The gore factor is lower in this one also. By the case's conclusion, Kate shoots and kills the unsub as he is in the process of trying to kill JJ and an abducted victim. When Prentiss shoves a doll that Katie had mutilated and disfigured in response to the abuse she suffered, which Susan undoubtedly knew about, into her face, Susan finally breaks down. To her dismay, Chris forgets about the contingency plan they set up for the occasion that Meg would go out on her first date. Unsub Marcus Younger of season 2's "North Mammon" abducts three local teenage girls and throws them into a game of life and death. When the BAU get wind of this, they go to Mexico to assist the investigation, and eventually bring in Clara Seger and Matthew Simmons for further assistance. Lindsey: (calmly, raising her cellphone) Waiting for a phone call. Children already know the dragons exist. Sera Morrison Instead, she intended to follow in her father's footsteps and thus became a hitwoman, working with a number of drug cartels operating along the U.S.-Mexico border, and claiming at least fifteen victims. When the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morr Read allWhen the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect.When the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect. Keeping up her appearance, Sera confides how Judy would wrap her up in a homemade quilt. CRIMINAL Killing their U.S. Ryan abducted Katie and Lindsey at night from a theater with the help of Taylor and Doug and took them to an abandoned house. His departure hits Reid the hardest since he looked up to Gideon as a mentor. However, Sera is unconvinced and her discomfort increases. (", The name Melissa Gordoner could be a reference to the character, She takes a year off to be with her baby like she did when she first got Meg. The BAU goes to St. Louis when an 18-year old woman escapes from a house where she and 2 other women were held for a decade. Sera seems to have been based on at least two unsubs from the show's past. As the investigation proceeds, the BAU team begin to suspect that what they're dealing with is bigger than they thought. (The BAU confront Lindsey as she has rigged Wilkins' cabin with explosives). A long-running joke in Criminal Minds, SSA David Rossi is known for having been married three times. Former high school student Every example is undoubtedly saddening since it represents another human being whom the BAU fails to save, despite the impossible circumstances and their dedication to their job. Nonetheless, they seem happy and discuss scientific topics, literature, and philosophy throughout season 8. At the end of Mosley Lane, the FBI has tracked down the couple and rescued the surviving children. Another departure came with season 13 when agent Stephen Walker (Damon Gupton) was killed off. Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner: G.K. Chesterton wrote, "Fairy tales do not tell children dragons exist. The Bond: Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper. Afterwards, as she leaves the prison, Kate is shown visibly traumatized by the ordeal, especially her close call with Black. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. After the fifth, she calls Hotch personally and requests the BAU's assistance. At some point, Lindsey kills Cassie Campbelland replaces her as the caretaker of Reid's mother Diana, with Diana unaware of what had happened due to her Alzheimer's. At the end of the episode, she is seen standing with Reid and JJ on a memorial to the unsub's victims, overlooking the scene of the plane crash. Occupation Ryan: You don't know, do you Who I am? When she went along, Susan bound Katie with rope, gagged her with duct tape, and stuffed her in a storage closet, where she was left to die. Meanwhile, JJ, thinking she is in the shower, returns to the basement, having remembered something odd about the storage boxes, full of quilts and mementos Judy had collected through the years. When Hotch gets a text from JJ saying "Neighbor heard a fight Monday night," he taps the screen, and you can clearly see that it was picture 2 of 2 in the camera roll and not an actual text message. She has appeared in a total of 23 episodes,", It's interesting to note that Hewitt already shared a show with. When Megan's death comes, she poisons herself and hands over vital information about corrupt businessmen to Hotch. Considering that she was in witness protection and her entire background was taken out of a book, it is extremely likely that Lindsey Vaughn isn't even her real name. During the entire episode, she is shown visibly affected by the case, which bears eerie similarities to 9/11. abducted from the mall and later found dead. With 'Criminal Minds', some seasons are better than others and every season has a mixture of outstanding, great, very good, good, average, mediocre and bad episodes. Aaron Hotchner: Jack, every person in this room with the exception of him. Wanting what Maeve has to prove her superiority, Diane attempts to come between Reid and Maeve. See production, box office & company info, 2874 Santa Anita Ave, Altadena, California, USA. She spends most of her time accompanying Rossi, first to