26 episodesFirst aired 23 September 2008
E1Sept 200840m
When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing.
E2Oct 200841m
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.
E3Oct 200842m
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.
E4Oct 200840m
The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car accidents.
E5Oct 200840m
The BAU investigates a series of murders that appear to be connected to a killer who jumps trains and chooses his victims based on their proximity to the railway.
E6Nov 200842m
While investigating the abduction of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid starts to have dreams that might help reveal buried memories from his childhood.
E7Nov 200840m
As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.
E8Nov 200839m
When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the team must locate his latest victims before it is too late.
E9Nov 200841m
Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a serial killer who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.
E10Dec 200839m
The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case that hits close to home for Morgan, a former cop.
E11Dec 200840m
The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.
E12Jan 200941m
The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice
E13Jan 200942m
The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young girls.
E14Feb 200942m
The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms his victims.
E15Feb 200942m
The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.
E16Feb 200941m
The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure and kill high-powered executives.
E17Mar 200942m
Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.
E18Mar 200942m
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.
E19Mar 200939m
The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.
E20Apr 200941m
The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer who is targeting co-eds on vacation.
E21Apr 200941m
When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.
E22Apr 200942m
When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.
E23May 200941m
An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.
E24May 200941m
When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.
E25May 200941m
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.
E26May 200942m
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.