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  • Alternate Character Interpretation: Rossi claims in the episode that he only said that the judge's wife cheated on him to shake him up during the interrogation. However, considering that he keeps the lie up at the end of the interrogation, when he has no more questions, it's much easier to read it as Rossi vindictively punishing the man... not for his crimes, but for daring to love and marry a woman that Rossi himself cast aside as less important than his career.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Judge Boyd Schuller and Tony Mecacci are two of the few UnSubs to truly beat the BAU. When Judge Schuller was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he chose to exact "true justice" on those who escaped it and hired Tony, a former mob hitman, to carry it out. Schuller and Tony target those who harmed children, subjecting their targets to brutal but ironic fates, such as castrating a child rapist. When the BAU arrives, Tony manages to evade their stakeout and kill Ray without being seen by anyone, and Schuller, predicting when the BAU will figure him out, turns himself in to explain himself. Claiming that Dan Patton, the man who killed his wife in a drunk driving accident, is the final target, the BAU arrives too late to save him from Tony. As they realize too late that Schuller was the true final target, Tony kills Schuller during a transfer, allowing him to evade justice for his crimes, and by the time the BAU leaves Long Island, Tony is still in the wind, only killed when Sean ambushes him after a golf game.

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