犯罪心理研究小组隶属FBI，他们跨州行动，主要针对连环杀人案，从嫌疑人的犯罪心理和行为模式入手建立人物侧写，圈定罪犯的性别、年龄、职业特征、居住环境乃至成长经历，从而预测罪犯下一步行为，直至缉拿罪犯。他们的成员包括：高智商、强记忆力的少年天才斯拜瑟尔·瑞德博士（马修·格雷·古柏勒 Matthew Gray Gubler 饰）——负责数据和资料分析；外冷内热的硬汉阿伦·哈奇（托马斯·吉布森 Thomas Gibson 饰）——沟通能力极强，波多黎各小伙德里克·摩根（谢默·摩尔 Shemar Moore 饰）——强制性犯罪行为专家；打扮招摇的小胖妹佩妮洛普·格西娅（克里斯汀·范奈丝 Kirsten Vangsness 饰）——数据库专家，美女媒体联络员JJ（A·J·库克 A.J. Cook 饰）等，在老探员戴维·罗西（乔·曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰）带领下，飞往全美各地，展开一场场缉凶行动。

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.