Compulsion

"Compulsion" is the second episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.

Summary
The team is called in to Tempe, Arizona, to investigate the psychology of an escalating serial arsonist who doesn't just set fires at a local university to watch them burn, like any arsonist does, but to kill.

Major Events

 * Media liaison Jennifer Jareau, a.k.a. "JJ", is introduced for the first time.

Guest Cast

 * Rolando Millet - Campus Security Guard
 * Evan Lee Dahl - Jeremy
 * Kristen Caldwell - 2nd Student
 * Erika T. Johnson - Agent Trainee
 * Nathanial Moon - Agent Trainee
 * Christopher Mowod - Campus Patroller
 * J. Karen Thomas - Campus Admin Ellen Turner
 * Lukas Haas - The Footpath Killer
 * Jennifer Hall - Clara Hayes
 * Michael David Cheng - Fire Inspector Zhang
 * Sage Mears - Chem Student #1
 * Bob Jesser - Professor Ralph Wallace
 * J.J. Dashnaw - Matthew Rowland

Referenced Criminals

 * David Berkowitz, Son of Sam
 * Peter Dinsdale

Music

 * "Every Day is Exactly the Same" by Nine Inch Nails

Bookend Quotes

 * Jason Gideon: Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
 * Jason Gideon: Faulkner once said, "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."