Criminal Minds season 1
Criminal Minds season 1: 22 listed episodes, with episode titles, original air dates and optional synopses.
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Season 1 · Episode 1
Extreme Aggressor
· 60 min
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CRIMINAL MINDS revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.
Season 1 · Episode 2
Compulsion
· 60 min
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The team investigates a series of fires set on a college campus.
Season 1 · Episode 3
Won't Get Fooled Again
· 60 min
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Gideon suspects that a serial bomber attacking a small town is actually a disciple of Adrian Bale, his greatest nemesis.
Season 1 · Episode 4
Plain Sight
· 60 min
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The Behavioral Analysis Unit travels to San Diego to profile a rapist and murderer who commits his crimes in the middle of the day.
Season 1 · Episode 5
Broken Mirror
· 60 min
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When the daughter of a U.S. District Attorney is kidnapped, the suspect attempts to take her twin sister as well.
Season 1 · Episode 6
L.D.S.K.
· 60 min
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The Behavioral Analysis Unit is called in to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight.
Season 1 · Episode 7
The Fox
· 60 min
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The FBI team attempts to catch a killer who preys on families while they are supposed to be away on vacation.
Season 1 · Episode 8
Natural Born Killer
· 60 min
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When an undercover cop is taken captive, the Behavioral Analysis Unit believes a serial killer is responsible.
Season 1 · Episode 9
Derailed
· 60 min
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Hotchner and Gideon must move quickly to save Elle and the other passengers taken hostage on a train by a delusional fellow passenger who threatens to kill them all.
Season 1 · Episode 10
The Popular Kids
· 60 min
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Hotchner and his team investigate whether or not two high school students murdered in a small town may have been victims of a cult killing.
Season 1 · Episode 11
Blood Hungry
· 60 min
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Hotchner and his team attempt to get inside the mind of a psychotic killer whose fantasies lead him to murder.
Season 1 · Episode 12
What Fresh Hell?
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team investigate the suspicious kidnapping of a young girl from a local park.
Season 1 · Episode 13
Poison
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team attempt to catch a suspect who has poisoned multiple residents of a small town.
Season 1 · Episode 14
Riding the Lightning
· 60 min
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The FBI profilers interview husband and wife serial killers two days before they are set to be executed.
Season 1 · Episode 15
Unfinished Business
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team reopen the unsolved case of a serial killer who has attacked someone for the first time in 20 years.
Season 1 · Episode 16
The Tribe
· 60 min
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The BAU team investigates the mass murder of five college students killed in a method similar to that used by a local Native American tribe in times of war long ago.
Season 1 · Episode 17
A Real Rain
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team investigate a series of killings that appear to be the work of a vigilante.
Season 1 · Episode 18
Somebody's Watching
· 60 min
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Dr. Reid falls for a Hollywood starlet at the center of a murder investigation.
Season 1 · Episode 19
Machismo
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team head to Mexico to aid in the investigation of a serial killer who preys on the elderly.
Season 1 · Episode 20
Charm and Harm
· 60 min
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Gideon, Hotchner and their team race to catch a serial killer on the run across the South.
Season 1 · Episode 21
Secrets and Lies
· 60 min
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The CIA takes over the FBI field office when Gideon and the team are called in to profile a CIA mole.
Season 1 · Episode 22
The Fisher King (1)
· 60 min
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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.
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