Watching

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

S01E19 Aired April 12, 2006

Machismo

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

S01E20 Aired April 19, 2006

Charm and Harm

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

S01E21 Aired May 03, 2006

Secrets and Lies

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

S01E22 Aired May 10, 2006

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.