Criminal Minds Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Criminal Minds: Season 5 (2009)

• Season 5 Episode 9: 100

  The team races to help Hotchner find the Reaper and save his family.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Outfoxed

  After several families are murdered, the team must seek advice from one of the most-horrific killers it has encountered.

• Season 5 Episode 7: The Performer

  The team investigates when a trail of murders seems to align with a rock star's tour schedule.

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Eyes Have It

  The team tracks a serial killer who keeps his victims' eyes as souvenirs.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Cradle to Grave

  The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women, has them give birth and murders them.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Hopeless

  The BAU goes on a manhunt for a group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Reckoner

  The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional lives.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Haunted

  The team searches for a disturbed man after he kills several people at a pharmacy, hoping to learn what set him off before he harms anyone else.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Nameless, Faceless

  The team profiles a killer targeting an emergency room doctor; Hotch goes missing.

Criminal Minds: Season 4 (2008 - 2009)

• Season 4 Episode 26: ... And Back

  Conclusion. Horrific discoveries await the team as they pursue the serial killer snatching drug addicts, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets. The case proves to be one of the BAU's most disturbing cases, and for at least one member of the team, the pain is set to continue. Crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson, with Sharif Atkins

• Season 4 Episode 25: To Hell ...

  Part one of two. The trail of a serial killer targeting drug addicts, prostitutes and the homeless in Detroit leads the team into Canada - where they have to investigate the case under the jurisdiction of the local police force. Crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson, with Sharif Atkins

• Season 4 Episode 24: Amplification

  A new strain of anthrax is released into the open air and the team must identify the person responsible before members of the public start to die. However, the investigation becomes personal when one of the agents is among the casualties and the others must decide how far they are willing to go to help a friend

• Season 4 Episode 23: Roadkill

  A serial killer uses his car as a murder weapon, causing the BAU team to consider why a murderer would rely on such an impersonal modus operandi. Meanwhile, Kevin applies for a job with Nasa, leaving Garcia unhappy at the thought of his departure. Crime drama, starring Kirsten Vangsness

  Next on: Monday 7th December 9:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 22: The Big Wheel

  A serial killer sends the team video footage of his latest murder in which he has hidden a plea for help in stopping his crimes. American crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore and Joe Mantegna, with Alex O'Loughlin

  Next on: Friday 4th December 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 21: A Shade of Gray

  The agents believe a copycat killer is on the loose in New Jersey when evidence suggests the latest in a series of child abductions and murders is not the work of the suspect police have already apprehended. John Billingsley guest stars alongside Thomas Gibson and AJ Cook

  Next on: Today at 9:00pm EST - KTVT (CBS)
• Season 4 Episode 20: Conflicted

  The team travels to Texas when a serial killer starts targeting students on spring break, revealing the perpetrator's traumatic history of childhood abuse. Crime drama, starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore

  Next on: Wednesday 2nd December 10:02pm EST - KTVT (CBS)
• Season 4 Episode 19: House on Fire

  A serial arsonist targets community meetings for acts of mass murder in small town Indiana, putting the team under tremendous pressure to catch him before he strikes again and claims many more lives. American crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson and Kirsten Vangsness

  Next on: Friday 4th December 9:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 18: Omnivore

  A serial killer from one of Hotchner's earliest cases resurfaces after laying dormant for 10 years, sending the BAU to Boston on the trail of one of New England's most notorious murderers. Crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson

  Next on: Wednesday 2nd December 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 17: Demonology

  A series of people die while undergoing exorcism to rid them of apparently evil spirits. The team travels to Washington to investigate, but the agents run into difficulty when they discover the Vatican has sanctioned the process, and Emily begins to feel a personal involvement in the case

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 16: Pleasure Is My Business

  The unit is called in when a female serial killer poses as a high-class call-girl to prey on powerful business executives in Dallas, Texas. American crime drama, starring Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler and Joe Mantegna

• Season 4 Episode 15: Zoe's Reprise

  The team is called to Cleveland when a serial killer copies the methods of famous murderers of the past and Rossi feels a responsibility towards the latest victim, a criminology student he had unwittingly encouraged to place herself in danger. Joe Mantegna stars, with Amy Davidson

• Season 4 Episode 14: Cold Comfort

  The mother of an abducted child helps the team as agents try to capture a serial killer who embalms the victims of his murderous spree in the city of Seattle. Cybill Shepherd, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Nicholas Brendon guest star

