‘Criminal Minds’ Season 10 Episode 4 Recap: An Itch You Can’t Scratch
From what fans may already know about this week's episode of "Criminal Minds' Season 10, there will be a lot of bugs and creepy crawlies involved. And this is why the events immediately succeeding the death of the first victim may make you feel like, for once, you are ahead of the BAU team in figuring out the problem.
In fact, even though the team split up to make do some investigating, it's almost like a slow trudge to get to the next step. Between suspected drug abuse and a roadside accident, the team required Penelope Garcia's tech capabilities to stumble upon another clue: a new victim who appeared related to the first victim.
The unsub appears to be hallucinating that bugs are inside his skin, and he seems to be looking for a way to prove this. The newest victim, an entomologist, has been kidnapped and forced to feel what it's like to have his condition. And the way he does it? Put the victim in a capsule-like compartment, bound at the hands and feet, with bugs thrown in "Fear Factor" style.
When the BAU team finally stumbles on the latest victim, they realize that the unsub may have a type of psychosis where one believes being infested with bugs. Putting together the pieces so far, it appears that the unsub is not killing for torture, but rather for his condition to be recognized.
Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) suggests one possible pool of suspects that they may have missed out on, one that does exactly what the unsub needs: a support group for Morgellons Disease. Sure enough, the unsub is part of the Morgellons anonymous group, and has just found a possible victim who shares his beliefs that society is keeping them sick and ignoring them.
Enter Alicia Coppola, a veteran of TV and this weeks' guest star. She plays the role of Lisa, the rather protective Morgellons Disease anonymous group leader who possibly suffers from a similar condition as the unsub. But at the same moment when Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) and Jennifer Jareau (AJ Cook) are interrogating her, the unsub has already found his next victim-with a twist of romance on the side.
In a flurry of events, however, Lisa manages to tell a tragic story involving her family as well as her suspicions on Leo, the unsub. She became even more suspicious when he had approached Jane, the unsub's newfound girlfriend, during the last session. Between the BAU team capturing Jane and Leo getting to Lisa, the unsub has finally snapped. Before torturing Lisa with her own phobia, the BAU team arrives.
While things end on a rather stable note after David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) conducted a very interesting method called the Mirror Box on the unsub. Still, it's a case that can be seen as solved and filed for the BAU team.
"Criminal Minds" Season 10 Episode 4 Sneak Peek (Credit: YouTube/Criminal Minds)
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