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* GamblersFallacy: Played For Horror. Curtis Banks, our [=UnSub=] of the week, is a very firm believer in this fallacy and related "perfect system" problems, to the point that when he gets a lucky streak after killing his loan shark in a way with a lot of coincidences (leaving behind a card with a number eight, eight o clock in the evening, etc) he ends up believing that he found a way to unlock a murder-fueled luck superpower.
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* InTheBlood: Implied, given that the [=UnSub=] father was also a gambling addict.
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* GamblingRuinsLives: The [=UnSub=] has completely destroyed his marriage and life with his addiction, and [[ExaggeratedTrope only gets worse]] when he develops the superstition that he can boost his luck by killing people.
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* AccidentalMurder: The first murder was a genuine accident that happened during a fight.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Played for Horror. After the [=UnSub=] accidentally murders his loan shark and gets a lucky streak afterwards, his immediate assumption is that he found a ritual to "boost" his luck that runs on murdering people. Getting lucky streaks after the next two murders just does not helps.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Played for Horror. After Like most gamblers, the [=UnSub=] is very superstitious; after accidentally murders murdering his loan shark and gets a shark, he hits an incidental lucky streak afterwards, his immediate assumption is streak, and when this fades, he murders a high-class prostitute/ gambling groupie that he found ditched him, which seems to reignite it. After killing a random shop clerk does nothing, it makes the [=UnSub=] think the victims has to be associated with him personally for the entirerly imaginary ritual to "boost" his luck that runs on work. He ends up murdering people. Getting lucky streaks after his best friend before the next two murders just does not helps.poker tournament that leads to his capture.
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* TheGamblingAddict: The [=UnSub=] is one. He has already destroyed his life by constantly betting and his wife wants nothing to do with him when he arrives telling her that he has found the perfect system, even without knowing that his "perfect system" involves murdering people.
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* TheGamblingAddict: The [=UnSub=] is one. He has already destroyed his life by constantly betting and his wife wants nothing to do with him when he arrives telling her that he has found the perfect system, system (making clear that he has boasted that many times before and they all failed), even without knowing that this time his "perfect system" involves murdering people.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Realizing how low he's sunk, the Unsub lets his wife go and blows his brains out during the climax.
* ParentalAbandonment: The Unsub's gambling addict father abandoned his family after finally hitting a jackpot, and died six months later in a Vegas hotel room, having drunk himself to death after blowing through his winnings.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the final act, the BAU figures out that their suspect is going to enter a high-stakes card tournament to get enough money to leave the country (not to mention it may endanger more people as he tries to "recharge" his luck) and ask HQ for money so Reid can enter undercover. While the BAU has been given quite a lot of resources for sting operations before, this time the request is soundly denied -- SerialKiller or no, the U.S. Government takes a lousy view at risking its money in gambling.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the final act, the BAU figures out that their suspect is going to enter a high-stakes card tournament to get enough money to leave the country (not to mention it may endanger more people as he tries to "recharge" his luck) and ask HQ for money so Reid can enter undercover. While the BAU has been given quite a lot of resources for sting operations before, this time the request is soundly denied -- SerialKiller or no, the U.S. Government takes a lousy view at risking its money in gambling. Rossi ends up fronting the money out of his own pocket.
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-> Directed by Creator/DougAarniokoski\\
Written by Creator/BruceZimmerman
--> '''Hotchner:''' ''A Chinese proverb says, "At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons."''
Written by Creator/BruceZimmerman
--> '''Hotchner:''' ''A Chinese proverb says, "At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons."''
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''George Augustus Sala said, "A gambler with a system must be, to a greater or lesser extent, insane."''
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When the [=UnSub=] sees himself in the mirror holding his wife at gunpoint, he gets flashbacks to the murders he committed, realizing what his gambling addiction has done to him. This is especially hard for him because he was convinced to kill his best friend to boost his luck at the poker tournament.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the final act, the BAU figures out that their suspect is going to enter a high-stakes card tournament to get enough money to leave the country (not to mention it may endanger more people as he tries to "recharge" his luck) and ask HQ for money so Reid can enter undercover. The While the BAU has been given quite a lot of resources for sting operations before, this time the request is soundly denied -- SerialKiller or no, the U.S. Government takes a lousy view at risking its money in gambling.
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* TheGamblingAddict: The [=UnSub=] is one.
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* CelebrityParadox: On the jet, everyone mentions their favorite mob movies, notable [[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]], and of course, Creator/JoeMantegna was in the Godfather Part III.
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* CelebrityParadox: On the jet, everyone mentions their favorite mob movies, notable notably [[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]], and of course, Creator/JoeMantegna was in the Godfather Part III.
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* CelebrityParadox: On the jet, everyone mentions their favorite mob movies, notable [[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part II]], and of course, Creator/JoeMantegna was in the Godfather Part III.
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* ArcNumber: The Unsub believes 8 to be his lucky number. He makes his kills at eight o'clock, leaves eight dollars around the body, and Reid identifies him by his eightball keychain.
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* ArcNumber: The Unsub [=UnSub=] believes 8 to be his lucky number. He makes his kills at eight o'clock, leaves eight dollars around the body, and Reid identifies him by his eightball keychain.
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* ShoutOut: Film/TheGodfather and Film/TheUntouchables are among the team members' favorite gangster movies. Reid's is ''La Cercle Rouge'', a seventies movie.
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When an Atlantic City, New Jersey casino floor manager is beaten to death and found eight one dollar bills surrounding a playing card placed on his corpse, the BAU suspects the crime was committed by a ritualistic killer with a gambling addiction. Meanwhile, Garcia fears the worst after waking up from a night of heavy drinking and finding an unexpected visitor in her apartment.apartment.
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* InTheBlood: Implied, given that the Unsubs father was also a gambling addict.
* TheGamblingAddict: The Unsub is one
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* InTheBlood: Implied, given that the Unsubs father was also a gambling addict.
* TheGamblingAddict: The Unsub is one
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