The Fox (9 Nov. 2005)

The team attempts to catch a killer who preys on families while they are supposed to be on vacation.

Director:

Guy Norman Bee

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Simon Mirren

Stars:

Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Lola Glaudini	...	Elle Greenaway
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Neal Jones	...	Karl Arnold
Tony Todd	...	Eric Miller
Bonita Friedericy	...	Dr. Rachel Howard
Abraham Benrubi	...	Frank Fielding
Meredith Monroe	...	Haley Hotchner
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Chane't Johnson	...	Barbara Raleigh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sharisse Baker-Bernard	...	Fay Arnold
Leith M. Burke	...	Michael Kapp (as Leith Burke)

Storyline

Married Maryland couple Chris and Allison Crawford and their two children, Sam and Emily, are found dead in their home in what looks to be a murder-suicide. The BAU know that it isn't as another area family, the Millers - also a mother, father, son and daughter - were found dead in their home one month earlier in what was originally deemed a murder-suicide. The other connections between the two sets of deaths are that the families were found five days after the start of what was supposed to be a family vacation. Both sets of vacations were never taken, yet the bodies were found less than a day postmortem. The first suspect is Eric Miller, the deceased Reese Miller's ex-husband and the biological father of the two deceased Miller children. The BAU try to find a connection between the two families and a possible connection between Eric Miller and the Crawfords. Also, they may have some substantial leads when they discover a secondary cell phone account under Allison Crawford's name, and...

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Plot Keywords:

child's painting | wedding ring | infra red camera | doggy door | stabbed to death | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2005 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Quixote Studios Griffith Park - 4585 Electronics Place, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

After Gideon is done impersonating the victim screaming for help, Morgan says, "What are you doing?" but his lips don't move.

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Quotes

Jason Gideon: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

User Reviews

Very Suspenseful And A Bit Creepy

This is an intense episode right from the start. The Crawford family is murdered in there home. A man apparently entered about 12 hours before they were going on vacation. He apparently kept them hostage for several days before killing of them and he kept them quiet enough so that neighbors never heard anything. The same kind of crime occurred a month earlier somewhere else.

The BAU team delves into this and finds out some of the problems the Crawford family were having and how this killer took advantage of that.

There is almost no action in this episode but it isn't needed as their is quite enough suspense to retain the viewer's interest. It fact, it's creepy in parts.