"Our Darkest Hour" is the twenty-third episode of Season Five of Criminal Minds.
Summary
The BAU is called to Los Angeles when a serial killer is lured out of hiding after a series of rolling blackouts gives him the perfect opportunity to pursue his victims in the darkness.
Guest Cast
- Emilee Annine - Annie Danzi
- Jerome Ro Brooks - Police Officer
- Ricardo J. Chacon - Lopez
- Eric Close - Detective Matt Spicer
- Tim Curry - Billy Flynn
- Robert Davi - Detective Adam Kurzbard
- Laura Diaz - Newsanchor Laura (herself)
- Dar Dixon - Gregory Everson
- Jeanine Harrington - Carter Danzi's Aunt
- Pat Harvey - Newsanchor Pat (herself)
- Austin Highsmith - Kristin Spicer
- Tina Huang - Reporter
- Caroline Kinsolving - Sylvia Spicer
- Maxim Knight - Carter Danzi
- Paul Magers - Newsanchor Paul (himself)
- Isabella Murad - Ellie Spicer
- Brian Phelps - DJ Brian (himself)
- Linda Purl - Colleen Everson
- Kent Shocknek - Newsanchor Kent (himself)
- Mark Thompson - DJ Mark (himself)
Referenced Criminals
- Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker
Music
- "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen
Bookend Quotes
- Derek Morgan: Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, "And out of the darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men."
Trivia
- This is the second of three appearances Kent Shocknek has made on Criminal Minds. His first appearance was on the Season One episode L.D.S.K. as John Jenkins, and his third appearance was on the Season Eight episode Nanny Dearest as Reporter #3.