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Season 1  "Compulsion"  1x2

Aired 19 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!
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 6
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 7
If he went from setting one fire to 3 in 2 weeks' time...
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 8
bottles of highly flammable chemicals missing.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 9
So he pours the accelerant into the room from the hallway.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 10
He wanted to be there to enjoy the kid's death.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Where would I start?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
Could also mean chemistry professor.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 14
Agent gideon. Agent gideon?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 15
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He might be here watching.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 17
Gideon, we've got police and security interviewing everyone in that building.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 18
Look at these expressions. We got fear, a touch of horror,
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 19
Bedwetting... and cruelty to animals.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 20
Whoa! Hey! Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 21
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which is also part of this thing called the cirg, the critical incident response group,and--
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 23
But you don't need to be a chem major to know that.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 24
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 25
Is this tape clean?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 26
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 27
"have you recently dated a homicidal pyromaniac?"
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 28
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 29
Oh. Well, that's, uh... that's a pretty good reason.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
Oh. Bye. Hey, reid.. garcia says it's not "karen."
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
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.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 34
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Which is? An extreme manifestation of ocd,
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36
If the unsub was ocd, shouldn't they have all been in 3s?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
But if the target was always people,why did no one die in the first few fires?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 38
Potassium, sulfur, and normal sugar. Sugar.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 39
"A fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn into the lowest hell."Deuteronomy.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40
Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
that says"set next fire here" written in it.
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Research suggests ocd involves oblems in communication between
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 45
-Clar -clara, thank god.
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 46
What is she doing? Someone coming to help?
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 47
God chose you. Put it down, clara!
 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
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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Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 2
This is true. This is also a good time to stop.
#2 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 3 #3 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 4
I need to show you something.
#4 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 5
Oh, my god! It smells like gas. Oh, god! God! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
#5 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 6 #6 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 7
If he went from setting one fire to 3 in 2 weeks' time...
#7 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 8
bottles of highly flammable chemicals missing.
#8 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 9
So he pours the accelerant into the room from the hallway.
#9 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 10
He wanted to be there to enjoy the kid's death.
#10 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Where would I start?
#11 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
Could also mean chemistry professor.
#12 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13 #13 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 14
Agent gideon. Agent gideon?
#14 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 15 #15 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 16
He might be here watching.
#16 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 17
Gideon, we've got police and security interviewing everyone in that building.
#17 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 18
Look at these expressions. We got fear, a touch of horror,
#18 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 19
Bedwetting... and cruelty to animals.
#19 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 20
Whoa! Hey! Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
#20 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 21 #21 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 22
which is also part of this thing called the cirg, the critical incident response group,and--
#22 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 23
But you don't need to be a chem major to know that.
#23 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 24 #24 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 25
Is this tape clean?
#25 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 26 #26 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 27
"have you recently dated a homicidal pyromaniac?"
#27 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 28 #28 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 29
Oh. Well, that's, uh... that's a pretty good reason.
#29 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
Oh. Bye. Hey, reid.. garcia says it's not "karen."
#30 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
Who cares? We are running out of time.
#31 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 32 #32 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 33
Should call campus security. Relax, man. There's always fires during rush ek.
#33 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 34 #34 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 35
Which is? An extreme manifestation of ocd,
#35 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36
If the unsub was ocd, shouldn't they have all been in 3s?
#36 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
But if the target was always people,why did no one die in the first few fires?
#37 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 38
Potassium, sulfur, and normal sugar. Sugar.
#38 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 39
"A fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn into the lowest hell."Deuteronomy.
#39 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40 #40 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
that says"set next fire here" written in it.
#41 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 42 #42 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 43 #43 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 44
Research suggests ocd involves oblems in communication between
#44 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 45
-Clar -clara, thank god.
#45 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 46
What is she doing? Someone coming to help?
#46 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 47
God chose you. Put it down, clara!
#47 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
A flood? An earthquake? You know this isn't rational.
#48 Recap of Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 49
You know, I figured it out. The stutter.
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