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-> Directed by Creator/MatthewGrayGubler\\
Written by Creator/SharonLeeWatson
--> '''Rossi:''' ''"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?" Alfred Lord Tennyson.''



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--> '''Reid:''' ''J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."''
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tess]]
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* ShoutOut: The hotel were the [=UnSub=] works bears strong resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.

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* ShoutOut: The hotel were where the [=UnSub=] works bears strong resemblance to the Outlook hotel Overlook Hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.
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* PlotParallel: Reids problems paralell the [=UnSub=]'s. She struggles with her son's death, which she feels is her fault, as he struggles with Maeve's.

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* PlotParallel: Reids Reid's problems paralell parallels the [=UnSub=]'s. She struggles with her son's death, which she feels is her fault, as he struggles with Maeve's.
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* TheAtoner: The Unsub refuses to seek treatment for her ocular autoimmune disorder because she feels she deserves the pain for letting her son die.

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* TheAtoner: The Unsub [=UnSub=] refuses to seek treatment for her ocular autoimmune disorder because she feels she deserves the pain for letting her son die.



* JurisdictionFriction: Exploited by the Unsub who dumps non-native victims on Native land.

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* JurisdictionFriction: Exploited by the Unsub [=UnSub=] who dumps non-native victims on Native land.



* PlotParallel: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The Unsub is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.
* ShoutOut: The hotel were the Unsub works bears much resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.

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* PlotParallel: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. [=UnSub=]'s. She struggles with her son's death death, which she feels is her fault, as he struggles with Maeve's.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The Unsub [=UnSub=] is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.
* ShoutOut: The hotel were the Unsub [=UnSub=] works bears much strong resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.
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When two South Dakota men are poisoned, dismembered, and found with ritualistic markings on their bodies, the BAU juggles building a profile and identifying the motive behind the bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Reid works with Rossi to determine the cause of his recent bouts of insomnia.

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When two South Dakota men are poisoned, dismembered, A woman and found her boyfriend try alternative methods to deal with ritualistic markings on their bodies, her depression, grief, and fading eyesight. Unfortunately, these alternative methods involve murdering and dismembering men and dumping the BAU juggles building bodies on a profile and identifying the motive behind the bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Reid works with Rossi to determine the cause of his recent bouts of insomnia.
nearby Indian reservation.



* ShoutOut: The hotel were the Unsub works bears muvh resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.

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* ShoutOut: The hotel were the Unsub works bears muvh much resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.
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* TitleDrop: Rossi claims the way dreams turn memories into wisdom is comparable to alchemy.
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* TheAtoner: The Unsub refuses to seek treatment for her ocular autoimmune disorder because she feels she deserves the pain for letting her son die.

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!!Alchemy



* JerkassWoobie: The Unsub.



* PlotParallel: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.



* TheSubplot: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.

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* TheSubplot: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.----

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The dreams about ghosts.



* SubPlot: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.

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* SubPlot: TheSubplot: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.
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* CursedWithAwesome: The downside to having an eidetic memory is that you can't forget a single word your deceased girlfriend said to you.



* EvilDuo: Subverted.



* ReplacementGoldfish: The Unsub is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: The Unsub is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.child.
* ShoutOut: The hotel were the Unsub works bears muvh resemblance to the Outlook hotel in ''Film/TheShining''.
* SubPlot: Reids problems paralell the Unsub's. She struggles with her son's death as he struggles with Maeve's.
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When two South Dakota men are poisoned, dismembered, and found with ritualistic markings on their bodies, the BAU juggles building a profile and identifying the motive behind the bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Reid works with Rossi to determine the cause of his recent bouts of insomnia.

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When two South Dakota men are poisoned, dismembered, and found with ritualistic markings on their bodies, the BAU juggles building a profile and identifying the motive behind the bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Reid works with Rossi to determine the cause of his recent bouts of insomnia.insomnia.

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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Reid feels that "going digital" is the same thing as "discontinuing the newspaper".
* InsomniaEpisode: Reid has trouble sleeping.
* JerkassWoobie: The Unsub.
* JurisdictionFriction: Exploited by the Unsub who dumps non-native victims on Native land.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The Unsub is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.
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When two South Dakota men are poisoned, dismembered, and found with ritualistic markings on their bodies, the BAU juggles building a profile and identifying the motive behind the bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Reid works with Rossi to determine the cause of his recent bouts of insomnia.

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