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 9:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 13: Bloodline

  A couple are murdered and their daughter is kidnapped by a family working as a team in rural Alabama. When it emerges the girl has epilepsy, the team's race to find her intensifies, but the condition means the criminals lose interest in keeping her and prepare to dispose of the child

  Next on: Monday 30th November 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 12: Soul Mates

  The team suspects a serial rapist and murderer they have arrested has an accomplice, and tries to break the man's trust in the relationship in a bid to prevent his partner killing again. American crime drama, with guest stars Michael Boatman and Dana Davis

  Next on: Monday 30th November 9:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 4 Episode 11: Normal

  The team is called in to stop a serial killer the media have dubbed the Road Warrior, who targets blonde women motorists, apparently at random, shooting them as they drive along the freeways of Orange County, California. However, the only descriptions of the perpetrator describe him as 'looking normal'

• Season 4 Episode 10: Brothers in Arms

  A serial killer targets officers on the police force in Phoenix, Arizona, and as a former officer, Morgan takes the crimes personally. Drama following the work of FBI agents who use psychological profiling to find their suspects

• Season 4 Episode 9: 52 Pickup

  Prentiss and Todd travel to Atlanta, Georgia, where they go undercover to profile a serial killer. The murderer uses his prowess as a pick-up artist to lure female victims, whom he disembowels and keeps alive for a few hours before killing. Drama, starring Paget Brewster and Meta Golding

• Season 4 Episode 8: Masterpiece

  A man approaches Rossi and confesses to killing seven people, promising other deaths will follow. When Garcia receives video footage of a family wearing gas masks and being tortured with acid, the team races to locate the murderer's latest victims. FBI drama, guest starring former Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, with Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna and Matthew Gray Gubler

• Season 4 Episode 7: Memoriam

  Reid continues to have nightmares connected to the case of a young boy murdered in Las Vegas, prompting him to track down his father, who abandoned him and his mother, to confront him about a memory from childhood. Meanwhile, JJ goes into labour three weeks before her due date. Matthew Gray Gubler and AJ Cook star

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Instincts

  When the agents are assigned to the case of a boy abducted in Las Vegas, Reid finds himself reliving forgotten aspects of his childhood in dreams. Drama following the work of FBI agents who use psychological profiling to find their suspects, starring Matthew Gray Gubler

• Season 4 Episode 5: Catching Out

  The team is called after a series of murders in Modesto, California, which seem to be linked to a killer known to jump trains and choose his victims based on their proximity to railway lines. FBI drama, starring Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna

• Season 4 Episode 4: Paradise

  The agents join a manhunt in Sherwood, Nevada, for a serial killer who stages car accidents to conceal the details of his murders. FBI drama, starring Kirsten Vangsness, AJ Cook and Paget Brewster

• Season 4 Episode 3: Minimal Loss

  Prentiss and Reid go undercover to collect information about alleged child abuse at the compound of a secret cult in La Plata County, Colorado. However, a federal raid on the fortress goes wrong and the two agents are taken hostage. Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster and Matthew Gray Gubler star

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Angel Maker

  When a murder spree in Lower Canaan, Ohio, is connected to a serial killer who was executed a year ago, the agents discover that a woman who loved him is continuing his work. Drama following the work of FBI agents who use psychological profiling to find their suspects

• Season 4 Episode 1: Mayhem

  The agents receive reports that a member of the BAU team may have been injured by a bomb that exploded in a vehicle in New York. While trying to determine the extent of the damage and apprehend those responsible, the team learns the incident was a diversion so that terrorists could carry out an assassination of a VIP at a nearby hospital. Drama, starring Kirsten Vangsness

Criminal Minds: Season 3 (2007 - 2008)

• Season 3 Episode 20: Lo-Fi

  When several unconnected people are shot at point-blank range in New York, the team is called to investigate whether it is the work of a serial killer or more than one murderer. Last in the series

• Season 3 Episode 19: Tabula Rasa

  A suspected serial killer wakes up from a four-year coma claiming not to remember who he is or anything about the crimes he is accused of committing. The team uses a technique known as brain fingerprinting to determine whether he is telling the truth. Crime drama, starring Joe Mantegna and AJ Cook

