"In The Blood" is the sixth episode of Season Nine and the 192nd overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
When the BAU investigates victims of possible ritualistic murders in Utah, clues lead them to believe that they are looking for a serial killer who holds a deep fascination of the Salem witch trials. Also, Garcia prepares for a "Day of the Dead" celebration over at her apartment.
Guest Cast[]
- John Lee Ames - Parker Mills
- Caitlin Carmichael - Kylie Carpenter
- Peggy Dunne - M.E. Linda Grunwell
- Jeff Griggs - Herbert Sykes
- James Immekus - Leland Duncan
- Tom Irwin - Sergeant Joe Mahaffey
- Aubrey Manning - Charlotte Novak
- Sarah Jane Morris - Yvonne Carpenter
- Charlotte Ubben - Gloria Carlyle
Bookend Quotes[]
- Spencer Reid: "After all, what are men but a horde of ghosts? Oaks that were acorns that were oaks." — Walter de la Mare
- Penelope Garcia: Mitch Albom said, "Death ends a life, not a relationship."
Trivia[]
- Caitlin Carmichael, the actress who portrays Kylie Carpenter, previously appeared on Criminal Minds, starring as Louisa Bonner in the Season Four episode "Roadkill".
- Three of the names seen on Garcia's list of Salt Lake City, Utah library personnel, were previously used by the following victims:
- Season Seven
- Harvey Redland - Was previously used as the 4th victim of spree killer and robber Curtis Banks in "Snake Eyes".
- Ginger Palmont - Was previously used as the 1st victim of serial killer Jeffrey Collins in "A Family Affair".
- Season Eight
- Cooper Lupton - Was previously used as an assault victim of serial killer, family annihilator, stalker, and abductor Arthur Rykov in "Through the Looking Glass".
- Cooper Lupton - Was previously used as an assault victim of serial killer, family annihilator, stalker, and abductor Arthur Rykov in "Through the Looking Glass".
- Season Seven
- The uncredited David St. Pierre did stunt work for this episode, as well as the Season Four episode "Brothers in Arms" (and also played the episode's unsub), Season Seven episodes "Epilogue" and "Heathridge Manor", and the Season Nine episode "Blood Relations".