The Instincts (5 Nov. 2008)

A child abduction case in Las Vegas causes Reid to have strange nightmares which appear to be connected to an event in his past.

Director:

Rob Spera

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Chris Mundy

Stars:

Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Joe Mantegna	...	David Rossi
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Jane Lynch	...	Diana Reid
Kari Matchett	...	Amy Bridges
Reed Diamond	...	Craig Bridges
Melinda Page Hamilton	...	Claire Bates
Shashawnee Hall	...	Det. Ashby
Taylor Nichols	...	William Reid
Bruce French	...	Dr. Norman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Astor	...	Young Spencer Reid

Storyline

The team travel to Las Vegas to investigate the abduction and subsequent murder of 5-year old Ethan Hayes whose dead body was found in the desert but in a visible location, newly clothed and seemingly starved during his abduction phase but somehow with nutrients in his body without visible evidence of an I.V. marking on his body. Another adolescent, Michael Bridges, has been abducted but assumed not yet dead. The tie between the two abductions is that the killer has contacted both sets of parents telling them they are the cause of their child's abduction. This case is especially difficult for Reid whose hometown is Las Vegas and whose mother has been institutionalized there for the better part of her adult life. In addition, he has been having nightmares of late of himself and the team chasing the killer of a six-year old child. However, this child is seemingly someone he may have known from his own childhood.

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Plot Keywords:

nightmare | grave side ceremony | five year old | kidnapped child | funeral for a child | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min 55 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the funeral service, the minister uses the Roman Catholic form of the sign of the cross, but invokes the "Holy Ghost", which is Protestant terminology (Catholics use the term "Holy Spirit").

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Quotes

[Walking into a messy crime scene in the middle of the desert]
David Rossi: It's not exactly a well preserved scene.
Emily Prentiss: It's the crime scene investigators. They wanna play cop instead of just being scientist. And they end up trampling on everything.

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Soundtracks

"Shelter From the Storm"
(uncredited)
Performed by Bob Dylan

User Reviews

furious after the writers

usually i appreciate this show, (even if think that mandy patinkin was the most interesting character) but this season, they're really going down. apparently, to copy the scenario from the "csi"/"fbi without a trace" crossover in the "catching out" episode wasn't stupid enough so now, they set the investigation in Las Vegas, and criticize the crime scene lab ! if they want csi success, they should get good writers, first, it will be more fair play and second they would be less ridiculous. i'm very very angry !!! if they keep on going down this road, they won't just be less and less interesting, they'll get boring. i hope that they'll soon make progress, or they'll just become like csi Miami, my substitute for a sleeping pill !