Criminal Minds
Season 2, Episode 17
Air date	February 21, 2007
Written by	Oanh Ly
Directed by	John Showalter
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"Distress" is the seventeenth episode of Season Two of Criminal Minds.

Summary Edit

The BAU travels to Houston to investigate a series of murders that have occurred near construction sites and abandoned buildings. Because the murders appear to be random, the team believes the killer could be a homeless person. Meanwhile, everyone is noticing an apparent change in Reid's behavior.

Guest Cast Edit

• Sandi McCree - Jolene Bradford
• Jennifer Willison - Angie
• Juan Ramírez - Edward Ramos
• Joanna Going - Dana Woodridge
• Nick Chinlund - Max Weston
• Dre Taylor - Mogadishu Boy
• Jeffrey Lorenzo - Kelvin Bradford
• Jimmy Kieffer - Security Guard Warren Banbury
• Holt McCallany - Roy Woodridge
• Kent Faulcon - Detective Fuller
• Bridget Shergalis - Mary
• Jeff L. Williams - Uniform Officer

Music Edit

• "Sumpin" by the Pimps
• "Ghost Towns Along The Highway" by John Mellencamp

Bookend Quotes Edit

• Jason Gideon: "Our life is made by the death of others." Leonardo da Vinci
• Aaron Hotchner: "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine

See Also Edit

• Episodes