: Gideon is shown recovering from his near-death encounter with the "Footpath Killer". He uses his experience as a teaching tool for students at Quantico, explaining how he bought time by analyzing the killer's stutter.
"Compulsion" also deals with the psychological aftermath of the pilot episode for :
The second episode of Criminal Minds , titled "," originally aired on September 28, 2005. It takes the team to a college campus in Tempe, Arizona, to track down a serial arsonist who has escalated to murder. The Case: Arson on Campus





