Criminal Minds "Soul Mates" Killers Explained

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Here's Criminal Minds' «The Soul Mates» killers explained. Criminal Minds debuted in 2005 and followed an elite team of FBI agents tasked with profiling and tracking down serial killers. The series went on to become of CBS' most popular procedurals, running for an impressive 15 seasons and coming to a close in 2020. The show was enough of a hit to receive two spin-offs in Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Beyond Borders, though both failed to connect with audiences and were quickly canceled.

SinceCriminal Minds revolved around the BAU hunting down killers, it often explored dark and disturbing subject matters. In fact, original lead Mandy Patinkin left Criminal Minds after season 2 because he couldn't stand the darkness of the material. The series has featured some truly unsettling killers, from Tim Curry's Billy Flynn (AKA The «Prince of Darkness») — who was partly inspired by Richard Ramirez — to C. Thomas Howell's «The Reaper» and Aubrey Plaza's Cat Adams.

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By their very nature, most serial killers tend to work alone but Criminal Minds team «The Soul Mates» are a rare exception. Featuring on season 4's «Soul Mates,» the episode opens with a lawyer named William Harris (Michael Boatman) being arrested by the BAU, who believe he's responsible for a series of abductions and killings of teenage girls. However, when the latest victim turns up dead while he was in custody, the team concludes he's working with a partner. He's soon revealed he and his next-door neighbor Steven Baleman (George Newbern, Father Of The Bride) had formed a serial-killing partnership.

Criminal Minds' «Soul Mates» methods saw them target local teenagers, whom they would kidnap and take