FBI profilers delve into twisted minds, anticipating dark moves in a brisk, suspenseful, and darkly-comic drama.
Tense. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount+.
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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