"Assistance Is Futile" is the sixteenth episode of Season Twelve and the 271st overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
When a mother suspects that someone close to her is an unsub, she turns to the BAU for assistance. Also, Reid begins to adapt to prison life in order to survive.
Guest Cast[]
- Eddie Alfano - Frazier
- Diego Amarosa - Duerson
- Vivian Benitez - Lisa Jackson
- Aidan Bristow - Danny White
- Josh Drennen - Bartender
- Phillip Garcia - Luis Delgado
- Rawann Gracie - Young Danny White
- Alexander Harris - Officer Peters[1]
- Marabina Jaimes - Newscaster
- Richard T. Jones - Officer Lionel Wilkins
- Wayne Lopez - Detective Baez
- Kandis Mak - Serena Adams
- Crystal-Lee Naomi - Gigi Stevens
- Tatum O'Neal - Miranda White
- Harold Perrineau - Calvin Shaw
- Tabitha Petrini - Sadie
- Peter James Smith - M.E. Wong
Referenced Criminals[]
Music[]
- "Knucklehead" by We-Are-Z
- "Waking Light" by Dwayne Shivers & Kyshona Armstrong
Bookend Quotes[]
- Spencer Reid: "To go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other." – Martin Luther
- Spencer Reid: "Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness." – Desmond Tutu
Trivia[]
- The episode's title seems to be a play on the term "Resistance is futile", a famous quote by the Borg, an alien race featured in Star Trek.
- This is the fifth of nine episodes to deal with two separate cases.
References[]
- ↑ Credited as "Guard #1"