the crime scene and then when they approach a suspect named Frank Cowles, who purchased an unusual amount of preservatives, which they suspect is for the preservation of limbs taken from the victims. Great suspense. Immediately after Diana's visit, Lindsey manages to abduct her. JJ comforts her, admitting that she is a mother, in order to help her talk about what had happened. At the end of the episode, Kate reunites with Meg and tells her that she loves her. No official profile of Sera was made since the investigation was focused on her father. Katie's death caused Doug to panic and want out; when he tried to escape, Ryan stabbed him several times with a knife. A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. Blake concluded that her writing suggested no empathy and no real emotional connection to her family; psychopathic tendencies as Reid added. Director John Gallagher Writers Jeff Davis Andi Bushell Stars Thomas Gibson Paget Brewster Shemar Moore See production, box office & company info Watch on Paramount+ Making sure to stay off of security cameras, Susan lured Katie away by calling her name. In an attempt to delay the BAU and police's investigation, Ryan mangled Katie's hands and face post-mortem to make her harder to identify and connect to him. While the marriage was at first a happy one, it fell apart when it became apparent Richard was a pedophile and was molesting their young niece, Katie, whom Susan came to irrationally blame for her failing home life. In "Scream", Kate is shocked to find out that Meg and a friend of hers, Markayla Davis, are planning on going out to the shopping mall with a pair of male classmates from their biology class. See, I wasn't really that into Katie. However, in the context of Criminal Minds' narrative, some deaths are more memorable and painful, though not necessarily more meaningful. There, he reveals that he knows Cat is lying about him indirectly fathering her baby, and that Wilkins was the real father, which shocks Lindsey. Two of her murders were committed through the use of proxies. She appeared to be a normal girl, but in reality was a psychopath who was viciously jealous of her younger sister, Katie and hated her mother, Judy, whom Sera believed loved Katie more than her, starting from when Katie was born in 1999. Known Victims October 20, 2007: Katie Jacobs (her niece; abducted and attempted to kill; was rescued) Appearances Season Three An admirer of Rossi's, she attends one of his lectures and brings forth her findings. Contents 1 Background 2 3rd Life 3 Profile 4 Modus Operandi 5 Known Victims 6 Appearances Background Fury of the Gods Special: Shazamily Matters, Star Wars Fans Are Convinced The Mandalorian Just Teased a Major Rebels Return, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury Sees a Hero Join Lord Zedd. Eventually, Jack decided to turn against the "corporation" and testify against them when they went on trial for their criminal activities. In "Pleasure Is My Business," Megan Kane is introduced as someone who murders the corrupt men that deny their divorced wives and children the alimony they deserve. The girls being taken from a well lit, alley-less, and crowded area also implicates they were acquainted with their abductor and went with him willingly. Kate Joyner Gender Female Family Unnamed father Unnamed mother Occupation FBI agent Status Deceased ( murdered) Portrayed By Sienna Guillory Appeared In "Lo-Fi" "Mayhem" SSA Kate Joyner was a notable character who appeared in Seasons Three and Four of Criminal Minds . Lindsey: (to Ryan Phillips) What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you. Birth Date While he does find proof, Sarah convinces Gideon to let her die even though Riley's existence could save her, pointing out that she wants him to live a happy life that's free from his parents' reputation. She then immediately joins the rest of the BAU on the search of a serial killer called "The Mad Butcher of Bakersfield", who has already claimed three lives within a month-long span. As his parents are taken away by the authorities, Jeremy admits to Reid and Morgan that he heard Katie call his mother's name. She also holds a passion for making the world a safer place and is a "nurturing figure" in her personal and professional lives. After Reid turns down the offer, the knife used to kill Nadie is found in the Mexican desert, leading to another plea bargain of five to ten years in prison. When this fails, she chooses to end her life, taking Maeve with her as a final blow. This said, lesser episodes of Seasons 1-4 (with possible exception of "Machismo") are better than the lesser episodes of Season 6 onwards. Because of back lighting, you can see through the photo, and it is Douglas's school picture. As David and Caroline were catching up, she revealed that she was terminally ill. This Criminal Minds episode is based on a real case, loosely, about Fred and Rose West. The Criminal Minds episode where Hotch's former wife Haley is killed by UnSub George Foyet, aka the Reaper, is one of the show's most memorable to date. Stephen Walker only joined Criminal Minds during season 12 following Gibson's exit, where he was brought on to help find killer Mr. Scratch. She is arrested and presumably incarcerated alongside Cat. The Atlanta field office requests the BAU's assistance in a case with two victims thus far, both stabbed multiple times to death, both victims found bound in different truck stop rest rooms, one outside of Chattanooga and one outside of Birmingham, posed post-mortem, both victims . When it becomes apparent she is hiding something, Susan is confronted by Prentiss, who bombards her with the facts: she used to work at this very mall, remained fairly nonchalant when they questioned Jeremy about Katie, and her entire "happy marriage" appears to be a charade as she barely seems to know her husband anymore (for example, Susan had claimed the birthday present she was getting him was a lighter, even though Richard had quit smoking a month ago). Lindsey: One way or anotheryou're gonna die. Upon the discovery that there are at least three different shooters, Kate has the BAU members, as well as NYPD officers, patrol the streets. The victims, all of them living along the Texas-Mexico border, were shot in the back of the head execution-style. Of the main cast members who were still on the show when Criminal Minds came to an end in Season 15, Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Aisha Tyler as Tara. Aaron Hotchner: [opening voiceover] "Love never dies a natural death. ", he replies, "Tomorrow." She is an avid lover of anime, books, and film. Due to being in the Witness Protection Program when he killed Ryan, Jack is able to get away with murdering Ryan. Reid tells Lindsey her real name, but she denies it and tells him her alias name. At the end of the episode, Kate reunites with Meg and tells her that she loves her. [Morgan and Garcia are speaking to each other on the telephone. Reid is nearly transferred to a maximum-security Mexican prison for Nadie's murder, but it is stopped when it is revealed that Nadie has dual American-Mexican citizenship. Name Lindsey: (to Ryan Phillips) You really are as dumb as you look. Jason Gideon is a fictional character in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Mandy Patinkin.Gideon is a Senior Supervisory Special Agent and the unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and appeared from the series' pilot episode "Extreme Aggressor," which was originally broadcast on September 22, 2005, until "In Name and Blood," the second episode of the third season. Criminal Minds follows the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit as they work to profile killers and track them down. Meanwhile, the rest of the team hunt down the paramedic. He is a sociopathic child who murders his own brother, Kyle, and allows his parents and a family friend to frame someone else for the crime. Lindsey Vaughn (real name unknown) is a prolific, international, and psychopathic serial killer, hitwoman, proxy killer, stalker, gangster, one-time copycat, one-time cop killer, one-time abductor, and one-time arsonist. Daniel "Danny" Murphy, Jr. is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds episode "A Shade of Gray". While waiting, Prentiss reveals a recorded conversation Cat has with Reid. Born sometime in 1979, Ryan was kicked out of his Chula Vista, California, high school after being caught using drugs on the premises. Prentiss calls her out on trying to protect her pedophilic husband instead of her niece, which Susan initially refuses to acknowledge. When loud construction work triggers his PTSD, he believes that he is still on the battlefield and leaves behind bodies as he kills in what he believes to be self-defense. The abduction is supposed to take place in Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge, Virginia. He killed Katie in the house by strangling her with a belt (torturing her for hours via beating and cutting beforehand) and killed Doug by stabbing him three times in the chest with a knife. During the investigation, Kate befriends Garcia over their shared knowledge of cute photos. However, the federal government refuses to provide legal assistance for Reid, because he was never in Mexico for official government business. She eventually became an investigator for Scotland Yard and made a reputation for herself. First Appearance In Season 5, Agent Hotchner (Thomas Gibson)'s ex-wife, Haley (Meredith Monroe), was also murdered by a serial killer seeking vengeance on Hotch. Her father Jack was a hitman for apparently all of her childhood. A family consisting of two parents and their son break into a home, kill the parents and kidnap their daughter. In "Breath Play", Kate announces that she's pregnant with her first child, causing Meg to act out, fearing she will be ignored when the child is born. With Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Criminal Minds Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. At some point during the investigation, Kate is threatened with being fired if she doesn't solve the case. She and Richard are arrested for their crimes, while Katie is found and resuscitated a short time later. Micaela Kreuzwieser is a 2020 graduate of Saint Vincent College with a B.A. Sera killed her sister Katievia blunt-force trauma using the