Criminal Minds

Season 1 Episode 9

Natural Born Killer

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When an undercover cop in Baltimore involved in a mob investigation goes missing, the BAU believes a serial killer rather than organized crime has something to do with his disappearance. The probe leads to several unsolved missing persons cases.

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  • Mixed Up Ep's

    10
    I Loved This Ep But Ep 9 is Suppose to be Ep 8 and Ep 8 Is Suppose to be ep 9
  • Some will grow up to be killers, others to catch them..

    7.5
    A police in undercover goes missing when things go wrong and it is believed that a very brutal killer has him and now BAU team has to do everything to catch the man - what does not prove to be too hard but the location of his tourtering is still a mystery and they are running with clock to save the police officer.



    This episode had some great moments but mostly I felt it was somehow too.. not slow, but dark.. and maybe it is not the right word again.. but.. oh.. it had somehow not very pleseant feeling most of the time - maybe all the torture thing..moreless
  • not the best!

    7.5
    with episodes like L.D.S.K and the fox, i was certainly expecting more from this episode!!

    the last 2 were my Favorite episodes this season..but this one was the worst :/ (next to that bomb one)!



    i really didn't like the torture scenes! they were scary..but thats not why i didn't like this episode!

    there was no suspense in who the Unsub is, and the Torture plot has really become a Cliche! IT did have its good moments though, like the one where we get to know about Hotch's past, and the AMAZING portrayal of a Sadist serial killer by Patrick Kilpatrick! but apart from this, i really didn't find anything else good on this Episode!



    maybe because of the last 2 episodes being So Amazing, i was expecting more :S!!

    in all, its not a bad episode.....just not that good!!moreless
  • The brutal murder of a childless couple takes the team to Maryland but there is much more to it than meets the eye.

    8.0
    A retired couple are dead in Baltimore, Maryland but when the BAU become involved they find that there is a great deal more involved in the case than just the one murder. The crime scene shows evidence of torture and there is evidence of a third victim whose body parts are found in various areas of the neighbourhood. When Gideon and the team think they have a good lead on the identity of the unsub, they are surprised to learn that the FBI's organized crime unit wishes to take over the case but when they realise that their suspect is in fact an undercover agent, they must work with the organized crime squad to try and track down the murderer.



    A good episode but predictable in places. Nonetheless, very definitely worth a look.moreless
  • No doubt that this was the poorest of the series to date in what has been a very good first season. Hopefully this is as bad as it gets.

    6.1
    No doubt that this was the poorest of the series to date in what has been a very good first season. Hopefully this is as bad as it gets.



    Maybe the writers could have had an off day, or maybe they really wanted to begin to introduce more background story of the other characters apart from Gideon (i.e. Gibson's possible abused childhood).



    Torture scenes didn't particularly affect me as there is so much violence on television these days, but more implied cruelty (off-screen) works better in my opinion than being on-screen and highly graphic.



    Roll on the next episode, this series has me hooked.moreless
A.J. Cook

A.J. Cook

SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau

Lola Glaudini

Lola Glaudini

SSA Elle Greenaway

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin

Senior SSA Jason Gideon

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler

SSA Dr. Spencer Reid

Shemar Moore

Shemar Moore

SSA Derek Morgan

Thomas Gibson

Thomas Gibson

Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

Vincent Perotta

Guest Star

Val Lauren

Val Lauren

Freddy Candore

Guest Star

Joseph Sikora

Joseph Sikora

Jimmy Baker

Guest Star

Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Vangsness

Analyst Penelope Garcia

Recurring Role

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • TRIVIA (3)

    • On the unsub's juvenile record, the geographic information is inaccurate. There is, in fact, a Hyde Lane in Maryland; however, it is located in Bowie. The ZIP code listed with the address is 21235, which is the ZIP code for Woodlawn, a neighborhood in Baltimore. Woodlawn and Bowie are approximately 50 miles apart.

    • When the team enters Jimmy's apartment and Morgan breaks the wall and finds the gun, he handles both the clip and the gun without wearing any gloves. By doing that, he compromised potential evidence.

    • It is revealed in this episode that Morgan once had an undercover assignment for 18 months.

  • QUOTES (10)

    • Gideon: We have a word for you.
      Vincent Perotta: You got a word for me?
      Gideon: Oh yeah. Actually, we have a few. Psychopath. Paranoid personality disorder.
      Vincent Perotta: That's quite a mouthful, Jason.

    • Elle: (talking about Garcia's ability to find criminal records) Can you get into those records?
      Reid: Despite the fact that they were probably expunged, she can find the faintest echo of deletion, and successfully recreate the file thereby sending us all to prison for computer felony fraud counts.
      Elle: We can make bail.

    • Garcia: You're breathing on my neck.
      Reid: I'm sorry. Sorry.
      Elle: You two having fun?
      Garcia: Oh, yeah. Sifting through the life and times of Freddy Condore with Dr. Reid here is a party I wouldn't want to miss.

    • Gideon: (after revealing photos of murdered people on board) I believe you're an extremely impotent man.
      Vincent Perotta
      : (rattling his handcuffs) Take these off - we'll see!

    • Hotchner: Paranoid personalities develop in childhood.
      Vincent Perotta: You know, you just saved me thousands of dollars in therapy bills.

    • Hotchner: But your father beat you every chance he got.
      Vincent Perotta: He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?
      Hotchner: No.
      Vincent Perotta
      : Well, maybe if yours had, you would have learned to fight.

    • Hotchner: You were just responding to what you learned, Vincent. When you grow up in an environment like that, an extremely abusive, violent household, it's not surprising that some people grow up to become killers.
      Vincent Perotta: Some people?
      Hotchner: What's that?
      Vincent Perotta: You said some people grow up to become killers.
      Hotchner: And some people grow up to catch them.

    • Morgan: (Garcia enters the room holding a cardboard box) Please tell me you brought some breakfast.
      Garcia: Huh? Trust me, sugar, you're not going to want to eat when you see what's in here.

    • Gideon: Hemingway wrote, "There is no hunting like the hunting of a man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else."

    • Gideon: Carl Jung said, "The healthy man does not torture others. Generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers."

  • NOTES (1)

    • When the neighbor comes over to complain about the loud music, the song that is playing is Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) sung by James Darren.

  • ALLUSIONS (3)

    • Garcia: We're gonna need a bigger board.

      A reference to the famous line from the movie Jaws as the shark appears and Brody announces, "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

    • Morgan: John Wayne Gacy killed at least 30 people.

      Thirty-three, actually. John Wayne Gacy lived in Chicago. Gacy was known as a family man and a successful businessman who was active in community organizations, but he was also a pedophile who killed young men and buried them under his house. He was executed in 1994. People used to call him the Killer Clown because before his arrest he used to dress up as a clown and entertain children. Also while he was on death row he liked to paint clowns.

    • The episode's title refers to Oliver Stone's 1994 film Natural Born Killers.

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