Another killing spree has been committed, driving the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit to embark on a quest to find a psycho who likes to put his victims in a delusional mind game in the episode entitled “Birthright,” which is expected to air on December 12.

Currently in its third season, Criminal Minds follows an elite team of FBI profilers who studies a criminal's behavior for clues that will help them anticipate the next move of the offender before he or she strikes again.  The team consists of Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), the daughter of high-powered diplomats who continues to prove her worth to Hotchner, obsessional crimes expert Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), the highly intellectual Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), the team's liaison Jennifer "J.J." Jareau (AJ Cook), and computer wizard Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), who all put their areas of expertise forward in attempt to catch the country's most twisted criminal minds.

Craving for more Criminal Minds? Read on for spoilers.

In the 11th episode of season 3, the new sheriff in Fredericksburg, Virginia, requests the BAU's assistance in the investigation of a series of mutilation murders that are strikingly alike to the cold cases that had occurred over two decades earlier.  The investigation leads the team to a serial killer who is fond of kidnapping couples.  He murders the husbands and holds the wives captive until they misbehave and then kills them.

But as the team digs deeper, they find out that the psycho killer is the son of a serial killer from 25 years ago who slaughtered people in the exact same way.  One of the original killer's victims escaped and had a son from her captor.  The team also discovers that he and his mother were rescued by the original killer's wife, who killed her husband so he couldn't hurt again.

Criminal Minds airs every Wednesday at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: CBS, Spoilierfix
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