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Criminal Minds: North Mammon

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After a man kidnaps three teenaged girls and locks them in a cellar, he tells them only two of them will live and they must choose which one will die. The BAU takes the case when the mother of one of the girls travels to Quantico to ask JJ to intercede with the FBI on the girls' behalf. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Andrew Wilder

Director:: Matt Earl Beesley

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

Guest Star:: Lisa Waltz (Judy Homefeldt); David Grant Wright (Gill Seymour); Jamie McShane (Peter Chambers); Todd Jeffries (Coach Don Haas); Andrew Rothenberg (Manager); Tom Schmid (Marcus Younger); Lisa Clifton (Elaine Seymour); Jason Beghe (Sheriff Yates); Mimi Michaels (Brooke Chambers); Mark Henderson (Coach Bunting); Kayla Mae Maloney (Polly); Kelly Kruger (Kelly Seymour); Dean Cudworth (Sgt. Tom Sikes)

In the episode, it was noted the State Championship game was November 3rd. In Pennsylvania, high school football state championships do not occur until the second weekend in December. edit »
Per closed captioning the original end quote was from George Eliot: "There are many victories worse than defeat." edit »
JJ went to college on a soccer scholarship. edit »

The song heard when the girls are talking in the car at the beginning of the episode is "Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall. edit »
This is the first episode in which Lola Glaudini's name did not appear in the opening credits. Her image also had been removed from the main cast photo shown at the end credits. edit »

Hotchner: What's all of that?
JJ: New cases. I got to figure out where we're going to next.
Hotchner: Hey, wait a minute. We're the profilers. I thought we made those decisions.
JJ: Sure you do.
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Morgan: You don't believe these girls are really missing?
Sgt. Sikes: It's just not the kind of thing that happens around here, you know?
Gideon: You'd be surprised how often we hear that. edit »
JJ: Legendary basketball coach John Wooden said, "It's not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it." edit »
Chief Yates: Listen, these people...they're my friends. They're my neighbors, good people. I don't want anybody assuming that they're involved.
Hotcher: We just got here. We're not assuming anything. edit »
Hotchner: I thought everybody wanted to become a profiler.
JJ: Sorry. edit »

Reid: John Jamelske built a concrete dungeon under a suburban home.

In 2003, 67-year-old John Jamelske was tried for kidnapping five young women, physically abusing them, and holding them as sex slaves in a dungeon he had built under his home near Syracuse. During this trial, Jamelske tried to blame his actions on Viagra. He also claimed to have taken good care of the girls and had meaningful relationships with them, but the victims' statements contradicted this, and he is currently serving an 18-year sentence. edit »

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CM1329
member since: Aug 3, 2008
North Mammon
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
A guy kidnaps 3 girls and tells them that they will have to choose who will live ...Continue »
08/02/08 10:22am | report abuse
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cavanagh15
member since: Dec 26, 2004
North Mammon
The Bottom Line: "Not my favorite storyline"
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12/29/07 01:56am | report abuse
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kewlz
member since: Oct 22, 2006
North Mammon
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
Three best friends were kidnapped and forced to decide which two of them walks out of alive. ...Continue »
08/17/07 12:32am | report abuse
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Liria
member since: Sep 30, 2006
North Mammon
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
Three friends are kidnapped and locked in a small room, from where only two will emerge... And they have to decide which. The team had a rather minor participation, and there's no real "happy ending". ...Continue »
03/21/07 03:23pm | report abuse
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Finnegan77
member since: Jan 19, 2007
North Mammon
The Bottom Line: "Bottom of the barrel"
Exactly how did the BAU help local law enforcement in this episode? ...Continue »
02/18/07 10:31am | report abuse