Episodes
1. Extreme Aggressor
Sep 22, 2005 40m 7.5After 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.
2. Compulsion
Sep 28, 2005 43m 7.6The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
3. Won't Get Fooled Again
Oct 5, 2005 41m 7.5Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
4. Plain Sight
Oct 12, 2005 40m 7.6The BAU team travels to San Diego to stop a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
5. Broken Mirror
Oct 19, 2005 42m 7.7The 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.
6. L.D.S.K.
Nov 2, 2005 40m 8.2The 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.
7. The Fox
Nov 9, 2005 42m 7.9The 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.
8. Natural Born Killer
Nov 16, 2005 42m 7.5When 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.
9. Derailed
Nov 23, 2005 41m 7.7Elle, 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.
10. The Popular Kids
Nov 30, 2005 41m 7.7The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
11. Blood Hungry
Dec 14, 2005 43m 7.4While 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.
12. What Fresh Hell?
Jan 11, 2006 43m 7.6When 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.
13. Poison
Jan 18, 2006 40m 7.4The 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.
14. Riding the Lightning
Jan 25, 2006 43m 7.8After 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.
15. Unfinished Business
Mar 1, 2006 41m 7.9A 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.
16. The Tribe
Mar 8, 2006 43m 7.6The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.
17. A Real Rain
Mar 22, 2006 42m 7.5The 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.
18. Somebody's Watching
Mar 29, 2006 42m 7.6Reid finds himself in danger when he falls for a starlet whose stalker has turned into a killer.
19. Machismo
Apr 12, 2006 41m 7.5The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
20. Charm and Harm
Apr 19, 2006 41m 7.8The BAU works to capture a serial killer who has evaded capture by altering his appearance.
21. Secrets and Lies
May 3, 2006 42m 7.5The BAU works with the CIA to identify a mole within that organization, whose leaks are putting operatives at risk.
22. The Fisher King (1)
May 10, 2006 41m 8.0While on their vacations, each of the team receives a clue from a psychopathic killer challenging them to save his next victim.