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"THE INTERNET IS FOREVER"
airdate: May 19, 2010
written by: Breen Frazier
directed by: Glenn Kershaw
episode synopsis
The BAU team profiles a serial killer who uses the Internet as his hunting ground, bringing a whole meaning to the term 'social networking.'

Set in: Boise, ID

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Episode quotes


Said By: Quote: Author:
Hotch "The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw
Rossi "The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had." Eric Schmidt



Criminal Minds Quotes

The Turning Point in the Investigation
  • Reid was able to determine mathematically that the victims were linked because they all had the same facial structure. Putting that together with the narcissistic behaviour in performing for an audience, the team quickly pieced together that the Unsub perhaps unconsciously selected these victims because of their resemblance to him
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episode unsub
  • Who dunnit and why?

  • Robert Johnson or watcher89. He was arrested and incarcerated for possession of torture videos. He was furious that he was caught and turned to a more violent lifestyle after his release. He was skilled with computers and used this ability to stalk his victims on line and monitor their behavior via tiny cameras



    Best Moments
    • What were the best scenes in the episode?
    • Reid's awesome new haircut
    • Reid using his genius brain on the photographs to quickly narrow the victim pool to identify the latest victim, Lucy Masters
    • Morgan going all postal on the chat group member ‘Scott’ for having child pornography on his computer.
    • Hotch ordering Garcia to let the victim die and tag the chat users instead when they ran out of time. The look on her face was heartbreaking when she realised the woman had died.
    • The team all gathered around the monitor watching helplessly as another victim was strangled infront their eyes. While it was not a good moment, it was intense television.

    Best Lines
    • JJ: (to Reid walking in with new hairdo) well hello Hotch (looking disturbed): What? did you join a boy band? Reid (taken aback):No
    • Morgan (to Garcia)...because as i have learnt the hard way the last thing you want to do is tick off Miss Penelope Garcia. Garcia (looking thrilled): Awwww...that's a compliment, right? Morgan: Yes, it is Garcia: Awww...
    • Rossi (to the team): Can somebody explain to me the appeal of these sites? 'Having sushi tonight yum!' 'Boss is keeping me late at work Grrr...'
    • Morgan (to Rossi explaining the phenomenon of twitter): that’s the running joke, right? Nobody is but we’ll all like to believe that there’s an audience out there that wants to follow our every move.
    • Garcia (explaining why the hacker's online name is more important than his real name): Remember when I said that hackers are loyal? They stick to certain names. That's how you identify yourself to other hackers. ... that's how the FBI caught me.


    Episode Guest Stars

    • Jonathan Goldstein (Detective John Fordham)
    • Reece Rios (Unsub)
    • Ned Schmidtke (Austin Chapman)
    • Karen Forest (Norma Renmar)
    • Kathryn Michelle (Mary Ann)
    • Tyler Jacob Moore (Brad)
    • Peggy McClellan (Allison Kittredge)
    • Justin Sintic (Texting Detective)
    • Graham Clarke (Reporter)
    • Stefanie McCall (Reporter #2)
    • Katherine Conway (Dorris Archer)
    • Matthew Rocheleau (Scott Weldon)
    • Ian Vogt (David Caston)
    • Deborah Puette (Louise Hightower)
    • Sarah Lieving (Lucy Masters)
    • Nate Donaldson (Faux Unsub)

    Episode trivia

    • Reid doesn't have email.
    • Garcia was caught by the FBI because she was loyal to her hacker handle or online name
    • There was interesting insight revealed in tonight’s episode as to why people are obsessed with these networking sites. The story would have certainly given everyone a pause to consider why they post on these sites and the potential dangers of it.

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    jareaufan Chat about 5.22 "The Internet Is Forever" here! (page: 1 2 3) 49 Sep 21 2011, 9:32 AM EDT by Special_Agent_Marta
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    CMlover234 Reid Email 3 Feb 25 2011, 2:49 PM EST by suceress
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    Reid said in this episode he doesn't have email when in a different episode it showed him checking his email.
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    mathwiz232 The Internet Is Forever!!! 6 May 19 2010, 2:29 PM EDT by codename:mara
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    What do you guys think of the new episode coming out this Wedsnesday? i haven't heard much about it but it sounds interesting. Does anyone know who the episode is focused on?
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