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"OUR DARKEST HOUR"
airdate: May 26, 2010 (Season Finale)
written by: Erica Messer
directed by: Edward Allen Bernero
episode synopsis
A series of rolling blackouts in the city of Los Angeles lures a serial killer out of hiding, giving him renewed opportunities to continue his killing spree.

Set in: Los Angeles, CA

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Episode quotes


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Morgan "And out of the darkness came the hands that reached through nature molding men." Alfred Lord Tennison






Criminal Minds Quotes

The Turning Point in the Investigation
  • When Morgan notices that for the first two victims that the Unsub had deliberately cut the power. This leads them to profile that part of his signature is ‘hunting in the dark’ which Garcia uses to find similar crimes all across the state
  • On investigating the first murders in the crimes that Garcia has flagged, the team makes the startling discovery that Officer Spicer was one of the first witnesses to the Unsubs crimes

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Who dunnit and why?

  • Garcia discovers that the Unsub has been carrying out these crimes for 26 years in all 48 states
  • The Unsub has been dubbed by the press as the Prince of Darkness. He appears to terrorize and kill random victims with no regard for race, age or gender which marks him as an ‘opportunistic offender’ who according to Reid will be extremely difficult to catch. Prentiss theorises that his diverse choice of victims was to instill as much fear as he could in the entire city.
  • The Unsub uses the black outs to rob and kill but leaves a witness behind. He had returned to LA because he wanted everyone to know that he was part of the reason Spicer was the city's hero
  • We don’t learn his identity or why he had been doing the home invasions, rapes, etc. for 26 years but in the end, he killed Spicer and kidnapped his daughter, leaving Morgan tied up on the floor and Spicer's sister, Kristen, tied up on the bed. To be continued....
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      Best Moments
      • What were the best scenes in the episode?
      • When Morgan and Matt Spicer chat in the car about losing their parents.
      • The old film strip montage at the start of the show. The name of the haunting song is I’m your man sung by Leonard Cohen click here to listen
      • The black out that swept across the city effectively separating the team from coming to assist Morgan and Spicer as they confront the Unsub

      Best Lines
      • Spicer (to Morgan about the little boy): If he covered his eyes like that, means he couldn't cover his ears
      • Morgan (to Spicer): So I choose to look at it like this. We all have people in our lives, some of them good, some of them bad but they shape us. That’s why you have that badge, that’s why the two of us are sitting in this car right now
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      Episode Guest Stars

      • Tim Curry (Billy Flynn)
      • Eric Close (Detective Matt Spicer)
      • Robert Davi (Detective Eric Kursbard)
      • Kent Shocknek (Newsanchor Kent)
      • Laura Diaz (Newsanchor Laura)
      • Pat Harvey (Newsanchor Pat)
      • Paul Magers (Newsanchor Paul)
      • Linda Purl (Colleen Everson)
      • Dar Dixon (Greg Everson)
      • Tina Huang (Reporter)
      • Maxim Knight (Carter)
      • Caroline Kinsolving (Spicer's Mom)
      • Austin Highsmith (Kristin)
      • Isabella Murad (Ellie Spicer)
      • Ricardo J. Chacon (Cordo)
      • Emilee Annine (Annie)
      • Mark Thompson (DJ Mark)
      • Brian Phelps (DJ Brian)
      • Jeannine Harrington (Carter's Aunt)

      Episode trivia

      • Morgan's father was shot and killed infront of him when he was only nine years old

      Discussion Topics

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      #1hotchfan Discuss Our Darkest Hour, the season 5 finale here (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 131 Sep 21 2011, 10:46 AM EDT by Special_Agent_Marta
      Thread started: May 24 2010, 11:47 AM EDT  Watch
      Ah...another season coming to a close...bummer....but which of our fearless BAU's lives will hang in the balance at the end of this season?....
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      ForeverReid Morgan was TEN when his dad died...?!?! 4 Sep 15 2010, 10:51 AM EDT by ForeverReid
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      In season 2 episode 12 "profiler profiled" Morgan says his dad died when he(morgan) was only ten years old...but now in season 5 episode 23 "our darkest hour" Morgan tells Spicer his(morgan's) dad died when he was NINE years old....
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      ucctgg Morgan disappointed me 4 May 30 2010, 6:10 AM EDT by morgo7kc
      Thread started: May 27 2010, 4:01 PM EDT  Watch
      How could Morgan get ambushed like that! It never would have happened to Gideon or even Reid.
      He needs to be demoted!
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