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"Zugzwang" is the twelfth episode of Season Eight and the 174th overall of Criminal Minds.

Summary[]

When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been abducted by her stalker, he and the BAU band together to find and rescue her before it is too late.

Guest Cast[]

Referenced Criminals[]

Music[]

  • "Infinity Street" by Richard Walters

Bookend Quotes[]

  • Spencer Reid: "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." — Lao Tzu
  • Maeve Donovan: "Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone; we find it with another." — Thomas Merton

Trivia[]

  • The term zugzwang in chess is a German word for "compulsion to move," which refers to when one player is at a disadvantage due to having to move a piece even though any move will give the other player an advantage. It has also been adapted for usage in a situation in which someone is forced to make a decision, especially an uncomfortable one in which the person must lose something.
  • This is the 4th of 9 episodes in which a non-BAU/ guest cast character, Maeve Donovan, recites a bookend quote. The other episodes are:


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