The BAU team investigates a murder spree committed by two young lovers traveling across states. Prentiss receives concerning news from her former Interpol boss. The episode focuses on the criminal profile as the team tries to track down the killers on the road. Criminal Minds follows the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit that uses profiling to catch violent criminals. It is a long-running police procedural drama on CBS focusing on the perspectives of those analyzing the criminals.

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The Thirteenth Step
Episode Synopsis
As the BAU goes on the road to track down two young lovers who are on an interstate murder spree,
Prentiss receives alarming news from her former boss at Interpol.
About Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS.
The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based out of
Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI NCAVC which stands for the National Center for the
Analysis of Violent Crime. Criminal Minds differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on the
criminal rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in
association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. The original title for Criminal Minds was
Quantico, and the pilot was filmed in Vancouver. In the Quantico script, Jason Gideon was named
Jason Donovan.
On May 26, 2010, CBS officially renewed Criminal Minds for a sixth season, which premiered on
September 22, 2010 at 9:00 PM EST. A spin-off of the show, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, has
also been announced and is set to premiere on February 16, 2011 as a mid-season addition to CBS's
2011 schedule.
CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive will develop a video game based on the
show. The game will require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder
mysteries. The game is scheduled to come out early 2011.
Background
Originally, the series centers on Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (Thomas
Gibson) and the rest of the BAU team. For the first season, that includes Elle Greenaway (Lola
Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau, or
"JJ" (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness).
During the second season, Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) leaves after the sixth episode, "The
Boogeyman", and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) replaces her in the ninth episode, "The Last
Word", surprising both Agent Hotchner and Agent Gideon. At the beginning of the third season,
Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) departs after two episodes, making his last appearance in "In Name
and Blood". After several episodes, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) comes out of retirement in episode
six, "About Face", to replace him. During the sixth season, JJ (A.J. Cook) leaves after the second
episode, "JJ".
The frequently used term "Unsub" stands for "Unknown Subject" of an investigation.