A familiar figure to the 118 is left in critical condition after a hit-and-run incident; Athena gets help from Buck to investigate a missing person case.
The BAU team is up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., and they try their best to negotiate the situation unfolding in the bank.
The BAU team is called to Texas where they begin the hunt for a prison escapee who is leaving behind victims with his unique trademark of sewing mouths shut.
When the bodies of two unrelated victims are found hours apart in San Diego & Los Angeles, the BAU team suspects that not one, but two killers are responsible.
The BAU team searches for an amateur surgeon who amputates limbs from unwilling victims; Reid's phone calls to a mystery woman have everyone intrigued.
When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together in hopes of finding her before it's too late.
The team investigates when the daughters of a writer go missing, but it coincidentally falls on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance one year ago.
The 118 is inundated by emergencies prompted by ransomware attacks; Athena relives her traumatic attack as the realtor serial rapist case is brought to trial.