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Season 1  "Compulsion"  1x2

Aired 18 years ago - Sep 28, 2005

The team of investigators tries to capture a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.

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Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 1
I was just stopping for gas.
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This is true. This is also a good time to stop.
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I need to show you something.
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Oh, my god! It smells like gas. Oh, god! God! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
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If he went from setting one fire to 3 in 2 weeks' time...
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bottles of highly flammable chemicals missing.
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So he pours the accelerant into the room from the hallway.
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He wanted to be there to enjoy the kid's death.
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Where would I start?
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Could also mean chemistry professor.
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Agent gideon. Agent gideon?
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He might be here watching.
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Gideon, we've got police and security interviewing everyone in that building.
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Look at these expressions. We got fear, a touch of horror,
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Bedwetting... and cruelty to animals.
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Whoa! Hey! Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
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which is also part of this thing called the cirg, the critical incident response group,and--
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But you don't need to be a chem major to know that.
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Is this tape clean?
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"have you recently dated a homicidal pyromaniac?"
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Oh. Well, that's, uh... that's a pretty good reason.
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Oh. Bye. Hey, reid.. garcia says it's not "karen."
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Who cares? We are running out of time.
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Should call campus security. Relax, man. There's always fires during rush ek.
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Which is? An extreme manifestation of ocd,
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If the unsub was ocd, shouldn't they have all been in 3s?
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But if the target was always people,why did no one die in the first few fires?
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Potassium, sulfur, and normal sugar. Sugar.
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"A fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn into the lowest hell."Deuteronomy.
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that says"set next fire here" written in it.
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Research suggests ocd involves oblems in communication between
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-Clar -clara, thank god.
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What is she doing? Someone coming to help?
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God chose you. Put it down, clara!
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A flood? An earthquake? You know this isn't rational.
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You know, I figured it out. The stutter.
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This is true. This is also a good time to stop.
#2
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I need to show you something.
#4
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Oh, my god! It smells like gas. Oh, god! God! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
#5
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If he went from setting one fire to 3 in 2 weeks' time...
#7
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bottles of highly flammable chemicals missing.
#8
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So he pours the accelerant into the room from the hallway.
#9
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He wanted to be there to enjoy the kid's death.
#10
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Where would I start?
#11
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Could also mean chemistry professor.
#12
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Agent gideon. Agent gideon?
#14
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He might be here watching.
#16
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Gideon, we've got police and security interviewing everyone in that building.
#17
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Look at these expressions. We got fear, a touch of horror,
#18
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Bedwetting... and cruelty to animals.
#19
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Whoa! Hey! Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
#20
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which is also part of this thing called the cirg, the critical incident response group,and--
#22
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But you don't need to be a chem major to know that.
#23
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Is this tape clean?
#25
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"have you recently dated a homicidal pyromaniac?"
#27
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Oh. Well, that's, uh... that's a pretty good reason.
#29
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Oh. Bye. Hey, reid.. garcia says it's not "karen."
#30
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Who cares? We are running out of time.
#31
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Should call campus security. Relax, man. There's always fires during rush ek.
#33
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Which is? An extreme manifestation of ocd,
#35
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If the unsub was ocd, shouldn't they have all been in 3s?
#36
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But if the target was always people,why did no one die in the first few fires?
#37
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Potassium, sulfur, and normal sugar. Sugar.
#38
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"A fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn into the lowest hell."Deuteronomy.
#39
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that says"set next fire here" written in it.
#41
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Research suggests ocd involves oblems in communication between
#44
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-Clar -clara, thank god.
#45
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What is she doing? Someone coming to help?
#46
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God chose you. Put it down, clara!
#47
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A flood? An earthquake? You know this isn't rational.
#48
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You know, I figured it out. The stutter.
#49
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