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!Devil's Backbone
When former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Creator/FrancesFisher) receives the bloodied clothes of missing boys in the prison mail, the BAU go to interview her in solitary. It becomes clear to them that she committed her own crimes because her father murdered her boyfriend when she was a teen, and the present [=UnSub=] is her protegé.

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!Devil's Backbone
!"Devil's Backbone"
When former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Creator/FrancesFisher) receives the bloodied clothes of missing boys in the prison mail, the BAU go to interview her in solitary. It becomes clear to them that she committed her own crimes because her father murdered her boyfriend when she was a teen, and the present [=UnSub=] is her protegé.

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* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{shout out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.
* ShoutOut: Slade writes Hotch a note that quotes Film/TheShining.

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* MonsterFangirl: Antonia Slade has either several Monster Fanboys including the [=UnSub=] or just the [=UnSub=] using several aliases.
* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' {{shout out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.
* ShoutOut: Slade writes Hotch a note that quotes Film/TheShining.''Film/TheShining''.
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When former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Creator/FrancesFisher) receives the bloodied clothes of missing boys in the prison mail, the BAU go to interview her in solitary. It becomes clear to them that she committed her own crimes because her father murdered her boyfriend when she was a teen, and the present Unsub is her protegé.

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When former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Creator/FrancesFisher) receives the bloodied clothes of missing boys in the prison mail, the BAU go to interview her in solitary. It becomes clear to them that she committed her own crimes because her father murdered her boyfriend when she was a teen, and the present Unsub [=UnSub=] is her protegé.



* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{shout out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The unsub turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.

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* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{shout out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The unsub [=UnSub=] turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.

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* CallBack: Rossi mentions that even Gideon could never get Slade to talk.



* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{Shout Out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The unsub turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.

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* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{Shout Out}}s) {{shout out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The unsub turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.killer.
* ShoutOut: Slade writes Hotch a note that quotes Film/TheShining.

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When guards at a Troy, Virginia correctional facility intercept a package containing evidence from two local cold cases, the BAU works with former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) to identify the kidnapper.

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!Devil's Backbone
When guards at a Troy, Virginia correctional facility intercept a package containing evidence from two local cold cases, the BAU works with former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) to identify (Creator/FrancesFisher) receives the kidnapper.
bloodied clothes of missing boys in the prison mail, the BAU go to interview her in solitary. It becomes clear to them that she committed her own crimes because her father murdered her boyfriend when she was a teen, and the present Unsub is her protegé.



* AStormIsComing: Slade tells Hotch this in the last scene.



* TeenPregnancy: Slade was one.

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* AStormIsComing: Slade tells Hotch this in the last scene.
* TeenPregnancy: Slade was one.one.
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* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: The BAU visits Antonia Slade in prison after someone sends her the bloody clothes of two missing boys. They wind up returning in the next episode, as she's the only inmate willing to discuss a mass-breakout she was aware of.
* PsychoPsychologist: The killer the BAU is consulting (with all the obligatory ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' {{Shout Out}}s) is Antonia Slade, a therapist and social worker who used her position to target, abduct and kill at-risk children. The unsub turns out to be a former patient she groomed into a copycat killer.
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When guards at a Troy, Virginia correctional facility intercept a package containing evidence from two local cold cases, the BAU works with former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) to identify the kidnapper.

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When guards at a Troy, Virginia correctional facility intercept a package containing evidence from two local cold cases, the BAU works with former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) to identify the kidnapper.kidnapper.

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* AStormIsComing: Slade tells Hotch this in the last scene.
* TeenPregnancy: Slade was one.
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When guards at a Troy, Virginia correctional facility intercept a package containing evidence from two local cold cases, the BAU works with former clinical social worker-turned-serial killer Antonia Slade (Frances Fisher) to identify the kidnapper.

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