History Recap / CriminalMindsS8E12Zugzwang

An [=UnSub=] is obsessed with the topic of suicide, and wants revenge on neurologist Dr. Maeve Donovan for rejecting her thesis.

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* {{Codename}}: How Reid knows Maeve is in trouble.

* TheBadGuyWins: Diane dies, but it’s a MurderSuicide which also kills Reid’s girlfriend Maeve, and '''because''' Diane killed herself alongside Maeve, Reid will ''never'' be able to avenge Maeve’s.

* TheBadGuyWins: Diane dies, but it’s a MurderSuicide which also kills Reid’s girlfriend Maeve, and '''because''' Diane killed herself alongside her Maeve, Reid will ''never'' be able to avenge Maeve’s.

* TitleDrop: What the [=UnSub=] tells Reid on the phone to let him know he can't make a move without losing something.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. Please do not unhide until further context is added* Berserk Button: Never suggest Diane's testing was flawed. She will sabotage her current expiriment to see if she can talk you into committing suicide by threatening to just shoot you in the head instead.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. Please do not unhide until further context is added* Berserk Button: Never suggest Diane's testing was flawed.

* BerserkButton: Never suggest Diane's testing was flawed.

An Unsub is obsessed with the topic of suicide, and wants revenge on neurologist Dr. Maeve Donovan for rejecting her thesis.

* TitleDrop: What the Unsub tells Reid on the phone to let him know he can't make a move without losing something.

* ItsPersonal: There is not enough evidence for a case, so the team searches for Maeve on their personal time. Diane had no idea Reid even existed, though.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Diane goes through Maeve’s letters and finds one where she talks about buying a blindfold. She interprets it as Maeve being into BDSM when she was talking about using it to make blindfolds fun for Reid.
* PrecisionFStrike: When the team is going over why Diane is stalking Maeve, Reid gets so angry over Maeve’s abduction that he calls Diane a bitch.

When Reid learns that his mystery woman has disappeared and suspects that the person stalking her has made his next move, the BAU searches Washington, D.C. in a desperate attempt to find her abductor before time runs out.

* DownerEnding: See Attacking Through Yourself above.

* DownerEnding: Diane kills herself and Maeve, crushing Reid hard.

* DitzyGenius: Diane ''is'' brilliant. She can make Garcia's job hard. But she also has some weird fixations that make her come off as stupid, though it is left up to the viewers whether she just underestimates everyone else's intelligence.

* AttackingThroughYourself: How Diane ends her imagined rival's life.

* CruelMercy: Reid suggests Diane not kill Maeve so she can live with her inferiority.

** A scene is practically a GenderFlipped version of the last scene of [[Series/{{Sherlock}} The Reichenbach Fall]].

** John Lennon… gets a mention.
** Creator/RosannaArquette.
** Music/{{Toto}} and Music/PeterGabriel
** Thomas Merton.

** They speculate that Maeve's stalker might be her ex boyfriend, then when they figure out that the stalker is a woman they speculate that it might be an ex ''girlfriend''.

* TitleDrop

* TestKiss: If Diane had known Reid better, she might have realized he'd be awkward kissing anyone, but she doesn't know him so she goes with this.

* StalkerWithACrush: They speculate that Maeve's stalker might be her ex boyfriend, then when they figure out that the stalker is a woman they speculate that it might be an ex ''girlfriend''.

* StealthInsult: Reid outright compares Diane to Nazi scientists, but she doesn't even notice.

* ShoutOut: A scene is practically a GenderFlipped version of the last scene of [[Series/{{Sherlock}} The Reichenbach Fall]].

When Reid learns that his mystery woman has disappeared and suspects that the person stalking her has made his next move, the BAU searches Washington, D.C. in a desperate attempt to find her abductor before time runs out.