Season 5

1. Episode 1: Nameless, Faceless Close   

   As Rossi, Morgan and JJ profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor, Prentiss realizes that Hotch is missing.

2. Episode 2: Haunted Close   

   The BAU is called to Louisville to help local authorities determine what caused a disturbed man to have a psychotic break at a pharmacy and murder several customers before fleeing the scene. The team must catch him before he kills anyone else.

3. Episode 3: Reckoner Close   

   SSA David Rossi's personal and professional life is brought to the forefront when the BAU is called to investigate a case in Commack, Long Island, Agent Rossi's hometown.

4. Episode 4: Hopeless Close   

   The BAU investigates a group of suspects with a pack mentality who are randomly selecting their victims in the nation's capital and murdering them for the thrill of it.

5. Episode 5: Cradle to Grave Close   

   The BAU travels to Albuquerque to investigate the case of a serial killer who impregnates young women and murders them after they have given birth.

6. Episode 6: The Eyes Have It Close   

   The BAU is called to Oklahoma City to help local authorities track a serial killer who removes the eyes of his murder victims and keeps them as souvenirs.

7. Episode 7: The Performer Close   

   The BAU is called to Los Angeles to investigate a series of killings that lead to a Goth rock star who appears to have become lost in the creepy alter-ego he portrays when he is on stage.

8. Episode 8: Outfoxed Close   

   While investigating a series of murders of entire families in Hampton, Virginia, the BAU is forced to visit Red Onion Supermax Prison to seek advice from one of the most atrocious killers from the team's past, nicknamed 'The Fox', who delivers a portentous message to Agent Hotchner.

9. Episode 9: 100 Close   

   When The Reaper returns to Washington for a final showdown, the team works frantically to catch him before he reaches SSA Hotchner's family.

10. Episode 10: The Slave of Duty Close   

    While Agent Hotchner takes a leave of absence to contemplate his future with the BAU, the team is called to investigate a home invasion case in Nashville without him.

11. Episode 11: Retaliation Close   

    After an ex-convict makes a daring escape from the BAU's custody and embarks on a killing spree in Lockport, New York, the team must profile the criminal's past in order to catch him again.

12. Episode 12: The Uncanny Valley Close   

    The BAU is called to Atlantic City to profile a suspect with an unusual personal obsession who is abducting and killing a certain type of woman.

13. Episode 13: Risky Business Close   

    The BAU is called to assist local authorities in rural Wyoming when teens are found dead from apparent suicide that are linked to a game on the internet.

14. Episode 14: Parasite Close   

    An FBI agent from the San Diego White Collar Crime division seeks assistance from the BAU when the con artist he's been tracking for years has begun to murder his victims.

15. Episode 15: Public Enemy Close   

    The BAU is summoned to Rhode Island to investigate a serial killer in Providence who is murdering random victims in highly visible places just to generate public fear.

16. Episode 16: Mosley Lane Close   

    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. Episode 17: Solitary Man Close   

    The team travels to New Mexico to investigate a truck driver in Edgewood who is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations as he tries to find a mother for his daughter.

18. Episode 18: The Fight Close   

    SSA Aaron Hotchner and his team investigate the murders of several homeless men in San Francisco and coordinate their efforts with another team of BAU agents who are working on a case that appears to be connected.

19. Episode 19: Rite of Passage Close   

    The BAU travels to Texas to capture a serial killer who is targeting illegal immigrants trying to cross the U.S. border at Terlingua.

20. Episode 20: ...A Thousand Words Close   

    The BAU travels to Tallahassee to profile a tattooed serial killer after he commits suicide, but left clues to the location of one remaining victim who is possibly still alive.

21. Episode 21: Exit Wounds Close   

    Garcia plays a crucial role in the case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU to investigate the murders of several residents of a small town.

22. Episode 22: The Internet is Forever Close   

    The BAU travels to Idaho to profile a serial killer who is using the internet to find his victims on social networking sites in Boise.

23. Episode 23: Our Darkest Hour Close   

    The BAU faces one of its most difficult cases when a serial killer is lured out of hiding after a series of rolling blackouts in Los Angeles give him the opportunity to pursue his victims in the darkness.