North Mammon (1 Nov. 2006)

Three soccer stars are abducted and the unsub plays games while the B.A.U. desperately tries to narrow down the suspects.

Director:

Matt Earl Beesley

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Andrew Wilder

Stars:

Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Jason Beghe	...	Sheriff Yates
Jamie McShane	...	Peter Chambers
Lisa Waltz	...	Judy Homefeldt
Mimi Michaels	...	Brooke Chambers
Kayla Mae Maloney	...	Polly
Kelly Kruger	...	Kelly Seymour
Tom Schmid	...	Marcus Younger
Todd Jeffries	...	Coach Don Haas
Dean Cudworth	...	Sgt. Tom Sikes

Storyline

In North Mammon, a close small town, a man abducts three girls who return from the boys football pep rally, and tells them to chose which of them will be killed. Girls soccer player Polly Chambers' mother gets Quantico agent Judy Homefeldt to convince the team to take the case and local Sheriff Yates to officially invite them, but on arrival he states the girls aren't even officially missing, as the mother is an unreliable depression patient. The elaborate preparation, including soothing messages to the parents mentioning Friday, convince the team it's the work of a local, who plausibly plans something relating to the football game, a long-awaited finale. This leaves various suspects to be eliminated, and it looks like the kidnapper planted false forensic material to incriminate innocent men. When Brooke gets sick, the other two decide to sacrifice her- they are given hammers to kill her, then released near the police...

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Plot Keywords:

knife held to throat | reference to john thomas jamelske | female in shower | gulfstream 550 business jet | wrapped in a blanket | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark Gordon Company, The, CBS Paramount Network Television, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is revealed that J.J. grew up in a small town and hated the pressure put on everyone to play sports. Though she was on the soccer team, she says it was the only way to get a scholarship to go to college and get away from there. J.J. went to college in Pittsburgh on a soccer scholarship.

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Quotes

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: Hi, Polly. My name is JJ. I grew up in East Allegheny, just right up the road. I was captain of the varsity soccer team my senior year. Got me a scholarship to Pittsburgh. Well, it's a pretty good school, but... it's not exactly Penn State. I know that's where you're going, 'cause your mom told me. You know, your mom carried a picture of you all the way up to the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia, so that me and these agents here could help find you. And, believe me, she was not leaving until ...

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Soundtracks

"Suddenly I See"
Written by K.T. Tunstall

User Reviews

Strangely compelling

This episode is really two stories, one good, and one... eh, not so much. The problem is the obvious reliance on JJ's past as a star soccer player in high school. Take that out and the show is fairly good. It deviates from the over-used pattern of "serial killer with someone held in danger so the team can show up to the rescue." Instead, we've actually got a different aspect: old wounds from a small town that express themselves years later among a once close knit group of friends. Basically, their children must pay the price for walking over someone from their own past. I liked that story. I didn't like the writers' obvious attempt to incorporate JJ's past into the series' mainstream. Nothing against the actress, I just don't care what ANY of the team did before they were profilers, particularly all the way back in high school.