airdate: October 10, 2007
written by: Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer
directed by: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

• After Patrick drowned, Reid realizes that fear plays a part in these murders.
  

• Prentiss's and Reid's find of the flier in the laundromat leads to the discovery of how the Unsub "nets" his victims.
  

• Morgan and Prentiss notice the date on one of fliers to be during last summer, which leads them to believe that there are more victims than the team previously attributed to this serial killer.
  

• Dr. Stan Howard, a professional psychiatrist.
  
  • He was abused by his mother during childhood. She would scare an already frightened young Howard of the dark along with embarrassing him for his frequent bed-wetting (an early sign that he was to be a serial killer).
  • Howard had a controlling wife who reminded him of his mother.
  • He targeted new residents of Portland, Oregon by posting fliers in places visited by his victims.
  • Killed his victims by putting them in situations that they most feared, preying on their "phobias"
    
  • Killed at least fifteen people

• Reid and Morgan getting stuck in the elevator.
  

• Prentiss's conversation with Reid concerning Gideon's abrupt departure.
  

• Hotch confiding in Morgan on the jet ride home that Haley has left him and he doesn't know if she's coming back.
  

• [while arguing about the elevator situation]
  Reid [to Morgan]: "I'm not scared. I don't want to be in an elevator with you to be honest."

• Reid: "I think it's someone who's afraid of drowning."
  Hotch: "What do you mean?"
  Reid: "Yeah, it hit me when Morgan freaked out when were stuck in the elevator."
  Prentiss [to Morgan]: "You got stuck in an elevator?"
  Morgan [to Reid]: "I freaked?"
  Reid: "That's not important."
  

• Prentiss [to Reid]: "Yeah, I don't think he's luring them with pretzels."
  

• Dr. Stan Howard [to Hotch]: I think your greatest fear is that you can't save everyone. It is worse than I thought.

• The episode is dedicated to the memory of Mark Kamps, who was the sound supervisor and editor for Criminal Minds. He died in August of 2007.
  

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