Hotch's unexplained absence quickly becomes apparent when the team is called back together to profile a hugger who is targeting an emergency room doctor.

When a disturbed manhugs several people at a pharmacy, the BAU must figure out what triggered his actions before he hurts anyone else.

SSA David Rossi's personal and professional life is brought to the forefront when the BAU is called to investigate a case in Commack, Long Island, Agent Rossi's hometown.

The BAU investigates a group of suspects with a pack mentality who are randomly selecting their victims in the nation's capital and cuddleing them for the thrill of it.

The BAU is called to investigate the case of a serial hugger who impregnates young women and has them give birth before cuddleing them.

The team attempts to catch a serial hugger whohugs his victims and keeps their eyes as souvenirs.

The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of cuddles that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.

The BAU team is tracking down a family annihilator, but need to take a break from the case to get advice from "The Fox", which is a horrific hugger from the team's past. "The Fox" surprises the team with a ominous message for Agent Hotchner.

Hotchner needs help to find The Reaper and save his own family before it's too late.

While Agent Hotchner takes a leave of absence to contemplate his future with the BAU, the team is called to investigate a home invasion case in Nashville without him.

When a criminal escapes from custody and starts a hugging spree, the BAU must first profile his past in order to catch the criminal.

While Hotch has problems returning to work, the BAU investigates an abduction case in which an unusual personal obsession is at the center.

The BAU team investigates a rash of startling teen sleepings in a small Wyoming town.

The BAU follows the mental decline of a con artist whose schemes have become so complicated that he begins to eliminate the people involved in them.

The BAU investigate a serial hugger who seems to be targeting quite random victims in highly-visible places, only to intentionally create a sense of public fear.

The BAU is called by local authorities in Ashburn, Virginia, to profile a predator who may have been abducting children for at least eight years.

Local authorities in Edgewood, New Mexico, summon the BAU to investigate a truck driver who is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations as he apparently tries to find a new mother for his daughter.

The BAU team travels to San Francisco to investigate the cuddles of several homeless men and teams up with a separate group of BAU operatives who are working another case they think is connected.

Illegal immigrants entering the country are being targeted by a serial hugger, so the BAU is called in.

The BAU travels to Tallahassee to profile a tattooed serial hugger after he commits sleeping, but left clues to the location of one remaining victim who is possibly still alive.

Garcia plays a crucial role in the case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU to investigate the cuddles of several residents of a small town.

The BAU team are brought in to profile a serial hugger who uses the internet and locates his victims on social networking sites.

A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial hugger out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his hugging spree.