Mind Games (10 Mar. 2006)

A psychic helps to find a burial site of numerous illegal immigrants just across the California-Mexico border. Charlie and he battle to see who will come up with the location of another female migrant before she joins the other victims in the morgue.

Director:

Peter Markle

Writers:

Cheryl Heuton (creator), Nicolas Falacci (creator),

Stars:

Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Morrow	...	Don Eppes
David Krumholtz	...	Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch	...	Alan Eppes
Alimi Ballard	...	David Sinclair
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan (credit only)
Diane Farr	...	Megan Reeves
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
John Glover	...	Simon Kraft
Darren Pettie	...	Agent Cullen
Bill Sage	...	Scott Winnard
Jacob Vargas	...	Victor Borrego
Curtis Mark Williams	...	Agent #1
Mirelly Taylor	...	Lupe Sandoval
Damián Delgado	...	Male Migrant Worker

Storyline

A psychic is called in to find the location of a burial site near the California-Mexico border. Numerous illegal immigrants are found at the site, murdered by a mysterious killer who leaves religious symbols at the mass-grave. Charlie, who becomes involved in the case by discovering the perfect application of mathematics to help solve Don's case, takes exception to the idea that a man of mathematics could be beaten to the punch by a psychic and decides to informally challenge him to find the girl first. By using both mathematics and the "pseudo-science" of ESP, can the FBI find the missing girl before she too falls victim to the serial killer?

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Plot Keywords:

psychic | drawing | drug trafficking | air hockey | border patrol | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

10 March 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Barry Schindel Company, The, Scott Free Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Charlie Eppes: What kind of crazy Kool-Aid do they make you drink when you join the Physics Department?
[Asked when Larry defends research into Simon Kraft's psychic abilities]

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Crazy Credits

[This appears on the beginning of the episode] 1952 Miles 275,000 Border Crossings 7,000,000 Aliens 6 Senses

User Reviews

The psychic

A man that declares to have extrasensory powers is at the center of this story. Because of visions that supposedly came to him, three young Latino women are found dead in a ditch near the Mexican border. When the FBI gets to the scene, Simon Kraft, the seer, is questioned as to how he knew about where to find the victims. As it turns out, Kraft had worked with the CIA, but now, he is on his own. The three slain women have been cut open as though to get either a baby, or something they were carrying into the United States.

Charlie Eppes, who is asked about how he sees the case, is skeptical of Kraft's powers, but Megan Reeves thinks the man knows a lot about her by what he has told her earlier. Agent Reeves has not talked with her father in ten years, Kraft, has mentioned a few things to her that makes her wonder how he knew about her.

While the investigation is going on, the agents arrive at the scene of the crime and they spot a van nearby whose tires show it might have been the one that was used for bringing the women into the desolate place where they were killed. A Mexican man, Victor Borrego, starts running away as David and Colby are trying to get him. Borrego, is a legitimate resident of the US, and he is released.

Later on, Charlie works on an equation that shows how groups of animals tend to be attracted to certain locations. Everything points to the fact the Latinas are being used as mules to smuggle drugs into the country. The agents get lucky when they follow Charlie's logic and find a terrified young woman hidden in a van. At the hospital, she passes the drugs and everything indicates Borrego is the mastermind of the operation disguised as being a group to help illegal aliens get into the country.

Peter Markle directed the screenplay written by Peter MacNicol, who is one of the principals in the series, and Andrew Dettmann. The excellent John Glover appears as the psychic Simon Kraft. The regulars and the guest cast do their usual fine job.