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* PoseOfSilence: Reid relives some pressure off Henry, whose mother is hung up on him attending Yale, by whispering to him that he (Reid) can get him (Henry) into Caltech with a call. Henry's mother JJ remains none the wiser.



--> '''Reid:''' ''"There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance." Gilbert Parker.''

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--> '''Reid:''' ''"There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance." Gilbert Parker.''''
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* CluelessChickMagnet: A prostitute flirts with Reid at a casino. He treats it as a regular conversation, and her questions as requests for information.

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* CluelessChickMagnet: A prostitute flirts with Reid at a casino. He treats it as a regular conversation, and her questions as requests for information. He also makes an honest effort to convince her to quit smoking.
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->Directed by Creator/GuyNormanBee\\
Written by Creator/DanDworkin & Creator/JayBeattie
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--> '''Reid:''' ''"What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secrets of the father." Friedrich Nietzsche.''




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--> '''Reid:''' ''"There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance." Gilbert Parker.''
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Morgan and Rossi stay behind in Vegas to help Reid solve the Riley Jenkins murder from 25 years ago. Reid thinks the [=UnSub=] might be his own father. He finds his father at his father's old workplace, where he still works. At his hotel room, Reid finds an envelope with information about a man Reid played chess with in the park when he was little. He seeks out a hypnotherapist to help him recover early childhood memories.

They discover that the [=UnSub=]'s name is Gary Michaels, and Reid's father becomes a suspect in his murder instead. Diana shows up and confesses to killing Michaels when he came after her son.

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Morgan and Rossi stay behind in Vegas to help Reid solve the Riley Jenkins murder from 25 years ago. Reid thinks the [=UnSub=] might be his own father. He finds his father at his father's old workplace, where he father, still works. working at the same location in Vegas. At his hotel room, Reid finds an envelope with information about a man Reid played chess with in the park who used to play chess with Reid when he was little. He seeks out a hypnotherapist to help him recover early childhood memories.

memories.
They discover that the [=UnSub=]'s name is Gary Michaels, and Reid's father becomes a suspect in his murder instead. Diana shows up and confesses to helping killing Michaels when he came after her son.son.
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* MamaBear: Diana could tell by the way Gary Michaels looked at her four-year-old son that he was a pedophile. For a long time, she claimed Riley was Reid’s imaginary friend to protect him from the truth.

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* MamaBear: Diana could tell by the way Gary Michaels looked at her four-year-old son that he was a pedophile. After Michaels killed Spencer's friend Riley, she told Riley's father Lou who was responsible, and accompanied Lou when he confronted Michaels over it, witnessing the former kill the latter. For a long time, she claimed Riley was Reid’s imaginary friend to protect him from the truth.
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* NoMedicationForMe: Diana briefly declines medication so that she can properly remember the Riley Jenkins incident properly.

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* NoMedicationForMe: Diana briefly declines medication so that she can properly remember the Riley Jenkins incident properly.incident.
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* DisappearedDad: Reid’s father left his family when Reid was four. This caused a lot of friction between them as Reid holds a lot of resentment for being abandoned. Regardless, his father has been keeping up with his cases, indicating that he does care about Reid.

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* DisappearedDad: Reid’s father left his family when Reid was four. four, out of the stress of knowing his wife had been an accessory in the murder of a child molester (who'd planned to target their son) and having to keep this secret and cover it up. This caused a lot of friction between them as Reid holds Reid--who doesn't know the reason his father left--holds a lot of resentment for being abandoned. Regardless, his father has been keeping up with his cases, indicating that he does care about Reid.
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* DisappearedDad: Reid’s father left his family when Reid was four. This caused a lot of friction between them as Reid holds a lot of resentment for being abandoned. Regardless, his father has been keeping up with his cases indicating that he care about Reid.

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* DisappearedDad: Reid’s father left his family when Reid was four. This caused a lot of friction between them as Reid holds a lot of resentment for being abandoned. Regardless, his father has been keeping up with his cases cases, indicating that he does care about Reid.

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They discover that the [=UnSub=]'s name is Gary Michaels, and Reid's father beomes a suspect in his murder instead. Diana shows up and confesses to killing Michaels when he came after her son.

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They discover that the [=UnSub=]'s name is Gary Michaels, and Reid's father beomes becomes a suspect in his murder instead. Diana shows up and confesses to killing Michaels when he came after her son.


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* AssholeVictim: Gary Michael was a pedophile and child murderer, who met his end (brutally) at the hands of his victim's father who beat him to death with a baseball bat.
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* MamaBear: Diane could tell by the way Gary Michaels looked at her four-year-old son that he was a pedophile. For a long time, she claimed Riley was Reid’s imaginary friend to protect him from the truth.
* NoMedicationForMe: Diane briefly declines medication so that she can properly remember the Riley Jenkins incident properly.

