"And in the End..." is the tenth episode, part two, and season finale of Season Fifteen, and the 324th episode overall and series finale of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
Reid encounters ghosts from his past following an encounter with The Chameleon and the BAU makes a discovery that personally affects Rossi.
Guest Cast[]
- Jayne Atkinson - Erin Strauss
- Stephen Bishop - Andrew Mendoza
- Andre G. Ellingson - Agent Smith
- Kelly Frye - Kristy Simmons
- Gina Garcia Sharp - Agent Gina Sharp
- C. Thomas Howell - George Foyet
- Page Leong - Doctor Kiyomura
- Jane Lynch - Diana Reid
- Michael Mosley - Everett Lynch
- Gail O'Grady - Krystall Richards
- Beth Riesgraf - Maeve Donovan
- Cailan Robinson - Nurse
- Josh Stewart - William LaMontagne, Jr.
Music[]
- "Heroes" by David Bowie
- "Soft Dark Nothing" by Lily Kershaw
Bookend Quotes[]
- Maeve Donovan and Spencer Reid: E. E. Cummings: "Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself. To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
- Penelope Garcia: My favorite band said, "The love you take is equal to the love you make."
Notes[]
- It would be physically impossible for JJ to ignite to BAU jet's fuel tank by shooting at its leaking fuselage with a flare gun as shown in the episode. This was proven in an episode of Mythbusters.
- This may have, however, been inspired by the climax of the action thriller Die Hard 2, where a similar event happens, albeit with the use of a cigarette lighter.