Criminal Minds — Season 5
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 (23)
1. Nameless, Faceless
8.1Aired 23 September 2009 • 42 min
As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.
2. Haunted
7.9Aired 30 September 2009 • 40 min
The BAU must determine what caused a disturbed man to murder several people at a pharmacy before he harms anyone else.
3. Reckoner
7.7Aired 7 October 2009 • 40 min
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
4. Hopeless
7.8Aired 14 October 2009 • 42 min
A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt.
5. Cradle to Grave
8.1Aired 21 October 2009 • 41 min
The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them.
6. The Eyes Have It
7.9Aired 4 November 2009 • 42 min
The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs.
7. The Performer
8.1Aired 11 November 2009 • 40 min
The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.
8. Outfoxed
8.3Aired 18 November 2009 • 39 min
The BAU team is tracking down a family annihilator, but needs to take a break from the case to get advice from "The Fox", who is an horrific killer from the team's past. "The Fox" surprises the team with a ominous message for Agent Hotchner.
9. 100
8.9Aired 25 November 2009 • 42 min
The BAU team races to help Hotchner find The Reaper and save his family before it's too late.
10. The Slave of Duty
8.1Aired 9 December 2009 • 42 min
The team needs to reunite in order to solve a home invasion case, while Agent Hotchner may have to leave the team.
11. Retaliation
7.8Aired 16 December 2009 • 40 min
The BAU is called upon to profile the past of an ex-convict and help stop him after he escapes from custody and embarks on a violent killing spree.
12. The Uncanny Valley
8.5Aired 13 January 2010 • 41 min
An unusual personal obsession is at the center of a BAU abduction case. Meanwhile, Hotch struggles with his return to work.
13. Risky Business
8.1Aired 20 January 2010 • 40 min
A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
14. Parasite
7.1Aired 3 February 2010 • 39 min
The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to eliminate the people involved in them.
15. Public Enemy
7.6Aired 10 February 2010 • 42 min
A serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places to create a sense of public fear is the subject of a BAU investigation.
16. Mosley Lane
8.5Aired 3 March 2010 • 42 min
The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children for at least eight years.
17. Solitary Man
7.6Aired 10 March 2010 • 41 min
A truck driver is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations and the BAU must find out his motive in order to catch him.
18. The Fight
7.6Aired 7 April 2010 • 42 min
The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the murders of several homeless men and teams up with a separate group of BAU operatives who are working another case they think is connected.
19. Rite of Passage
7.6Aired 14 April 2010 • 39 min
The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S.
20. ...A Thousand Words
8.2Aired 5 May 2010 • 39 min
The BAU team must profile a serial killer covered in tattoos who commits suicide, but leaves clues to the whereabouts of his last victim.
21. Exit Wounds
8.0Aired 12 May 2010 • 42 min
Garcia plays a crucial role in a case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU team to investigate the murders of several members of a small town.
22. The Internet Is Forever
7.8Aired 19 May 2010 • 41 min
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term "social networking".
23. Our Darkest Hour
8.3Aired 26 May 2010 • 41 min
A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his killing spree.