"Final Shot" is the third episode of Season Nine and the 189th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
When several people at a plaza in Dallas are killed by a sniper, the BAU investigates whether the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the Kennedy assassination is a motivating factor or if there is something else driving the killer.
Guest Cast[]
- Yetide Badaki - Maya Carcani
- Kate Comer - Casey
- Mike Colter - Colin Bramwell
- Blake Gibbons - Adam Dawson
- John M. Jackson - Agent Malcolm Hollins
- Paul Lacovara (uncredited) - Eric Carcani
- Eva LaRue - Agent Tanya Mays
- Suanne Spoke - Nancy Summers
- Graham Skipper - Danny Sterling
- Aly Sykes - Brooke
- Medalion Rahimi - Secretary
Referenced Criminals[]
- Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
- Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Al-Qaeda
- Nidal Malik Hasan
- Evan Spencer Ebel
- The Aryan Brotherhood
- John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, The DC Snipers
Music[]
- "Usual Suspects" by Ha Ha Tonka
- "Blood" by The Middle East
- "We Live and Die" by Lazybones
- "In the Embers" by Sleeping at Last
Bookend Quotes[]
- David Rossi: "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." — John F. Kennedy
Trivia[]
- Though this was the fourth episode produced, it aired as the third.