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"Epilogue" is the sixth episode of Season Seven and the 144th overall of Criminal Minds.

Summary[]

The BAU searches California's Angeles National Forest after a number of bodies mysteriously turn up in the mountain lakes there. Also, Rossi struggles with an agonizing decision regarding his ex-wife.

Guest Cast[]

Referenced Criminals[]

Music[]

  • "Do It" by Shana Halligan
  • "Turnpike Divides" by Thursday

Bookend Quotes[]

  • David Rossi: "To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable." — Erich Fromm
  • David Rossi: "The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it." — Mary Catherine Bateson

Trivia[]

Notes[]

  • While the two lakes in Angeles National Forest where the unsub killed are fictional, a map of the area shows they are located where Castaic Lake and Lake Piru are in real life.
  • Towards the end, when the unsub has Evan as a hostage, the knife he wields is obviously made of rubber. This is best seen as soon as he brings his hand out of the water with it, as the movement bends the knife in ways a metal knife would not bend.
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