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| Season: 1 | Episode # 15 | Original Air Date: March 1, 2006 |
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| A serial killer reappears after 18 years of silence and contacts the BAU through Gideon's retired mentor, Max Ryan, who had made his life's work tracking the killer, with the promise he will kill another victim in the next five days. | ||
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| When Ryan realizes that the reason the unsub changed his methodology is not because he wanted to but because he had to. They are able to pin down that he had an accident and Garcia pulls up records, leading them to Walter Kern. | ||
| Whodunit? | ||
| Walter Kern, who was dubbed "The Keystone Killer" and known for the intricate knots he tied on the ropes of his victims hands. He was responsible for killing seven women by strangling them with his bare hands and using a rope but he suddenly stopped. He began again 18 years later but the team didn't know why he had changed his methodology to hitting the victim over the head, suffocating them with a plastic bag and binding them with flex cuffs. They profiled the unsub and realized he had been injured and came up with Walter Kern's name. He had been in the military and recently had been installing home alarms, with another unsub, Scott Harbin. Eighteen years earlier, he had been on his way to kill Carla Bromwell when he was involved in a car accident which left him with minimal use of his right arm. He resurfaced and began to kill again 18 years later, but used a different method due to his injury. The victims he went after were originally targeted 18 years prior and he was finishing his "unfinished business". | ||
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| #1hotchfan | Unfinished Business inaccuracies | 6 | Apr 4 2008, 9:01 AM EDT by TiffanyQ | ||
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Thread started: Dec 30 2007, 5:17 PM EST
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I just finished watching "Unfinished Business" again and noticed quite a lot of inaccuracies.
First, throughout the episode; they keep switching the timelines. Max Ryan states it's been 18 years since "The Keystone Killer" has killed; Morgan and Hotch refer to it as 20 years but later, one says 20 years, the other says 18 years. It is a bit confusing. Also they refer to Walter Kern's injuries stating that he had a severed nerve in his spine, affecting his right side and limiting use of it. However, throughout the episode, it is his left side he favors and his right side/hand and arm that he uses to hold the gun and bag his victims heads. The other curious thing is; if Max Ryan is a retired BAU Agent; yet he goes in with the team to take down Scott Harbin and he's got a gun, vest and he's wired. Normally, wouldn't he be considered a civilian and be asked to remain outside until they've secured the house? Later when they go to Walter Kern's house, he and Gideon knock on the door and neither has their kevlar's on; but they show them later going to the latest victim's house and both are wearing their kevlars. Last thing; rewatching this episode... the character of Max Ryan reminded me a LOT of Rossi. Both stubborn, think they are right, solo acts and have to relearn to work with a team. They are abrupt to the team members, to the point of offending them but they do come around. It's amazing the similarities between Rossi and Ryan.... Thoughts anyone?
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