The BAU team closes in on the serial killer as he continues his murder spree throughout Los Angeles - with Detective Spicer's kidnapped daughter as his hostage - in the conclusion of last season's cliffhanger.
A young actor is wounded and his fiancee killed, leading detectives to look into a high-tech treasure-hunting game called geocaching.
Joy tries to talk Melanie's daughter into going to Harvard Medical School, Victoria is blackmailed by her show's editor Barney, and Elka mentors a nerdy kid.