History Characters / CriminalMindsUnSubs

* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Along with the "useless to society" thing, Mason presumably had Lucas target the homeless because he believed no one would really care or notice.

This page covers the major and recurring [=UnSubs=] that appear. For the [[VillainOfTheWeek One-shot]] [=UnSubs=], [[Characters/CriminalMindsUnsubsSeasonsOneToFive see]] [[Characters/CriminalMindsUnsubsSeasonsSixToSeven these]] [[Characters/CriminalMindsUnsubsSeasonsEightToTen other]] [[Characters/CriminalMindsUnsubsSeasonsElevenToFifteen pages]].

The show's original recurring villain, Frank was a psychopathic serial killer who traveled from state to state, abducting victims at random and killing them by dissecting them alive. With no specific preference in victim type (and thus no pattern for law enforcement to notice), he was able to stay off the radar and continue killing for decades, becoming the most prolific serial killer ever encountered by the [=BAU=] (until their discovery of Billy Flynn, the Prince of Darkness, a few years later). He had an intelligent, eerily calm demeanor as well as a fondness for elaborate XanatosGambit schemes, as discovered by Gideon and the [=BAU=] when they finally try to confront him.

* AndIMustScream: Puts his victims in this state via drug that leaves them paralyzed, but fully conscious as he slowly vivisects them... in a room with a mirrored ceiling so that they can see what is he doing to them.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: In "No Way Out II: The Evolution of Frank", he and Jane jump in front of a train when he is cornered by the FBI.]]

The first major ArcVillain of the show. An infamous serial killer driven by power, control, and manipulation who terrorized the Boston area 10 years ago, and who was the subject of Hotchner's first case as team leader of the [=BAU=]. Similar to the Zodiac Killer (who he was based off of), the case was never solved. The [=BAU=] finally uncover his identity in "Omnivore", only for him to pull off a daring escape at the end of the episode. He personally assaults Hotchner in his home at the end of Season 4, and continues to stalk Hotchner and his family for the duration of Season 5 until a final confrontation in the show's 100th episode.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: In "100", after finally pushing Hotch too far, Hotch finally puts an end to his reign of terror by violently beating him to death]].

* EvilIsPetty: Considering that he had already killed plenty of people and achieved the fame that he desired, and he even could've gotten away if he wanted, [[spoiler: it was entirely unnecessary for him to actually kill Hotch's wife; even more so with his plan to murder Jack.]]

* TheGlassesComeOff: [[spoiler: He ditches his NerdGlasses at the end of "Omnivore" after he's revealed as The Reaper.]] He also [[BaldOfEvil shaved his head in his later appearances]].

** In "Omnivore" he just can't resist making things as dramatic as possible. During his original string of murders he killed a girl he was with before faking an attack on himself, making his civilian identity George Foyet look like the only one who survived the Reaper. When the Reaper returns ten years later he leaves things at his murders which indicate that he's targeting "the one who got away". Meanwhile, Foyet in his "civilian" persona tells the BAU he was going to propose to the girl he was with before she was murdered. The Reaper's apparent fixation on Foyet leads the BAU to suspect there might be a connection beyond Foyet being the only survivor of the Reaper. They look into the dead girl and find she only knew Foyet for four weeks, making his claims of wanting to propose to her seem farfetched. In addition she was much younger than Foyet, which causes the BAU to realize Foyet fits the Reaper's profile.
** In "100" [[spoiler: Hotch [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally]] going to stab him to death with his own knife, but they decided to change the cause of death to ExtremeMeleeRevenge.]] In a sense, it still counts. He could have easily gotten away from the BAU if he hadn't stayed to see Hotch suffer or threaten his family.

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: In "100", after Hotch breaks Foyet's leg and pins him down with a fist to his face, he had the gall to get him to stop by saying he surrenders. Considering he just murdered Haley and seconds before started gloating about how he plans to hunt down Jack to psychologically torture him and kill him, Hotch brutally breaks his head open in the most painful way possible then breaks it open more to ensure he stays DeaderThanDead. A brutal way to tell him that he can take his surrender and shove it up his ass]].

