Amelia Porter
Directed by Alrick Riley
Written by Sharon Lee Watson
Beth and Hotchner broke up because she got a job offer in Hong Kong. People have been murdered in Utah, and the BAU think it was personal.Written by Sharon Lee Watson
Reid: "Remove my sin, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than show." Psalm 51.
Tropes in this episode:
- Age-Gap Romance: Amelia and Benton have a thirteen-year one.
- Brother–Sister Incest: The UnSub raped and murdered his sister twelve years ago.
- How We Got Here: The episode starts after the car crash, then jumps back thirteen hours.
- Offscreen Breakup: Hotch and Beth have apparently broken up at some point before this episode.
- Raised by Grandparents: Andy and Rebecca Farland were raised by their grandfather after their uncle killed their mother.
- Selfmade Orphan: Benton Farland, the UnSub, kills his father upon being released from prison.
- Title Drop: Amelia Porter is the Unsub's girlfriend and pre-incarceration accomplice. She gets a few mentions before she shows up.
- Callahan: "The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter." Sophocles.
