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* JackTheRipoff: At one point, a wannabe tries copying the [=UnSub=] in order to steal all the praise the actual killer is receiving.



* SelfMadeOrphan: The [=UnSub=]'s final (attempted) victim is a man who killed his own parents. He claims it was self defense after years of abuse, we never learn for certain if that was true.

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* SelfMadeOrphan: The [=UnSub=]'s final (attempted) victim is a man who killed his own parents. He claims that it was self defense self-defense after years of abuse, but we never learn for certain if that was that's true.



--> '''Gideon:''' ''Gandhi said, "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."''
--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Gandhi also said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."''

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--> '''Gideon:''' ''Gandhi said, "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."''
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'''Hotchner:''' ''Gandhi also said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."''
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* AmazingFreakingGrace: Played at the funeral of the murdered undercover cop. The lead cop mentions that she can hear that song at all times, and wishes that cop killers be forced to hear it for all eternity.


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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: At dinner, Elle asks the team to talk about something other than the case. Hotch promptly asks if she's dating anyone, and she immediately begs them to talk about the case again.
* CopKiller: One of [=UnSub=]'s victims had previously killed two Port Authority cops. The "vigilante" who turns himself in also killed an undercover cop.


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* SelfMadeOrphan: The [=UnSub=]'s final (attempted) victim is a man who killed his own parents. He claims it was self defense after years of abuse, we never learn for certain if that was true.
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--> '''Gideon:''' ''W.H. Auden said, "Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness."''




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--> '''Gideon:''' ''Gandhi said, "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."''
--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Gandhi also said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."''
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* VigilanteInjustice: While the vigilante is targeting criminals because he believes that they have gotten away, the BAU raids his house and get evidence that helps them determine the man is suffering audio hallucinations and is hypersensitive to sound and is just looking for some way to make the voices go away.
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* DeathByIrony: The unsub, a vigilante, is killed in an example of VigilanteExecution because he was probably going to garner support and beat his charges - just like his victims.

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* DeathByIrony: The unsub, [=UnSub=], a vigilante, is killed in an example of VigilanteExecution because he was probably going to garner support and beat his charges - just like his victims.



* GroinAttack: Suspecting someone who turned himself in ''isn't'' the unsub, they ask about "why" he stabbed a PedophilePriest this way.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The unsub murders people who beat the charges and were found innocent at their trial, but he believes them guilty.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub murders people who commited crimes, yes, but he is doing so just to see if that will get rid of the voices in his head that don't give him a break.

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* GroinAttack: Suspecting someone who turned himself in ''isn't'' the unsub, [=UnSub=], they ask about "why" he stabbed a PedophilePriest this way.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: The unsub [=UnSub=] murders people who beat the charges and were found innocent at their trial, but he believes them guilty.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub [=UnSub=] murders people who commited crimes, yes, but he is doing so just to see if that will get rid of the voices in his head that don't give him a break.



* VigilanteMan: The unsub, who kills people who were found innocent of murder at their trials, but he believes them guilty.
* VigilanteExecution: The entire raison d'etre of the unsub.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The unsub, who has garnered much popular support during his spree. The episode ends with people stating that the police killed him because they knew he was going to walk free.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: The unsub is a murderer who murders murderers who beat the charge and didn't go to jail... which of course, he doesn't intend for himself, either.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub believes he is doing society a favor by killing people he thinks guilty of murder but who could not be convicted.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hotch shooting the unsub, who is clearly mentally ill to some degree, and was not an immediate threat (but could be passed as such due to him having a gun and a hostage). There is a not very subtle implication that he did it to prevent the unsub from being declared innocent by a sympathetic jury... in other words, making the unsub into the very thing he hates and giving him his own (preventive) treatment.

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* VigilanteMan: The unsub, [=UnSub=], who kills people who were found innocent of murder at their trials, but he believes them guilty.
* VigilanteExecution: The entire raison d'etre of the unsub.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The unsub, [=UnSub=], who has garnered much popular support during his spree. The episode ends with people stating that the police killed him because they knew he was going to walk free.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: The unsub [=UnSub=] is a murderer who murders murderers who beat the charge and didn't go to jail... which of course, he doesn't intend for himself, either.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub [=UnSub=] believes he is doing society a favor by killing people he thinks guilty of murder but who could not be convicted.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hotch shooting the unsub, [=UnSub=], who is clearly mentally ill to some degree, and was not an immediate threat (but could be passed as such due to him having a gun and a hostage). There is a not very subtle implication that he did it to prevent the unsub [=UnSub=] from being declared innocent by a sympathetic jury... in other words, making the unsub [=UnSub=] into the very thing he hates and giving him his own (preventive) treatment.
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Directed by Creator/GloriaMuzio

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The BAU is called in to New York City to assist the investigation into a series of murders that appear to be the work of a vigilante exacting revenge on criminals the justice system has let go. But with public opinion becoming increasingly divided, the team must work fast to find a killer whose confidence is escalating.

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The BAU An [=UnSub=] is called in to New York City to assist a court stenographer who thinks the investigation into a series of murders that appear to be the work of a vigilante exacting revenge on criminals the justice system has let go. But with public opinion becoming increasingly divided, the team must work fast to find a killer whose confidence is escalating.voices in his head will go away if he kills enough guilty people who were exonerated anyway.

