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Compulsion

Drama

43

Sep 27, 2005

Gideon seeks help from a psychologist, hoping to use their professional analysis to track down an arsonist who set fire to a college campus and left very little evidence behind.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 20 episodes

Extreme Aggressor,

When the fourth woman in four months disappears in Seattle, the team are brought in to profile her captor. On his first job in six months after his last ended in disaster, Gideon assists the team while under the watchful eye of Hotch.

41m Sep 21, 2005

Gideon seeks help from a psychologist, hoping to use their professional analysis to track down an arsonist who set fire to a college campus and left very little evidence behind.

43m Sep 27, 2005

Won't Get Fooled Again,

While investigating a serial bomber's attack on a small town, Gideon learns that the perpetrator is a protege of his nemesis, who had murdered his previous team of profilers.

42m Oct 4, 2005

The unit travels to San Diego to profile a rapist and murderer who attacks his victims in affluent neighborhoods in broad daylight.

41m Oct 11, 2005

The unit are called in when the daughter of a district attorney is kidnapped. It soon becomes clear that the kidnapper is not after money, but the victim's twin sister.

43m Oct 18, 2005

The team recreate a shooting in order to catch a sniper who preys on victims in the middle of the day. However, a shocking turn of events causes them to quickly change their original profile.

42m Nov 1, 2005

The team profile a man who targets families on holiday by holding them hostage and acting out strange father figure fantasies with them.

43m Nov 8, 2005

A group of train passengers, including Elle, are taken hostage by a paranoid schizophrenic. Dr. Reid attempts to convince the man that he agrees with his theories in order to get the hostages to safety.

43m Nov 22, 2005

The Popular Kids,

The suspicious deaths of two high school students in a small town lead Hotchner and the team to believe they were victims of a cult killing.

42m Nov 29, 2005

Hotchner and the team try to see through the eyes of a psychotic killer whose deranged fantasies make him kill and drink the blood of his victims.

43m Dec 13, 2005

What Fresh Hell?,

When the victim's father is ruled out as a suspect in a kidnapping case, the unit investigates the seemingly safe neighborhood in which the child lives for clues as to who is responsible for the young girl's abduction.

43m Jan 10, 2006

The apparent spiking of the citizens of a town in New Jersey puts the BAU on the trail of a poisoner who may not be finished.

42m Jan 17, 2006

Riding the Lightning,

After interviewing a married couple sitting on death row for serial murder, Gideon suspects the woman is actually innocent. However, since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.

44m Jan 24, 2006

Unfinished Business,

Following a 20-year period of silence, a serial killer re-emerges, contacting the BAU with a guarantee to kill another victim before five days are up.

42m Feb 28, 2006

The NYPD are investigating what they believe to be a series of random murders until links are drawn between the crimes and similarities emerge; the police suspect that a copy cat serial killer may be emulating the infamous Son of Sam murders.

43m Mar 21, 2006

Somebody's Watching,

Gideon and Reid are visiting Los Angeles to present a seminar for the LAPD when they and the rest of the Behavioural Analysis Unit are brought into a case involving the murders of several people linked to a young, television actress.

43m Mar 28, 2006

The team faces opposition from the local law enforcement in charge of a murder investigation; when another victim is discovered, the two teams find a common ground and collaborate to identify the killer before further violence is perpetrated.

42m Apr 11, 2006

Charm and Harm,

A killer with a number of identities leads the authorities on a baffling chase through the South; the Behavioural Analysis Unit has a tricky job on their hands as they attempt to profile the man beneath the rapidly changing exterior.

42m Apr 18, 2006

Secrets and Lies,

The team attempts to uncover a CIA mole who is endangering the lives of operatives; during the investigation, the CIA takes over the Behavioral Analysis Unit offices to prevent further electronic leaks which puts further pressure on the team.

43m May 2, 2006

The Fisher King: Part 1,

The squad are led into a psychological game with a budding serial killer, who challenges them to solve a series of complicated clues in order to prevent the murder of his next victim.

42m May 9, 2006