"Restoration" is the eighteenth episode of Season Eight of Criminal Minds.
Summary
The BAU goes to Morgan's old neighborhood in urban Chicago in search of a spree killer targeting middle-aged men, and a clue leads Morgan to believe that they are after someone connected to the man who molested him as a child.
Guest Cast
- Nadège August - Sheila Goode
- Jordan Aaron Carroll - Derek Morgan (teen)
- Joy DeMichelle - Shondra Walters
- Jakobe Dempsey - Jerome
- Joe DiGiovanni - Billy
- Dennis LaValle - Anthony Rango
- Everton Lawrence - Akil
- Donis Leonard, Jr. - Tyler Harris
- Ricardo Mamood-Vega - Paul Kelly
- Wendy Rosoff - Female Reporter #1
- Skipp Sudduth - Captain Stan Gordinski
- Julius Tennon - Carl Buford
- Adela Tirado - Officer Rodriguez
- Keith Tisdell - Rodney Harris
- Vito Viscuso - Male Reporter #3
- Tom Williamson - James Barfield
- Garland Whitt - Keron Bendor
- A'da Alison Woolfolk - Female Reporter #2
Music
- "In a Sentimental Mood" by Chris Vadala
Bookend Quotes
- David Rossi: "I'm dead, only vengeance can restore me." Terry Goodkind
- Derek Morgan: "For darkness restores what light cannot repair." Joseph Brodsky
Trivia
- Jordan Aaron Carroll, the actor who portrays Morgan as a teenager, previously portrayed him as a child in Profiler, Profiled.