
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 pursues two young lovers on a killing spree; Prentiss receives frightening news.

An unknown subject in Phoenix abducts people and deprives them of sleep; Garcia and Hotch deal with a threat from hit men.

The BAU team flies to Iowa to investigate the disappearance of three 10-year-old children who appear to have been abducted from their homes, with surveillance video from a park as their only lead to finding the children's whereabouts.

As Reid deals with a personal loss, the rest of the team heads to San Francisco after victims are found in the Mission District.