• Season 3 Episode 18: The Crossing

  The team members hunt for a dangerous stalker who followed his victim across the country. Meanwhile, Hotch and Rossi are called in as consultants on the case of a woman who murdered her husband, claiming he beat her. Crime drama, starring Tomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna

• Season 3 Episode 17: In Heat

  Rossi, Hotchner and their team go to Miami to catch a serial killer whose conflicted sexual identity fuels his crime spree; J.J. meets with a former colleague who ends up being more than a friend.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Elephant's Memory

  When a bomb goes off in a home in a small Texas town, and the officers called to the scene are killed by someone armed with a fully automatic weapon, the Behavioural Analysis Unit suspects the involvement of a troubled teenage boy and his girlfriend. FBI drama, starring Kirsten Vangsness and Thomas Gibson

• Season 3 Episode 15: A Higher Power

  Suspicions are aroused when an unusual number of suicides are reported in Pittsburgh, including that of a husband who supposedly electrocuted himself by sitting in the bath fully clothed clutching a space heater. Joe Mantegna, AJ Cook and Paget Brewster star

• Season 3 Episode 14: Damaged

  Rossi enlists the help of Prentiss, JJ and Morgan to look into a double murder case he has been unable to solve for 20 years, while Hotchner and Reid secure a pre-execution interview with a death-row inmate for research. Crime drama, starring Joe Mantegna and Shemar Moore

• Season 3 Episode 13: Limelight

  The purchaser of an auction-bought self-storage unit is shocked to discover its sinister contents, and the actions of a local official threaten to distract attention from the case as the team sets about trying to analyse the various items in the hope of identifying a killer

• Season 3 Episode 12: 3rd Life

  A Californian teenager is murdered and her best friend is abducted, leaving the profilers racing against time to identify the killer before the missing girl becomes his next victim. However, the deceased's body is so badly mutilated that the team struggles to identify which of the girls is still alive

• Season 3 Episode 11: Birthright

  A Virginia sheriff requests the unit's help in finding a serial killer who mutilates young women in a manner that suggests he is imitating a series of crimes committed more than 20 years earlier. Evidence shows he keeps his victims alive for days after kidnapping them, meaning two friends could yet be saved

• Season 3 Episode 10: True Night

  The profilers team up with the LA authorities to investigate a series of gang-related killings, and uncover a surprising connection with a famous comic-book artist apparently going through a breakdown. Meanwhile, Garcia tries to settle back into work for the first time since her attack

  Next on: Tuesday 8th December 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 9: Penelope

  Part two of two. With Garcia fighting for life, her colleagues hunt for the man who shot her - but their examination of the agent's computer files prompts an Internal Affairs investigation. Meanwhile, Morgan struggles to reconcile the violence against his friend with his reawakened religious faith

  Next on: Sunday 6th December 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 8: Lucky

  Part one of two. The agents pursue a serial killer who worships Satan and eats his victims, and their religious convictions are challenged by the assistance of a parish priest. Meanwhile, Garcia goes on a date with what seems like her dream man, but is worried that he might be too good to be true. Crime drama, with guest stars Jamie Kennedy, John Lafayette and Michael Beach

  Next on: Sunday 6th December 9:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 7: Identity

  The Behavioural Analysis Unit officers track a serial killer in Montana who tortures his victims, but as the case progresses it becomes apparent that he may not be working alone and they are embroiled in a case involving several different identities. Drama, starring Joe Mantegna

  Next on: Sunday 6th December 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 6: About Face

  The team travels to Dallas to search for a murderer who tauntingly displays mock 'missing' posters with pictures of his intended victims, and veteran expert David Rossi comes out of retirement to help solve the case. Joe Mantegna stars

  Next on: Saturday 5th December 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 5: Seven Seconds

  The agents fear a serial killer may have struck again when a six-year-old girl disappears in a mall. After observing the security cameras around the entrances, the team determine that the child is being held somewhere within the mall itself and race against time to locate her

  Next on: Saturday 5th December 9:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 4: Children of the Dark

  The agents are called to Denver to identify the killers of entire families after a series of home invasions, and the team comes to suspect those responsible may have been abused as children

  Next on: Saturday 5th December 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 3: Scared to Death

  The team travels to Portland to help in the search for a serial killer who appears to be targeting people new to the area with no strong social ties. The trail leads the agents to a psychiatrist preying on his patients' worst fears

  Next on: Saturday 5th December 7:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 2: In Birth and Death

  The team tries to find a serial killer who has been abducting women in public places, but the search is hampered when Prentiss resigns, Gideon goes missing and Hotch requests a transfer, leaving the Behavioural Analysis Unit seriously short-staffed

• Season 3 Episode 1: Doubt

  A serial killer targets women at a small college in Flagstaff, Arizona. However, when another woman dies while the suspect is in custody, the team begin to doubt themselves

Criminal Minds: Season 2 (2006 - 2007)

• Season 2 Episode 23: No Way Out, Part II: The Evilution of Frank

  When Gideon tries to find his nemesis without telling the Behavioral Analysis Unit, the team must profile him as a suspect to find them both.

