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Criminal Minds: A Real Rain

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The BAU travels to New York City to investigate a series of murders that appear to have been committed by a vigilante who is exacting revenge on other criminals who have been released by the justice system. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Chris Mundy

Director:: Gloria Muzio

Stars:: Mandy Patinkin (Senior SSA Jason Gideon); Kirsten Vangsness (Analyst Penelope Garcia); Lola Glaudini (SSA Elle Greenaway); A.J. Cook (SSA Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau); Matthew Gray Gubler (SSA Dr. Spencer Reid); Thomas Gibson (Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner); Shemar Moore (SSA Derek Morgan)

Guest Star:: Glen Walker (Reporter); Pat Connolly (Marshall); David Aaron Baker (Will Sykes); Dennis Boutsikaris (Lance Wagner); Nate Reese (Older Black Man); Pauline Yasuda (Young Asian Woman); Irene Roseen (Parishioner); Sarah Scott Davis (Uniformed Cop); Munda Razooki (Officer Clark); Tonya Pinkins (Det. Nora Bennett); Sheilynn Wactor (Leanne Elmore); Loren Lazerine (Walter Derbin); Ethan Phillips (Doyle); Donnell Turner (Man on the Street #1); Natalie Graziano (Woman on the Street #2); Marc Anthony Samuel (Ted Elmore); Mike Muscat (Man on the Street #7); Joel Heyman (Man on the Street #6); Joe Jagatic (Man on the Street #5); Elizabeth Tatus (Woman on the Street #4); Scott Wilder (Second Man); Wahn Lee (Woman on the Street #3)

The killer's MO is supposedly to shoot the victims in the chest to subdue them, and then kill them with the flint knife through the ear. Yet in both first shooting scenes that are shown, the gun is clearly aimed and shot at the victims' heads. edit »
Reid tells the court officer he is 24, but Gideon comments when the Goetz subway shootings occurred Reid wasn't born yet. The Bernhard Goetz shootings occurred on December 22, 1984 - 22 years earlier. Either Reid was wrong about his age or Gideon had his dates mixed up. edit »
When the BAU arrives at the unsub's last victim's apartment, as Gideon is talking he is putting on his bulletproof vest. Then as he and Hotchner are walking towards the apartment, he is putting it on again. edit »

The song at the end was "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley. edit »

(discussing the unsub and how he is perceived by the public)
Gideon He's a hero.
Reid: The exact same thing happened with the Goetz New York subway shootings in the early eighties.
Gideon: You weren't even born.
Reid: I read a lot. edit »
(watching the police funeral on television as a bagpiper plays "Amazing Grace")
Nora Bennett: I can never get that sound out of my head. It wakes me up at night. If there was any justice, cop killers would have to hear it for an eternity. edit »
Morgan: Do you have any idea how many cases run through there every year?
Garcia: 122,998. edit »
Reid: (discussing chopsticks) It�s absolutely incredible, 1.3 billion people stay nourished because of these things. edit »
Hotchner: You�re a genius.
Garcia: You�re just saying that �cause it�s true. edit »

Hotchner: We're talking the kind of terror New York hasn't seen since Son of Sam.

Serial killer David Berkowitz targeted young couples in New York and called himself the "Son of Sam" in letters he sent to the police during his murder spree. He is notorious for saying that a dog ordered him to kill. Berkowitz is currently serving a life sentence. edit »
Reid mentions the Zodiac Killer's victims varied in race, gender and age.
The Zodiac Killer was active in the San Francisco area in the late 1960s. He gave himself the Zodiac nickname in a series of taunting letters he sent to the police. He also liked to send the police cryptograms and puzzles. The Zodiac case remains unsolved. edit »
Hotchner: (reading from the newspaper) Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

A line from the 1976 film, Taxi Driver. The full quote is: "All the animals come out at night – whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets." edit »
Troy Duffy's 1999 film, The Boondock Saints is a movie about two vigilantes going around killing "the bad guys," and it ends with people on the streets giving statements to the news about their opinions on the vigilantes. The same thing happens at the end of this episode. edit »
This episode is very reminiscent of the 1995 David Fincher film, Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. In Se7en, "John Doe" killed people guilty of sin. In this episode, the killer kills people that were guilty, but were let off the hook. In Se7en, John Doe posed as a member of the press, in this episode a member of the press is suspected as the killer. In Se7en, John Doe walks in the police station and says, "I believe you're looking for me." In this episode, the copycat killer does and says the same. edit »

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cavanagh15
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A Real Rain
The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
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Finnegan77
member since: Jan 19, 2007
A Real Rain
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
A great team episode in every sense of the word. ...Continue »
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nashvillekat
member since: Feb 14, 2007
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The Bottom Line: "Nerve-wracking"
I could hardly watch the end sequence!!! ...Continue »
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JPPT1974
member since: Nov 2, 2005
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The Bottom Line: "Well written"
Great show and why I watch ...Continue »
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RibbitJen923
member since: Mar 30, 2006
A Real Rain
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
not my favorite episode, but very interesting. ...Continue »
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