"Exit Wounds" is the twenty-first episode of Season Five and the 112th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
Garcia plays a crucial role in the case when she travels to Alaska with the BAU to investigate the murders of several residents of a small town.
Guest Cast[]
- Nicholas Brendon - Analyst Kevin Lynch
- Pat Caldwell - Mrs. Brown
- David Carpenter - Doctor Richard Johnson
- Peter Colburn - Mr. Porter
- Dale Dickey - Carol Beardsley
- Robert Dolan - Keith Graves
- Kimberly Estrada - Brenda Bright
- Wings Hauser - Sheriff Steve Rhodes
- Eric Ladin - Joshua Beardsley
- Scarlett McAlister - Deputy Susan Flack
- Steven Montfort - Craig Ramey
- Natasha Sims - Kat Allen
- Karen Strassman - Martha Porter
- Mark L. Young - Owen Porter
Referenced Criminals[]
Bookend Quotes[]
- Penelope Garcia: "Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theater of the tragedy of man." - John Morley
- Penelope Garcia: Ralph W. Sockman said, "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength."
Trivia[]
- Scarlett McAlister, the actress that played Deputy Susan Flack, previously appeared on Criminal Minds, starring as Betty in the episode "Solitary Man," also of Season Five.
- Though depicted in the episode, there are no real-life sheriffs in Alaska, as their functions are fulfilled by the Alaska state troopers.
- The main setting of this episode is Franklin, Alaska, which is a ghost town in real life. A similar narrative device was used two episodes earlier, in "A Rite of Passage," where the setting was named after a ghost town on the Mexico-Texas border.
- While the depiction of Franklin is fictional, a map shown in Franklin's police station seems to show that Franklin is located where Skagway, Alaska is in real life.