I had been a huge fan of the show since the very beginning and was always coming up with ideas for scripts. Starting in late 2009, one idea kept staying with me, so in the beginning of 2010, I bought some scriptwriting software and started banging away. In mid-2010 I found out about a CBS writers fellowship and entered my CM script.
The script I entered? A two-part season finale wherein the unsub is a former agent who is replicating crimes already solved by the BAU. The unsub stalks the team, taking candid photos of them, and taunts them by sending photos of intended victims with letters written in real blood, on the victims' foreheads.
In Part 1, many things happen, including Hotch's reunion with his brother (who, as we fans know, had not appeared on the show since "The Tribe," at the start of the first season), who is now a sous-chef at a Manhattan restaurant. We also witness the first kill, which is done in the manner of the killings in "The Popular More killing happens, all of which replicate cases solved by the Team - I used the crimes from Extreme Aggressor; Natural Born Killers; The Popular Kids; Poison; Unfinished Business and The Fisher King. The overarching them involved a puzzle akin to that the team had to solve in The Fisher King episodes, involving the words
In Part 2, the team gets closer to discovering the identity of the replicator when they realize that the crimes being replicated all occurred prior to Prentiss' arrival, and that Prentiss was the only team member spared the unsub's taunts. Garcia discovers that the unsub had to have had access to confidential police information in order to carry out the crimes. We also find out that the unsub's biggest beef is with Hotch and that, in an effort to get to him, the unsub has drawn in an unwitting Sean -- who becomes the victim of replicated Natural Born Killers rats in the basement scene.
Close to the end of Part 2, we find out that the former agent/replicator is Elle Greenaway, and we learn the reasons behind what she did.
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Criminal Minds
Wednesday 9:00 PM on CBS Premiered Sep 22, 2005 Between Seasons
| S 8 : Ep 24 | The Replicator | Aired 5/22/13 | |
| S 8 : Ep 23 | Brothers Hotchner | Aired 5/22/13 | |
| S 8 : Ep 22 | #6 | Aired 5/15/13 | |
| S 8 : Ep 21 | Nanny Dearest | Aired 5/8/13 | |
| S 8 : Ep 20 | Alchemy | Aired 5/1/13 |
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EDITThe Behavioral Analysis Unit consists of an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipate their next moves before they can strike again. Criminal Minds stars Thomas Gibson as Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner, Joe Mantegna as Senior Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi, Paget Brewster as Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss, Shemar Moore as Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan, Matthew Gray Gubler as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid, A.J. Cook as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau and Kirsten Vangsness as Analyst Penelope Garcia.
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 Joe Mantegna |
Senior SSA David Rossi |
 Jeanne Tripplehorn |
SSA Alex Blake |
 Thomas Gibson |
Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner |
 Shemar Moore |
SSA Derek Morgan |
 Matthew Gray Gubler |
SSA Dr. Spencer Reid |
 A.J. Cook |
SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau |
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