Natural Born Killer (1x08)
Main character changes: none
Recurring character(s) featured: Penelope Garcia, Josh Cramer
Location(s): Baltimore, Maryland
Unsub(s): Vincent Perotta (incarcerated), Michael Russo (presumably incarcerated), who hired Perotta
Methods: Vincent Perotta: varied, preceded by torture (signature: recording victims being eaten alive by rats); Michael Russo: varied proxy murder
Named victims: Frederick Condore, Helen DiMarco, William DiMarco, James Baker (survived), Aaron Hotchner (attempted)
Character focus: Hotch
Plot points/arcs featured: Hotch’s childhood abuse
Bookend quotes: "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else." Ernest Hemingway, "The healthy man does not torture others. Generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers." Carl Jung
Trivia: This episode introduces Josh Cramer, who reappears in season two. This episode also hints at Hotch being abused by his father as a child, but it is never mentioned again, so it is uncertain whether this was a continuity error or the show decided not to explore it.