
An elite squad of FBI profilers analyzes the country's most-twisted criminal minds, anticipating the perpetrators' next moves before they can strike again. Each member of the "mind hunter" team brings his or her expertise to pinpoint predators' motivations and identify emotional triggers to stop them. The core group includes an official profiler who is highly skilled at getting into the minds of criminals, a quirky genius, the former media liaison who manages to adeptly balance family life and the job, and a computer wizard.
JJ tries to reunite parents with their missing daughter; the team braces for the loss of one of its own.
The BAU investigates when several federal government employees, including a close friend of Walker's, succumb to symptoms of a heart attack; Reid anxiously awaits his trial date.
When several women are murdered, Rossi revisits a 25-year-old case that causes him to suspect a killer is at work again.
The BAU investigates the case of two murdered families, where two high school students are the sole survivors.