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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hotch gives Morris a furious dressing down over her decision to hold a press conference, and takes a moment to highlight how she knows the names of serial killers but not the names of their victims'.



** Reid has the enitre ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' on audiobook.

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** Reid has the enitre entire ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' on audiobook.
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* BatmanGambit: The team are confused by how they stumbled across the case as the [=UnSub=] is shown to be meticulous and careful that he went unnoticed for years. Yet they only know about him because he defaulted on a storage locker where he kept his research and written fantasies. They eventually realize he has become bored with getting away with murder that he deliberately set it up so they start looking for him.

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* BatmanGambit: The team are confused by how they stumbled across the case case, as the [=UnSub=] is shown to be so meticulous and careful that he went unnoticed for years. Yet they only know about him because he defaulted on a storage locker where he kept his research and written fantasies. They eventually realize he has become so bored with getting away with murder that he deliberately set it up so that discovery. He wanted someone to they start looking for him.
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* BelieverFakesEvidence: Agent Morris' gambit to keep the BAU's attention on the case is to present a keepsake of hair and say it was in the [=UnSub=]'s storage locker. Rossi later realizes the hair belonged to Morris herself, but by then a victim's body has been found.
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils. Euripides.''

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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils. " Euripides.''
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->Directed by Creator/GlennKershaw\\
Written by Creator/DanDworkin & Creator/JayBeattie
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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils. Euripides.''



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--> '''Rossi:''' ''"For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world, and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won." Lucille Maud Montgomery.''
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* PresentDay: In the timeline they establish on the killer's history, the storage unit is specifically labeled as January 2008. The episode aired on January 23, 2008.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the first victim is identified, Rossy asks if any of the victim's hair was missing. When he's told no, Detective Morris shifts uncomfortably.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the first victim is identified, Rossy Rossi asks if any of the victim's hair was missing. When he's told no, Detective Morris shifts uncomfortably.

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* BatmanGambit: The team are confused by how they stumbled across the case as the [=UnSub=] is shown to be meticulous and careful that he went unnotice for years. Yet they only know about him because he defaulted on a storage locker where he kept his research and written fantasies. They eventually realize he has become bored with getting away with murder that he deliberately set it up so they start looking for him.

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* BatmanGambit: The team are confused by how they stumbled across the case as the [=UnSub=] is shown to be meticulous and careful that he went unnotice unnoticed for years. Yet they only know about him because he defaulted on a storage locker where he kept his research and written fantasies. They eventually realize he has become bored with getting away with murder that he deliberately set it up so they start looking for him.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the first victim is identified, Rossy asks if any of the victim's hair was missing. When he's told no, Detective Morris shifts uncomfortably.
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The contents of a storage unit are auctioned off, and the buyers discover that it contains photographs that they at first assume are bondage porn, but then find writings that make it look like evidence against a serial killer. Rossi goes there and profiles the [=UnSub=] as non-existent, in that he only has fantasies he may never act on, and when the journalist who asked him to profile the case shows him a zip-bag of hair she claims was also found in the unit, he realizes she's cut off her own hair and is making stuff up, but is unsure of how much.

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The contents of a storage unit are auctioned off, and the buyers discover that it contains photographs that they at first assume are bondage porn, but then find writings that make it look like evidence against a serial killer. Rossi goes there and profiles the [=UnSub=] as non-existent, in that he only has fantasies he may never act on, and when the journalist agent who asked him to profile the case shows him a zip-bag of hair she claims was also found in the unit, he realizes she's cut off her own hair and is making stuff up, but is unsure of how much.

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When the contents of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania self-storage unit are sold at auction and reveal evidence of a misogynistic serial killer, the BAU works with an FBI agent bent on making a name for herself to profile and track down the killer.

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\nWhen the The contents of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania self-storage storage unit are sold at auction auctioned off, and reveal the buyers discover that it contains photographs that they at first assume are bondage porn, but then find writings that make it look like evidence of against a misogynistic serial killer, killer. Rossi goes there and profiles the BAU works with an FBI agent bent on making a name for herself [=UnSub=] as non-existent, in that he only has fantasies he may never act on, and when the journalist who asked him to profile the case shows him a zip-bag of hair she claims was also found in the unit, he realizes she's cut off her own hair and track down the killer.
is making stuff up, but is unsure of how much.


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** Reid has the enitre ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' on audiobook.
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* AttentionWhore: Jill Moris is an [=FBI=] agent who Rossi descibes as himself at the beginning of his career, more concerned with the idea of the fame and prestige of capturing a SerialKiller than with protecting victims. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be this as well to an extent.

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* AttentionWhore: Jill Moris Morris is an [=FBI=] agent who Rossi descibes describes as himself at the beginning of his career, more concerned with the idea of the fame and prestige of capturing a SerialKiller than with protecting victims. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be this as well to an extent.



* BeneathNotice: The killer was careful and meticulous to the point that he went unnoticed for nearly a decade and only allowed himself the [[MeaningfulTitles limelight]] becasue he had become disastisfied by the killings alone.

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* BeneathNotice: The killer was careful and meticulous to the point that he went unnoticed for nearly a decade and only allowed himself the [[MeaningfulTitles limelight]] becasue because he had become disastisfied disatisfied by the killings alone.



** Jill Moris compares Hotch's berating her for giving the story to the press to [[Series/{{Survivor}} being voted off the island]].

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** Jill Moris Morris compares Hotch's berating her for giving the story to the press to [[Series/{{Survivor}} being voted off the island]].

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!!Limelight



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* AttentionWhore: Jill Moris is an [=FBI=] agent who Rossi descibes as himself at the beginning of his career, more concerned with the idea of the fame and prestige of capturing a SerialKiller then the victims. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be this as well to an extent.

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* AttentionWhore: Jill Moris is an [=FBI=] agent who Rossi descibes as himself at the beginning of his career, more concerned with the idea of the fame and prestige of capturing a SerialKiller then the than with protecting victims. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be this as well to an extent.


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* BlatantLies: Rossi knows that Jill is faking evidence to get the BAU on the case, but decides to go with it since it shows that she really believes there is a serial killer at large.
* ShoutOut:
** Rossi mentions that Bundy said it was redundant to burn ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' to avoid creating people like him.
** Jill Moris compares Hotch's berating her for giving the story to the press to [[Series/{{Survivor}} being voted off the island]].
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When the contents of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania self-storage unit are sold at auction and reveal evidence of a misogynistic serial killer, the BAU works with an FBI agent bent on making a name for herself to profile and track down the killer.

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When the contents of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania self-storage unit are sold at auction and reveal evidence of a misogynistic serial killer, the BAU works with an FBI agent bent on making a name for herself to profile and track down the killer.killer.
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* AttentionWhore: Jill Moris is an [=FBI=] agent who Rossi descibes as himself at the beginning of his career, more concerned with the idea of the fame and prestige of capturing a SerialKiller then the victims. The [=UnSub=] turns out to be this as well to an extent.
* BatmanGambit: The team are confused by how they stumbled across the case as the [=UnSub=] is shown to be meticulous and careful that he went unnotice for years. Yet they only know about him because he defaulted on a storage locker where he kept his research and written fantasies. They eventually realize he has become bored with getting away with murder that he deliberately set it up so they start looking for him.
* BeneathNotice: The killer was careful and meticulous to the point that he went unnoticed for nearly a decade and only allowed himself the [[MeaningfulTitles limelight]] becasue he had become disastisfied by the killings alone.
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When the contents of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania self-storage unit are sold at auction and reveal evidence of a misogynistic serial killer, the BAU works with an FBI agent bent on making a name for herself to profile and track down the killer.

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