The Last Word

"The Last Word" is the ninth episode of Season Two of Criminal Minds.

Summary
The daughter of high-powered diplomats, Special Agent Emily Prentiss joins the team, and she must convince Gideon and Hotch she deserves the job based on merit and not on her family connections. The BAU is then called to St. Louis to investigate two serial killers who appear to be competing with each other.

Guest Cast

 * Rochelle Greenwood - Marci Mitchell
 * Chip Hormess - Jason Mitchell
 * Scott Michael Morgan - The Hollow Man
 * Sara Alltop - Katie Carroll
 * Jason O'Mara - The Mill Creek Killer
 * Deborah Van Valkenburgh - Betty Mitchell
 * Robert C. Koch - ND Agent
 * Jonathan Kehoe - Angry Man
 * Karina Bennett - Female Reporter #2
 * Cory Tyler - Security Guard
 * Landall Goolsby - Male Reporter #2
 * Hanna Alltop - Hysterical Woman
 * Jeff Grays - Sheriff's Deputy
 * Natalie Salins - Cara Becker
 * Kate Rene Gleason - Female FBI Agent
 * David Barry Gray - Tom Carroll
 * Victoria Kelleher - Ellen Carroll
 * Christopher B. Duncan - Agent James Sheridan
 * Maury Sterling - Jim Meyers
 * Inger Tudor - Female Reporter
 * Trevor Olsen - Male Reporter

Referenced Criminals

 * David Berkowitz, Son of Sam
 * An unidentified New York serial killer
 * Two unidentified New Orleans serial killers
 * Dan Shawn Hausner and Samuel John Dieteman, The Serial Shooters
 * Mark Goudeau, The Baseline Killer
 * Ted Bundy
 * Mark David Chapman

Music

 * "Field Below" by Regina Spektor

Bookend Quotes

 * Jason Gideon: Elbert Hubbard once wrote, "If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate."
 * Aaron Hotchner: Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Remember that all through history there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seemed invincible. But in the end they always fall. Always."