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* MamaBear: Diane Diana could tell by the way Gary Michaels looked at her four-year-old son that he was a pedophile. For a long time, she claimed Riley was Reid’s imaginary friend to protect him from the truth.
* NoMedicationForMe: Diane Diana briefly declines medication so that she can properly remember the Riley Jenkins incident properly.

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* PapaWolf: Reid learns that Lou Jenkins killed Gary Michaels for what he did to his son Riley.

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* PapaWolf: PapaWolf:
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Reid learns that Lou Jenkins killed Gary Michaels for what he did to his son Riley.Riley.
** Rossi gets shades of this towards Reid when the latter is undergoing hypnosis to unlock childhood memories. As Reid grows increasingly agitated and restless, Rossi demands that the hypnotist wake him up, and soothes Reid when he does awaken.

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* ShoutOut: Reid thinks it looks like Morgan and Rossi broke into his room to watch Series/DaysOfOurLives, but it's Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless.

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Reid thinks it looks like Morgan and Rossi broke into his room to watch Series/DaysOfOurLives, but it's Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless.
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They discover that the [=UnSub=]'s name is Gary Michaels, and Reid's father beomes a suspect in his murder instead. Diana shows up and confesses to killing Michaels when he came after her son.

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Reid decides to stay in Las Vegas in an attempt to determine whether or not his estranged father is responsible for the murder of a childhood friend. Meanwhile, JJ goes into premature labor and gives birth to a son.

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\nReid decides to Morgan and Rossi stay behind in Las Vegas in an attempt to determine whether or not help Reid solve the Riley Jenkins murder from 25 years ago. Reid thinks the [=UnSub=] might be his estranged own father. He finds his father is responsible for at his father's old workplace, where he still works. At his hotel room, Reid finds an envelope with information about a man Reid played chess with in the murder of park when he was little. He seeks out a hypnotherapist to help him recover early childhood friend. Meanwhile, JJ goes into premature labor memories.
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* CluelessChickMagnet: A prostitute flirts with Reid at a casino. He treats it as a regular conversation,
and gives birth to a son.

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her questions as requests for information.


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** Reid's father is a fan of Music/CelineDion and Creator/IsaacAsimov.
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* PapaWolf: Reid learns that Lou Jenkins killed Gary Michaels for what he did to Riley.

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* PapaWolf: Reid learns that Lou Jenkins killed Gary Michaels for what he did to his son Riley.
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* DisappearedDad: Reid’s father left his family when Reid was four. This caused a lot of friction between them as Reid holds a lot of resentment for being abandoned. Regardless, his father has been keeping up with his cases indicating that he care about Reid.


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* MamaBear: Diane could tell by the way Gary Michaels looked at her four-year-old son that he was a pedophile. For a long time, she claimed Riley was Reid’s imaginary friend to protect him from the truth.
* NoMedicationForMe: Diane briefly declines medication so that she can properly remember the Riley Jenkins incident properly.
* PapaWolf: Reid learns that Lou Jenkins killed Gary Michaels for what he did to Riley.
* RedHerring: Reid spends most of the episode thinking his father was involved with Riley Jenkins’ murder. Reid finds out later his father had nothing at all to do with the murder and only burned Diane’s clothes covered in the blood of Riley’s real killer.
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Wrong. Reid says only "off the 95", and U.S. Route 95 is a major highway in Nevada.


* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Reid says his dad lives ten miles away from Las Vegas, "off the I-95". The I-95 doesn't go through Nevada, but rather from Maine to Florida.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reid allows himself to be hypnotized to recover suppressed memories, a technique later employed by the BAU as an interrogation tool.



* ShoutOut: Reid thinks it looks like Morgan and Rossi broke into his room to watch Series/DaysOfOurLives, but it's Series/TheYouAndTheRestless.

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* ShoutOut: Reid thinks it looks like Morgan and Rossi broke into his room to watch Series/DaysOfOurLives, but it's Series/TheYouAndTheRestless.Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless.

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Reid decides to stay in Las Vegas in an attempt to determine whether or not his estranged father is responsible for the murder of a childhood friend. Meanwhile, JJ goes into premature labor and gives birth to a son.

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!!Memoriam

Reid decides to stay in Las Vegas in an attempt to determine whether or not his estranged father is responsible for the murder of a childhood friend. Meanwhile, JJ goes into premature labor and gives birth to a son.son.

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Reid says his dad lives ten miles away from Las Vegas, "off the I-95". The I-95 doesn't go through Nevada, but rather from Maine to Florida.
* FreudWasRight: Morgan and Rossi suggest that Reid's dream about finding a dead child and his father standing over the body signify that he feels his father killed his childhood, as per Freud.
* ShoutOut: Reid thinks it looks like Morgan and Rossi broke into his room to watch Series/DaysOfOurLives, but it's Series/TheYouAndTheRestless.
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