Episode
Criminal Minds: Riding the Lightning
Overview
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2006-01-25
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Riding the Lightning is Episode 14 in Season 1 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2006-01-25. The runtime is 43 min.
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