Over a two year period, five young women have gone missing in Jacksonville, Florida. The first four were tortured, raped and eventually murdered. The fifth victim is Laura Clemenson, a DVD of her torture which was sent to her parents. She was the second victim of which there is a known DVD of the torture. Shortly after the BAU are called in, Laura's dead body is found. In watching the DVD, the BAU know that there are at least two unsubs: the torturer/raper (the "dominant") and the cameraperson (the "submissive"). Reid suspects that there may have been two other victims previously unconnected to the other five, those two victims killed by the submissive who was initially lured into the crimes by the dominant on the thrill of the activity. During the investigation, an eighth woman, Tiffany Spears, goes missing. A DVD of her torture is also sent to her mother. The BAU are working against time in finding Tiffany alive as the period of torture to murder has become shorter and shorter. They believe leads to the unsubs are connected to the missing vehicles of three of the victims. When the BAU identify suspects, interviews with them bring out a different side of the story.
—Huggo