Episode
Criminal Minds: Compulsion
Overview
The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2005-09-28
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Compulsion is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2005-09-28. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 1: Extreme Aggressor
After a fourth woman goes missing in as many months, the team is brought in to track down the guy before he kidnaps again. Hotch is asked to secretly evaluate Gideon to see if he is ready to work full time again.
Episode 3: Won't Get Fooled Again
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
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Episode 6: L.D.S.K.
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Episode 7: The Fox
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Episode 8: Natural Born Killer
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Episode 9: Derailed
Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train in Texas by a paranoid schizophrenic who is convinced that the U.S. government is monitoring him. Hotchner and Gideon are forced to play into the man's fantasy to save the people he has taken hostage.
Episode 10: The Popular Kids
The team investigates the death of one teen, and the disappearance of another , which may be linked to a satanic ritual.
Episode 11: Blood Hungry
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Episode 12: What Fresh Hell?
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.
Episode 13: Poison
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