History Recap / CriminalMindsS6E5SafeHaven

* GreenEyedMonster: Jeremy attempts to drag down the son of the Riverton family by saying he's as messed up as he is. He's also [[TheUnfavourite envious of his little sister]], whom his mother loves.

--> '''Morgan:''' ''"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." Robert Frost

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* BaitAndSwitch: After the team discusses the [=UnSub=] having to appear trustworthy and someone the families would welcome into their homes, a reverend picks up a young teen in his car, making him appear to be a killer PedophilePriest. Afterwards, it shows the crime scene the next day with their victim in the passenger seat... it's the reverend.

** Ellie's mother also left her husband and daughter years ago and never came into contact with her daughter due to focusing on work, which Morgan calls out. Only for the mother to reveal that she really tried and Matt said that they were better off without her, and [[GoodParents proved that she never stopped caring when she shows them a journal where she wrote to and about Ellie every day]].

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Nancy spends her entire time on screen being a very nice woman who definitely doesn't deserve the violence Jeremy inflicts on her (furthermore, he stabs her not just because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had arrived to Jeremy's home]] but [[ShutUpKirk to shut her up]] when she tries to assure him there must be some degree of good in him). Subverted when the BAU mentions shortly after that she was found just in time to take to a hospital.

A boy who was abandonned by his mother takes it out on other people's mothers by murdering their families in front of them.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Jeremy's mother abandonned him at a hospital in the hopes authorities would figure out he was a sociopath -- and they did, after the whole thing turned into a murder investigation.

* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Kendra asks her mother if she'd want to take care of Jeremy instead after the latter says that there must've been a better way than leaving him.
* LoopholeAbuse: As the BAU researches Jeremy, they figure out that his mother exploited the state's "[[TitleDrop safe haven]]" law (to prevent abortions and child abuse, a minor can be dropped at a hospital and given for adoption, no questions asked) because the law doesn't has an explicit cutoff point for the minors in question (as she explains eventually, she hoped that the state would somehow figure out Jeremy is a sociopath and incarcerate him). Rossi points out the way the law is supposed to work [[EveryoneHasStandards with some outrage]] at how it was exploited.

* OffingTheAnnoyance: Jeremy stabs Nancy, the mother he took hostage and forced to drive to Jeremy's house, when they arrive to the vicinity and Nancy annoys him by keeping on trying to see some inner good in him (in her defense, Jeremy [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness was probably planning to stab her anyway]]). Downplayed in that Nancy is revealed to have survived.

** Ellie's mother also left her husband and daughter years ago and never came into contact with her, which Morgan calls out. Only for her to reveal that she really tried and Matt said that they were better without her, and [[GoodParents proved that she never stopped caring when she shows them a journal where she wrote to her and about her every day]].

* TheSociopath: Jeremy displays all the signs of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduct_disorder conduct disorder]], which is frequently a precursor to sociopathy in adulthood. He can't pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes, has a serious lack of impulse control, lies compulsively and convincingly, killed his neighbor's dog, regularly tortures his little sister, and tried to poison his entire family with rat poison in the Thanksgiving turkey. After being abandoned by his mom he goes on a cross country killing spree as he attempts to return home and murder her, killing entire families and torturing the mothers. He has no real emotions (as is repeatedly demonstrated), but fakes them incredibly well, and at one point expresses a very creepy sexual interest in a girl who can't be much more than ten. Rossi suggests that they should keep him on file for a reason.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Nancy spends her entire time on screen being a very nice woman who definitely doesn't deserves the violence Jeremy will inflict on her (furthermore, he stabs her not just because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had arrived to Jeremy's home]] but [[ShutUpKirk to shut her up]] when she tries to assure him there must be some degree of good in him). Subverted when the BAU mentions shortly after that she was found just in time to take to a hospital.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Jeremy attempts to invoke this on Morgan. However, due to the latter really disliking violent crimes against children, and the fact that Jeremy had [[WouldHurtAChild several younger children as victims as well as a child hostage]], he reassures him that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot a killer.

