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"About Face" is the sixth episode of Season Three and the 51st overall of Criminal Minds.

Summary[]

The BAU travels to Dallas to assist in the search for a murderer who scares his victims with "missing" flyers that display the soon-to-be victims' photos. Also, SSA David Rossi returns to the BAU from retirement.

Guest Cast[]

  • Jayne Atkinson - FBI Section Chief Director Erin Strauss
  • Jon Barton - SWAT Leader
  • Andrew Kavovit - Max Poole
  • Tarri Markel - Enid White
  • Kelly McCracken - Lieutenant Price
  • Elimu Nelson - Detective Bowie
  • Michael O'Neill - Detective Frank Yarborough
  • Kelli Kirkland Powers - Abbey Roxford
  • Sandra Dee Robinson - Michelle Colucci
  • Robert C. Sloan - Uniformed Officer

Referenced Criminals[]

Music[]

  • "Home" by Chris Daughtry

Bookend Quotes[]

  • Aaron Hotchner: Erasmus wrote, "What else is the whole life of mortals but a sort of comedy, in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and plays each one his part, until the manager waves them off the stage?"

Trivia[]

  • This episode marks the first appearance of Joe Mantegna as David Rossi.
  • In his first scene on the show, Rossi shoots a duck while out hunting. According to the writers, the scene had a special meaning, since Gideon, whom Rossi replaced, was an avid bird lover.
  • During Rossi's flashback while aboard the BAU's jet, a few brief scenes from the episode Natural Born Killer are reused when Vincent Perotta killed Helen and William DiMarco in their bathroom.


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