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"THE PERFORMER"
airdate: November 11, 2009
written by: Holly Harold
directed by: John Badham
episode synopsis
The BAU team follows a trail of murders that seems to align with the tour schedule of a rock star. Gavin Rossdale plays a Goth performer who has become lost in the frightening alter-ego he portrays on stage - an alter-ego the BAU team suspects may be a brutal serial killer.

Episode quotes

Said By:Quote:Author:
Reid"In all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible tradition than that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons."Montague Summers
Prentiss"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."Cyril Connolly



Criminal Minds Quotes

The Turning Point in the Investigation
  • When they brought Dante in for questioning and he didn't fit the profile.
  • Hotch received a call from the FBI lab that the DNA found on the victim's was from a women.
  • ---

episode unsub
  • Ray Campion (Dante's Manager) used one of Dante's fans, Gina and her obsession with Dante to boost sales of his upcoming album by making her kill people in a vampiric fashion. Gina wrote to him and said she said she'd kill for him. Ray then used her obsession and sickness for publicity.


Best Moments
  • Reid not knowing about the Twilight saga or what BFF stands for. And he's never seen the movie "A Clockwork Orange."
  • On the plane ride back to the BAU. The team is joking around and laughing.
  • When JJ hits Ray over the head, knocking him out.

Best Lines
  • JJ: "Do you read anything besides technical books?"
    Reid: "Not much in English."
  • Garcia: "They mostly just dress up like Prentiss did in high school and play make-up. It's all kinds of delicious."
  • Garcia: "Okay, I'm going to continue splonking through the various online sites and see if anything jumps out and bites me."
  • Morgan (about Rossi): "He has a gun, he'll be okay."
  • Rossi: “For a pop star? I was obsessed with the Rat Pack but I wouldn’t have killed for Frank or Dean.”
    Hotch: “No you just drank whiskey and smoked cigars.”
    Rossi: “This from the man whose favorite record is the Beatles white album?”
    Hotch: "Just because Manson hijacked it doesn’t have to ruin it for the rest of us."
    Reid: “That's why I stick to Beethoven. No chance of guilt by association."
    Prentiss: "Yeah? Have you ever seen little a movie called A Clockwork Orange?"
    [Reid shakes his head no.
    ]

Episode Guest Stars

  • Gavin Rossdale (P.K. Davies aka Dante)
  • Jordan David (Edwin)
  • Inbar Lavi (Gina)
  • Tonya Kay (Tara)
  • Lenny von Dohlen (Record Exec #1)
  • Eddie Jemison (Ray Campion)
  • Ian Anthony Dale (Det. Owen Kim)
  • Justin Grace (Mundy)
  • Netta Most (Erin)
  • Eric Edwards (Dr. Gillespy)
  • Ashleigh Sumner (Marcia Masters)
  • Elizabeth Chambers (Elizabeth Chambers)


Episode trivia

  • The episode features the character Detective Owen Kim, who last appeared in the fan favorite episode 1x18 "Somebody's Watching."

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jareaufan Chat about episode 5.07 "The Performer" here! (page: 1 2) 24 Nov 23 2009, 5:46 AM EST by Ribela
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Here's the place to chat about episode 5.07 "The Performer," guest starring Gavin Rossdale!
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criminalmindsfan123 Heeey! 0 Dec 8 2009, 7:00 PM EST by criminalmindsfan123
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I feeel so bad for JJ.. I'm glad she's okayy. I'mma huge shipper of JJ/Rossi.. weird I knoow.lol... but when he got JJ up it was adoreable..lol.. CLOCK WORK ORANGE lmaoo...
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