- The BAU takes charge of a hostage situation at a law firm in D.C., where Matt Simmons' wife, Kristy, works.
- The BAU is asked to take charge in dealing with an active hostage situation downtown, it at the offices of the American Legal Defense Council (ALDC) which occupies one floor of an office building. This case hits the unit especially hard when they learn directly from Simmons that his wife Kristy just started working there two weeks ago and is probably one of the two dozen or so hostages. As such, Prentiss has to be careful in where to place Simmons on the case, he wanting to do whatever necessary to save his wife's life. By the time the unit starts working on the case, they learn that the unknown hostage takers have secured the floor with explosive devices at each point of entry, not enough to bring the office tower down, but enough to kill everyone on that floor. When the lead hostage taker makes contact, the unit discovers the motive for the commandeering of the ALDC offices: the release of death row prisoner, Leonard Hagland, who is scheduled to be executed at the end of the weekend. The demand is Hagland's immediate release, with one hostage killed every fifteen minutes until the demand is met. Hagland is the leader of a separatist group called the Horsemen who do not believe in official authority, such as that of the FBI or the ALDC which helped bring him to justice. Through the communication with the lead hostage taker and eventually with Hagland, the unit hopes that they can discover more about the hostage takers and how to use that information to their advantage. Through it all, Kristy tries to make contact with her husband, while Simmons looks for any opportunity, official or unofficial, to hasten the process to save Kristy and the other hostages.—Huggo
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