Disambiguation: This page is about the episode. For the main character, see Spencer Reid
"Spencer" is the thirteenth episode of Season Twelve and the 268th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
The BAU teams up with the International Response Team when one of their own gets involved with a disturbance in Mexico.
Guest Cast[]
- David Barrera - Inspector Mario Casteneda
- Pancho Cardena - Cellmate
- David Carreno - Officer Cabrera
- Alana De La Garza - Agent Clara Seger
- Daniel Henney - Agent Matthew Simmons
- Kevin Palafox - Tech
- Ani Sava - Nadie Ramos[1]
Bookend Quotes[]
- Spencer Reid: "There is not a righteous man on Earth who does what is right and never sins." Ecclesiastes 7:20
- Jennifer Jareau: "There are so many fragile things after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts." Neil Gaiman
Trivia[]
- The opening bookend quote recited by Reid was previously recited by Hotch in the Season Two episode "Revelations".
- This is the fourth episode in which a main character's first name is used as the title, the first being the Season Three episode "Penelope", the second being the Season Six episode "J.J.", and the third being Season Eleven episode "Derek".
- This episode marks the fourth time the BAU has gone to another country to investigate a case. The other three are:
- "Machismo" - Where the BAU goes to Mexico on a serial killer case.
- "To Hell..." and "...And Back" - Where the BAU went to Canada to investigate the Turner Brothers case.
- "Beyond Borders" - The BAU and the FBI's International Response Team went to Barbados to investigate a family annihilator case.
References[]
- ↑ Credited as "Rosa Medina"