  Next on: Friday 4th December 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 22: Legacy

  A number of homeless people start to disappear from the streets of Kansas City, prompting a local detective to call the BAU in an attempt to solve the mystery. Crime drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

  Next on: Friday 4th December 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 21: Open Season

  Bodies of missing people are discovered in a remote region of the Idaho wilderness - and BAU team's investigation leads to fears that someone may be hunting humans for sport. Paget Brewster, Thomas Gibson and Matthew Gray Gubler star

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 20: Honour Among Thieves

  Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss's mother, calls on the unit to help track down a kidnapped Russian immigrant being held for ransom. Kate Jackson guest stars

  Next on: Tomorrow at 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 19: Ashes and Dust

  When a group of family homes are attacked by an arsonist the BAU discover a connection between the targeted properties and a number of corporate companies accused of building on contaminated land. Drama following the work of FBI agents who use psychological profiling to find their suspects

  Next on: Tomorrow at 9:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 18: Jones

  Gideon's attempts to find a serial killer who appears to be imitating Jack the Ripper lead him to New Orleans. The murderer was once believed to have died during Hurricane Katrina, but the discovery of a fourth body in the French Quarter confirms he is still alive. Meanwhile, Reid encounters an old rival as he struggles to come to terms with his experience of being held hostage. Mandy Patinkin stars

  Next on: Tomorrow at 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 17: Distress

  The investigation into a series of deaths near construction sites and abandoned homes leads the team to suspect a homeless man of the crimes, while Reid's apparent behavioural changes are a cause for concern. Matthew Gray Gubler stars

  Next on: Today at 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 16: Fear and Loathing

  The agents are called to help prevent a race riot following the murder of four black women in a predominantly white New York neighbourhood. Drama, starring Thomas Gibson and Mandy Patinkin

  Next on: Today at 9:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 15: Revelations

  Part two of two. Reid is kidnapped and tortured by the serial killer, and the ordeal is witnessed by Hotchner, Gideon and the team when it is broadcast on the internet. His troubled childhood is also revealed in a series of flashbacks as he drifts in and out of consciousness

  Next on: Today at 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 2 Episode 14: The Big Game

  Part one of two. A wealthy couple are murdered in their home following a Super Bowl party just moments after a 911 call from someone in the house quoting bible passages is made. The team believes they may be facing either a serial killer or multiple offenders. Drama, starring Kirsten Vangsness and Meredith Monroe

  Next on: Thursday 3rd December 11:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 2 Episode 13: No Way Out - The Evilution of Frank

  Gideon interrogates a prolific serial killer in a Nevada restaurant which is surrounded by police. The detective attempts to uncover the whereabouts of a hostage held captive by the man but, despite his situation, the criminal remains adamant he'll walk away free due to a lack of forensic evidence. Last in the series

  Next on: Wednesday 2nd December 11:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 2 Episode 12: Profiler, Profiled

  Morgan is accused of being a serial killer and arrested following the use of a profile provided by Gideon. The team refuse to believe he is guilty and travel to Chicago in the hope of finding the real culprit and exonerating their colleague. Drama, starring Shemar Moore and Mandy Patinkin

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 11:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 2 Episode 11: Sex, Birth, Death

  The BAU suspect a teenager when a number of prostitutes are murdered on the streets of Washington, but the investigation becomes more complicated when a congresswoman threatens to take away the case prior to delivering her speech about lower crime rates

  Next on: Monday 30th November 11:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 2 Episode 10: Lessons Learned

  Gideon, Reid and Prentiss travel to Guantanamo Bay to interrogate the leader of a terrorist sleeper cell about the recent discovery of a chemical weapons dispersal device, while Prentiss's fluency in Arabic proves to be a vital factor during the investigation

