History Recap / CriminalMindsS2E7NorthMammon

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Brooke has a cough throughout the episode, which is made worse by her captivity. Kelly cites it as proof that Brooke will probably die anyway.

* StepfordSuburbia: The town of North Mammon looks like a very nice place to live, until something bad happens and it turns out it's full of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] and [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]] willing to tear each other apart. The [=UnSub=] did what he did because he was ostracized by the members of town who [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether were all in the same class with him]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: The [=UnSub=] blames his old high school friends for taking the scholarship that "belonged" to him, which he lost after a football injury that was no ones fault, and decides to take his revenge on three completely innocent teenagers.

-> "Our children will be asked a question. How they answer that will define us all. The question is : when victory and defeat, life and death, hang in the balance, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT. ARE. YOU. CAPABLE. OF?"]]

===> "Our children will be asked a question. How they answer that will define us all. The question is : when victory and defeat, life and death, hang in the balance, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT. ARE. YOU. CAPABLE. OF?"]]

Three girls who've been accepted into JJ's alma mater college go missing, and the [=UnSub=] demands that they murder one of them to make a point to their parents, who got the scholarship ''he'' was going for when they were the girls' age.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The [=UnSub=] believed this was the case for the three girls.

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* TranquilFury: When the [=UnSub=] mockingly tells the sherif that he’ll be cleaning up the [=UnSub=]’s messes for once, Gideon quietly tells his men to take the criminal away, disgusted by how unsympathetic the man was that he forced three friends to turn on each other.

* AdultFear: The girls’ parents spend most of the episode fearing for their safety. The [=UnSub=] kidnapped these specific girls to force them to turn against each other as a punishment for the parents over a grudge he held since high school.

Directed by Creator/MattEarlBeesley

When three Pennsylvania teenage girls are abducted on the night of a pep rally, the BAU finds themselves forced to profile an entire town. JJ struggles with personal demons and the team continues to reel from Elle's abrupt departure.

* WhatTheHellHero: JJ gives the parents a good chewing out when they decide to act petty and blame each other for their daughters being abducted rather than do anything to help find the girls.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The [=UnSub=]'s plan is to cause the [[ChildrenForcedToKill girls to fight to the death]], as one needs to die so the other two can be freed. It works.

* TranquilFury: When the [=UnSub=] mockingly tells the sherif that he’ll be cleaning up the [=UnSub=]’s messes for once, Gideon quietly tells his men to take the criminal away, disgusted by how unsympathetic the man was that he forced three friends to turn on each other.

* ThousandYardStare: The two surviving girls, after being freed.

* KillingInSelfDefense: Brooke kills Kelly because of this.

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[PyrrhicVictory While the [=UnSub=] does end up arrested]], [[spoiler:his plan for the girls ultimately worked, and one ended up dead]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The bickering between Brooke and Kelly at the start of the episode, with Polly being the one in the middle. [[spoiler:Kelly attempts to kill Brooke, only to be killed in retaliation. Polly is conflicted throughout.]]

* {{Irony}}: Mrs. Seymour calls Brooke and Polly "bad seeds" caused by low breeding. [[spoiler:At that exact moment, her own daughter was killed in self-defense after being the only one of the trio to actually attempt to kill one of the others]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: Kelly says that if she and Polly kill Brooke, it doesn't mean they're bad people and that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo they just did what they had to do]]. [[spoiler:For her troubles, she is killed by their would-be victim first]].
* KillingInSelfDefense: [[spoiler:Brooke kills Kelly because of this]].
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The [=UnSub=]'s plan is to cause the [[ChildrenForcedToKill girls to fight to the death]], as one needs to die so the other two can be freed. [[spoiler:It works]].

* StepfordSuburbia: The town of North Mammon looks like a very nice place to live, until something bad happens and it turns out it's full of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks] and [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]] willing to tear each other apart. The [=UnSub=] did what he did because he was ostracized by the members of town who [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether were all in the same class with him]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Downplayed, but JJ gets some back story and CharacterDevelopment in this episode.

* BasementWoman: All three girls are kept in a basement by the killer, although they aren't sexually assaulted.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Although they're teenagers, this is the killer's plan for the victims.
* FutureLoser: The killer is this, and it's why he committed the crimes.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The one teenage girl who is convinced they have to kill the sick friend, but many viewers think JerkassHasAPoint given that, as far as they know, somebody has to die.

When three Pennsylvania teenage girls are abducted on the night of a pep rally, the BAU finds themselves forced to profile an entire town. JJ struggles with personal demons and the team continues to reel from Elle's abrupt departure.