Criminal Minds
Season 1, Episode 9
Air date	November 23, 2005
Written by	Jeff Davis
Directed by	Felix Enriquez Alcalá
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"Derailed" is the ninth episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.

Summary Edit

A paranoid schizophrenic psychiatric patient has a delusional episode on board a train and holds Elle and the other passengers in the car hostage.

Guest Cast Edit

• Chris Bauer - Doctor Theodore Bryar
• M.C. Gainey - Agent Frank Moretti
• Kevin Cristaldi - Harry Anderson
• Anil Raman - Josh Patel
• Alice Reitveld - Elaine Curtis
• Susan Gibney - Doctor Linda Deaton
• Phinneas Kiyomura - Medic
• Jeff Kober - Leo
• Kendall Clement - Security Guard
• Mark Stefanich - HRT Commander

Referenced Criminals Edit

• Ralph Tortorici

Music Edit

• "Wrecking Ball" by Gillian Welch

Bookend Quotes Edit

• Jason Gideon: Robert Oxton Bolt wrote, "A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind."
• Spencer Reid: Albert Einstein asked, "The question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or the others crazy?"

See Also Edit

• Episodes