History Recap / CriminalMindsS11E11Entropy

* OvertOperative: JJ and Rossi admittedly don't do a stellar job of hiding their presence in the restaurant surveilling Reid and Cat, since they're both sitting alone repeatedly glancing over at the two of them from angles where Cat can pretty easily see them. She susses JJ out almost immediately, before even starting the timer on her "game" with Reid, and only a few minutes later, outright threatens Reid that she'll kill Rossi unless the former answers her personal questions and the latter leaves. By contrast, Morgan and Lewis, who are there pretending to be a couple, do a much better job; they don't glance over at Cat and Reid at all, and she doesn't figure them out.

* TitleDrop: Early in the episode, Cat asks Reid what he's thinking about, and he replies that he was thinking about entropy, and gives the definition of it.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: A villainous version. By the end of the episode, the three (willing) male members of the darknet hitmen group (i.e. not counting Barry/the Snowman, who was kidnapped and forced to participate)--Giuseppe Montolo, the Sniper, and the Chemist--are all dead, while the two female members--the Bomber and Ms. 45/Cat Adams--have been apprehended alive.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Cat figures out that Reid has some kind of health problems, and tries to force him to tell her what they are as part of their "game". He initially refuses, even when she threatens him with a gun, but when she instead threatens the nearby Rossi (whom she has deduced is another one of his teammates) unless he leaves and Spencer gives her the information, he caves and tells her what she wants to know.

* DescriptionCut: Throughout the episode, as Reid answers Cat's questions, the scene moves to the flashbacks to show how the events actually played out.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Garcia runs through the list of hitmen for the team, the Sniper and the Chemist are seen onscreen performing hits, and shown to be men. However, when she gets to the Bomber, the audience doesn't actually see a person, just footage of their handiwork that Garcia shows. This sets up the twist for later that the Bomber is a woman.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Garcia runs through the list of hitmen for the team, the Sniper and the Chemist are seen onscreen performing hits, and shown to be men. However, when she gets to the Bomber, the audience doesn't actually see a person, just footage of their handiwork that Garcia shows onscreen. This sets up the twist for later that the Bomber is a woman.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Cat figures out that Reid has some kind of health problems, and tries to force him to tell her what they are as part of their "game". Reid initially refuses, even when she threatens him with a gun, but when she instead threatens the nearby Rossi (whom she has deduced is another one of his teammates) unless he leaves and Spencer gives her the information, Reid caves and tells her what she wants to know.

* RevealShot: Cat thinks that she drove off Reid’s team in the restaurant. The camera pans back to reveal Morgan and Tara sitting a table near Reid and Cat’s.

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Even after Cat reveals that she's onto Reid's real goal, she milks this for all it's worth, flirting with him practically every chance she gets and appearing to be genuinely fascinated by him. It's definitely one-sided on her part, though.

Reid returns from visiting his mother only to find himself thrust into a verbal game of cat-and-mouse when the BAU implements an elaborate strategy in a desperate attempt to take down the darknet hitman network.

* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: A subversion. It is very important to Cat to win all the games she plays, and in the end she is so desperate she tries to claim a victory because Reid will probably get Alzheimer's before she gets out of prison.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Cat figures out that Reid has some kind of health problems, and tries to force him to tell her what they are as part of their "game". Reid initially refuses, even when she threatens him with a gun, but when she instead threatens the nearby Rossi, (whom she has deduced is another one of his teammates) unless he leaves and Spencer gives her the information, Reid caves and tells her what she wants to know.

* {{Hypocrisy}}: Cat's view of men, being a woman who kills men for the simple reason that her father, who murdered her mother, was a man.

* {{Lampshading}}:

* LivingLieDetector: Cat is confident she is one.

* HatesBeingTouched: Reid refuses a hug from Cat citing germophobia. In a flashback, Savannah doesn't care.

* BatmanGambit: The winning strategy of the episode. [[spoiler:Reid sets it up by telling Cat he found the father she hates, and Morgan gets her to surrender by saying they have him.]]

-->'''Cat:''' Maybe if you hadn't fallen victim to your own gender bias – and yes, all men have gender bias, even you, Dr. Reid…

* TheTelevisionTalksBack: a blend of this and InnerMonologueConversation occurs when Garcia communicates with the captive computer nerd through webcam.

* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: A subversion. It is very important to Cat to win all the games she plays, and in the end [[spoiler:she is so desperate she tries to claim a victory because Reid will probably get Alzheimer's before she gets out of prison]].

** '''Reid:''' You'd be surprised at how many killers do what they do because of their parents.

* {{Hypocrisy}}: Cat's view of men.

* TheTelevisionTalksBack: a blend of this and InnerMonologueConversation occurs when Garcia communicates with the captive computer nerd through webcam.

Reid returns from visiting his mother only to find himself thrust into a verbal game of cat-and-mouse when the BAU implements an elaborate strategy in a desperate attempt to take down the darknet hitman network.