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Criminal Minds

2005 • ABC Studios
4.8
545 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (22)

1 Extreme Aggressor (Season Premiere)
9/22/05
When a fourth woman goes missing in Seattle in four months, the team is brought in to profile and find her captor before he strikes again. Gideon, who has taken a six-month leave of absence since leading a case in Boston that ended in disaster, is asked back to help crack the case. While the team works to hunt down the serial killer, Hotch is asked to discreetly evaluate whether or not Gideon is really ready to return to full-time duty. 2011 Abc Studios
2 Compulsion
9/28/05
The team investigates a series of fires set on a college campus. Since most of the evidence from the fires has been burned beyond recognition, Gideon and his team must rely on psychological analysis to identify the firestarter. Using their knowledge of serial arsonists, they set up a general profile. When the fires start, claiming the lives of several victims, the search heats up, forcing them to look beyond the textbook profile to catch the killer. 2011 Abc Studios
3 Won't Get Fooled Again
10/5/05
The Behavioral Analysis Unit is on the trail of a serial bomber who turns out to be a copycat of Adrian Bale, the bomber responsible for murdering Gideon's previous team of profilers in Boston several years prior. Gideon must confront his old nemesis face-to-face in order to get important information that could help them catch Bale's protégé. 2011 Abc Studios
4 Plain Sight
10/12/05
The Behavioral Analysis Unit travels to San Diego to profile a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day. The suspect attacks in the light of day, yet blends so seamlessly into the neighbourhoods he targets that local authorities have been unable to catch him. The BAU team creates a profile to aid in the investigation, then heads out into the field to catch the killer before he strikes again. 2011 Abc Studios
5 Broken Mirror
10/19/05
The BAU is called in when the daughter of a U.S. district attorney is kidnapped. The team quickly determines that the kidnapper isn't after money, he's after the victim's twin sister. Now, they must determine how to save the original victim without putting her twin in danger, which becomes even more complicated when it becomes obvious that the kidnapper is somehow always a step ahead of them. 2011 Abc Studios
6 L.D.S.K.
11/2/05
The FBI profilers must track down a sniper who is preying on victims in the middle of the day. As the attacks begin to escalate, Hotchner and his team work with local law enforcement to recreate one of the shootings in an effort to stop the violence. However, a shocking turn of events leads the team to change their profile entirely. 2011 Abc Studios
7 The Fox
11/9/05
The Behavioral Analysis Unit pieces together the profile of a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations. When another family is victimised, Hotchner and his team must act quickly to crack the case. 2011 Abc Studios
8 Derailed
11/23/05
When a paranoid schizophrenic passenger has a delusional episode on board a train, Hotchner and Gideon must play into his fantasy in order to save the people he has taken hostage. To that end, they send in Dr. Reid who tries to convince the man that he agrees with his skewed view of the world in order to get Elle and the other passengers safely off the train. 2011 Abc Studios
9 Natural Born Killer
11/16/05
Since a missing undercover cop was involved in a mob investigation, the police suspect the mob is to blame for his disappearance. However, Hotchner and his team believe a serial killer could be the culprit. Their investigation leads to surprising developments in several unsolved missing persons cases. 2011 Abc Studios
10 The Popular Kids
11/30/05
Based on the crime scene evidence, the FBI profilers begin to believe that it's possible that someone other than a cult member may be responsible for the teenagers' deaths. The whole town turns out to help with the investigation, not knowing that the profilers suspect the killer may be one of their own. 2011 Abc Studios
11 Blood Hungry
12/14/05
Gideon and Hotchner attempt to identify a killer whose delusional fantasies lead him to commit murder. The murders are disorganized and erratic, making it hard for the team to put together a pattern of intent. However, when Gideon uncovers similar evidence at more than one of the crime scenes, it gives the profilers the key element they need to help them understand the psyche of the killer. 2011 Abc Studios
12 What Fresh Hell
1/11/06
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a neighbourhood playground, the FBI profilers initially think that her father is responsible for her disappearance. However, when the girl's dad turns up later with a credible alibi, the team must turn their attention to the seemingly safe neighbourhood in which the child lives to find clues as to who might be responsible for her kidnapping. 2011 Abc Studios
13 Poison
1/18/06
The FBI profilers investigate a mass poisoning in a small town. After determining that the suspect used LSD and "roofies" to poison the town residents, the team must next identify what type of poisoner they are dealing with in order to ascertain his motive. As they piece together a profile, they become certain that the poisoner intends to strike again and set out to stop him before he can claim any more victims. 2011 Abc Studios
