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* BullyingADragon: The brutal serial killer Mark tries to intimidate Peter during their private conversation, and outright states how "weak" Peter is in comparison to him. Peter apparently kills him with minimal efforts, ending his efforts to keep his dark side hidden.

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* BullyingADragon: The brutal serial killer Mark tries to intimidate Peter during their private conversation, and outright states how "weak" Peter is in comparison to him. Peter apparently kills him with minimal efforts, effort, ending his efforts attempts to keep his dark side hidden.
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*BullyingADragon: The brutal serial killer Mark tries to intimidate Peter during their private conversation, and outright states how "weak" Peter is in comparison to him. Peter apparently kills him with minimal efforts, ending his efforts to keep his dark side hidden.
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**Peter reads texts by women concerning their fantasies and memories, and writes nightmare scenarios based on them. Mark uses these scenarios as detailed scripts for his crimes, while adding his own obsession with mutilation which Peter never had. A strange chain of texts by different persons.
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-> Directed by Creator/MichaelLange\\
Written by Creator/KimberlyAnnHarrison
--> '''Reid:''' ''Barbara Grizzuti Harrison once said, "All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination."''



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--> '''Reid:''' ''Oscar Wilde said, "I can resist anything except temptation."''
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* BaitAndSwitch: {{Play|ingWithATrope}}ed with. The episode frames the victim portion of the episode from the perspective of Peter Harper, whose violent fantasies and stalking of several victims heavily suggest he's the [=UnSub=] the team is looking for. He isn't, his therapist Mark Jackson, who had been using his patients to stalk women and write out violent fantasies about them, was, Harper being one of those patients, and someone actively trying to ''fight'' his violent urges. Once Harper finds out about what Jackson's been doing, he [[SanitySlippage snaps]], kills Jackson, and then succumbs to his urges, making him the [=UnSub=] the BAU has to confront at the very end.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Reid, JJ, and Morgan confront Harper at the very end, Reid goes against procedure, trying to talk Harper down and give him false reassurances, in favor of using BrutalHonesty, that Harper likely can never be cured but shouldn't stop fighting, which results in Harper [[DrivenToSuicide slashing his own throat]]. When Hotch confronts him on this later, Reid explains it was a tactical decision since [[Recap/CriminalMindsS8E12Zugzwang the last time]] he followed the book didn't work, so he was trying something different, making clear to Hotch that Reid is still suffering from the trauma of Maeve's death.
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A therapy group meets to talk about their sick fantasies, and the leader encourages everyone to write theirs down. An Unsub reenacts these murder fantasies.

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A therapy group meets to talk about their sick fantasies, and the leader encourages everyone to write theirs down. An Unsub [=UnSub=] reenacts these murder fantasies.



* PlagiarismInFiction: The Unsub commits murders he reads about. The stories come from a therapy group for people who harbor OCD fantasies about harming others.

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* PlagiarismInFiction: The Unsub [=UnSub=] commits murders he reads about. The stories come from a therapy group for people who harbor OCD fantasies about harming others.
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With the Replicator case declared inactive, the BAU sets out to track down a serial killer targeting Saint Paul, Minnesota women who document their personal lives and inner fantasies on social media sites. Meanwhile, Garcia suspects Kevin is jealous of her new love interest after introducing them to each other.

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With the Replicator case declared inactive, the BAU sets out A therapy group meets to track down a serial killer targeting Saint Paul, Minnesota women who document talk about their personal lives sick fantasies, and inner fantasies on social media sites. Meanwhile, Garcia suspects Kevin is jealous of her new love interest after introducing them the leader encourages everyone to each other.
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!!The Gathering



* WorkingWithTheEx: Garcia and Kevin meet a few times in this episode, and it's awkward.

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* PlagiarismInFiction: The Unsub commits murders he reads about. The stories come from a therapy group for people who harbor OCD fantasies about harming others.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Garcia and Kevin meet a few times in this episode, and it's awkward.awkward.
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With the Replicator case declared inactive, the BAU sets out to track down a serial killer targeting Saint Paul, Minnesota women who document their personal lives and inner fantasies on social media sites. Meanwhile, Garcia suspects Kevin is jealous of her new love interest after introducing them to each other.

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With the Replicator case declared inactive, the BAU sets out to track down a serial killer targeting Saint Paul, Minnesota women who document their personal lives and inner fantasies on social media sites. Meanwhile, Garcia suspects Kevin is jealous of her new love interest after introducing them to each other.other.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: Garcia and Kevin meet a few times in this episode, and it's awkward.
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With the Replicator case declared inactive, the BAU sets out to track down a serial killer targeting Saint Paul, Minnesota women who document their personal lives and inner fantasies on social media sites. Meanwhile, Garcia suspects Kevin is jealous of her new love interest after introducing them to each other.

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