History Recap / CriminalMindsS3E8Lucky

* OnlyInFlorida: When JJ says they have a bad case, Morgan asks how bad. She tells him it's Florida.

* PickyPeopleEater: Feylinn only feeds on women, preferably athletic ones, but not skinny ones, since many uses drugs for weight loss, which apparently makes their flesh taste "weird". It's the same reason he stopped going after prostitutes and homeless women, even though they were far easier prey.

Sometime in the 1980's, a psychotic teenager with cannibalistic urges and Satanic delusions is released from a mental facility, despite the protests of his psychiatrist. In present day, the mutilated body of a woman is found, with the autopsy revealing that she had been forced to eat her own fingers. Garcia meets a man at a café and goes on a date with him.

* MemorialPhoto: As a direct result of the missing bottom half, not to mention the pentagram carved into her chest, Abby's parents are told by both the sheriff and the coroner that they don't want to see the remains of their daughter. Rossi points to the memorial photos chosen for the funeral, and tells them those are the memories they should stick to.

* PickyPeopleEater: Feylinn only feeds on women, preferably athletic ones, but not skinny ones, since many uses drugs for weight loss, which apparently makes their flesh taste "weird".

A cannibal who was in a psychiatric hospital instead of juvie in the eighties, cuts the fingers off a woman, feeds some of them to her, and dumps her body in the swamps. Garcia meets a man at a café and goes on a date with him.

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* {{Fingore}}: While alive, Abby was forced to [[{{Autocannibalism}} eat her own fingers]].

* ImAHumanitarian: The Unsub in this episode is a cannibalistic psychopath who not only eats human flesh, but likes to use it as an actual ingredient for cooking.

* MemorialPhoto: As a direct result of the missing bottom half, Abby's parents never even get to see the body itself.

* IgnoredExpert: "Lucky" begins with Dr. Jim Lorenz urging his superiors at a psychiatric hospital not to release a young Floyd Feylinn Ferrell. Lorenz says that Floyd is a psychopath even while taking the medication that keeps his delusions under control and convincingly argues that Floyd will stop taking his medication once he's released. Floyd is released anyway and goes on to be involved in the deaths of 15 women.

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: The result of a cannibal running a barbecue grill.

--->'''Colby''': I've been thinking about doing this all night... *shoots Garcia*

A cannibal who was in a psychiatric hospital instead of juvie in the eighties, cuts the fingers off a woman, feeds some of them to her, and dumps her body in the swamps. Garcia gets flirted at by a corrupt FBI agent who is paranoid that she is onto him and shoots her.

'''Lucky'''

When a Florida woman is found dead with several fingers cut off and two other women are reported missing, the BAU juggles rescuing the missing women and tracking down a [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] serial killer. Morgan struggles with a crisis of faith and Garcia finds herself in a life-threatening situation. (Part 1 of 2)

* OnlyInFlorida: JJ to Morgan.
-->'''JJ''': Hey, we've got a bad one.
-->'''Morgan''': How bad?
-->'''JJ''': Florida.

* ShoutOut: Rossi quotes Creator/DanteAlighieri in Italian. Reid translates the line for the rest of the team.
-->Abandon hope, ye who enter here.

--->'''Colby''': I've been thinking about doing this all night... *shoots Garcia*

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Pondered by Morgan, who notes Feylinn's unnatural good luck. Rossi tells not to think about it.
* MemorialPhoto: As a direct result of the missing bottom half. Abby's parents never even get to see the body itself.

When a Florida woman is found dead with several fingers cut off and two other women are reported missing, the BAU juggles rescuing the missing women and tracking down a [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] serial killer. Morgan struggles with a crisis of faith and Garcia finds herself in a life-threatening situation.

* HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe: Abby's body was missing the lower half of her body.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Feylinn says skinny people taste weird because of drugs.

-->'''JJ''': Florida.

When a Florida woman is found dead with several fingers cut off and two other women are reported missing, the BAU juggles rescuing the missing women and tracking down a cannibalistic serial killer. Morgan struggles with a crisis of faith and Garcia finds herself in a life-threatening situation.