History Recap / CriminalMindsS9E13TheRoadHome

* DrivenToSuicide: The [=UnSub=] ultimately kills himself when the BAU inform him he killed the wrong person.
* EurekaMoment: When the [=UnSub=] is out of victims to get revenge on, he overhears a guy in the bar he's in telling an employee about how he dealt with the neighbor's kid letting their dog poop on his lawn by moving the dog poop to their doorstep, while also blaming the child's parents for not raising him right. This gives the [=UnSub=] to go after his final victim, the mother of the man who killed his family.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The [=UnSub=]'s first few targets are a trio of gangbangers trying to rob a couple of old men, a purse snatcher and an abusive husband assaulting his ex-wife.

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* DrivenToSuicide: The Unsub ultimately kills himself when the BAU inform him he killed the wrong person.
* EurekaMoment: When the Unsub is out of victims to get revenge on, he overhears a guy in the bar he's in telling an employee about how he dealt with the neighbor's kid letting their dog poop on his lawn by moving the dog poop to their doorstep, while also blaming the child's parents for not raising him right. This gives the Unsub to go after his final victim, the mother of the man who killed his family.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Unsub's first few targets are a trio of gangbangers trying to rob a couple of old men, a purse snatcher and an abusive husband assaulting his ex-wife.

* MistakenIdentity: A tragic example: the Unsub kills who he believes is a former District Attorney employee who was bribed into suppressing information that would have gotten his family's killer a life sentence. Unbeknown to him, his actual target had sold the house to his brother, whom the Unsub shot on his doorstep.
* RevengeByProxy: Since the killer of his family died in prison, the Unsub targets others related to the case, such as the drug dealer who supplied the meth the killer was on at the time, the DA's assistant who was bribed into suppressing information that would have guaranteed a life sentence, and the killer's mother, whose testimony swayed the jury into giving him a lighter sentence.
* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse. The ex-wife of one of the Unsub's victims openly tells the BAU she's grateful to the guy for finally ridding the world of her abusive ex after [[PoliceAreUseless the police failed]] and says she hopes the Unsub evades them.
* SympatheticMurderer: The Unsub's family were killed while he was working a night shift during a burglary gone wrong. The killer's family were able to use their influence to get their son a lighter sentence, and the killer died in a prison fight just before he was due to be released, robbing the Unsub of his chance for revenge. With the exception of one, most of his victims in the episode were [[AssholeVictims deserving]].

Rossi takes vacation days to look for his former Marine Corps sergeant (Creator/MeshachTaylor) who hasn't been returning his calls. Meanwhile, a man is killing people he deems responsible for the death of his daughter, and while he's at it he kills people who abuse people where he can hear it.

Rossi takes vacation days to look for his former Marine Corps sergeant (Creator/MeshachTaylor) who hasn't been returning his calls. Meanwhile, a man is killing people he deems responsible for the death of his daughter.

With Rossi searching Los Angeles, California for his former Marine Corps sergeant (Meshach Taylor), the remaining members of the BAU set out to track down a mission-oriented Cleveland, Ohio vigilante. Meanwhile, JJ continues to keep the team from discovering her secret.

* {{Callback}}: Rossi searches and finds his missing former sergeant Harrison Scott, who he reconnected with in [[CriminalMindsS8E7TheFallen an earlier episode]].

* {{Callback}}: Rossi searches and finds his former sergeant, who he'd reconnected with in an earlier episode.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with JJ being grabbed.
* DisproportionateRetribution: When the Unsub is out of victims to get revenge on, he overhears a guy telling someone about how he dealt with the neighbor's kid letting their dog poop on his lawn, by moving the dog poop to their doorstep. So the Unsub murders him.

* RootingForTheEmpire: The ex-wife of one of the Unsub's victims openly tells the BAU she's grateful to the guy for finally ridding the world of her abusive ex after [[PoliceAreUseless the police failed]] and says she hopes the Unsub evades them.

* SympatheticMurderer: The Unsub's family were killed while he was working a night shift during a burglary gone wrong. The killer's family were able to use their influence to get their son a lighter sentence, and the killer died in a prison fight just before he was due to be released. With the exception of one, most of his victims in the episode were [[AssholeVictims deserving]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with JJ being grabbed

With Rossi searching Los Angeles, California for his former Marine Corps sergeant (Meshach Taylor), the remaining members of the BAU set out to track down a mission-oriented Cleveland, Ohio vigilante. Meanwhile, JJ continues to keep the team from discovering her secret.