The episode begins with a recap of the
Reid/Maeve saga, ending with her death. It makes me wonder what the
funeral was like. Did her parents blame him for her death?
Surprisingly the stalker had nothing to do with his work at the FBI,
as I'd originally assumed, but his idiotic rescue plan got her
killed, so...
It was probably awkward, is what I'm
saying.
Now to the episode's plot, in which a
woman leaves a dance club, and can't get back inside. She's menaced
by a smoking man in a hoodie! Except he was just waiting for his
girlfriend, and this is all a misdirect! Club lady just finds a
corpse in the garbage!
Over in Virginia, JJ and Garcia swing
by Reid's apartment, where people have been leaving gift baskets, but
he's not bringing them in. And his neighbours have been weirdly
respectful enough to leave them alone. At least now we know why we
finally got a good look at Reid's apartment last week - so the
significance of it being trashed this week will make sense to us!
At work everyone is worried about Reid.
Especially Jeanne, who really pushed them to meet. Derek says it
would have eventually happened anyways, although it's not clear
whether he's talking about the date or the murder. Although they're
really the same thing, since Dawn followed Maeve from the date back
to her apartment, which is how she was able to murder her.
You know what, Jeanne? You should feel
bad about Maeve's death. Really bad. It's mostly on you.
Garcia has a new case! The dead guy
wrapped in plastic and dumped in the garbage is just like a woman
disposed of the same way! Although she doesn't mention how much time
elapsed between the two murders, for no discernable reason.
It turns out that the killer drained
them of all their blood, mostly while alive, so the heart would do
the work for them. The team mentions how hard it is to get the last
bits of blood out, but then they just talk about pushing needles into
their femoral arteries, rather than going into a speech about working
the legs like pump handles to get the last little bit out, lest they
make their influences a little too obvious.
Then they head for the plane, because,
as usual, they get the first part of the briefing in Quantico, then
drive to an airport, then get in a plane, then sit silently for like
an hour before starting the second half of the briefing.
In San Francisco the killer is already
working on their next victim, leeching blood out into a Mason jar!
Which... ick. The only question left is - will he drink it? He brings
it to a fridge, so I'm going to say maybe...
Let's find out together, after the
credits!