grip of her father's revolver, and then disposed of her body in a nearby river. Sera Morrison is a psychopathic teenage killer who appeared in the Season Eight episode of Criminal Minds, "All That Remains". Ryan Phillips was a budding serial killer, thrill killer, and the leader of a trio of abductors who appeared in the Season Three episode of Criminal Minds, "3rd Life". A week after the death of the girl, Susan, her family, in-laws, and niece went to the mall for a day of shopping, with Susan claiming she planned on buying Richard a birthday present. Cook. RELATED: 10 Most Harrowing Cases In Criminal Minds. Incarcerated/Institutionalized Unfortunately, in her bid to prove there is a serial killer, Zoe unknowingly stumbles upon him and is killed. Budding Serial KillerThrill KillerAbductorRapist It has killed off a pair of former leads, but . Status For the first time, Criminal Minds introduces a serious love interest for Reid. At some point during her time there, she liaised with Hotch, with whom she later became good friends. Having been sentenced after she confessed to killing her son Riley, Gideon's work as a profiler leads him to believe that Sarah Jean never actually murdered her son and instead gave him away to keep him safe. Modus Operandi Ryan later sends Taylor to his father's home to retrieve a Remington 870 shotgun. She tells Diana it is time to go. When the daughters of Bruce Morrison, a writer whose wife mysteriously vanished a year ago, go missing on the anniversary of their mother's disappearance, the BAU is brought in to study Morrison as a possible suspect. She has a background in criminal psychology and worked as an agent for the FBI's Sex Crimes Unit for eight years, with her specialty being undercover operations. Because it takes her months to capture a criminal, whereas the BAU captures their unsubs weekly, she finds herself having to adapt to that schedule. This kind of episode is why I love the show. Fred was found guilty and died in prison, but said he did it alone. Distinctly remembering the sound of her voice, Reid turns around and asks her if they met, but she replies that they haven't and introduces herself as Carol Atkinson. Walker was a family man and a respected agent, but despite appearing in most of season 12, he didn't get much . Blunt-force trauma When the mall shuts down and the search for Katie starts, Susan plays the part of the bewildered bystander and comforts her hysterical in-laws. As a result, she is able to convince the suggestible Reid to stab Nadie to death. However, when Lewis presses further, Reid remembers that the person who was with him and Nadie in the motel was not Peter, but a woman (though he does not place Lindsey's exact identity just yet). 1979 Years after being expelled, Ryan met and befriended two seniors from Mayford High School, named Douglas Silverman and Taylor Coleman. There, they find a would-be victim who escaped, and the team splits up to find Parkett. Then, he pulls the trigger, killing Ryan. While Jeremy, who was supposed to be watching Katie, was distracted in the arcade, Susan approached her niece and led her away. Maybe one of the most outstanding episodes of the series. Eventually, a paramedic (another one of the terrorists), drives to the site, picks Kate and Hotch up, and drives them to a nearby hospital. The Kid Adair Tishler Cate Hale John Bishop Jim Scheuren Sierra McCormick Lynn Robillard Lucy Butler RV Park Owner Paul Benz Deputy Bo Whitaker June Carryl Doctor Director Tim Matheson Writers Jeff Davis Mark Bruner Oanh Ly (story editor) All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro Storyline Edit Did you know Edit Trivia If any child misbehaves or becomes too unruly, the wife cremates them in the old family crematorium. Sera, armed with the revolver, follows JJ and watches as the agent discovers something inside one of the boxes. She and Rossi bait Cowles into taking the limbs with him out of the house, and once he drives onto an abandoned trail, she leads the arrest on him. In all of her hits, she used the same weapon Jack once used during his days as a hitman. Killing their U.S. When they find the 3rd unsub dead; Garcia does a run on his identity and they discover he's from a local high school. Name for the plan as a temporary red herring. The effect is still painful as Reid struggles again with the loss of his father figure, this time for good. Potomac Mills Mall is all a single level (no stairs or escalators). "What you do to me will be nothing compared to what my dad will do to you.". Along with his drunken rages, this helped her convince Katie to call an abuse hotline several times. She may have been partially based on Sue Edwards, the brief accomplice of Richard Allen Davis (who was mentioned in the episode) - Both were accomplices to a pedophilic abductor and have nearly identical names. No official profile of Lindsey was made by the BAU, though Reid stated that she followed in her father's footsteps because of their complicated relationship and because she was a "daddy's girl". Investigating, the BAU finally come across her, disheveled and apparently in shock, and take her to the hospital, still thinking she is a victim.