The BAU is summoned to Indiana by local authorities when a serial arsonist threatens the residents of Royal by setting fire to community meeting places that kills many people.
Jesse uses baby Michelle to get a date with one of Danny's co-workers, but when a girlfriend of Jesse's tells the story of how she met Jesse with Michelle, Jesse's date is postponed indefinitely.
Fort Leavenworth's prison infirmary has a medical emergency on its hands.
Harm, Mac and Bud believe that an apparent bungling by the Navy in the downing of a North Korean airliner was a plot to make the United States look bad.
Harm goes head to head with Mac in the courtroom while defending a Marine guard for shooting a terrorist prisoner.