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"Family Tree" is the eighth episode of Season Fifteen and 322nd of Criminal Minds.
Summary
As the BAU travels to Beaumont, Texas, to investigate a series of murders, Prentiss and J.J. face important decisions about their futures.
Guest Cast
- Stacy Arnell - Kayla Jackson
- Corinne Bohrer - Alexandria Duggan
- Jesse D. Goins - Chief Paul Berryman
- Cailin McDonald - Medical Examiner Donna Grasser
- Michael Mosley - Everett Lynch
- Bailey Noble - Becky Silverman
- Gary Nohealii - Nick
- Brian Oblak - Bo Zachary
- Joseph C. Phillips - Deputy Director James Barbour
- TJ Power - Unsub
- Mikaela Rachal - Cop
- Devon Reilly - Cindy Wilson
Referenced Criminals
Bookend Quotes
- Everett Lynch: There's a Scottish proverb: "They talk of my drinking but never my thirst."
- Everett Lynch: "We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow." — Ted Bundy
Trivia
- This episode marks the third of only three times in the show's history where a real-world criminal is cited as one of the episode's bookended quotes. The others are:
- Season Two
- "The Big Game" - Family annihilator Perry Smith is quoted by Gideon saying: "I didn't have anything against them, and they never did anything wrong to me, the way other people have all my life. Maybe they're just the ones who have to pay for it."
- Season Thirteen
- "To A Better Place" - Serial killer Carl Panzram is quoted by Prentiss saying: "I believe the only way to reform people is to kill them."
- Season Two
- This is the 9th of 9 episodes in which a non-BAU/ guest cast character, Everett Lynch, recites a bookend quote. The other episodes are:
- "Tabula Rasa" - Ending bookend quote recited by both Mr. Corbett and Spencer Reid.
- "Coda" - Ending bookend quote recited by Ian Doyle.
- "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.