14 Riding the Lightning
1/25/06
Gideon, Hotchner and their team interview a husband-and-wife pair of serial killers awaiting execution on death row. As the interviews progress, Gideon begins to suspect that the wife may be innocent of the crimes committed. Racing against the clock, the team sets out to prove she was one of her husband's victims, rather than his partner in crime, before it is too late. 2011 Abc Studios
15 Unfinished Business
3/1/06
A serial killer resurfaces after 20 years of silence and contacts the Behavioral Analysis Unit with the promise that he will kill another victim in the next five days. As the team springs into action, Gideon enlists the help of a former colleague who worked on the original case. 2011 Abc Studios
16 The Tribe
3/8/06
Gideon, Hotchner and their team believe that a group of killers, who are part of a dangerous cult, may be responsible for student deaths. They interview the residents of a nearby Indian reservation, as well as citizens of the surrounding community, in an attempt to track down the killers. Meanwhile, Hotchner's handsome younger brother pays him a surprise visit at the Behavioral Analysis Unit headquarters. 2011 Abc Studios
17 A Real Rain
3/22/06
At first, the murders taking place in Manhattan seem random, but then the NYPD begins to fear that the serial killer is copying the infamous "Son of Sam". When the Behavioral Analysis Unit is brought in to help with the case, they discover a link between the victims that leads them to a vigilante taking revenge on criminals let go by the justice system. 2011 Abc Studios
18 Somebody's Watching
3/29/06
When people surrounding a successful television actress start dying, Gideon and Dr. Reid call in the rest of the Behavioral Analysis Unit to assist with the case. As the team tracks down a stalker turned serial killer, Dr. Reid finds himself in danger as he grows closer to the actress in jeopardy. 2011 Abc Studios
19 Machismo
4/12/06
Gideon, Hotchner and their team head to Mexico to aid in the investigation of a serial killer who preys on the elderly. The BAU initially face resistance from local law enforcement officials, whose investigative techniques differ greatly from those used by the team in domestic cases. However, when another person is murdered, the two factions join forces in order to track down the killer before he strikes again. Meanwhile, Hotchner is torn between life at home with his wife and newborn child and his responsibilities at work. 2011 Abc Studios
20 Charm and Harm
4/19/06
A quick-change artist on a killing spree takes Gideon, Hotchner and their team on a wild chase throughout the south. The killer changes his appearance like a chameleon in order to elude authorities and continue his killing spree. It is up to the Behavioral Analysis Unit to look beyond his multiple appearances and profile the man underneath in order to locate him before he takes his next victim. 2011 Abc Studios
21 Secrets and Lies
5/3/06
The CIA takes over the FBI field office when Gideon and the team are called in to profile a CIA mole. The mole is leaking classified information from within the CIA, putting the lives of several operatives at risk. During the team's investigation, the CIA takes over the Behavioral Analysis Unit offices and computers in order to prevent any further security leaks. Working under these extreme circumstances, Gideon, Hotchner and the rest of the team must work swiftly to expose the mole before more lives are put in danger. 2011 Abc Studios
22 The Fisher King(Part 1 of 2 Season Finale)
5/10/06
Gideon, Hotchner and their team become pawns in the fantasy game of a psychopathic killer who challenges them to unravel a series of clues and riddles in order to save his next victim. After each receives mysterious items while on their respective vacations, Gideon, Hotchner and the rest of the team reconvene at the BAU offices in order to put all of the interlocking clues and messages together in the hopes of solving the case. 2011 Abc Studios

About this show

Jason Gideon works with an elite team of FBI profilers, the Behavioural Analysis Unit, in this police drama that focuses on the criminal rather than the crime. Still recovering from a nervous breakdown inspired by a previous case, Gideon gets help from an eclectic group of team members who employ psychological and behavioural profiling to get inside the country's most twisted criminal minds.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
545 reviews
Raylou88 Patmore
July 17, 2020
Love criminal minds brilliant but what's pissed me off is that I paid 1.99 for each episode as I thought 22.99 was just a bit much (save a few pennies) just for the whole season to go down to 3.09 now are you taking the piss or what!!!!!!
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Chelsea Cooper
August 10, 2014
One of the best shows there is! Continuously keeps me pulled in and intrigued. I love how they keep just enough suspense com bi lined with just enough clues to keep you reeled in.
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Daisy Ashe
December 4, 2014
I absolutely love this program, I have watched it from the start and think it's brilliant, great story lines each character has a deep back story, I do admit that though the seasons some episodes to get a bit samie (usually the missing child ones). But I would defiantly recommend this to anyone
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