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Last Word

  The daughter of high-powered diplomats has to prove her worth when she joins the team, and a trap is set in St Louis to catch two serial killers who appear to be competing with each other. Drama, starring Shemar Moore

• Season 2 Episode 8: Empty Planet

  The BAU team travels to Seattle while on the hunt for a serial bomber who has been targeting centres of automated technology throughout the city, and enlist the aid of a science fiction author whose novel is being used as a guide by the terrorist. Thomas Gibson and Mandy Patinkin star

• Season 2 Episode 7: North Mammon

  A distraught mother convinces JJ and the team to investigate when a man kidnaps three teenage girls, and tells his captives that he will let two of them go, but they must choose which one of them will be killed. AJ Cook and Mandy Patinkin star

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Boogeyman

  The BAU team travels to a small town in Texas to investigate the murder of several children. Meanwhile, Hotchner grows concerned about the effects of Elle's shooting when she misses a mandatory psychological evaluation and fails to answer her phone. Lola Glaudini and Thomas Gibson star

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Aftermath

  The BAU team investigate a serial rapist who had been attacking women at religious schools. The offender has resumed his assaults after a six-week break but has changed the type of women he is targeting. Drama, with Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

• Season 2 Episode 4: Psychodrama

  Gideon and the BAU team investigates a series of bank robberies made all the more unusual when it becomes apparent that the perpetrator is not interested in money and forces his victims to undress before he leaves the crime scene. Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson star

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Perfect Storm

  The BAU team suspects a pair of deviant murderers with complementary personalities are working in unison. Their theory gains weight when families of the killers' victims receive DVDs showing the torture of the deceased after each crime. Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore star

• Season 2 Episode 2: P911

  Gideon and the team investigate when a former profiler working undercover in the bureau's child pornography unit asks for their help in finding a captive youngster who is being sold in an online auction. Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson star

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Fisher King - Part Two

  Part two of two. The team continue to unravel the killer's clues in a bid to save his most recent victim, while Gideon attempts to avoid focusing on the personal aspects of the case. Reid stays behind to work on a potentially crucial connection and one of the agents fights for their life

Criminal Minds: Season 1 (2005 - 2006)

• Season 1 Episode 22: The Fisher King - Part One

  Part one of two. A serial killer disrupts the team's holiday plans by taunting them with clues that might help them save his next victim. In Jamaica, police find a decapitated body with a blood trail leading to Elle's door, while Hotch receives a sinister phone call forewarning of another death and JJ is sent a package containing a rare butterfly. Last in the series

• Season 1 Episode 21: Secrets and Lies

  The FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit joins forces with the CIA to help them as they face the tough challenge of rooting out a mole working inside their organisation. However, the traitor in their midst proves difficult to identify. Drama, starring Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

• Season 1 Episode 20: Charm and Harm

  The team faces the difficult task of tracking down a serial killer who is torturing and drowning women, and has altered his appearance to evade capture. To make the case even more complex, the murderer changes his pattern of behaviour and his actions become almost impossible to predict. Thomas Gibson and Mandy Patinkin star

• Season 1 Episode 19: Machismo

  The team visits Mexico to help capture a serial killer who is targeting old women, and comes to suspect the murderer is a cross-dresser posing as a woman to gain his victims' trust. Drama series, following the work of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit. Mandy Patinkin and Matthew Gray Gubler star

• Season 1 Episode 18: Somebody's Watching

  Reid finds himself in danger when the stalker of an actress he is dating turns into a murderer. The mystery assailant has already killed a producer who decided to drop her from his next project, along with her replacement. Drama, starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

• Season 1 Episode 17: A Real Rain

  The team travels to New York City to investigate a series of murders that appear to have been committed by a vigilante exacting revenge on released former criminals. Drama, starring Thomas Gibson, AJ Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Mandy Patinkin

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Tribe

  The mutilated bodies of a number of students are found in an unoccupied house in New Mexico. The Behavioural Analysis Unit suspects the involvement of a cult with knowledge of Native American rituals - a hypothesis seemingly confirmed when they discover the murder scene was the site of an old Apache burial ground. Drama, with Matthew Gray Gubler

• Season 1 Episode 15: Unfinished Business

  A serial killer reappears after 20 years of inactivity and contacts the Behavioural Analysis Unit through Gideon's retired mentor - and the chase to find him heats up when he threatens to strike again within the next five days. Drama, starring Mandy Patinkin