* {{Envy}}: Jeremy attempts to drag down the son of the Riverton family by saying he's as messed up as he is. He's also [[TheUnfavourite envious of his little sister]], whom his mother loves.

%%* PowerOfLove: Nancy is a firm believer in this.

* PowerOfLove: Nancy is a firm believer in this.
* RedHerring: Reverend Louis Hannum.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Narrowly averted by Nancy, who is stabbed and left for dead by Jeremy.

* LoopholeAbuse: As the BAU researches Jeremy, they figure out that his mother exploited the state's "[[TitleDrop safe haven]]" law (to prevent abortions and similar abuses, a minor can be dropped at a hospital and given for adoption, no questions asked) because the law doesn't has an explicit cutoff point for the minors in question (as she explains eventually, she hoped that the state would somehow figure out Jeremy is a sociopath and incarcerate him). Rossi points out the way the law is supposed to work [[EveryoneHasStandards with some outrage]] at how it was exploited.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Jeremy attempts to invoke this on Morgan. However, due to the latter having a BerserkButton in regards to violent crimes against children, and the fact that Jeremy had [[WouldHurtAChild several younger children as victims as well as a child hostage]], he reassures him that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot a killer.

* AdultFear:
** Jeremy attempts to threaten Nancy with climbing into her daughter's bedroom one night, heavily implying he'd rape her. [[NoSell It doesn't work]], much to his chagrin.
** For an actual case, Jeremy holds his much younger sister hostage in front of his mother, who had just arrived and realized the girl was AloneWithThePsycho.

** Prentiss says they can't diagnose a minor with an anti-social personality disorder, so she would instead call the unsub a "budding psychopath".

When two Midwest families are killed in their homes, the BAU attemots to track down a psychopathic adolescent with a desire to punish matriarchal figures. Meanwhile, Morgan receives an unexpected visit from a former acquaintance.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Jeremy attempts to invoke this on Morgan. However, due to the latter having a BerserkButton in regards to violent crimes against children, and the fact that Jeremy had [[WouldHurtAChild several younger children as victims as well as a child hostage]], he reassures him that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot a killer.

* BigBrotherBully: Jeremy was this to his little sister. He even went as far as to breaking her arm.

* AdultFear: Jeremy attempts to threaten Nancy with climbing into her daughter's bedroom one night, heavily implying he'd rape her. [[NoSell It doesn't work]], much to his chagrin.

* HiddenDepths: Rossi surprises everyone by knowing stuff about VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV.

* ParentalAbandonment: {{Discussed}} repeatedly. Nebraska's safe haven laws let parents leave children of any age at hospitals, no questions asked.
** Ellie's mother also left her husband and daughter years ago and never came into contact with her, which Morgan calls out. Only for her to reveal that she really tried and Matt said that they were better without her, and [[GoodParents proved that she never stopped caring when she shows them a journal where she wrote to her and about her every day]].
* NoExceptYes: When a man who introduces himself as a Reverend offers a kid named Jeremy a ride home, Jeremy replies that he is not supposed to get into cars with strangers. The man then offers him a ride to a nearby gas station, and Jeremy accepts.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Jeremy attempts to invoke this on Morgan.
** However, due to the latter having a BerserkButton in regards to violent crimes against children, and the fact that Jeremy had [[WouldHurtAChild several younger children as victims as well as a child hostage]], he reassures him that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot a killer.

* MissingMom: Ellie's problem.
* ParentalAbandonment: {{Discussed}} repeatedly. Nebraska's safe haven laws let parents leave children of any age at hospitals, no questions asked. Ellie's mother left her husband and daughter years ago.

* RedHerring: Reverend Louis Hannum.

* MissingMom: The unsub's motivation.
* ParentalAbandonment: {{Discussed}}. Nebraska's safe haven laws let parents leave children of any age at hospitals, no questions asked.

* PrimalFear: Jeremy invokes it when he denies being afraid of the dark despite wanting a nightlight on.

* MissingMom: The unsub's main ruse.

When two Midwest families are killed in their homes, the BAU attemots to track down a psychopathic adolescent with a desire to punish matriarchal figures. Meanwhile, Morgan receives an unexpected visit from a former acquaintance.