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--> '''Gideon:''' ''Euripides said, "When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."''



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--> '''Gideon:''' ''Euripides said, "When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, nor worthiness."''
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Reid is showing the phone recording gear to Mr. Davenport, one FBI agent makes a point to state how they'll run the trace from the office and only the BAU will be here. That agent turns out to be the Unsub setting up why he wont be on site - he's the one making the call.

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* MadLove: See {{Yandere}}.

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* MadLove: See {{Yandere}}.The [=UnSub=] is quite adamant that he and Trish should be together, and not even her calling the FBI on him can convince him otherwise.
* OneOfOurOwn: The [=UnSub=] is an FBI Agent.
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An [=UnSub=] abducts a college girl, Trish Davenport, and kills her boyfriend. He demands her wealthy family pay to get her back. The girls identical twin, Cheryl, feels certain her sister is still alive. The [=UnSub=] tries to kidnap her as well, so he'll "have them both". He knows so much about the team that they figure he has to be an FBI agent.

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An [=UnSub=] abducts a college girl, Trish Davenport, and kills her boyfriend. He demands that her wealthy family pay to get her back. The girls girl's identical twin, Cheryl, feels certain that her sister is still alive. The [=UnSub=] tries to kidnap her as well, so he'll "have them both". He knows so much about the team that they figure he has to be an FBI agent.



* InsultBackfire: The [=UnSub=]'s tirade against the team basically just amuses them, with Morgan and Reid both being the most visibly delighted. (He says Gideon is incapable of noticing that Reid's autistic, to which Reid gets a look on his face that says "I'm pretty sure ''everyone'' knows I am.") As noted below, the insults not only backfire by completely failing to ruffle the team, they provide vital clues to the [=UnSub=]'s identity.

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* InsultBackfire: The [=UnSub=]'s tirade against the team basically just amuses them, with Morgan and Reid both being the most visibly delighted. (He says Gideon is incapable of noticing that Reid's autistic, to which Reid gets a look on his face that says "I'm pretty sure ''everyone'' knows I am.") As noted below, the insults not only backfire by completely failing to ruffle the team, they provide vital clues to the [=UnSub=]'s identity.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Not the good kind. All the girls did was look at him and got his erotomania into overdrive.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Not the good kind. All the girls did was look at him and got his erotomania into overdrive.the [=UnSub=] became obsessed with them.



* TokenMinority: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, he accuses Morgan of this, making him chuckle.
* TwinTelepathy: DiscussedTrope. The Davenport twins apparently can feel when the other is scared or hurt. Reid even notes that their have been studies about this.

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* TokenMinority: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, he the [=UnSub=] accuses Morgan of this, making him chuckle.
* TwinTelepathy: DiscussedTrope. The Davenport twins apparently can feel when the other is scared or hurt. Reid even notes that their there have been studies about this.



* {{Yandere}}: The [=UnSub=] suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.

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* {{Yandere}}: The [=UnSub=] suffers from erotomania, and is convinced that the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped Trish Davenport got engaged.
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* KnifeNut: The [=UnSub=] threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife. Despite him being at close range and having several clear chances to stab Elle in vital organs, [[PlotArmor she comes out of the fight completely unscathed]].
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* AbductionIsLove: The unsub certainly thinks so.

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* AbductionIsLove: The unsub [=UnSub=] certainly thinks so.



* IShallTauntYou: Gideon {{troll}}s the unsub into making a mistake.

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* IShallTauntYou: Gideon {{troll}}s the unsub [=UnSub=] into making a mistake.



* {{Yandere}}: The unsub suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.

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* {{Yandere}}: The unsub [=UnSub=] suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.
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An [=UnSub=] abducts a college girl, Trish Davenport, and kills her boyfriend. He demands her wealthy family pay to get her back. The girls identical twin feels certain her sister is still alive.

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An [=UnSub=] abducts a college girl, Trish Davenport, and kills her boyfriend. He demands her wealthy family pay to get her back. The girls identical twin twin, Cheryl, feels certain her sister is still alive.
alive. The [=UnSub=] tries to kidnap her as well, so he'll "have them both". He knows so much about the team that they figure he has to be an FBI agent.



* DelusionsOfEloquence: The unsub suffers from this, using big words and avoiding contractions to appear smarter.
* DirtyCop: The unsub is an FBI agent and a friend of the family.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Gideon realizes who the unsub is when he remembers that one of the local agents called Mr. Davenport by name, meaning he's had contact with the family socially. Said agent is one of the ones moving Cheryl into a safe house.
* InsultBackfire: The unsub's tirade against the team basically just amuses them, with Morgan and Reid both being the most visibly delighted. (He says Gideon is incapable of noticing that Reid's autistic, to which Reid gets a look on his face that says "I'm pretty sure ''everyone'' knows I am.") As noted below, the insults not only backfire by completely failing to ruffle the team, they provide vital clues to the unsub's identity.
* {{Irony}}: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, the unsub declares that he doesn't see Elle as a threat. Guess who takes him down?

