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->Directed by Creator/RosemaryRodriguez\\
Written by Creator/EdwardAllenBernero
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"A sincere artist tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing." Painter, William Dobell.''



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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Gandhi said, "I have seen children successfully surmount the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul."''
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* SignificantBirthdate: Exploited. The BAU determine that the [=UnSub=]s' baby isn't born yet at the time of the male [=UnSub=]'s death, since hasn't written a date on the invisible fetus tattoo, but he puts dates on the tattoos of all of his victims, so dates are important to him.

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* SignificantBirthdate: Exploited. The BAU determine that the [=UnSub=]s' baby isn't born yet at the time of the male [=UnSub=]'s death, since he hasn't written a date on the invisible fetus tattoo, but he puts dates on the tattoos of all of his victims, so dates are important to him.
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* CreepyGood: The tattoo artist the team consults about the dead killer’s body art is a seedy NightmareFetishist, but he also provides the team valuable information and insight even after they reject his request to see the body in person.


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* WantedASonInstead: Inverted. Julia moves away from her newborn son, saying he was supposed to be a girl and will hurt her just like the other men in her life.


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Becky ends up alone with the newborn baby of her dead abductors and abusers when they're trapped in an isolated basement and the mother suffers DeathByChildbirth. They’re alone and no one will know what she does, but she tries to comfort the crying baby rather than ignoring or hating him due to his parents' actions or her focus on escape.
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* SignificantDate: The BAU determine that the [=UnSub=]s' baby isn't born yet at the time of the male [=UnSub=]'s death, since hasn't written a date on the invisible fetus tattoo, but he puts dates on the tattoos of all of his victims, so dates are important to him.

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* SignificantDate: SignificantBirthdate: Exploited. The BAU determine that the [=UnSub=]s' baby isn't born yet at the time of the male [=UnSub=]'s death, since hasn't written a date on the invisible fetus tattoo, but he puts dates on the tattoos of all of his victims, so dates are important to him.



* WeNeedDistraction: The [=UnSub=] puts all the evidence for his past crimes in storage and shoots himself over the phone with an emergency responder. The BAU think it's too flashy to be the most important clue.

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* WeNeedDistraction: WeNeedADistraction: The [=UnSub=] puts all the evidence for his past crimes in storage and shoots himself over the phone with an emergency responder. The BAU think it's too flashy to be the most important clue.

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* FreudianExcuse: The [=UnSub=]'s wife, Julia Monroe, was raped by her father as a child, and is repeating the cycles as an adult by marrying another convicted rapist.



* LookAtTheDistraction: The [=UnSub=] puts all the evidence for his past crimes in storage and shoots himself over the phone with an emergency responder. The BAU think it's too flashy to be the most important clue.



* ScreamingBirth: The [=UnSub=]'s wife goes through one.



* SuperSpeedReading: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in about five minutes before he finds an important clue. JJ says he goes to another world when he reads.

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* SignificantDate: The BAU determine that the [=UnSub=]s' baby isn't born yet at the time of the male [=UnSub=]'s death, since hasn't written a date on the invisible fetus tattoo, but he puts dates on the tattoos of all of his victims, so dates are important to him.
* SuperSpeedReading: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's [=UnSub=]'s meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in about five minutes before he finds an important clue. JJ says he goes to another world when he reads.reads.
* WeNeedDistraction: The [=UnSub=] puts all the evidence for his past crimes in storage and shoots himself over the phone with an emergency responder. The BAU think it's too flashy to be the most important clue.

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When a Tallahassee, Florida college student goes missing the same night a man commits suicide and local authorities discover photographs and newspaper clippings of women who have been killed over the past decade, the BAU juggles profiling the deceased man and rescuing his latest victim.

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A serial killer with tattoos of his victims on his body calls 911 and shoots himself while the emergency responder is trying to figure out where he's calling from. When a Tallahassee, Florida college student goes missing the same night a man commits suicide and local authorities discover photographs and newspaper clippings of women who have been killed over the past decade, the BAU juggles profiling the deceased man and rescuing get involved because his latest victim.victim may still be alive, they profile him as a part of a couple, and as unlikely to be suicidal. They theorize that his partner must be pregnant and that he's trying to protect her.



* DeadManWriting: The Unsub writes his wife a letter to inform him that he will kill himself before the letter arrives at her doorstep.
* DoesNotLikeMen: The Unsub's wife, herself an Unsub, hates men so much she won't even acknowledge her newborn baby when she learns it's a boy.
* HeManWomanHater: The Unsub who killed himself hates women, [[{{Irony}} with the exception of his man-hating wife]].

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* DeadManWriting: The Unsub [=UnSub=] writes his wife a letter to inform him her that he will kill have killed himself before she receives the letter arrives at her doorstep.
letter. He includes instructions about how to dispose of their latest victim.
* DoesNotLikeMen: The Unsub's wife, herself an Unsub, [=UnSub=], hates men so much she won't even acknowledge her newborn baby when she learns it's a boy.
* DoubleStandard: A cop wonders aloud why women who kill themselves take care not to leave a mess, while men who commit suicide always leave giant messes. Rossi replies that the women worry about who has to clean up, while the men don't give a damn.
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HeManWomanHater: The Unsub [=UnSub=] who killed himself hates women, [[{{Irony}} with the exception of his man-hating wife]].wife]].
* LookAtTheDistraction: The [=UnSub=] puts all the evidence for his past crimes in storage and shoots himself over the phone with an emergency responder. The BAU think it's too flashy to be the most important clue.
* SamusIsAGirl: The tattoo artist Rossi and Prentiss consult assumes the [=UnSub=]'s professional tattoos are done free-hand by a man, but they were done by the [=UnSub=]'s wife.



* SuperSpeedReading: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in about five minutes before he finds an important clue.

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* SuperSpeedReading: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in about five minutes before he finds an important clue. JJ says he goes to another world when he reads.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: The Unsub's wife, herself an Unsub, hates men so much she won't even acknowledge her newborn baby when she learns it's a boy.
* HeManWomanHater: The Unsub who killed himself hates women, [[{{Irony}} with the exception of his man-hating wife]].
* ShoutOut: To ''The Illustrated Man'' by Creator/RayBradbury.
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* SuperSpeedReader: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in a few minutes before he finds an important clue and decides not to complete the entire task.

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* SuperSpeedReader: SuperSpeedReading: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in a few about five minutes before he finds an important clue and decides not to complete the entire task.clue.

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When a Tallahassee, Florida college student goes missing the same night a man commits suicide and local authorities discover photographs and newspaper clippings of women who have been killed over the past decade, the BAU juggles profiling the deceased man and rescuing his latest victim.

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!!A Thousand Words
When a Tallahassee, Florida college student goes missing the same night a man commits suicide and local authorities discover photographs and newspaper clippings of women who have been killed over the past decade, the BAU juggles profiling the deceased man and rescuing his latest victim.victim.
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* DeadManWriting: The Unsub writes his wife a letter to inform him that he will kill himself before the letter arrives at her doorstep.
* SuperSpeedReader: Reid is asked to read the Unsub's meticulous journals. He gets through two and a half in a few minutes before he finds an important clue and decides not to complete the entire task.
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