"Seven Seconds" is the fifth episode of Season Three 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 a shopping mall in Potomac Mills, Virginia.
Guest Cast
- Molly Baker - Jessica Brooks
- 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
- 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."