The Anti-Terrorism Squad

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November 9, 2016

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"The Anti-Terrorism Squad" (also known as "Anti-Terror Squad") is the fifth episode of Season Twelve and the 260th overall of Criminal Minds.

Summary[]

The BAU is called to investigate the murders of two families in Minnesota, with one person being left alive for both attacks. As the team delves further into the investigation, they discover a startling link between both survivors, which could provide a motive for the killings.

Guest Cast[]

Tess Aubert - Sam
Kelli Barksdale - Grace Doherty
Drew Bell - Mitch Settergren
Trevor Black - Sheriff Wilson
Joey Bragg - Kyle Ecklund
Kaylee Bryant - Amanda Bergstrom
Shaughn Buchholz - Eric Bakken
Vishesh Chachra - Dad #1
Matt Cornett - Austin Settergren
Romel De Silva - Josh
Dalton Gray - Matt Doherty
Heather Hopkins - Female Teen Motorist
Jacob Houston - Zach Peterson
Erica Lamkin - Mom #1
Devan Leos - Ryan
Christine McLain - Bridget Bergstrom
Hunter Payton - Kevin Bergstrom
Lizzie Poncio - Megan
Jill Whelan - Principal Vicki Dahl
David Wunderlich - Ron Fergusson

Bookend Quotes[]

Spencer Reid: "The malicious have a dark happiness." – Victor Hugo
Spencer Reid: "Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you." – Jean-Paul Sartre

Trivia[]

The episode was originally scheduled to air on November 2, 2016, but it was delayed by a week due to the competing World Series Game 7 event.
Goof: the incident reports about Amanda Bergstrom both state she was a freshman at the time of said reports, but the first one is dated back to October of 2013, the second is time-coded November of 2014.
Despite being credited in the opening sequence, Aisha Tyler, who portrays Lewis, doesn't appear in the episode. This is the 17th of 29 episodes in which characters are credited despite not appearing in the episodes. The others are:
- Season One
  - "Broken Mirror" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear. Penelope Garcia, portrayed by Kirsten Vangsness, also doesn't appear.
- Season Four
  - "Masterpiece" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "52 Pickup"- A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Brothers in Arms" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Soul Mates" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Bloodline"- A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
- Season Six
  - "25 to Life" - Thomas Gibson is credited even though Hotch doesn't appear.
- Season Eleven
  - "The Witness" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "'Til Death Do Us Part" - A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Outlaw"- A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "The Night Watch"- A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Pariahville"- A.J. Cook is credited even though JJ doesn't appear.
  - "Awake" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Internal Affairs" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Future Perfect" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
- Season Twelve
  - "Taboo" - Aisha Tyler is credited even though Lewis doesn't appear.
  - "Profiling 202" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Seek and Destroy" - Matthew Gray Gubler and Aisha Tyler are credited even though Reid and Lewis don't appear.
  - "Hell's Kitchen" Aisha Tyler is credited even though Lewis doesn't appear.
- Season Thirteen
  - "Dust and Bones" - Aisha Tyler is credited even though Lewis doesn't appear.
  - "Neon Terror" - Matthew Gray Gubler and Aisha Tyler are credited even though Reid and Lewis don't appear.
  - "False Flag" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Submerged" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "All You Can Eat" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Mixed Signals" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
- Season Fourteen
  - "Broken Wing" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.
  - "Flesh and Blood" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear in present day and is only seen in flashbacks.
  - "Sick and Evil" - Matthew Gray Gubler is credited even though Reid doesn't appear.

Criminal Minds Episodes

Season One

Extreme Aggressor • Compulsion • Won't Get Fooled Again • Plain Sight • Broken Mirror • L.D.S.K. • The Fox • Natural Born Killer • Derailed • The Popular Kids • Blood Hungry • What Fresh Hell? • Poison • Riding the Lightning • Unfinished Business • The Tribe • A Real Rain • Somebody's Watching • Machismo • Charm and Harm • Secrets and Lies • The Fisher King, Part 1

Season Two

The Fisher King, Part 2 • P911 • The Perfect Storm • Psychodrama • Aftermath • The Boogeyman • North Mammon • Empty Planet • The Last Word • Lessons Learned • Sex, Birth, Death • Profiler, Profiled • No Way Out • The Big Game • Revelations • Fear and Loathing • Distress • Jones • Ashes and Dust • Honor Among Thieves • Open Season • Legacy • No Way Out II: The Evilution of Frank

Season Three
Doubt • In Name and Blood • Scared to Death • Children of the Dark • Seven Seconds • About Face • Identity • Lucky • Penelope • True Night • Birthright • 3rd Life • Limelight • Damaged • A Higher Power • Elephant's Memory • In Heat • The Crossing • Tabula Rasa • Lo-Fi