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* DelusionsOfEloquence: The unsub [=UnSub=] suffers from this, using big words and avoiding contractions to appear smarter.
* DirtyCop: The unsub [=UnSub=] is an FBI agent and a friend of the family.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Gideon realizes who the unsub [=UnSub=] is when he remembers that one of the local agents called Mr. Davenport by name, meaning he's had contact with the family socially. Said agent is one of the ones moving Cheryl into a safe house.
* InsultBackfire: The unsub's [=UnSub=]'s tirade against the team basically just amuses them, with Morgan and Reid both being the most visibly delighted. (He says Gideon is incapable of noticing that Reid's autistic, to which Reid gets a look on his face that says "I'm pretty sure ''everyone'' knows I am.") As noted below, the insults not only backfire by completely failing to ruffle the team, they provide vital clues to the unsub's [=UnSub=]'s identity.
* {{Irony}}: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, the unsub [=UnSub=] declares that he doesn't see Elle as a threat. Guess who takes him down?



* KnifeNut: The unsub threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife. Despite him being at close range and having several clear chances to stab Elle in vital organs, [[PlotArmor she comes out of the fight completely unscathed]].

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* KnifeNut: The unsub [=UnSub=] threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife. Despite him being at close range and having several clear chances to stab Elle in vital organs, [[PlotArmor she comes out of the fight completely unscathed]].



* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The unsub attempts one, profiling the team. It not only fails, but clues the team in to the fact that he's a FBI agent.

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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The unsub [=UnSub=] attempts one, profiling the team. It not only fails, but clues the team in to the fact that he's a FBI agent.

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When the daughter of an Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney is abducted in New Haven, Connecticut, the BAU determines that the kidnapper is after her identical twin sister as well. But the case becomes complicated when the unsub reveals intimate knowledge about each team member's personal life, leading Gideon to conclude that he is one of their own.

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When the daughter of an Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney is abducted in New Haven, Connecticut, the BAU determines that the kidnapper is after An [=UnSub=] abducts a college girl, Trish Davenport, and kills her boyfriend. He demands her wealthy family pay to get her back. The girls identical twin feels certain her sister as well. But the case becomes complicated when the unsub reveals intimate knowledge about each team member's personal life, leading Gideon to conclude that he is one of their own.still alive.





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* SuperSpeedReading: Discussed. The victim's father marvels at how fast Reid reads. Reid tells him the unconscious mind can process eleven million bits of information at a time.

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Directed by Creator/GuyNormanbee

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Directed !!Broken Mirror
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* {{Yandere}}: The unsub suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.

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* {{Yandere}}: The unsub suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.engaged.
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: The unsub suffers from this, using big words and avoiding contractions to appear smarter

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* DelusionsOfEloquence: The unsub suffers from this, using big words and avoiding contractions to appear smartersmarter.
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Directed by Creator/GuyNormanbee

Written by Creator/AndrewWilder & Creator/JudyMcCreary
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* InsultBackfire: The unsub's tirade against the team basically just amuses them, with Morgan and Reid both being the most visibly delighted. (He says Gideon is incapable of noticing that Reid's autistic, to which Reid gets a look on his face that says "I'm pretty sure ''everyone'' knows I am.") As noted below, the insults not only backfire by completely failing to ruffle the team, they provide vital clues to the unsub's identity.
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* KnifeNut: The unsub threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife.

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* KnifeNut: The unsub threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife. Despite him being at close range and having several clear chances to stab Elle in vital organs, [[PlotArmor she comes out of the fight completely unscathed]].
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Not the good kind. All the girls did was look at him and got his erotomania into overdrive.
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* LastNameBasis: The [=UnSub=] is only identified as Agent Chyre.
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* TokenMinority: In his ReasonYouSuchSpeech, he accuses Morgan of this, making him chuckle.

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* TokenMinority: In his ReasonYouSuchSpeech, ReasonYouSuckSpeech, he accuses Morgan of this, making him chuckle.
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* TokenMinority: In his ReasonYouSuchSpeech, he accuses Morgan of this, making him chuckle.
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* IShallTauntYou: Gideon {{Trolls}} the unsub into making a mistake.

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* IShallTauntYou: Gideon {{Trolls}} {{troll}}s the unsub into making a mistake.
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: The unsub suffers from this, using big words and avoiding contractions to appear smarter


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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Gideon realizes who the unsub is when he remembers that one of the local agents called Mr. Davenport by name, meaning he's had contact with the family socially. Said agent is one of the ones moving Cheryl into a safe house.


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* KnifeNut: The unsub threatens Cheryl and Elle with a knife.


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* TwinTelepathy: DiscussedTrope. The Davenport twins apparently can feel when the other is scared or hurt. Reid even notes that their have been studies about this.
* WhatTheHellHero: Mr. Davenport and Cheryl aren't exactly happy when Gideon tries to provoke the person holding Trish hostage.
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* AbductionIsLove: The unsub certainly thinks so.
* DirtyCop: The unsub is an FBI agent and a friend of the family.
* {{Irony}}: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, the unsub declares that he doesn't see Elle as a threat. Guess who takes him down?
* IShallTauntYou: Gideon {{Trolls}} the unsub into making a mistake.
* MadLove: See {{Yandere}}.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The unsub attempts one, profiling the team. It not only fails, but clues the team in to the fact that he's a FBI agent.
* {{Yandere}}: The unsub suffers from erotomania, and is convinced the Davenport twins are in love with him. The stressor was when the first sister he kidnapped got engaged.
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When the daughter of an Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney is abducted in New Haven, Connecticut, the BAU determines that the kidnapper is after her identical twin sister as well. But the case becomes complicated when the unsub reveals intimate knowledge about each team member's personal life, leading Gideon to conclude that he is one of their own.
!!This episode provides examples of:

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