"Seven Seconds" is the fifth episode of Season Three and the 50th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary
The investigation turns to the family as the BAU and local authorities race against time to locate a young girl who has disappeared from the Potomac Mills shopping mall in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Guest Cast
- Molly Baker - Jessica Brooks
- Jon Barton - SWAT Leader
- Suzanne Cryer - Susan Jacobs
- Don Danielson - Officer Rigney
- Celeste Den - Agent #1
- Nigel Gibbs - Agent James Franklin
- Alexander Gould - Jeremy Jacobs
- Kelley Heyer - Teenage Girl
- Paula Malcomson - Beth Jacobs
- Dikla Marshall - Marie Samuels
- Meredith Monroe - Haley Hotchner
- Alan Mueting - Police Detective
- Cade Owens - Jack Hotchner
- Nathan Pearson - Teenager
- Mark Tomasek - Security Officer
- Ariel Winter - Katie Jacobs
- Emmanuel Xuereb - Richard Jacobs
- Salvator Xuereb - Paul Jacobs
Referenced Criminals
- Richard Allen Davis
- David Westerfield
Music
- "The Moment I Said It" by Imogen Heap
Bookend Quotes
- Aaron Hotchner: Dostoevsky once said, "Nothing is easier than denouncing the evildoer. Nothing more difficult than understanding him."
- Aaron Hotchner: G.K. Chesterton wrote, "Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed."