The BAU is called to Taos in New Mexico in order to investigate an unsub, who is targeting his victims' temporal lobes.
The agents stumble upon a nine-year-old kidnap case while showing a group of boy scouts around HQ. The investigation leads to an unsolved murder case, a missing father and a corrupt policeman.
Jane works hard to try and solve the murder of a jogger and tries her best to hide her pregnancy from her mother. Meanwhile, Maura and Frankie must face the aftermath of their kiss.
After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free, while Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.
The team searches for an escaped convict who plans to kill Tan and every member of law enforcement who helped put him in the cell.