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Criminal Minds Season 1

Criminal Minds

Season 1

September 21, 2005 22 episodes

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Extreme Aggressor
E1
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E1. Extreme Aggressor

40m Sep 22, 2005

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
E2
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E2. Compulsion

43m Sep 28, 2005

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

Won't Get Fooled Again
E3
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E3. Won't Get Fooled Again

41m Oct 5, 2005

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

Plain Sight
E4
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E4. Plain Sight

40m Oct 12, 2005

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
E5
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E5. Broken Mirror

42m Oct 19, 2005

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.
E6
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E6. L.D.S.K.

40m Nov 2, 2005

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
E7
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E7. The Fox

42m Nov 9, 2005

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
E8
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E8. Natural Born Killer

42m Nov 16, 2005

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
E9
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E9. Derailed

41m Nov 23, 2005

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
E10
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E10. The Popular Kids

41m Nov 30, 2005

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

Blood Hungry
E11
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E11. Blood Hungry

43m Dec 14, 2005

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?
E12
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E12. What Fresh Hell?

43m Jan 11, 2006

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
E13
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E13. Poison

40m Jan 18, 2006

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
E14
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E14. Riding the Lightning

43m Jan 25, 2006

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
E15
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E15. Unfinished Business

41m Mar 1, 2006

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
E16
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E16. The Tribe

43m Mar 8, 2006

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
E17
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E17. A Real Rain

42m Mar 22, 2006

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
E18
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E18. Somebody's Watching

42m Mar 29, 2006

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

Machismo
E19
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E19. Machismo

41m Apr 12, 2006

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

Charm and Harm
E20
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E20. Charm and Harm

41m Apr 19, 2006

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

Secrets and Lies
E21
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E21. Secrets and Lies

42m May 3, 2006

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

The Fisher King (1)
E22
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E22. The Fisher King (1)

41m May 10, 2006

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

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