Criminal Minds 4x19 House on Fire

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First Aired: Mar. 25, 2009 on CBS

Summary: The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Jennifer Jareau	played by A.J. Cook
Chief Carlson	played by Michael Rooker
Tina Wheeler	played by Shannon Lucio
Dr Rawlings	played by Sam Anderson
Tommy Wheeler	played by Tommy Dewey
Fire Captain Danny Wales	played by Marc Bossley
Chief Tom Schultz	played by Michael Villani
Nancy	played by Charlene Amoia

Episode Quotes

David Rossi: [about a serial arsonist] Whoever set these went from no victims to thirty-one in less than two weeks. That's a hell of an escalation.
Emily Prentiss: Why didn't they call us in sooner?
Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau: The local police and fire department knew they were dealing with an arsonist, but they had no idea he'd become a killer.
Dr. Spencer Reid: Most arsonists don't. They just like setting fires; any deaths that occur are almost always accidental.
Derek Morgan: Thirty-one victims is not an accident.
Aaron Hotchner: Police chief knows he made a mistake. And he learned the hard way that even though not all arsonists are killers, they do have one thing in common: once they start, they can't stop.

Penelope Garcia: You guys choose this. Turning people over like rocks and looking at all their creepy-crawly things underneath. And I get it. I do. It's the only way to catch them. But... I want to see the good in people. I choose to see the good in people. And... getting into someone's mind and trying to find the God-awful thing that happened to them that made them do the God-awful thing to somebody else has seriously impaired my ability to giggle, and it makes my brain all wonky, and I don't like it.
Aaron Hotchner: Garcia.
Penelope Garcia: Yes, sir?
Aaron Hotchner: I just wanted to thank you for your excellent work on this case. And I understand that what you did was, for you, very difficult. But your contributions are essential to the success of this team.
Penelope Garcia: Thank you, sir.
Aaron Hotchner: I know you see the good in people, Penelope. Always. And I would never want you to change that.

Aaron Hotchner: [closing quotation, voiceover] "I have loved to the point of madness. That which is called madness. That which to me is the only sensible way to love." - Francoise Sagan.

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (errors in geography): When Garcia states that Tommy re-emerged at 21 in Franklin, Indiana, she says that that's 300 miles away from Royal, Indiana. However, 300 miles from Franklin would put Royal well outside of Indiana. If she's rounding, 300 kilometers would be close to Gary, where the doctor mentions taking the burn patient. (For reference, the entire length of Indiana is 270 miles.)
Goof (errors in geography): The physician refers to "the burn unit in Gary." If the town of "Royal, Indiana" is indeed near Franklin, then it is much, much closer to Indianapolis than Gary, and patients needing a transfer to a burn unit would go to one of the numerous hospitals there.

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