Criminal Minds — Season 4
To catch a criminal, you have to think like one.
About this season
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Episodes (26)
1. Mayhem
8.4Aired 24 September 2008 • 40 min
When an SUV carrying members of the team explodes, the rest of the team fights to save them and catch the terrorists responsible for the bombing.
2. The Angel Maker
7.9Aired 1 October 2008 • 41 min
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.
3. Minimal Loss
8.0Aired 8 October 2008 • 42 min
Reid and Prentiss are taken hostage when they go under cover to investigate possible child abuse at an underground cult.
4. Paradise
8.2Aired 22 October 2008 • 40 min
The BAU joins the manhunt to catch a serial killer who conceals the manner of his crimes by staging car accidents.
5. Catching Out
7.7Aired 29 October 2008 • 40 min
The BAU investigates a series of murders that appear to be connected to a killer who jumps trains and chooses his victims based on their proximity to the railway.
6. The Instincts
8.1Aired 5 November 2008 • 42 min
While investigating the abduction of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid starts to have dreams that might help reveal buried memories from his childhood.
7. Memoriam
8.2Aired 12 November 2008 • 40 min
As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.
8. Masterpiece
8.5Aired 19 November 2008 • 39 min
When a narcissistic psychopath confesses he has killed seven people and more will die, the team must locate his latest victims before it is too late.
9. 52 Pickup
7.5Aired 26 November 2008 • 41 min
Agents Prentiss and Todd go undercover to profile a serial killer who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into danger.
10. Brothers in Arms
7.8Aired 10 December 2008 • 39 min
The BAU team hunts for a serial killer who targets members of the police department in Phoenix, Ariz., a case that hits close to home for Morgan, a former cop.
11. Normal
8.5Aired 17 December 2008 • 40 min
The team investigates a serial killer who shoots luxury car owners on Southern California's freeways.
12. Soul Mates
8.3Aired 14 January 2009 • 41 min
The BAU team suspects a member of an affluent community in Atlanta is responsible for the disappearance of a local young woman and that the suspect may have worked with an accomplice
13. Bloodline
7.9Aired 21 January 2009 • 42 min
The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young girls.
14. Cold Comfort
7.8Aired 11 February 2009 • 42 min
The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms his victims.
15. Zoe's Reprise
7.8Aired 18 February 2009 • 42 min
The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.
16. Pleasure Is My Business
7.3Aired 25 February 2009 • 41 min
The team searches for a female suspect who uses her professional skills as a high class call girl to lure and kill high-powered executives.
17. Demonology
7.6Aired 11 March 2009 • 42 min
Agent Prentiss has a personal connection to one of the victims in a series of deaths with religious overtones.
18. Omnivore
8.6Aired 18 March 2009 • 42 min
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.
19. House on Fire
7.8Aired 25 March 2009 • 39 min
The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.
20. Conflicted
8.6Aired 8 April 2009 • 41 min
The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer who is targeting co-eds on vacation.
21. A Shade of Gray
8.4Aired 22 April 2009 • 41 min
When profiling a series of child abductions and murders, the team discovers that one of the cases may not be the handiwork of the serial killer they apprehended.
22. The Big Wheel
8.5Aired 29 April 2009 • 42 min
When the team is sent a videotape from a serial killer detailing one of his crimes, they discover a hidden message asking them to help him stop his murderous ways.
23. Roadkill
7.8Aired 6 May 2009 • 41 min
An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.
24. Amplification
8.6Aired 13 May 2009 • 41 min
When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed.
25. To Hell... (1)
8.0Aired 20 May 2009 • 41 min
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.
26. ...And Back (2)
9.1Aired 20 May 2009 • 42 min
The BAU tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril.