When College students in New Mexico are found tortured and murdered, the BAU suspects a group with knowledge of Native American rituals.
Spencer decides to take the hit for Vernon; Julie and Bella commiserate; Ricky lashes out; Jason is unsettled by his mother's new boyfriend; Spencer and Charles say goodbye to Rodney.
When secret information about suspected terrorists goes missing from a secure Department of Defense container at the site of a fire, Sam and Callen must go under cover to investigate.