Beyond Borders

Hotch: "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness is always there first." Terry Pratchett.

The BAU has to work with the International Unit to track down an American family that's gone missing in Barbados.

Tropes in this episode

Frame-Up: Happened to Lambert's brother, she's been trying to clear his name.
Mama Bear: The mother of the latest family of victims scares the kidnapper away from her son despite being tied up at the time.
Poorly Disguised Pilot: For Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Garrett: "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Henry Ford.