
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 profiles a killer targeting an emergency room doctor; Hotch goes missing.

The BAU is called to investigate a series of homicides in which cryptic messages are found inside the mouths of the victims.

The team searches for a disturbed man after he kills several people at a pharmacy, hoping to learn what set him off before he harms anyone else.

The BAU is called when the New Orleans Police Department discovers a mass grave inside a vandalized above-ground crypt in a local cemetery.