Season Four

Mayhem • The Angel Maker • Minimal Loss • Paradise • Catching Out • The Instincts • Memoriam • Masterpiece • 52 Pickup • Brothers in Arms • Normal • Soul Mates • Bloodline • Cold Comfort • Zoe's Reprise • Pleasure Is My Business • Demonology • Omnivore • House on Fire • Conflicted • A Shade of Gray • The Big Wheel • Roadkill • Amplification • To Hell and Back, Part 1 • To Hell and Back, Part 2

Season Five

Nameless, Faceless • Haunted • Reckoner • Hopeless • Cradle to Grave • The Eyes Have It • The Performer • Outfoxed • 100 • The Slave of Duty • Retaliation • The Uncanny Valley • Risky Business • Parasite • Public Enemy • Mosley Lane • Solitary Man • The Fight • A Rite of Passage • ...A Thousand Words • Exit Wounds • The Internet Is Forever • Our Darkest Hour

Season Six

The Longest Night • J.J. • Remembrance of Things Past • Compromising Positions • Safe Haven • Devil's Night • Middle Man • Reflection of Desire • Into the Woods • What Happens at Home • 25 to Life • Corazón • The Thirteenth Step • Sense Memory • Today I Do • Coda • Valhalla • Lauren • With Friends Like These... • Hanley Waters • The Stranger • Out of the Light • Big Sea • Supply and Demand

Season Seven

It Takes a Village • Proof • Dorado Falls • Painless • From Childhood's Hour • Epilogue • There's No Place Like Home • Hope • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • The Bittersweet Science • True Genius • Unknown Subject • Snake Eyes • Closing Time • A Thin Line • A Family Affair • I Love You, Tommy Brown • Foundation • Heathridge Manor • The Company • Divining Rod • Profiling 101 • Hit • Run

Season Eight

The Silencer • The Pact • Through the Looking Glass • God Complex • The Good Earth • The Apprenticeship • The Fallen • The Wheels on the Bus • Magnificent Light • The Lesson • Perennials • Zugzwang • Magnum Opus • All That Remains • Broken • Carbon Copy • The Gathering • Restoration • Pay It Forward • Alchemy • Nanny Dearest • #6 • Brothers Hotchner • The Replicator

Season Nine
The Inspiration • The Inspired • Final Shot • To Bear Witness • Route 66 • In The Blood • Gatekeeper • The Return • Strange Fruit • The Caller • Bully • The Black Queen • The Road Home • 200 • Mr. & Mrs. Anderson • Gabby • Persuasion • Rabid • The Edge of Winter • Blood Relations • What Happens in Mecklinburg • Fatal • Angels • Demons

Season Ten
X • Burn • A Thousand Suns • The Itch • If the Shoe Fits • Boxed In • Hashtag • The Boys of Sudworth Place • Fate • Amelia Porter • The Forever People • Anonymous • Nelson's Sparrow • Hero Worship • Scream • Lockdown • Breath Play • Rock Creek Park • Beyond Borders • A Place at the Table • Mr. Scratch • Protection • The Hunt

Season Eleven
The Job • The Witness • 'Til Death Do Us Part • Outlaw • The Night Watch • Pariahville • Target Rich • Awake • Internal Affairs • Future Perfect • Entropy • Drive • The Bond • Hostage • A Badge and a Gun • Derek • The Sandman • A Beautiful Disaster • Tribute • Inner Beauty • Devil's Backbone • The Storm

Season Twelve
The Crimson King • Sick Day • Taboo • Keeper • The Anti-Terrorism Squad • Elliott's Pond • Mirror Image • Scarecrow • Profiling 202 • Seek and Destroy • Surface Tension • A Good Husband • Spencer • Collision Course • Alpha Male • Assistance Is Futile • In the Dark • Hell's Kitchen • True North • Unforgettable • Green Light • Red Light

Season Thirteen
Wheels Up • To A Better Place • Blue Angel • Killer App • Lucky Strikes • The Bunker • Dust and Bones • Neon Terror • False Flag • Submerged • Full-Tilt Boogie • Bad Moon on the Rise • Cure • Miasma • Annihilator • Last Gasp • The Capilanos • The Dance of Love • Ex Parte • All You Can Eat • Mixed Signals • Believer

Season Fourteen
300 • Starter Home • Rule 34 • The Tall Man • Innocence • Luke • Twenty Seven • Ashley • Broken Wing • Flesh and Blood • Night Lights • Hamelin • Chameleon • Sick and Evil • Truth or Dare

Season Fifteen
Under the Skin • Awakenings • Spectator Slowing • Saturday • Date Night • Ghost • Rusty • Family Tree • Face Off • And in the End...