L.D.S.K.

"L.D.S.K." is the sixth episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.

Summary
The BAU team travels to Des Plaines, Illinois, to assist local law enforcement and SWAT to find a sniper before he kills more people. Reid fails his firearms qualification exam and is forced to work without a gun.

Guest Cast

 * Tony Denison - Sergeant W. Weigart
 * Courtney Baxter - Screaming Little Girl
 * Agatha Nowicki - Young Woman
 * Kent Shocknek - Reporter John Jenkins
 * Matt McColm - SWAT #1
 * Thomas Lumberg Jr. - Officer Scott McCarty
 * Timothy Omundson - Phillip Dowd
 * Diana Yanez - Head Nurse
 * Marcus Giamatti - Doctor Barry Landman
 * Tim Halligan - Doctor Neil Erstadt
 * Nike Doukas - Cheryl Marston
 * Paula Newsome - Detective Shea Calvin
 * Cullen Kirkland - Adam Middleton
 * Carmen Mormino - Jerry Middleton
 * Sam Moyer - Young Man

Referenced Criminals

 * John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, The DC Snipers
 * Richard Angelo

Music

 * "Tears and Rain" by James Blunt

Bookend Quotes

 * Jason Gideon: Nietzche wrote, "The irrationality of a thing is not an argument against its existence, rather, a condition of it."
 * Aaron Hotchner: Shakespeare wrote, "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable."