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"NAMELESS, FACELESS"
airdate: September 23, 2009
written by: Chris Mundy
directed by: Charles S. Carroll
episode synopsis
Hotch's unexplained absence quickly becomes apparent when the team is called back together to profile a killer who is targeting an emergency room doctor.

Episode quotes

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Rossi"A weak man has doubts before a decision. A strong man has them afterwards."Carl Kraus



Criminal Minds Quotes

The Turning Point in the Investigation
  • When Emily reads Hotch's chart and sees the initials "LC." She realizes it means Living Children. She calls Reid, who realizes the target isn't the son but the father.
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episode unsub
  • The Reaper - he stabbed Hotch 9 times, then dropped him off at St. Sebastian's hospitals with Morgan's FBI credentials.

  • Patrick Meyers went after Dr. Barton. He felt Dr. Barton didn't do anything to save his son who was injured in a car accident and left brain dead. He blamed Dr. Barton, even though there was nothing the Doctor could have done.

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Best Lines
  • Garcia: [to Reid] "You know for a smart boy, you ask a lot of dumb questions."
  • JJ: [quoting Reid, who is on crutches due to his gunshot wound] "Kicking down doors is Morgan's job anyway."

Episode Guest Stars

  • John Eddins (Detective Walker)
  • Christopher Cousins (Dr. Barton)
  • Paul Butcher (Jeffrey Barton)
  • Kelly Lloyd (Principal Sheila Findlay)
  • Michael Adler (Patrick Meyers)
  • Laura Niemi (Dr. Zwerling)
  • C. Thomas Howell (George Foyet)
  • Gary P. Stein, Jr.
  • Meredith Monroe (Haley Hotchner)
  • Cade Owens (Jack Hotchner)
  • D.B. Sweeney (US Marshall)
  • Norma Hans (Grieving Mother)

Episode trivia

  • Notice throughout nearly the entire episode, Reid is sitting down. Then nearer to the end, when he realizes that Dr. Barton is the target, he runs outside and pushes him out of the way and gets shot in the process. When it shows him running and pushing the Doctor, it's Matthew Gray Gubler's stunt double as Gubler suffered a severe knee injury earlier in the year.

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#1hotchfan Chat about the season 5 premiere "Nameless, Faceless" here (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 109 Oct 22 2009, 4:30 PM EDT by seventiesflowers
Thread started: Sep 23 2009, 2:11 PM EDT  Watch
Ah...finally after months of waiting! Come chat about this episode and share your thoughts, fears and opinions!
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panthalimun Loved it but.... 0 Oct 21 2009, 9:00 AM EDT by panthalimun
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Seriously, either i'm getting spoiled, or some times the crew just leave scenes without any artistic touch!
first. why there is no indication of why Hotch did not yell for help? you can say because he knew if showed fear he'd be killed by the reaper, but that's just not enough, why not reaper didn't tell him something chilling like:" if you yell, i'd kill any one who comes trough that door!" why not spice things up a little bit?
second. Hotch is going to let go of his son to an unknown location for god knows how long and does not even hug him? what is that show emotion and watch them die?
third. Is not feeling pain a side effect of genius or that our Dr. Reid has become invinsible?
I love the show and I am a truly CM junky, but cann't things be done with a little bit more effort?
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MorganNGarciaPlease SO good!! 19 Oct 15 2009, 9:57 PM EDT by fanaticalreidfan
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Another great season premiere. Loved the Jack & Haley twist, but hated that Foyet got away. Not sure if I like the idea of a full season arc of catching Foyet. Anyone know if there's any big milestone episodes coming up that could be the one that they get him??
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Obsessed Survival 0 Sep 24 2009, 3:10 AM EDT by Obsessed
Thread started: Sep 24 2009, 3:10 AM EDT  Watch
OMG Thank the lord
hotch survives!!!! phew
<3<3<3 Hotch<3<3<3
thanks
dxxx
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