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* AnAesop: In-universe, Spence took Maeve's dream advice to heart. When Tara accuses him of making her look bad by both teaching and consulting, he replies that he's just doing what he loves.
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* {{Hypocrisy}}: The ghost of George Foyet thinks it's hypocritical that people ''he'' kills are dubbed "victims" while the people ''Reid'' kills are called "casualties".

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* {{Hypocrisy}}: {{Hypocrite}}: The ghost of George Foyet thinks it's hypocritical that people ''he'' kills are dubbed "victims" while the people ''Reid'' kills are called "casualties".
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* StockEpisodeTitles: Played with by adding "and in" to the front, but quotes a song whose title is the stock title proper.
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* AdultFear: Diane watches over her son who is comatose and suffering from seizures. She also has to make a decision to allow doctors to perform a surgery to save Reid from dying from a brain injury.
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* AdultFear: Diane watches over her son who is comatose and suffering from seizures. She also has to make a decision to allow doctors to perform a surgery to save Reid from dying from a brain injury.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The team heads out on a new case.


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* EndOfSeriesAwareness: "Next week we won't all be together like we have been."
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** In the third segment of his dream, Reid finds himself in his apartment, and a blond woman is sitting on his couch with her back turned, leading us to think it's Maxine. She turns around, and it's Maeve.
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** Extra points for the fact that when he first joined the team, Alvez called Penelope the "queen of ice," because of her treatment of him.

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** Extra points for the fact that when [[Recap/CriminalMindsS12E1TheCrimsonKing he first joined the team, team]], Alvez called Penelope the "queen of ice," because of her treatment of him.
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** Extra points for the fact that when he first joined the team, Alvez called Penelope the "queen of ice," because of her treatment of him.
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* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Jordan Todd, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.

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* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Jordan Todd, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, Alex Blake, and Kate Callahan.
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** Footage J.J. and Will’s wedding from the end of "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS7E24Run Run]]" is used as Rossi reminisces over the previous parties he’d thrown at his home.

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** Footage of J.J. and Will’s wedding from the end of "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS7E24Run Run]]" is used as Rossi reminisces over the previous parties he’d thrown at his home.

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* {{Bookends}}: In the pilot, Reid's father figure Gideon was haunted about having misread a bomber situation and inadvertently caused the death of six FBI agents not too long before the start of the series. In this episode, Reid is literally haunted because of a situation he misread which caused six FBI agents to die in an explosion.

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* {{Bookends}}: {{Bookends}}:
** The first episode of the season had Grace Lynch shoot Jennifer with a hidden gun, very nearly killing her, then driving away. The series finale has Jennifer dig a flare gun out of the car and fire it at Everett Lynch's plane as he tries to take off, killing him.
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In the pilot, Reid's father figure Gideon was haunted about having misread a bomber situation and inadvertently caused the death of six FBI agents not too long before the start of the series. In this episode, Reid is literally haunted because of a situation he misread which caused six FBI agents to die in an explosion.
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* {{Bookends}}: In the pilot, Reid's father figure Gideon was haunted about having misread a bomber situation and inadvertently caused the death of six FBI agents not too long before the start of the series. In this episode, Reid is literally haunted because of a situation he misread which caused six FBI agents to die in an explosion.
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** The going-away party at the end is for Penelope, not Rossi - who was contemplating retirement at the beginning of the episode.

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** The going-away party at the end is for Penelope, not Rossi - Rossi, who was contemplating retirement at the beginning of the episode.



* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Apparently, in the afterlife, [[spoiler:Maeve]] is a blonde.

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* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Apparently, in the afterlife, [[spoiler:Maeve]] Maeve is a blonde.



** When the nurse asks her what to do about Spencer, she replies that she can't say, since she thought it was Tuesday.

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** When the nurse asks her Diana what to do about Spencer, she replies that she can't say, since she thought it was Tuesday.

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** The blonde sitting on Spence's couch? Not Maxine.
** The going-away party at the end is for Penelope.

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** The blonde sitting on Spence's couch? Not Maxine.
** The going-away party at the end is for Penelope.Penelope, not Rossi - who was contemplating retirement at the beginning of the episode.


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* StockFootage:
** Early in the episode, footage from "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E22TheFisherKingPart1 The Fisher King (Part 1)]]" is used, allowing Hotch, Gideon, Morgan and Elle to come BackForTheFinale.
** Footage J.J. and Will’s wedding from the end of "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS7E24Run Run]]" is used as Rossi reminisces over the previous parties he’d thrown at his home.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Reid surmises that while late TeamMom Erin Strauss represents the good angel, the serial killer who killed Hotch's wife and who Hotch beat to death in return represents the bad angel. His inner representation of the Boston Reaper takes offense to that.


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* {{Hypocrisy}}: The ghost of George Foyet thinks it's hypocritical that people ''he'' kills are dubbed "victims" while the people ''Reid'' kills are called "casualties".


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* SurvivorsGuilt: Unconscious Reid feels bad about the agents who died in the explosion he failed to predict, briefly expressed by his inner representation of the Boston Reaper.


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* VerbalBackspace: Rossi almost says to Krystall that he wants to retire, but backspaces, forcing her to figure it out.
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* AnAesop: In-universe, Spence took Maeve's dream advice to heart. When Tara accuses him of making her look bad by both teaching and consulting, he replies that he's just doing what he loves.
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* GrandFinale: Focusing appropriately on Spence and Penelope, the only two characters still around since day one.