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Directed by Creator/GloriaMuzio

Written by Creator/ChrisMundy & Creator/AndrewWilder
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: The unsub is a murderer who murders murderers who beat the charge and didn't going to jail... which of course, he doesn't intend for himself, either.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: The unsub is a murderer who murders murderers who beat the charge and didn't going go to jail... which of course, he doesn't intend for himself, either.

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* ShoutOut: The closing montage of New Yorkers giving their personal opinions about the vigilante (divided between him being a hero and one more scumbag) is similar to a montage that closes ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''.

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** The title is part of a line of one of Travis Bickle's speeches describing how [[TheBigRottenApple New York is full of human garbage]] in ''Film/TaxiDriver''.
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The closing montage of New Yorkers giving their personal opinions about the vigilante (divided between him being a hero and one more scumbag) is similar to a montage that closes ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''.
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* BluffingTheMurderer: Gideon bluffs the "vigilante" who turns himself in by making him confess that he stabbed his victims in the groin, when that wasn't the case -- the police held back the detail that the vigilante stabbed people through the ear canal for this exact reason.

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* BluffingTheMurderer: Gideon bluffs the "vigilante" who turns himself in by making him confess that he stabbed his victims in the groin, when that wasn't the case -- the police held back the detail that the vigilante stabbed people [[EarAche through the ear canal canal]] for this exact reason.
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* BluffingTheMurderer: Gideon bluffs the "vigilante" who turns himself in by making him confess that he stabbed his victims in the groin, when that wasn't the case -- the police held back the detail that the vigilante stabbed people through the ear canal for this exact reason.


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* FameThroughInfamy: The RedHerring murderer who turns himself in at the midpoint of the episode (and killed an undercover cop) is suspected by the BAU that he did it so he would get the fame for the murders - and sure enough, he is.


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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub murders people who commited crimes, yes, but he is doing so just to see if that will get rid of the voices in his head that don't give him a break.


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* ShoutOut: The closing montage of New Yorkers giving their personal opinions about the vigilante (divided between him being a hero and one more scumbag) is similar to a montage that closes ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''.

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dead little sister is a redirect of cynicism catalyst, please use the new trope name, this example has not enough context to know whether it's an example



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* DeadLittleSister: The unsub started killing after his parents were murdered.



* WhatTheHellHero: Hotch shooting the unsub, who is clearly mentally ill to some degree, and was not an immediate threat (but could be passed as such due to him having a gun and a hostage). There is a not very subtle implication that he did it to prevent the unsub from being declared innocent by a sympathetic jury... in other words, making the unsub into the very thing he hates and giving him his own (preventive) treatment.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Hotch shooting the unsub, who is clearly mentally ill to some degree, and was not an immediate threat (but could be passed as such due to him having a gun and a hostage). There is a not very subtle implication that he did it to prevent the unsub from being declared innocent by a sympathetic jury... in other words, making the unsub into the very thing he hates and giving him his own (preventive) treatment.treatment.
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* GroinAttack: Suspecting someone who turned himself in ''isn't'' the unsub, they ask about "why" he stabbed a PedophilePriest this way.

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* MiscarriageOfJustice
* RippedFromTheHeadlines
* VigilanteMan
* VigilanteExecution
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WhatTheHellHero

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* MiscarriageOfJustice
DeadLittleSister: The unsub started killing after his parents were murdered.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines
DeathByIrony: The unsub, a vigilante, is killed in an example of VigilanteExecution because he was probably going to garner support and beat his charges - just like his victims.
* VigilanteMan
MiscarriageOfJustice: The unsub murders people who beat the charges and were found innocent at their trial, but he believes them guilty.
* VigilanteExecution
RippedFromTheHeadlines: Though the case doesn't have much to do with it besides taking place in New York City, the commentary on vigilantism and popular attitudes to it are clearly inspired by the Bernhard Goetz case.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
VigilanteMan: The unsub, who kills people who were found innocent of murder at their trials, but he believes them guilty.
* WhatTheHellHeroVigilanteExecution: The entire raison d'etre of the unsub.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The unsub, who has garnered much popular support during his spree. The episode ends with people stating that the police killed him because they knew he was going to walk free.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: The unsub is a murderer who murders murderers who beat the charge and didn't going to jail... which of course, he doesn't intend for himself, either.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The unsub believes he is doing society a favor by killing people he thinks guilty of murder but who could not be convicted.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hotch shooting the unsub, who is clearly mentally ill to some degree, and was not an immediate threat (but could be passed as such due to him having a gun and a hostage). There is a not very subtle implication that he did it to prevent the unsub from being declared innocent by a sympathetic jury... in other words, making the unsub into the very thing he hates and giving him his own (preventive) treatment.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice
* RippedFromTheHeadlines
* VigilanteMan
* VigilanteExecution
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WhatTheHellHero
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The BAU is called in to New York City to assist the investigation into a series of murders that appear to be the work of a vigilante exacting revenge on criminals the justice system has let go. But with public opinion becoming increasingly divided, the team must work fast to find a killer whose confidence is escalating.
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