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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away. It helped that the poems describe non-existent locations and experiences which the Angel Maker never had, and that his actual writings indicated that he was a decent writer.

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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other.other, Rossi even comments that you'd have to actually try to be this terrible. Reid sees that it's a code right away. It helped that the poems describe non-existent locations and experiences which the Angel Maker never had, and that his actual writings indicated that he was a decent writer.

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-->'''Rossi:''' Do we have parachutes on [the jet]?
-->'''Reid:''' Standard-issue on all federal aircraft.
-->'''Rossi:''' Then let's use one on the elephant in the room, get him out of here.

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-->'''Rossi:''' Do we have parachutes on [the jet]?
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jet]?\\
'''Reid:'''
Standard-issue on all federal aircraft.
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aircraft.\\
'''Rossi:'''
Then let's use one on the elephant in the room, get him out of here.



* JackTheRipoff: The [=UnSub=] is a woman obsessed with the executed Angel Maker who continues where he left off.



* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The [=BAU=] initially think the copycat is a male fan, but eventually realize the [=UnSub=] is a woman.

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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The [=BAU=] BAU initially think the copycat is a male fan, but eventually realize the [=UnSub=] is a woman.
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: How Rossi address the DNA of a dead man being found at a crime scene.
-->'''Rossi:''' Do we have parachutes on [the jet]?
-->'''Reid:''' Standard-issue on all federal aircraft.
-->'''Rossi:''' Then let's use one on the elephant in the room, get him out of here.


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* EvilTwin: On the plane ride over, Reid in all seriousness suggests that they're dealing with the original killer's ''eviler'' twin. The rest of the BAU can only stare at him dumbfounded, and even he seems to realize it was a dumb idea.


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* SteelEardrums: Averted. Hotch hasn't fully recovered from the explosion last episode. The air pressure on the plane causes him visible pain, and gunshots in the finale make him double over.
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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away. It helped that the poems describe non-existed locations and experiences which the Angel Maker never had, and that his actual writings indicated that he was a decent writer.

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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away. It helped that the poems describe non-existed non-existent locations and experiences which the Angel Maker never had, and that his actual writings indicated that he was a decent writer.
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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away.

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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away. It helped that the poems describe non-existed locations and experiences which the Angel Maker never had, and that his actual writings indicated that he was a decent writer.
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->Directed by Creator/GlennKershaw\\
Written by Creator/DanDworkin & Creator/JayBeattie
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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will." Chuck Palahniuk.''



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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Wendall Berry said, "The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it."''
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: The BAU discusses this trope when they mention the reformer type of killer groupie, those who believe they can make their object of obsession into a better person. The [=UnSub=] on the other hand has hybristophilia and is attracted to the killer for their violent nature.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Subverted. The real-life serial killer known as the Angel Maker was a 19th-century Englishwoman who murdered children left in her care by single mothers. This episode features a female serial killer with a celestial theme, who is copying the male serial killer who was in-universe dubbed "the Angel Maker".

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An [=UnSub=] copies the MO of a serial killer who was executed a year ago, planting his semen at the crime scene and stabbing constellations into the victims' abdomens. The copycat gets murdered by the serial killer's girlfriend, who decides she needs to complete the copycatting to be reunited with him in the afterlife.

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An [=UnSub=] copies the MO of a serial killer who was executed a year ago, planting his semen at the crime scene and stabbing constellations holes into the victims' abdomens. abdomens, leading the town the murders are occurring in to fear he's come back from the dead. The investigation soon reveals that the copycat gets murdered by is the serial killer's girlfriend, who decides she needs groupie, trying to complete the copycatting his work in order to be reunited with him in the afterlife.get closer to him.



* MustHaveCoffee: When Reid says he'd need the ability to clone himself and a year's supply of adderal, Rossi decides that coffee will suffice.

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* MonsterFangirl: The Angel Maker had a number of these. The [=UnSub=] is one, while Prentiss and Rossi meet another who tries to follow in her footsteps.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The [=BAU=] initially think the copycat is a male fan, but eventually realize the [=UnSub=] is a woman.
* MustHaveCoffee: When Reid says he'd need the ability to clone himself and a year's supply of adderal, Adderall, Rossi decides that coffee will suffice.



* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The Angel Maker's girlfriend subverts this trope by having his baby, which then dies soon after.

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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] The Angel Maker's girlfriend subverts tried to invoke this trope by having his baby, which then dies soon after.only for the baby to die shortly after birth.

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* SuicideByCop: The Unsub commits this after stabbing the last constellation onto herself.

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* StylisticSuck: The Angel Maker and his girlfriend wrote horrible poetry to each other. Reid sees that it's a code right away.
* SuicideByCop: The Unsub [=UnSub=] commits this after stabbing the last constellation onto herself.

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A series of murders links to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the connection between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.

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\nA series An [=UnSub=] copies the MO of murders links to a serial killer who was executed a year earlier, ago, planting his semen at the crime scene and stabbing constellations into the BAU team must find victims' abdomens. The copycat gets murdered by the connection between serial killer's girlfriend, who decides she needs to complete the dead killer and copycatting to be reunited with him in the new spate of crimes.
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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from the explosion in the previous episode, but insists on working on this case.

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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from the explosion in the previous episode, a couple episodes ago. but insists on working on this case.
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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion the explosion a couple of episodes ago, but insists on working on this case.

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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from the explosion a couple of episodes ago, in the previous episode, but insists on working on this case.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Subverted, as the Angel Maker was executed with witnesses, but when they try to exhume him the casket is empty, and they start doubting whether he was dead in the first place.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Subverted, as the Angel Maker was executed with witnesses, but when they try to exhume him the casket is empty, and they start doubting whether he was dead in the first place. Turns out the Unsub engaged in some grave robbing.


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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Garcia and clowns, ever since a birthday when one groped her chest and made a honking sound.

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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from last episode's explosion, but insists on working on this case.

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* EurekaMoment: Emily trying to work out what the dots on the victims' stomachs mean, walks outside and looks up at the stars – and then it dawns on her. They represent constellations.
* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from last episode's explosion, the explosion a couple of episodes ago, but insists on working on this case.
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* ShoutOut: Rossi says he only has groupies coming to his book signings if Music/BarryManilow.

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* ShoutOut: Rossi says he only has groupies coming to his book signings if Music/BarryManilow.Music/BarryManilow isn’t in town.
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* SuicideByCop: The Unsub commits this after stabbing the last constellation onto herself.

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A series of murders links to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the connection between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.

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!!The Angel Maker

A series of murders links to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the connection between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.crimes.

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* ICanStillFight: Hotch still has a concussion from last episode's explosion, but insists on working on this case.
* MonsterClown: Garcia comments that John Wayne Gacy was one.
* MustHaveCoffee: When Reid says he'd need the ability to clone himself and a year's supply of adderal, Rossi decides that coffee will suffice.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Subverted, as the Angel Maker was executed with witnesses, but when they try to exhume him the casket is empty, and they start doubting whether he was dead in the first place.
* PublicSecretMessage: The Angel Maker sends incredibly bad poetry to the fan who is his real girlfriend. Reid figures out it uses a 16th century binary code that he can solve in his head.
* ShoutOut: Rossi says he only has groupies coming to his book signings if Music/BarryManilow.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The Angel Maker's girlfriend subverts this trope by having his baby, which then dies soon after.
* WesternZodiac: Averted. The constellations the Unsub makes on her victims are from a family called the Heavenly Waters.
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