"Coda" is the sixteenth episode of Season Six and the 130th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
As Prentiss enlists two former friends from Interpol to track down an old enemy, the BAU is called to Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, to help locate the missing parents of an autistic boy.
Guest Cast[]
- Skyler Brigmann - Sammy Sparks
- Jennifer Christopher - Rebecca David
- Siena Goines - Tsia Mosely
- Mimi Kennedy - Miss Rogers
- Jessica Lundy - Alison Sparks
- Timothy V. Murphy - Ian Doyle
- Cade Owens - Jack Hotchner
- Sebastian Roché - Clyde Easter
- Romy Rosemont - Elizabeth Sparks
- Lew Temple - Bill Thomas
- Phil Willcox - Charlie Sparks
- Shane Woodson - Sheriff Oliver
Referenced Criminals[]
Music[]
- "Brother" by Road Hawgs
- "Home" by Daughtry
Bookend Quotes[]
- Spencer Reid: "Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today." — Author James T. McCay
- Ian Doyle: Honoré de Balzac once said, "Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most people of thought believe in providence."
Trivia[]
- "Coda" is a musical term referring to the concluding passage of a piece, which can consist of a few measures up to an entire section.
- Mimi Kennedy previously co-starred with Thomas Gibson on the sitcom Dharma & Greg.
- This is the 2nd of 9 episodes in which a non-BAU/ guest cast character, Ian Doyle, recites a bookend quote. The other episodes are:
- "Tabula Rasa" - Ending bookend quote recited by both Mr. Corbett and Spencer Reid.
- "Lauren" - Ending bookend quote recited by JJ (who was with the State Department at that time).
- "Zugzwang" - Ending bookend quote recited by Maeve Donovan.
- "200" - Beginning bookend quote recited by Prentiss. (Who was with Interpol at that time)
- "Beyond Borders" - Ending bookend quote recited by Jack Garrett.
- "Tribute" - Beginning bookend quote recited by Prentiss. (Who was with Interpol at that time)
- "Chameleon" - Beginning (and only) bookend quote recited by Krystall Richards.
- "Family Tree" - Beginning and end bookend quote recited by Everett Lynch.