Episode
Criminal Minds: Derailed
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2005-11-23
- Runtime
- 41 min
Episode context
Derailed is Episode 9 in Season 1 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2005-11-23. The runtime is 41 min.
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