Jones (8 Feb. 2007)

The BAU travels to New Orleans' French Quarter where a Jack the Ripper type serial killer is on the loose.

Director:

Steve Shill

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Andi Bushell

Stars:

Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Mandy Patinkin	...	Jason Gideon
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Josh Stewart	...	William LaMontagne Jr.
Simone Kessell	...	Sarah Danlin
Rhys Coiro	...	Ethan
Randy Thompson	...	J.R. 'Smitty' Smith
Edward Edwards	...	William LaMontagne, Sr.
Jeff Doucette	...	Coroner
Chris Eckles	...	John
John Edward Lee	...	Ronnie Tibideaux (as John Lee)

Storyline

The New Orleans Police Department believe there is a serial killer on the loose in the French Quarter. He murdered three people pre-Katrina, in which he had been thought to have perished. A year and a half after the hurricane, a fourth dead body is found, killed using the same MO, which includes evisceration. Garcia locates a fifth potential victim in Galveston, Texas, that case which was not originally connected to the New Orleans killings. The unsub has been in direct contact with the lead investigator of the case, Lt. William LaMontagne, Jr. of the NOPD, by letter detailing the murder and mentioning that he is continuing what he started pre-Katrina. William LaMontagne, Sr., the previous lead investigator before he died in Katrina, also received such letters with the earlier murders. Most records of the first three murders were destroyed in the hurricane, so the BAU have only the latest murders from which to work. The significance of one piece of evidence from the earlier cases is ...

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Plot Keywords:

galveston texas | reference to john coltrane | throat cut | detective | french quarter new orleans | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Each episode has a voice-over in one of the early sequences, and again in the concluding one, discussing a quote by a well-known author or poet. The quote ties in to the case in the episode and by revisiting it at the end of the episode a sense of conclusion is achieved. The voice-over is most often given by Gideon, but occasionally Hotchner, Reid, Elle, and even JJ have done so, as well. The only episode to break from this is "Jones" (2nd season), which ends with a scene where Reid and Gideon discuss Reid's problems following being captured and subjected to torture by an unsub in the episode "Revelations" (three episodes earlier).

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Goofs

Reid asks what the body part Jack the Ripper removed from one of his victims was, indicating that this only happened once. He explains that a kidney was removed from a victim of the original killings. This is true; the left kidney was removed from Catherine Eddowes, the Ripper's fourth victim, along with most of her uterus. What is not mentioned, however, is that from his second victim, Annie Chapman, the uterus was completely removed, and from his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly, most of her organs were removed and left at the crime scene, and her heart was removed and never found.

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Quotes

Dr. Spencer Reid: I guess I needed to see if I could step away.
Jason Gideon: And...?
Dr. Spencer Reid: I'll never miss another plane again.

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Soundtracks

"Take Me Back"
by Nelsen Adelard

User Reviews

Great Show

I loved this episode. It had a bit of everything....Reid's issues with his ongoing drug problem, the start of a romance for JJ, Jack the Ripper like killer, facts about Katrina that were dealt with very well, and great music. I thought the way they dealt with the Katrina aftermath were well done....the loss of records, relocation of people, people who had to be buried unknown.....this all happened. Also, there have not been that many women serial killers portrayed, and I thought that the actress did a very credible job. JJ and Will tip toe around each other for a good part of the episode, then at the end she issues him a challenge to call her.