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* TookALevelInJerkass: Arnold was never a good guy, but he's actually worse now.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Arnold was never a good guy, but he's actually worse now. The previous episode depicted him as a control-freak and a serial killer, but his crimes had no sexual motive. This episode turns him into a serial rapist and and a pedophile.
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->Directed by Creator/JohnGallagher\\
Written by Creator/SimonMirren
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--> '''Morgan:''' ''"Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else, unless it's an enemy." Albert Einstein.''


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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Sydney Sweeney plays little Dani Forester.

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* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: The team decides to consult Karl Arnold when a new family annihilator emerges. When they get in contact with Arnold, they find out that it seems as though the new killer has contacted him. Turns out ''she'' didn't (although he did accidentally give Prentiss the idea to suspect a female killer) and the note was actually from a much worse source: The Boston Reaper.
* EvilGloating: Arnold indulges in this once Hotch starts to realize who's been communicating with him. "It's great to see you squirm, Agent Hotchner".



* NoYou: Arnold says suffocating the girl is everything to the killer, but Hotch says that is true ofArnold, not the [=UnSub=].
* OhCrap: Hotch when he realises the killer communicating with Karl Arnold is not their Unsub but George Foyet.

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* NoYou: Arnold says suffocating the girl is everything to the killer, but Hotch says that is true ofArnold, of Arnold, not the [=UnSub=].
* OhCrap: Hotch when he realises realizes the killer communicating with Karl Arnold is not their Unsub but George Foyet.



* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychotic person growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Arnold was never a good guy, but he's actually worse now.
* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychotic person growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well. well.
* WhamShot: Hotch starts flipping through the newspaper clippings sent to Arnold, and stops when he sees one marked with the Eye of Providence, revealing to everyone the ''real'' person he was communicating with: The Reaper.
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An [=UnSub=] copies the M.O. of Karl "The Fox" Arnold, killing families and taking the wedding rings, except that where he killed the father last, she kills families while the father is overseas on military duty. Hotch and Prentiss go to interview Arnold in the psychiatric unit. Later, Prentiss comes back alone and pretends to find Arnold fascinating, which works in a way Hotch's intimidation tactics never could. Reid deduces from the positioning of the bodies that the [=UnSub=] is familiar with mass graves, but is is Prentis who figures out that she kills the girls last because she was the one left alive after her family dies in the war in Bosnia.

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An [=UnSub=] copies the M.O. of Karl "The Fox" Arnold, killing families and taking the wedding rings, except that where he killed the father last, she kills families while the father is overseas on military duty. Hotch and Prentiss go to interview Arnold in the psychiatric unit. Later, Prentiss comes back alone and pretends to find Arnold fascinating, which works in a way Hotch's intimidation tactics never could. Reid deduces from the positioning of the bodies that the [=UnSub=] is familiar with mass graves, but it is is Prentis Prentiss who figures out that she kills the girls last because she was the one left alive after her family dies in the war in Bosnia.
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* SamusIsAWoman: The BAU assumes the [=UnSub=] is a man, but no.

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* SamusIsAWoman: SamusIsAGirl: The BAU assumes the [=UnSub=] is a man, but no.

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An [=UnSub=] copies the M.O. of Karl "The Fox" Arnold, killing families and taking the wedding rings, except that where he killed the father last, she kills families while the father is overseas on military duty. Hotch and Prentiss go to interview Arnold in the psychiatric unit.

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An [=UnSub=] copies the M.O. of Karl "The Fox" Arnold, killing families and taking the wedding rings, except that where he killed the father last, she kills families while the father is overseas on military duty. Hotch and Prentiss go to interview Arnold in the psychiatric unit. Later, Prentiss comes back alone and pretends to find Arnold fascinating, which works in a way Hotch's intimidation tactics never could. Reid deduces from the positioning of the bodies that the [=UnSub=] is familiar with mass graves, but is is Prentis who figures out that she kills the girls last because she was the one left alive after her family dies in the war in Bosnia.



* FreudianExcuse: The [=UnSub=] lost her family to American soldiers, so she goes after the families of American soldiers.

