Season 1

Criminal Minds

Season 1

Sep 22, 2005 22 episodes

Episodes

Extreme Aggressor

Episode 1

Extreme Aggressor

7.5
Sep 22, 2005 40 min

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

7.7
Sep 28, 2005 43 min

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

7.6
Oct 05, 2005 41 min

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

Plain Sight

Episode 4

Plain Sight

7.7
Oct 12, 2005 40 min

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

7.7
Oct 19, 2005 42 min

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.

8.4
Nov 02, 2005 40 min

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

8.1
Nov 09, 2005 42 min

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

7.7
Nov 16, 2005 42 min

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

Episode 9

Derailed

7.9
Nov 23, 2005 41 min

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

7.8
Nov 30, 2005 41 min

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

7.6
Dec 14, 2005 43 min

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?

7.7
Jan 11, 2006 43 min

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

7.5
Jan 18, 2006 40 min

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

7.8
Jan 25, 2006 43 min

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

8.1
Mar 01, 2006 41 min

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

8.0
Mar 08, 2006 43 min

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

7.6
Mar 22, 2006 42 min

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

7.6
Mar 29, 2006 42 min

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

Machismo

Episode 19

Machismo

7.5
Apr 12, 2006 41 min

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

7.8
Apr 19, 2006 41 min

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

Secrets and Lies

Episode 21

Secrets and Lies

7.6
May 03, 2006 42 min

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)

8.1
May 10, 2006 41 min

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