
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 BAU is called upon when bioterrorism is suspected in a series of mysterious deaths; Garcia visits her stepbrother to take care of a difficult family issue.

The BAU goes to Guantánamo Bay to interrogate the leader of a terrorist sleeper-cell to prevent a national disaster.

The BAU plays a dangerous cat and mouse game with a convicted serial killer who may have information on the whereabouts of two kidnapped boys.

The BAU is called to Taos, N.M., when someone targets victims' temporal lobes.