"Secrets and Lies" is the twenty-first episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.
Summary
Gideon and the BAU are called to investigate the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Unit on a mission to save one of its informants and identify a mole within the unit.
Guest Cast
- Brett Arthur - Agent Nathan
- Ray Baker - Agent Bruno Hawks
- Jon Barton - SWAT Leader
- David Bowe - Agent Kruger Spence
- Jack Conley - Agent John Summers
- Andrea Gabriel - Aaliyah Nadir
- Hannah Marks - Dalia Nadir
- Navid Negahban - Hassan Nadir
- Devika Parikh - Agent Olivia Hopkins
- Daylon Reese - Faris Nadir
- Lisa Vidal - Agent Gina Sanchez
- Michael-John Wolfe - Security Guard
Referenced Criminals
- Henri Paul
Music
- "Johnny Ringo" by Crown the Empire
- "This Years Love" by David Gray
- "Down with The Sickness" (instrumental version) by Disturbed
Bookend Quotes
- Jason Gideon: Albert Einstein said, "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
- Jason Gideon: George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
Trivia
- An evidence board covered in pictures and notes relating to Mark Gregory, the unsub from the previous episode, is still present in the BAU offices, indicating that this episode takes place directly or rather a few hours after the events of that case.