"The Tribe" is the sixteenth episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
When college students in New Mexico are found tortured and murdered in an unoccupied house, the BAU suspects a group of killers with an extensive knowledge of Native American rituals is responsible.
Guest Cast[]
- Chad Allen - Jackson Cally
- Jon Barton - SWAT Leader
- Robert Curtis Brown - Peter Griesen
- Michael Canavan - Roy Minton
- Gregory Cruz - Officer John Blackwolf
- Josh Duhon - Rammy
- Chris Ellis - Sheriff Jimmy Rhodes
- Eric Johnson - Sean Hotchner
- Kallie Kerns - Cult Member #5
- Aaron MacPherson - Deputy #1
- Geoff Meed - Eugene Leland
- Skyler Shaye - Ingrid Griesen
- Sky Soleil - Kyle Van Owen
- Sonya Stephens - Jane Bear
- Dagger Tompkins - Samuel
Referenced Criminals[]
- The American Indian Movement
- Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo (stock footage only)
- Marshall Applewhite (stock footage only)
- The Branch Davidians (stock footage only)
- Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army
- The Red Army Faction
- The Black September Organization
- Charles Manson and the Manson Family
Music[]
- "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly
- "Roberto Duran" by the Ribeye Brothers
- "When All is Said and Done" by Tyrone Wells
- "The Scientist" by Coldplay
Bookend Quotes[]
- Aaron Hotchner: Nietzsche wrote, "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
- Aaron Hotchner: There's an old Apache saying: "You can take many paths to get to the same place."
Trivia[]
- Chad Allen (the actor who plays a psychopathic "tribe" leader) would go on to play a homosexual serial killer in an episode of Dexter.