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Season: 3 Episode # 4 Original Air Date: October 17, 2007


Children of the Dark


Synopsis:
Hotchner and the team suspect that two unsubs may be working together in a series of brutal home invasions and murders taking place in a Denver suburb.


Best Moments Between Characters:
  • When Prentiss suggested bringing back Carrie, the only survivor of the murders, to DC with her to live and Hotch said "This is the job and I need to know you can be objective." Prentiss replied with "I need to know I can be human."
  • On the plane in the end when JJ and Prentiss were talking; JJ told Prentiss she could tell that Prentiss would be a good mom.

Best Lines:
  • Morgan to Garcia: [over the phone] "Hey girl, you're on speaker, behave."
    Garcia: "Or what, you'll spank me?"

The turning point in the investigation:
When the survivor, Carrie, was able to provide the team with information about the looks and personalities of the 2 unsubs and how they got in. They were able to narrow it down to someone who worked with pets; obtain pictures and names of 9 individuals and Carrie was able to ID one of them.


Whodunit?
Gary and Erving, two troubled boys who had been abused in a foster home. Gary received the worst of the abuse. Initially the boys were just robbing homes but when they found an abused kid they switched to killing parents and "relieving" the kids. Gary was responsible for the brutal killings of the parents and Erving injected the children with medication used to euthanize pets.


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happyjack Storyline 11 Nov 29 2008, 5:02 PM EST by Tiger-10-8
Thread started: Oct 18 2007, 4:59 AM EDT  Watch
"My wife and have have truly enjoyed Criminal Minds since the show first aired...that is until now. The show has been suspenseful and "edgy" until "Children of the Dark". This particular episode went way over the top and off our TV by depicting the random murder of a family...including the children. Come on, do you really think that is necessary or even appropriate? "

It's possible that our comments won't be appreciated by other fansof the show, but I have to agree. I have been a fan since the beginning. I turned this off in the first ten minutes. I know I didn't get to see how it all played out, but I was so angered by the premise, that I couldn't stay. Irresponsible.
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Biscuit5599 End quote 1 Oct 25 2007, 7:43 AM EDT by #1hotchfan
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Does anyone remember the ending quote about fairy tales word for word; i really liked it
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angelab2158 children of the dark 1 Oct 19 2007, 4:20 PM EDT by MasterBard
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could someone please tell me how it ended the last thing i saw was the 2 kids going back to the foster parents house. cbs did a mannatory test in the last 10 min of show
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