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Criminal Minds: Psychodrama

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The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based on money because the robber abuses his victims by forcing them to undress before he leaves the crime scene. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Aaron Zelman

Director:: Guy Norman Bee

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

Recurring Role:: Meredith Monroe (Haley Hotchner)

Guest Star:: Tyson Chambers (Andrew); Jean St. James (Claire Henderson); Jason Wiles (Unsub Sheppard); Brian Hatton (FBI Professor); David M. Fabrizio (Agent Wallace); Asher Axe (Jeffrey); Jennifer Wetzel (Scared Woman); Connie Cooper (Karen Sheppard); Austin David Young (Darren Henderson); Michael Chieffo (Bill Henderson); Gary Wolf (Roland Lynch); Paul Terrell Clayton (Parole Officer (Credited as Terrell Clayton)); Chris Warner (Security Guard Jiminez); Marco Sanchez (Detective Murad)

There is a blood stain on Hotch's shirt sleeve before he shoots and cuffs the unsub. edit »
When the unsub is shot by Hotch, he has a small beard. In the ambulance in the next shot, he is clean shaven. edit »
Hotch's son's name is Jack. edit »

The song playing at the children's party scene near the end of the episode was "Our Lips Are Sealed" by Hilary and Haylie Duff. edit »

Elle: (handing key to Morgan outside Sheppard's locked motel room) Key?
Morgan: (getting ready to kick down the door) No, I got one. edit »
(via phone to Morgan inside JJ's Paradise)
Elle: Hardcore or not, you've got the wrong scumbag. edit »
(via phone discussing Jack's medical condition)
Haley: At home with my mom. I didn't want him here while we were
talking. Look, I know this job is important to you, but we're important, too.
Hotchner: You don't have to tell me that.
Haley: I don't want you to wake up some day in some random city and realize that you don't know your own son. edit »
Hotchner: How are we doing?
Agent Wallace: Five minutes.
Hotchner: Make it three. edit »
Garcia: (after removing her high-heeled shoes from her aching feet) Why must your beauty be so painful? edit »

Reid comments there was a pilot program using psychodrama in the mid 1990s in the San Luis Obispo jail.
A psychodrama program was in place between 1997-1999 for inmates in the San Luis Obispo County Jail where Leonard Manzella, a licensed clinical social worker, worked with prisoners with violence and drug problems. Manzella has consulted with many law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities and universities as well as the CBS Network. edit »
Gideon's quote, "Save one life, we save the world," is from the Talmud. edit »
The title of this episode alludes to a psychotherapeutic technique in which people are assigned roles to be played spontaneously within a dramatic context devised by a therapist in order to understand the behavior of people with whom they have difficult interactions. edit »

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cavanagh15
member since: Dec 26, 2004
Psychodrama
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
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12/27/07 10:43pm | report abuse
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jayble
member since: Oct 1, 2007
Psychodrama
The Bottom Line: "Average"
The BAU investigates a series of bank robberies that have escalated to sadism as the unsub forces the hostages to act out psychodramas. ...Continue »
10/17/07 06:39am | report abuse
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Fwirrel
member since: Mar 15, 2007
Psychodrama
The Bottom Line: "Above average"
creepy... ...Continue »
09/01/07 05:57pm | report abuse
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Finnegan77
member since: Jan 19, 2007
Psychodrama
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Crank up the weirdness meter! ...Continue »
05/02/07 02:51pm | report abuse
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BAUCTU
member since: Aug 30, 2006
Psychodrama
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
A disturbing case with the worse kind of un-sub. ...Continue »
03/14/07 05:23pm | report abuse