
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.

The team closes in on a serial killer (Tim Curry) holding Detective Spicer's daughter hostage.

The team profiles a child abductor who may have been keeping children for more than eight years.

While reviewing a series of child abductions and murders, the team realizes that one of the cases may not actually be the work of the person charged.

A sadistic serial killer kidnaps and tortures Reid and broadcasts the ordeal over the Internet.