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* FreudianExcuse: FailedASpotCheck: Lucy goes swimming in the pool, and does not notice that her family is shot a few feet away, nor that the killer walks into the pool she is swimming in before she drags her under.
* FreudianExcuse:
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The [=UnSub=] lost her family to American soldiers, so she goes after the families of American soldiers.soldiers.
** Prentiss implies that Arnold was raped by his father as a child, and that by killing the fathers last he was killing his own abusive father over and over.



* NoYou: Arnold says suffocating the girl is everything to the killer, but Hotch says that is true ofArnold, not the [=UnSub=].



* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychopath growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.
* WouldHurtAChild: The [=UnSub=] has no compunction about killing children.

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* TragicVillain: The [=UnSub=] is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychopath psychotic person growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.
* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
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The [=UnSub=] has no compunction about killing children. children.
** Karl Arnold speaks fondly of murdering children, and it is strongly implied that he raped the girls.

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When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Creator/NealJones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.

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When two Hampton, Virginia military An [=UnSub=] copies the M.O. of Karl "The Fox" Arnold, killing families die and taking the wedding rings, except that where he killed the father last, she kills families while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar father is overseas on military duty. Hotch and Prentiss go to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl interview Arnold (Creator/NealJones) and works with him to capture in the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.psychiatric unit.



* TheBerserker: The Unsub is one due to her psychosis, to the point she's able to overpower the taller and heavier Morgan.
* BloodFromTheMouth: The Unsub after she's fatally shot by Morgan.

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* TheBerserker: The Unsub [=UnSub=] is one due to her psychosis, to the point she's able to overpower the taller and heavier Morgan.
* BloodFromTheMouth: The Unsub [=UnSub=] after she's fatally shot by Morgan.



* GunStruggle: Morgan ends up in one of these with the Unsub. He's able to disarm and then fatally shoot her.
* OhCrap: Hotch when he realises the killer communicating with Karl Arnold is not their Unsub but George Foyet.
* TragicVillain: The Unsub is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychopath growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Unsub has no compunction about killing children.

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* FreudianExcuse: The [=UnSub=] lost her family to American soldiers, so she goes after the families of American soldiers.
* FetusTerrible: Reid audits a class where the professor talks about how, if a fetal brain produces too much serotonin in the womb, the brain is primed to become a psychopath.
* GunStruggle: Morgan ends up in one of these with the Unsub.[=UnSub=]. He's able to disarm and then fatally shoot her.
* OhCrap: Hotch when he realises the killer communicating with Karl Arnold is not their Unsub but George Foyet.
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* SamusIsAWoman: The BAU assumes the [=UnSub=] is a man, but no.
* TragicVillain: The Unsub [=UnSub=] is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychopath growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Unsub [=UnSub=] has no compunction about killing children.
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* WouldHurtAChild:

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* WouldHurtAChild: The Unsub has no compunction about killing children.
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* TheBerserker: The Unsub is one due to her psychosis, to the point she's able to overpower the taller and heavier Morgan.


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* WouldHurtAChild:
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* BloodFromTheMouth: The Unsub after she's fatally shot by Morgan.


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* GunStruggle: Morgan ends up in one of these with the Unsub. He's able to disarm and then fatally shoot her.
* OhCrap: Hotch when he realises the killer communicating with Karl Arnold is not their Unsub but George Foyet.
* TragicVillain: The Unsub is a female survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who is triggered to kill whenever military-related noises, like planes flying over, cause her to have flashbacks to what she suffered there. Rossi even points out that a psychopath growing up in the middle of a war zone like that was never going to turn out well.

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When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Creator/NealJones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.

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!!Outfoxed
When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Creator/NealJones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.message.
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* CallBack: To [[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E7TheFox the Fox]], family annihilator.
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When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Neal Jones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.

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When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Neal Jones) (Creator/NealJones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.
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When two Hampton, Virginia military families die while the fathers are overseas, the BAU determines the crimes are similar to those committed by incarcerated family annihilator Karl Arnold (Neal Jones) and works with him to capture the killer. Meanwhile, Hotch grows increasingly unnerved after receiving an ominous message.

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