Regular Cast
Mandy Patinkin as Gideon
Matthew Gubler as Reid
Thomas Gibson as Hotch
Shemar Moore as Morgan
Lola Glaudini as Elle

About The Show
From executive producer Mark Gordon ("The Day After Tomorrow") comes CRIMINAL MINDS, a thrill-a-minute drama about a group of "mind hunters," the elite squad of profilers in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, who meticulously piece together portraits of killers and other major offenders, leading to what they hope will be the arrest of a prime suspect. Emmy® winner Mandy Patinkin ("Chicago Hope") returns to CBS as the leader of a team of investigators as skilled as they are determined to get inside the criminal mind and get the criminals off the streets.

Season One

1. Sept 22, 2005: Extreme Aggressor
   After a fourth women 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. Sept 28, 2005: Compulsion
   The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
    
3. Oct 05, 2005: Won't Get Fooled Again
   The team searches for a copycat serial bomber whose MO is identical to that of Adrian Bale (Tim Kelleher), the bomber responsible for killing six of Gideon's agents, and Gideon confronts Bale in prison to see if he's linked to the crimes
    
4. Oct 12, 2005: Plain Sight
   The team heads to San Diego after six rape-murders occur over a three-week period, crimes perpetrated by a killer who glues his victims' eyes open. Brenda Samms:
    
5. 19 Oct 05 Broken Mirror
   The Behavioral Analysis Unit quickly determines that the kidnapper isn't after money -- he's after the victim's twin sister. Now, they must determine how to save the original victim without putting her twin in danger, which becomes even more complicated when it becomes obvious that the kidnapper is somehow always a step ahead of them.
    
6. 2 Nov 05 L.D.S.K.
   As the attacks begin to escalate, Hotchner and his team work with local law enforcement to recreate one of the shootings in an effort to stop the violence before it escalates any further. However, a shocking turn of events leads the team to change their profile entirely with surprising results.
    
7. 9 Nov 05 The Fox
   The Behavioral Analysis Unit pieces together a profile of a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations. When another family is victimized, Hotchner and his team must act quickly to take the necessary steps to crack the case.
    
8. 16 Nov 05 Natural Born Killer
   Since the undercover cop was involved in a mob investigation, the police suspect the mob is to blame for his disappearance. However, Hotchner and his team believe a serial killer, whose job is making mob hits, could be the culprit. Their investigation leads to surprising developments in several unsolved missing persons cases.
    
9. 23 Nov 05 Derailed
   When a paranoid schizophrenic passenger has a delusional episode on board a train, Hotchner and Gideon must play into his fantasy in order to save the people he has taken hostage. To that end, they send in Dr. Reid who tries to convince the man that he agrees with his skewed view of the world in order to get Elle and the other passengers safely off the train.
    
10. 30 Nov 05 The Popular Kids
    Based on the crime scene evidence, the FBI profilers begin to believe that it's possible that someone other than a cult member may be responsible for the teenagers' deaths. The whole town turns out to help with the investigation, not knowing that the profilers suspect the killer may be one of their own.
     
11. 14 Dec 05 Blood Hungry
    The murders are disorganized and erratic, making it hard for the team to put together a pattern of intent. However, when Gideon uncovers similar evidence at more than one of the crime scenes, it gives the profilers the key element they need to help them understand the psyche of the killer.
     
12. 11 Jan 06 What Fresh Hell?
    Gideon, Hotchner and their team investigate the suspicious kidnapping of a young girl from a local park.
    When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a neighborhood playground, the FBI profilers initially think that her father is responsible for her disappearance. However, when the girl's dad turns up later with a credible alibi, the team must turn their attention to the seemingly safe neighborhood in which the child lives to find clues as to who might be responsible for her kidnapping.
     
13. 18 Jan 06 Poison
    Gideon, Hotchner and their team attempt to catch a suspect who has poisoned multiple residents of a small town.
    After determining that the suspect used LSD and "ruphies" to poison the town residents, the team must next identify what type of poisoner they are dealing with, such as vengeful or prankster, in order to ascertain his motive. As they piece together a profile, they become certain that the poisoner intends to strike again and set out to stop him before he can claim any more victims.
     
14. 25 Jan 06 Riding the Lightning
    The FBI profilers interview husband and wife serial killers two days before they are set to be executed.
    As the interviews progress, Gideon begins to suspect that the wife may be innocent of the crimes committed. Racing against the clock, the team sets out to prove she was one of her husband's victims, rather than his partner in crime, before it is too late.
     
15. 1 Mar 06 Unfinished Business
     
16. 8 Mar 06 The Tribe