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Score: 9.0 Superb 137 votes

Limelight

Episode Number: 58    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Wednesday January 23, 2008    Prod Code: 312
After the contents of a self-storage unit purchased at an auction take the BAU to Philadelphia to investigate a series of murders, the local agent becomes the center of the case. To catch the killer, the team must profile the items inside the unit.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Star: A.J. Cook (SSA Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau),  Kirsten Vangsness (Analyst Penelope Garcia),  Paget Brewster (SSA Emily Prentiss),  Matthew Gray Gubler (SSA Dr. Spencer Reid),  Thomas Gibson (Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner),  Joe Mantegna (Senior SSA David Rossi),  Shemar Moore (SSA Derek Morgan)
Guest Star: Chris Snyder (Shawn Overhold),  Porter Fowler (Older Man),  Jeremy Cohenour (Dwayne),  Michael Cotter (Stu),  Madden Page (Auctioneer),  Jason Delane (Philly Agent),  Zach Hanks (Guy),  Kelly Lester (Woman),  Ruby Campbell (Reporter #3),  Michael Chandler (Reporter #2),  Nicole Stuart (Reporter),  Joseph Gilbert (Manager),  Cory Tucker (Agent),  James Aidan (Digger),  Mary Elizabeth Barrett (Medical Examiner),  Karen Fatta (Operator),  Louise Claps (Older Woman),  Christopher Allen Nelson (Unsub),  Wendy Braun (Katrina Townsley),  Andrea Roth (Special Agent Jill Morris)

Notes

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"Limelight" was the last episode aired before the WGA strike shut down production on November 5, 2007. (edit)
The song featured in the scene as Rossi and Reid were going through the unsub's notes was "Sweet Beliefs" by Cyann & Ben. (edit)

Quotes

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Rossi: Find the fetish, find the fiend. (edit)
Special Agent Jill Morris: That's great, stuff guys. Keep me posted. (walks away)
Morgan: (to Reid) She does know we don't work for her, right? (edit)
Garcia: Yahtzee! (edit)
Rossi: (voiceover as he walks away from Morris and the reporters) "For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world, and, although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won." Lucille Maud Montgomery. (edit)
Rossi: (reluctantly) She didn't get the hair from the unit.
Hotchner: She lied?
Rossi: (nods)
Hotchner: When were you going to tell us?
Rossi: Whatever she did to get us here, we're here now.
Hotchner: (angry) It's unacceptable behavior, why do you keep defending her?
Rossi: Because I know what she is. She's me 20 years ago.
Hotchner: She's nothing like you, Dave!
Rossi: C'mon, Hotch, I know what people think. I took serial killers mass market. Now everyone knows their names, but not the victims', right? Somewhere along the line I put myself first. I admit it. I can't go back and change it. But it's not too late for her. (edit)

Trivia

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The Books on Tape foundation trilogy to which Reid refers does not exist. Peter Coyote has narrated many audio books, but Asimov's Foundation Trilogy has never been released. A copy of the BBC radio production is available, but not the books. (edit)

Allusions

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Special Agent Jill Morris: What are you going to do, vote me off the island?
This line refers to the CBS series Survivor, where contestants are voted off in order to determine the ultimate winner. (edit)
Jill Morris refers to Charles Cullen as an example of a serial killer who operated in Philadelphia. He also killed people in New Jersey. Cullen is a former nurse who has confessed to killing at least 45 patients by injecting them with lethal doses of digoxin and insulin. He is serving several consecutive life sentences. (edit)
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Community Reviews (8)

 

cbsfan
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10.0
Perfect
Limelight
"Revealing"
A Young Agent that reminds Rossi of himself at her age fakes some evidence to get the BAU involved. She is however a little too interested in the "limelight" as well as getting a killer off the streets, and almost gets herself killed in the process.
Continue » Posted Jan 30, 2008 3:30 pm PST
9.1
Superb
Limelight
"Above average"
Good episode kept me engaged and had some real edge of your seat moments. It was good to get a Rossi mentor/self evaluation episode. On that note the reckless agent was perfect. She was everything Rossi was a media hog who cared
Continue » Posted Jan 29, 2008 11:11 am PST
8.5
Great
Limelight
"Above average"
good episode...
Continue » Posted Jan 26, 2008 5:36 pm PST
9.0
Superb
Limelight
"Well written"
Great one as always, but not the best of this season
Continue » Posted Jan 26, 2008 8:11 am PST

JPPT1974
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9.5
Superb
Limelight
"Above average"
Rossi showing more depth
Continue » Posted Jan 24, 2008 7:08 pm PST
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