Alchemy
Directed by Matthew Gray Gubler
Written by Sharon Lee Watson
A woman and her boyfriend try alternative methods to deal with her depression, grief, and fading eyesight. Unfortunately, these alternative methods involve murdering and dismembering men and dumping the bodies on a nearby Indian reservation.Written by Sharon Lee Watson
Rossi: "Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?" Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Provides examples of:
- The Atoner: The UnSub refuses to seek treatment for her ocular autoimmune disorder because she feels she deserves the pain for letting her son die.
- Cursed with Awesome: The downside to having an eidetic memory is that you can't forget a single word your deceased girlfriend said to you.
- Distinction Without a Difference: Reid feels that "going digital" is the same thing as "discontinuing the newspaper".
- Driven to Suicide: Tess
- Evil Duo: Subverted.
- Insomnia Episode: Reid has trouble sleeping.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Exploited by the UnSub who dumps non-native victims on Native land.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The dreams about ghosts.
- Plot Parallel: Reid's problems parallels the UnSub's. She struggles with her son's death, which she feels is her fault, as he struggles with Maeve's.
- Replacement Goldfish: The UnSub is trying to get pregnant to replace her dead child.
- Shout-Out: The hotel where the UnSub works bears strong resemblance to the Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
- Title Drop: Rossi claims the way dreams turn memories into wisdom is comparable to alchemy.
- Reid: J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
