"The Wheels on the Bus" is the eighth episode of Season Eight and the 170th overall of Criminal Minds.
Summary[]
The BAU launches a massive search when a school bus full of students disappears outside the Washington, D.C. area. As the search continues, they uncover a twisted motive for the mass abduction.
Guest Cast[]
- Andrew James Allen - Joshua Moore
- Robert Bailey, Jr. - Sean Parker
- Cole Bernstein - Wendy Edwards[1]
- Rocky Bonifield - Regan Walton
- Nicholas Brendon - Analyst Kevin Lynch
- Marcia Ann Burrs - Carol Roberts
- Brittany Curran - Addyson Jones
- Jonathan Davila - Parent
- David Gallagher - Matthew Moore
- Dawn Greenidge - Principal Anderson
- Reggie Hayes - Detective William Richards
- Chris Hendrie - Roy Webster
- Paul James Jordan - Trent Walker
- Diaz Mackie - Police Officer
- Keely Marshall - Deborah Brown[2]
- Ngozi Andrade Messam - Detective #1
- Richard Par - Detective #2
- Devon Werkheiser - Billy Walton
Referenced Criminals[]
- The Chowchilla Abductors (Frederick Newhall Woods IV, Richard Schoenfeld, and James Schoenfeld)
Bookend Quotes[]
- Aaron Hotchner: French novelist Jean Giraudoux said, "I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life."
- Derek Morgan: Frederick Douglass said, "It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
Trivia[]
- The episode's title may be a reference to the American folk song of the same name.
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