Devil's Night (27 Oct. 2010)

The BAU go to Detroit to catch a man who burns his victims alive during the pre-Halloween celebration Devil's Night.

Director:

Charles Haid

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Randy Huggins,

Stars:

Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Mantegna	...	David Rossi
Paget Brewster	...	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	...	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Dr. Spencer Reid
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Leonard Roberts	...	Kaman Scott
Ernie Hudson	...	Lt. Al Garner
Carl Lumbly	...	James 'Jay-Mo' Morris
Michael Warren	...	Tom Anderson
Beverly Todd	...	Susan Anderson
Jocko Sims	...	Tony Torrell
Stacy Highsmith	...	Kierston Torrell
Ken Olandt	...	Chris Edwards
Danièle Watts	...	Tracy Anderson (as Daniele Watts)

Storyline

The BAU travel to Detroit, Michigan, where the fire department has noticed a three year trend of the three days leading up to Halloween where a victim each day has been burned alive in an abandoned building located somewhere in the Rivertown district of town. The unsub used gasoline as an accelerant. The victims are seemingly unconnected. The BAU believe the first victim may provide some clues as to why the unsub is committing these violent murders. Using the visual memory technique, Rossi, in interviewing Kierston Torrell, the wife of the latest victim, discovers some clues as to the unsub's identity. Cross checking those that volunteer for a community organization called Detroit's Finest, which has been monitoring arsons in relation to the historic pre-Halloween fire rituals, with those that work with fire of sort sort comes up with the unsub's identity and the fact that his victims were not chosen at random. They also determine that he has an ultimate target whose identity they ...

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Plot Keywords:

burned alive | detroit michigan | halloween | person on fire | hooded figure | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark Gordon Company, The, CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the killer is fumbling through the closet to find the canister of ketone, the front of the can is facing the camera. Then the front of the can is suddenly facing the wall until the killer grabs it and turns it around, so that the front of the can is facing the camera again.

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Quotes

Aaron Hotchner: [voiceover] Nicolo Machiavelli wrote, "If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

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Connections

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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