  Next on: Tuesday 8th December 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 14: Riding the Lightning

  The team race against time to save the life of a woman due to be executed in two days, in the belief she is innocent of the crime for which she was convicted. As the investigation uncovers new information, it seems her death would make her the final victim of a twisted game played by a serial killer very close to home. With Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

  Next on: Monday 7th December 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 13: Poison

  The team travel to New Jersey, where several people have been poisoned - one fatally - with a type of LSD ten times stronger than the common form. With all the victims suffering from amnesia, the detectives struggle to piece together the events of the previous day. Starring Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson

  Next on: Friday 4th December 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 12: What Fresh Hell?

  In a kidnapping case, a young girl is abducted from a playground in broad daylight. The team initially suspect the victim's father, but when he is able to provide an alibi, they go looking for clues in the seemingly safe neighbourhood in which she lives. Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson star

  Next on: Thursday 3rd December 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 11: Blood Hungry

  The team struggles to find a pattern in a series of erratic and seemingly motiveless murders in a small and usually peaceful town. However, when it is revealed that the killer has removed organs from the victims, the detectives come to believe that a cannibal may be on the loose. Mandy Patinkin stars

  Next on: Tuesday 1st December 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 10: The Popular Kids

  Two high-school students are murdered in a small town, leading Hotchner and the BAU team to suspect a local cult may be responsible for the crime. Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson star

  Next on: Today at 7:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 9: Derailed

  When a paranoid schizophrenic, convinced that the government is watching him, takes hostages on board a train, the team are startled to discover that Elle is among those being held. In a bid to secure the passengers' safety, Dr Reid has to play the troubled man at his own game. Drama, with Matthew Gray Gubler

• Season 1 Episode 8: Natural Born Killer

  An undercover policeman disappears and the authorities immediately presume it is the work of the Mob. However, they draw a blank and are forced to consider the possibility that the detective has been kidnapped by a serial killer. Mandy Patinkin stars

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Fox

  Members of a family are murdered in their own home in scenes reminiscent of an earlier case. Realising the killer is unlikely to stop at two households and has probably already found his next intended victims, the team tries frantically to solve the case. As Gideon and Morgan search for clues, Reid is intimidated by a burly suspect

• Season 1 Episode 6: LDSK

  The agents work with local law enforcement officers in Des Plaines, Illinois, to re-create a shooting, hoping it will help them identify a sniper who preys on victims during broad daylight. However, their progress is hindered by an alarming turn of events. Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson star

• Season 1 Episode 5: Broken Mirror

  Officers investigate the kidnapping of a district attorney's daughter, but the perpetrator insists the victim's twin sister be the one to deliver the $500,000 ransom demanded for her safe return. Morgan can't shake off a feeling that something is wrong and the agents foil a second snatch attempt when it becomes clear money isn't the motive. Drama, starring Shemar Moore

• Season 1 Episode 4: Plain Sight

  Gideon and the team visit San Diego, where they search for a man wanted for the rape and murder of six women in their own homes. Elle and Hotch visit the scene of another attempted attack, where they discover the assailant was wearing a ski mask. Drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Lola Glaudini and Thomas Gibson

• Season 1 Episode 3: Won't Get Fooled Again

  The team is called on to create a profile of the person responsible for detonating three bombs in separate attacks on a neighbourhood, leaving two people dead. Gideon is filled with dread by the discovery that the device is identical to one made by his adversary Adrian Bale, who caused seven deaths. Crime drama, starring Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore

  Next on: Tuesday 8th December 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 1 Episode 2: Compulsion

  The team attempt to uncover the identity of an arsonist responsible for an alarming number of attacks on a college campus, resulting in the deaths of a student and a professor. Gideon's life is put in danger when he comes face to face with a killer he has been trying to track down for years, but he uses his profiling experience to judge exactly what the culprit's next steps will be

  Next on: Tuesday 8th December 9:00pm EST - ION Television Plus
• Season 1 Episode 1: Extreme Aggressor

  Drama following the work of FBI agents who use psychological profiling to find their suspects. The group investigate when the fourth woman in as many months disappears in Seattle. Together with their analysis and knowledge of the crimes, they set their sights on a likely culprit - but it isn't long before they realise he has an accomplice. Guest starring DJ Qualls

  Next on: Monday 7th December 10:00pm EST - ION Television Plus