"Pay It Forward" is the nineteenth episode of Season Eight and the 181st overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
When a time capsule in a small Colorado town is opened twenty-five years later and contains a gruesome discovery, the BAU investigates the crime and find a possible link to the death of a local police officer.
Guest Cast[]
- Pamela Bellwood - Wanda Sullivan
- Gregg Christie - Deputy Charlie Figg
- Missy Crider - Leanne Tipton
- Ryan Cutrona - Sam Wakefield
- Tammy Dahlstrom - Mayor Lindsey Winters
- Bill Dawes - Sheriff Bob Collier
- Linda DeMetrick - Melanie Burke
- Burt Grinstead - Wade Burke
- David Hayward - Clarence Tipton
- Diana Hopper - Young Leanne Tipton
- Adam LaCoste - Young Man
- Rob Nagle - Tory Chapman
- Jeanette O’Connor - Arlene Tipton
- Mitch Poulos - Middle-Aged Man
- Garrison True - Todd Backus
Referenced Criminals[]
- Dennis Rader, BTK
- Jeffrey Dahmer, The Milwaukee Cannibal
- The Zodiac Killer
- Jack the Ripper
Music[]
- "Tomorrow" by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Bookend Quotes[]
- David Rossi: "A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen." — Edward de Bono
- Aaron Hotchner: "There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now." — Eugene O'Neill
Trivia[]
- The phrase "pay it forward" is defined as the response to a person's kindness, which involves being kind to someone else.
- Tammy Dahlstrom, the actress who portrayed Mayor Lindsey Winters, also played Trish in an episode of Suspect Behavior.