"The Bond" is the thirteenth episode of Season Eleven and the 246th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
The BAU searches for a motive and an unsub when victims are found in truck stop restrooms along highways throughout the South.
Guest Cast[]
- Jesse D. Arrow - Truck Driver
- Neil Barton - Corrections Officer
- Wilson Bethel - Randy Jacobs
- Veronica Cartwright - Flora Martin
- Timothy Ryan Cole - Agent William Waters
- Jeff Davis - John Westchester
- Maurice Hall - Doctor Ivan Smith
- Jon Jacobs - Frank Myers
- Sal Neslusan - Chloe Andrews
- Benjamin Dean Plessala - Young Randy Jacobs
- Regina McKee Redwing - Linda Calvary
- Aisha Tyler - Doctor Tara Lewis
- Lindsey Marie Wilson - Young Flora Martin
Music[]
- "Hushabye Mountain" by Maggie Szabo
Bookend Quotes[]
- Aaron Hotchner: "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss, at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." — Honoré de Balzac
- Tara Lewis: "The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation." — James E. Faust
Notes[]
- One of the names seen on Garcia's list of regional trucking companies, Bidwell Trucking, was named after Donnie Bidwell, a "wound collector"-type serial killer, copycat, stalker, and abductor who appeared in the Season Eight episode "Carbon Copy".[1]
- In the episode, Flora can be seen reading Love's Sweet Prince and Bare Reflections, books featured in the Season Ten episodes "If the Shoe Fits" and "Breath Play," respectively.
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