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-> Directed by Creator/CharlesSCarroll\\
Written by Creator/EricaMesser
--> '''Morgan:''' ''"There is no such thing as part freedom." Nelson Mandela.''



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--> '''Morgan:''' ''"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." Galileo.''
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Morgan recommends the parole of a man convicted of killing his wife and daughter who still claims to be innocent. It looks like he commits another murder immediately after his release. The BAU find he was framed by a politician.

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Morgan recommends the parole of a man convicted of killing his wife and daughter who still claims to be innocent. It looks like he commits another murder immediately after his release. The BAU find finds out that he was framed by a politician.
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* BittersweetEnding: Though with emphasis on the Sweet. Don is exonerated for his past crimes and gets to reunite with his son... but he still had to spend 25 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and it’s left unclear how much justice the real killer will face for his crimes.

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* BittersweetEnding: Though with emphasis on the Sweet.sweetness. Don is exonerated for his past crimes and gets to reunite with his son... but he still had to spend 25 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and it’s left unclear how much justice the real killer will face for his crimes.
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* AbsenteeActor: Hotch is absent from this episode.

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: This episode doesn't focus on catching a killer, and instead focuses on analyzing a prisoner. This hasn't happened since the [[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E14RidingTheLightning Sarah Jean case]].



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This episode doesn't focus on catching a killer, and instead focuses on analyzing a prisoner. This hasn't happened since the [[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E14RidingTheLightning Sarah Jean case]].

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With Hotch [[TheMourningAfter taking time off to commemorate the anniversary of Haley's death]], the remaining members of the BAU set out to determine whether or not a paroled murderer committed the crime he was charged with. Meanwhile, Prentiss approaches Rossi with an unusual request involving Seaver's remedial training.

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With Hotch [[TheMourningAfter taking time off !!Twenty-Five to commemorate Life
Morgan recommends
the anniversary parole of Haley's death]], the remaining members a man convicted of the killing his wife and daughter who still claims to be innocent. It looks like he commits another murder immediately after his release. The BAU set out to determine whether or not a paroled murderer committed the crime find he was charged with. Meanwhile, Prentiss approaches Rossi with an unusual request involving Seaver's remedial training.framed by a politician.



* WouldHurtAChild: A really awful example. Don’s 5-year-old daughter got killed purely because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time during the break-in.

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* WouldHurtAChild: A really awful example. Don’s 5-year-old daughter got killed purely because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time during the break-in.break-in.
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* AbsenteeActor: Hotch is absent from this episode.
* BittersweetEnding: Though with emphasis on the Sweet. Don is exonerated for his past crimes and gets to reunite with his son... but he still had to spend 25 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and it’s left unclear how much justice the real killer will face for his crimes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Don had to endure 25 years in solitary for two murders he didn’t commit, but thanks to the BAU, he ultimately gets to reunite with his son and see the real killer brought to justice.



* SarcasticClapping: Morgan does this while confronting the real [=UnSub=] at his party.



-->'''Rossi:''' [[LampshadeHanging I'd say]].

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-->'''Rossi:''' [[LampshadeHanging I'd say]].say]].
* WouldHurtAChild: A really awful example. Don’s 5-year-old daughter got killed purely because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time during the break-in.

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With Hotch taking time off to commemorate the anniversary of Haley's death, the remaining members of the BAU set out to determine whether or not a paroled murderer committed the crime he was charged with. Meanwhile, Prentiss approaches Rossi with an unusual request involving Seaver's remedial training.

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With Hotch [[TheMourningAfter taking time off to commemorate the anniversary of Haley's death, death]], the remaining members of the BAU set out to determine whether or not a paroled murderer committed the crime he was charged with. Meanwhile, Prentiss approaches Rossi with an unusual request involving Seaver's remedial training.training.
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* FrameUp: Don was framed for murders 25 years ago by the real serial killer.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Don had to do this to his sole real kill, who was interrogating him at gunpoint.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: The only thing that kept Don going while in prison was his son.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This episode doesn't focus on catching a killer, and instead focuses on analyzing a prisoner. This hasn't happened since the [[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E14RidingTheLightning Sarah Jean case]].
* {{Understatement}}: At the start of the episode.
-->'''Prentiss:''' [The Last Case]... didn't end the way she had hoped.
-->'''Rossi:''' [[LampshadeHanging I'd say]].
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With Hotch taking time off to commemorate the anniversary of Haley's death, the remaining members of the BAU set out to determine whether or not a paroled murderer committed the crime he was charged with. Meanwhile, Prentiss approaches Rossi with an unusual request involving Seaver's remedial training.

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