"Criminal Minds" Roadkill (2009)

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers:

Jay Beattie (written by)
Dan Dworkin (written by)

TV Series:

"Criminal Minds" (2005)

Original Air Date:

6 May 2009 (Season 4, Episode 23)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A serial killer in Bend, Oregon is deliberately killing people by running them over with his car.

Plot Keywords:

FBI Profiler | Serial Killer

Cast

Joe Mantegna	...	David Rossi
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Craig Baxley Jr.	...	Coakley
Nicholas Brendon	...	Kevin Lynch
Keith Burke	...	Blake
Timothy Carhart	...	Detective Quinn
Caitlin Carmichael	...	Louisa Bonner
Andi Carnick	...	Shannon
Edward Conna	...	Victor Costella (as Eddie Conna)
Juliana Dever	...	Coakley's Wife
Gerald Downey	...	Officer Feder
Tracey Leigh	...	Mrs. Burke
Jim Meskimen	...	Dr. Ridgeway
Dale Midkiff	...	Gil Bonner
Debra Milano	...	Paige Bonner
James Nardini	...	Paul Makely
Chris Pauley	...	Tech

Goofs:

Factual errors: While inspecting the car (a late model BMW) in the impound lot, the agents surmise the heater hose was cut without opening the hood. On late model cars, the radiator is sealed to the core support so no air (or other objects) can get around the radiator. It would not be possible to cut the heater hose without opening the hood. This particular model is also equipped with a low coolant light that would have illuminated once the driver started the motor. Additionally, there are many variables involved with a car overheating, such as using the air conditioning, outside temperature, humidity, etc. There would be no way to exactly determine where it would stop due to overheating.