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->Directed by Creator/FelixEnriquezAlcala\\
Written by Creator/HollyHarold
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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Tennessee Williams said, "We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call, no way out."''



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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''"I have loved to the point of madness. That which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love." Françoise Sagan.''
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* BittersweetEnding: Garcia's experience in digging up the Indiana town's dirty laundry in order to solve the case has left her torn between her [[HumansAreGood belief that people have good in them]] and her loss-of-innocence at seeing [[HumansAreBastards all the bad things that drive people to be their worst]]. As a consolation for what she had to go through, he not only [[PetTheDog thanks her for her help]], but also tells her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre her ability to see good in others is her best quality]] and to never truly lose that.

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* BittersweetEnding: Garcia's experience in digging up the Indiana town's dirty laundry in order to solve the case has left her torn between her [[HumansAreGood belief that people have good in them]] and her loss-of-innocence at seeing [[HumansAreBastards all the bad things that drive people to be their worst]]. As a consolation for what she had to go through, he Hotchner not only [[PetTheDog thanks her for her help]], but also tells her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre her ability to see good in others is her best quality]] and to never truly lose that.
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* PyrrhicVictory: For the town of Royal, Indiana. The BAU team saves exactly one life threatened by the unsub and the town loses almost forty people.

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When an escalating serial arsonist kills nineteen people at an Indiana movie theater, the BAU attempts to determine his identity and prevent him from setting another fire before he can strike again.

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When an escalating serial !!House on Fire
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arsonist kills nineteen people at an Indiana sets fire to a full movie theater, the theatre. The BAU attempts to determine his identity profiles him as a local whose rage has been building for years and prevent him from setting another fire before he can strike again.
that he's doing it for revenge. Garcia unintentionally digs up dirt on quite a lot of townsfolk.



* BrotherSisterIncest: DoubleSubverted. There was a rumor about Tommy and Tina when they were teenagers, but it was false. Then they grow up and it turns out Tommy actually is in love with his sister due to a combination of a confusing love map (Tommy essentially saw Tina as both his sister and mother) and the belief of the townspeople impacting him mentally.
* WhatTheHellHero: Garcia does not spare the police chief for allowing what happened to Tommy to just happen because he and everybody else in town came to believe Tommy was in love with Tina.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: DoubleSubverted. There was a rumor about Tommy and Tina when they were teenagers, but it was false. Then they grow up and it turns out Tommy actually is in love with his sister due to a combination of a confusing love map (Tommy essentially saw Tina as both his sister and mother) and the belief beliefs/expectations of and subsequent treatment by the townspeople impacting him mentally.
* ShoutOut: The movie theatre the [=UnSub=] sets fire to is screening Film/TheBlob1958.
* WhatTheHellHero: Garcia does not spare the police chief for allowing what happened to Tommy to just happen because he and everybody else in town came to believe Tommy was in love with Tina.Tina.
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* BittersweetEnding: Garcia's experience in digging up the Indiana town's dirty laundry in order to solve the case has left her torn between her [[HumansAreGood belief that people have good in them]] and her loss-of-innocence at seeing [[HumansAreBastards all the bad things that drive people to be their worst]]. As a consolation for what she had to go through, he not only [[PetTheDog thanks her for her help]], but also tells her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre her ability to see good in others is her best quality]] and to never truly lose that.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: DoubleSubverted. There was a rumor about Tommy and Tina when they were teenagers, but it was false. Then they grow up and it turns out Tommy actually is in love with his sister.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: DoubleSubverted. There was a rumor about Tommy and Tina when they were teenagers, but it was false. Then they grow up and it turns out Tommy actually is in love with his sister.sister due to a combination of a confusing love map (Tommy essentially saw Tina as both his sister and mother) and the belief of the townspeople impacting him mentally.
* WhatTheHellHero: Garcia does not spare the police chief for allowing what happened to Tommy to just happen because he and everybody else in town came to believe Tommy was in love with Tina.
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When an escalating serial arsonist kills nineteen people at an Indiana movie theater, the BAU attempts to determine his identity and prevent him from setting another fire before he can strike again.

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When an escalating serial arsonist kills nineteen people at an Indiana movie theater, the BAU attempts to determine his identity and prevent him from setting another fire before he can strike again.again.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: DoubleSubverted. There was a rumor about Tommy and Tina when they were teenagers, but it was false. Then they grow up and it turns out Tommy actually is in love with his sister.
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When an escalating serial arsonist kills nineteen people at an Indiana movie theater, the BAU attempts to determine his identity and prevent him from setting another fire before he can strike again.

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