Outfoxed 

While tracking a family annihilator, the BAU must seek advice from "The Fox," one of the most horrific killers from the team's past who has an ominous message for Agent Hotchner.

Director:

John Gallagher

Writers:

Jeff Davis (created by), Simon Mirren

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
Neal Jones	...	Karl Arnold
Andrea Thompson	...	Field Agent Anne Hudson
Kristina Klebe	...	Miranda Dracar
Neill Barry	...	Captain Joseph Downey
James Fallon	...	Prof. James Fallon (as Jim Fallon)
Lorin McCraley	...	Garrett Pain
Maria Maestas McCann	...	Samantha Forester (as Maria McCann)
Sydney Sweeney	...	Dani Forester

Storyline

In Hampton, Virginia, the Downey family is murdered and buried in their backyard while the family patriarch, army Captain Joseph Downey, is deployed in Iraq. A similar mass murder of a military family while the father was on military deployment occurred a year earlier. Prints lifted at the murder scenes indicate that it is the same unsub. The unsub appears to be copying the murders committed by Karl Arnold aka The Fox. The BAU worked on the case of The Fox four years earlier. The unsub has tried to contact The Fox in prison. Hotch and Prentiss interview The Fox to try and understand his motivation so as to understand the unsub. Based on some information received from The Fox and by the way the bodies are laid out in their grave, the BAU have a clearer profile of the unsub, who is not a copycat of The Fox and who is not the person who tried to contact The Fox. The Fox has some parting words for Hotch about who tried to contact him.

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Plot Keywords:

pleading | child held at gunpoint | shrine | swimming pool | swimming | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kristina Klebe (Miranda Dracar) of Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) guest stars. She is one of many alumni of the Halloween films franchise to appear.

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Quotes

David Rossi: Hudson, this is Dr. Spencer Reid.
Field Agent Anne Hudson: [shaking Reid's hand] Field agent Anne Hudson. The, uh, father is serving in Iraq. Three nights ago the cops found his family buried over there.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Buried?
Emily Prentiss: Neighbors heard the dog barking, came over, he was scratching at the grave. Lucy, their oldest child, she's still in her swimsuit.
Aaron Hotchner: What does the father know?
Field Agent Anne Hudson: Some of it. He was on patrol. Took his unit a couple of days to reach him. He arrives today.
David Rossi: Last year, the Williams family was killed and found exactly the same...
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Connections

References Criminal Minds: The Fox (2005)

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Soundtracks

Criminal Minds Theme
Composed by Mark Mancina

User Reviews

Plagiarized???

Real quick review: Watch 'Red Dragon" starring Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton. Same everything, including the way they found how how the person was choosing victims. Not impressed.

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 November 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Mark Gordon Company, CBS Television Studios, ABC Signature

Technical Specs

Runtime:

39 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1