Rick Gifford

Meredith struggles to balance her roles as a surgeon and a mother when she returns to work; Stephanie tries to impress Jackson's mother; Jo becomes overly involved with a patient.

The BAU investigates an urban vampire in New York who kidnaps his victims at night and holds them underground in the sewer system. Also, Reid makes an impossible decision in prison that severely affects himself and other inmates.

In the course of investigating a bomb threat, Charlie, Don and the team uncover a shocking secret that could have a dreadful impact on the unit.

In this episode, after the Machine gives out her social security number, Reese protects a journalist set on exposing the head of a group of corrupt cops. But her story is fatally flawed.

When evidence in a murder investigation starts to build against one of Captain Deakins friends, the captain is forced to question his innocence.

Allison's premonitions alert her to a future ground shaker in Phoenix, and feels helpless to stop it without knowing the date the catastrophe will occur on.