Unknown Subject (25 Jan. 2012)

The BAU is called to Houston, Texas when a past masked serial rapist coined the Piano Man - so named because of the piano wire he used to bind his victims - starts to re-offend, with his ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Lange

Writers:

Jeff Davis (creator), Breen Frazier

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
A.J. Cook	...	Jennifer Jareau
Kirsten Vangsness	...	Penelope Garcia
Thomas Gibson	...	Aaron Hotchner
Jay Karnes	...	Hamilton Bartholomew
Dina Meyer	...	Regina Lampert
Judith Hoag	...	Diana Mitchell
Matthew Alan	...	Herman Scobie
Penny Peyser	...	Dr. Linda Merrill
Daniel Hagen	...	Dr. William Shaw
John Knox	...	Chief Wilson
Jim Pacitti	...	Peter Joshua

Storyline

The BAU is called to Houston, Texas when a past masked serial rapist coined the Piano Man - so named because of the piano wire he used to bind his victims - starts to re-offend, with his targets being his past victims. His crimes have since evolved where one of the victims, Vanessa Campbell, is abducted from her home - something the unsub had never done before - which they believe is meant to show his victims that they are safe nowhere from his clutches. He used drugs mimicking a date rape drug to knock the victims unconscious before committing his rapes. With news of the new offenses hitting the media, many of the Piano Man's past victims resurface, telling that they were indeed victimized recently by him again. Most of the women tell similar stories of the second rape - being hyper-vigilant about never leaving their drinking glass unattended, and now having a 1980's pop piano ballad being a trigger to horrific memories of that rape - while one, Diana Mitchell, tells a completely ...

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Plot Keywords:

serial rapist | rape victim | pianist | cigarette smoking

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Four characters (Herman Scobie, Hamilton Bartholemew, Peter Joshua, and Regina Lampert) share the same names as characters in the 1963 movie Charade (1963), which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

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Quotes

Aaron Hotchner: [voiceover] "We do not suffer from the shock of our trauma, but we make out of it just what suits our purposes." -Alfred Adler

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Soundtracks

"You're the Inspiration"
(uncredited)
Music & lyrics by Peter Cetera & David Foster
Performed by Chicago

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