Criminal Minds Surface Tension (Season 12, Episode 11)
TV-14
TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Criminal Minds

Surface Tension (Season 12, Episode 11)

TV-14

TV Episode | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Reid has returned from Houston, where he was visiting his mother who is in a new facility on an experimental drug program. He is called back home from the office while the rest of the team heads off on their next case. It isn't until the ...See moreReid has returned from Houston, where he was visiting his mother who is in a new facility on an experimental drug program. He is called back home from the office while the rest of the team heads off on their next case. It isn't until the team is in the air that they learn that Diana is no longer in the Houston facility, but that she is now living with Reid, as the trial drug was not having the intended effect. Reid had received professional advice that his mother should be in a facility both for her and his own good, but it may be news from a more caring rather than clinical voice which may carry more weight with him. Regardless, he makes himself available to the team, who are in the Tampa, Florida area where two individual deaths have occurred, both now considered murders, the two tied together by ink drawings on the inner arms of the victims, the second victim's whose has one more stroke of the pen than the first. The M.E. is able to determine that the markings were made with the same pen. The death of the first victim, a model suburban soccer mom, was initially ruled a suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills, her own prescription. The second victim, a homeless man, died of a heroin overdose, he who was known not to be a drug user, but rather an advocate for the homeless to get those in need into drug rehab programs. As such, they were both killed using the tools of their life, they presupposing that the unsub forced them to kill themselves. With two subsequent victims, the team also gathers more evidence: that the victims post-mortem were taken to outdoor sites with disturbed ground, and the unsub is connected in some way to fire. The identification of the ink markings in relation to the aspect of the disturbed ground may provide the key to finding where the unsub will strike next. Written by Huggo See less

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Name	Known for
Joe Mantegna David Rossi David Rossi See fewer	The Godfather Part III (1990)
Matthew Gray Gubler Dr. Spencer Reid Dr. Spencer Reid See fewer	Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
A.J. Cook Jennifer Jareau Jennifer Jareau See fewer	Criminal Minds (2005)
Kirsten Vangsness Penelope Garcia Penelope Garcia See fewer	Criminal Minds (2005)
Damon Gupton Stephen Walker Stephen Walker See fewer	Bates Motel (2013)
Aisha Tyler Dr. Tara Lewis Dr. Tara Lewis See fewer	Archer (2009)
Adam Rodriguez Luke Alvez Luke Alvez See fewer	CSI: Miami (2002)
Paget Brewster Emily Prentiss Emily Prentiss See fewer	Criminal Minds (2005)
Jane Lynch Diana Reid Diana Reid See fewer	Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Joyce Guy M.E. Joan Grayson M.E. Joan Grayson See fewer	General Hospital (1963)
Eric Henry Bryce Jarvis Bryce Jarvis See fewer	Justice for Vincent (2019)
Beth Maitland Eleanor Parsons Eleanor Parsons See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Angela Robinson Witherspoon Cassie Campbell Cassie Campbell See fewer	Criminal Minds (2005)
William J. Finley Mike Bollinger (as Will Finley) Mike Bollinger (as Will Finley) See fewer	The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
Andy Cohen Kevin Hilliard Kevin Hilliard See fewer	Dua Lipa: Training Season (2024)
Dia Frampton Jill Flanagan Jill Flanagan See fewer	The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
Rudy Marquez Owen Sims Owen Sims See fewer	Party of Five (2020)
Drea Garcia Beth Sims Beth Sims See fewer	Shameless (2011)
Kailena Mai Amalia Banks Amalia Banks See fewer	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Bjarne Hecht George Findley George Findley See fewer	Janek/Bastard (2017)