Cal McGee

"Something's happening out there. Something terrible..."

Detective Cal McGee is an incidental character who appeared in Legacy.

History
Little is known about McGee's personal life, other than he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and his father was an officer in the Kansas City Police Department who later died of unspecified causes. Following in his father's footsteps, McGee rose to the ranks of police detective, but was assigned to watch the residents of the city's slums (prostitutes, junkies, and vagrants) by his superior, Captain Al Wright, who was once his father's partner on the force, a fact that was presumed by McGee himself to be the sole reason he was still an officer. Eventually, his watch over the slums' residents gained him recognition when at least 63 residents mysteriously vanished. Under the assumption that it was because of his efforts, the police department gave McGee an award for his work. Sometime after, someone sent him a threatening letter, which stated that he didn't deserve the recognition. Deducing a pattern with the residents who disappeared, McGee personally traveled to Quantico and contacted the BAU in "Legacy", showing them his personal notes of the people living within his assigned area.

Hotch and JJ reluctantly went with him to Kansas City to discuss the matter with Wright, who remained adamant that the possible disappearances of the 63 people were a pure coincidence, as the case was difficult and they had no records of any of them. Since the BAU requires being asked for help by local police, unless the case is federal, they couldn't do anything. When JJ discovered that the letter sent to McGee had been sent from Kansas City, Missouri, which is across a river but also across the state line, making the case federal, the rest of the BAU were called in. McGee then aided the team in asking around for potential suspects on the street. However, just as the search was coming up with nothing, the BAU spotted a van driven by one Steven Foster. When they tried to question him, Steven tried driving away, but Morgan jumped in through the window, causing him to crash. After a brief interrogation, Steven gives McGee and the BAU the address of the unsub, Charles Holcombe. After Charles is shot dead while trying to kill a would-be victim, McGee is last seen investigating the meat-packing plant Charles was using to kill his victims alongside Wright.

Appearances

 * Season Two
 * Legacy