While Gideon is sidelined on crutches at BAU headquarters, Hotchner and the BAU go to Harrington, Tennessee, in an attempt to get inside the mind of a psychotic killer whose disorganized and erratic fantasies lead him to murder.
Alan helps his ex-lover who tried to kill him get out of a psychiatric hospital. Brad and Denny take a case where a wife is suing the hospital for causing her emotional distress when her husband died during an angioplasty.
Peg tries everything in the book to renew Al's romantic interest in her -- up to and including promises of five-course meals.
Jessica investigates her accountant and uncovers his gambling, an illegal casino and a police officer's murder.
Pete's ex-wife and son are kidnapped in Louisiana while on an archaeological trip. The kidnappers demand that Pete comes to Louisiana in exchange for letting his family go.