The BAU searches for a kidnapper when a scared and emaciated young boy is found in the Arizona desert and another boy goes missing.
Jane gets the CBI involved in a case in Napa in order to focus on Sheriff McAllister, while Van Pelt and Rigsby finally take a trip down the aisle and get married.
When Barbara (Heather Locklear) announces she is getting a divorce, Russell thinks she will become receptive to his advances.
Gen. Fitzgerald goes to the firm for help when the Army threatens to discharge him after he reveals his homosexuality; Carl asks Katie to assist a new associate in a custody battle over a 9-year-old bullfighter; Alan finds himself speaking gibberish.
Ben and John respond to a triple homicide; Lydia and her new partner realize they have different styles of investigating; Sammy continues to have problems with his wife.