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* GrandFinale: Focusing appropriately on Spence and Penelope, the only two characters still around since day one. Despite being absent for most of season six, JJ has also been around since the first episode, and gets her moment in the finale, being the one to finish the last Unsub.
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* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Apparently, in the afterlife, [[spoiler:Maeve]] is a blonde.
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** Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest. Though he was going to that situation with open eyes, so he probably doesn,t always wear two vests.

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** Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest. Though he was going to that situation with open eyes, so he probably doesn,t doesn't always wear two vests.
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** Maeve's favorite movie is Film/CityOfAngels.
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* ContinuityNod: Garcia mentions to Diana that Reid has been in the hospital before, as have Morgan, Hotchner, and JJ earlier this year.

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* ContinuityNod: Garcia mentions to Diana that Reid has been in the hospital before, as have Morgan, Hotchner, [[Recap/CriminalMindsS11E16Derek Morgan]], [[Recap/CriminalMindsS5E1NamelessFaceless Hotchner]], [[Recap/CriminalMindsS3E8Lucky herself]], and [[Recap/CriminalMindsS15E2Awakenings JJ earlier this year.year]].



* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.

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* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Jordan Todd, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.



** Who'd have guessed that ''the jet'' had secrets yet to be revealed?

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** Who'd have guessed that ''the jet'' had secrets yet to be revealed?revealed? Namely, a gun hidden in a secret compartment that has never been mentioned before.
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** Maeve and Reid quote E.E. Cummings at each other.

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** Maeve and Reid quote E.E. Cummings Creator/EECummings at each other.

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* ContinuityNod: Garcia mentions to Diana that Reid has been in the hospital before, as have Morgan, Hotchner, and JJ earlier this year.



** Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest.

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** Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest. Though he was going to that situation with open eyes, so he probably doesn,t always wear two vests.



* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Alex Blake, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.

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* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even Hotch. Exceptions are Alex Blake, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.


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** Everett Lynch isn't merely a shallow gold-digging serial killer conman, he is also a pilot, who when he was 19 taught himself Spanish.


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** Maeve and Reid quote E.E. Cummings at each other.

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* BaitAndSwitch: The blonde sitting on Spence's couch? Not Maxine.
** The going-away party at the end is for [[spoiler:Penelope]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** When Reid's near death dream begins, it looks like Garcia will be the one guiding him through it, as was the case with Morgan in season 11. Then she turns into Erin Strauss.
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The blonde sitting on Spence's couch? Not Maxine.
** The going-away party at the end is for [[spoiler:Penelope]].Penelope.



* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Minor example, but still, the episode ends with Penelope leaving the BAU to become IT for another FBI department.]]

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* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Minor Minor example, but still, the episode ends with Penelope leaving the BAU to become IT for another FBI department.]]



* CrazyPrepared: Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest.

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* CrazyPrepared: CrazyPrepared:
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Rossi's redundant BulletproofVest.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Of all people, [[spoiler:Penelope]] has this with Alvez when he asks her out. Obviously a case of BelligerentSexualTension.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Of all people, [[spoiler:Penelope]] Penelope has this with Alvez when he asks her out. Obviously a case of BelligerentSexualTension.



* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. [[FridgeLogic Almost]] everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Hotch]].

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* {{Flashback}}: Plenty. [[FridgeLogic Almost]] Almost everyone who was ever a part of the BAU team appears on screen at some point, however briefly. Even [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Hotch]].Hotch. Exceptions are Alex Blake, Ashley Seaver, Stephen Walker, and Kate Callahan.



* HiddenDepths: Who'd have guessed that ''the jet'' had secrets yet to be revealed?

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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
** Inverted with Maeve, who reveals her "deepest, darkest secret": she loves '90s rom-coms.
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Who'd have guessed that ''the jet'' had secrets yet to be revealed?



* MarriedToTheJob: Even [[spoiler:Krystall]] understands by the end that [[spoiler:Rossi]] is.

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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Lynch let's Krystall know who he really is. She pretends she needs to call David, but he stops her because he saw her realize the truth.
* MarriedToTheJob: Even [[spoiler:Krystall]] Krystall understands by the end that [[spoiler:Rossi]] is.Rossi is.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: That Gideon and Maeve and presumably everyone else live on in the afterlife.
* NonSequitur:
** When she arrives at the hospital where Reid is hovering between life and death, Diana is ashtonished that Garcia is almost as tall as herself.
** When the nurse asks her what to do about Spencer, she replies that she can't say, since she thought it was Tuesday.



* ShoutOut: Both the episode title and a speech given by Penelope quote [[Music/AbbeyRoad "The End" by The Beatles]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Both the episode title and a speech given by Penelope quote [[Music/AbbeyRoad "The End" by The Beatles]].



* WorkplaceRomance: Subverted. Alvez can finally ask [[spoiler:Penelope]] out, since they won't be working together any more. Her [[DefrostingIceQueen enthusiastic response]] hints at a coming RelationshipUpgrade.

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* WorkplaceRomance: Subverted. Alvez can finally ask [[spoiler:Penelope]] Penelope out, since they won't be working together any more. Her [[DefrostingIceQueen enthusiastic response]] hints at a coming RelationshipUpgrade.RelationshipUpgrade.
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