"Green Light" is the twenty-first episode of Season Twelve of Criminal Minds, and the first of the two-part season finale and the 276th overall.
Summary[]
When Reid's mother mysteriously disappears, he asks the BAU to investigate if she was abducted while he remains in prison.
Guest Cast[]
- Alfred Adderly - Malcolm
- Susan Beaubian - Judge Willa Frost
- Andrew Carter - Man
- Nicole Cummins - Woman
- Jeananne Goossen - Fiona Duncan
- Cynthia Rose Hall - Guard
- Richard T. Jones - Officer Lionel Wilkins
- Chase Kim - U.S. Marshal Kevin Cho
- Fredric Lehne - Jack Vaughn
- Antonio Leon - A.U.S.A. Manny Martinez
- Gia Mantegna - Lindsey Vaughn
- William C. Mitchell - Warden Harding
- Harold Perrineau - Calvin Shaw
- Aubrey Plaza - Cat Adams
- Angela Robinson Witherspoon - Cassie Campbell
Referenced Criminals[]
Music[]
- "Night Song" by Family Band
Bookend Quotes[]
- Spencer Reid: "Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another." – Ernest Hemingway
Trivia[]
- The term "green light" is used both as a noun (a green traffic light allowing vehicles to proceed movement) and as a verb (to approve an action).