Criminal Minds - Season 1 Episode Guides (2005)

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.

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The Tribe

Season 1, Episode 16 - Air Date: 3/8/2006

The BAU team believes a dangerous cult may be responsible for the mass murders of five college students in an empty house.

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Unfinished Business

Season 1, Episode 15 - Air Date: 3/1/2006

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.

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Riding The Lightning

Season 1, Episode 14 - Air Date: 1/25/2006

After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent.

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Poison

Season 1, Episode 13 - Air Date: 1/18/2006

The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned (one fatally) with LSD ten times more potent than the street version.

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What Fresh Hell?

Season 1, Episode 12 - Air Date: 1/11/2006

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.

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Blood Hungry

Season 1, Episode 11 - Air Date: 12/14/2005

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.

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The Popular Kids

Season 1, Episode 10 - Air Date: 11/30/2005

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

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Derailed

Season 1, Episode 9 - Air Date: 11/23/2005

Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train by a paranoid schizophrenic who's convinced that the U.

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Natural Born Killer

Season 1, Episode 8 - Air Date: 11/16/2005

When an undercover cop goes missing, the BAU team believes a serial killer has something to do with his disappearance.

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The Fox

Season 1, Episode 7 - Air Date: 11/9/2005

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.

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L.D.S.K.

Season 1, Episode 6 - Air Date: 11/2/2005

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.

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Broken Mirror

Season 1, Episode 5 - Air Date: 10/19/2005

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.

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