* DrivenToVillainy: Doyle was led to believe that [[spoiler: his painfully adorable son had been executed, as a ploy to help the North Koreans break him.]]
* HasAType: Brunettes, possibly with a ruthless streak considering [[spoiler: Emily in her Lauren Reynold's persona]] and Chloe Donaghy.
* ItsPersonal: Has quite the grudge against Emily, more so than anyone else he's after. And with good reason, too. She [[spoiler: went undercover as a fellow arms dealer, Doyle fell in love with her, proposed what amounted to marriage to her, and expressed a desire for children with her. After his arrest, he found out that she'd been a spy, and believed she was responsible for the death of his son, Declan.]]
** [[spoiler:And she was, though his death was actually faked. While trying to tell him this she accidentally makes it seem like she actually murdered the boy, which takes this trope up a notch for about 5 seconds, when she explains he's still alive and she had him in hiding.]]
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: A wealthy international terrorist[=/=]criminal mastermind, Prentiss notes Interpol can track him by his money trail, as he will be unable to resist living extravagantly even when on the run from every major government on Earth.

* SerialKiller: Technically he is one, as one by one he tracks down and murders all the Interpol agents who were responsible for his capture ([[spoiler: and who he holds responsible for the supposed death of his son]]). Though his motives are straightforward revenge rather than the more pathological motivations typically attributed to serial killers.

[[folder:John Curtis (The Replicator/The [=BAU=] Stalker)]]

The ArcVillain of Season 8, the Replicator stalks the [=BAU=] team throughout the entire season, killing victims using M.O.s copied from the various [=UnSubs=] encountered by the [=BAU=] during the season.

* EvilGenius: He's described as a genius in multiple fields, including computer hacking and biochemistry. His [[spoiler: FBI employment]] dossier lists him as having an I.Q. of 178, compared to Reid's stated I.Q. of 187.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Blake describes him as having been brilliant but socially isolated [[spoiler: during the time the two of them served together in the same FBI unit]].

A trio of human traffickers whose activities include providing victims to serial killers who don't want to bother hunting them down themselves. They stalk Kate Callahan's daughter throughout Season 10, due to the [=BAU=] taking down one of their clients, causing them to be concerned the FBI might discover their existence.

* ArcVillain: Of Season 10, providing victims to several of the [=UnSubs=] faced by the [=BAU=], as well as stalking Kate Callahan's adopted daughter Meg. However, they don't interact directly with the [=BAU=] in any way until the season finale, when they finally kidnap Meg.
* BigBadWannabe: Their greatest strength was their secrecy. Once the [=BAU=] becomes aware of their existence, they fold remarkably quickly.
* BullyingADragon: After stalking her for the entire season, they finally kidnap Meg in the season finale, under the rather stupid assumption that such a brazen attack against an FBI agent will discourage the FBI from investigating them. Up until that point, the [=BAU=] weren't even aware of their existence. Within a few hours of getting the [=BAU=]'s attention, the entire ring is completely wiped out by them.

* {{Foil}}: For Lucy's trafficking ring back Season 6's "Supply and Demand". Lucy's ring has many members, a large isolated location, and the members only communicate with payphones. This ring has only three members, and they sell their victims over the internet.

A group of 5 hitmen who offer their services online on the "Dark Net". When the [=BAU=] takes down one of their members, the remaining 4 hitmen target the [=BAU=]'s computer specialist Penelope Garcia, forcing her to lock down at FBI headquarters until the remaining hitmen can be found and dealt with. They consist of Giuseppe Montolo, the Sniper, the Chemist, the Bomber, and their deadliest member, Ms. 45.

* EvilCounterpart: Arguably is this to the whole [=BAU=] team.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: The Chemist poisons Giuseppe in prison so he can't compromise the rest of the hitmen to the FBI]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: The Chemist commits suicide by injecting himself with his own poison.]]

* RuggedScar: Giuseppe's fresh, gory wound as the result of a recently failed hit on him in "The Job" heals enough to resemble a full-fledged scar by his next [[spoiler: and final]] appearance in "Target Rich".
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Giuseppe kept tabs on his former clients just in case on of them tries to betray him. One of his former clients finds out about this, gets worried, and puts out a hit on him.

* TheSpeechless: In his debut appearance, Giuseppe doesn't speak due to having a broken jaw from the failed counter-hit on him. By the time the [=BAU=] interrogate him in prison later in the season, his jaw's been fixed and he can talk again.

* DemotedToDragon: Subverted. One of the most prolific criminals the team has ever encountered and Reid's ArchEnemy in Season 11, returns in Season 12 as nothing more than an accomplice to another female contract killer who appears to be TheChessmaster of the duo, [[spoiler: [[DragonWithAnAgenda but little did she know that it is the other way around]]]].

* EvilIsPetty: In 'Date Night', one of the most dangerous unsubs in the show organizes an elaborate kidnapping plot from prison and sets up a hostage situation for the sole purpose of [[spoiler: ruining Reid's new relationship.]]

* ImagineSpot: This was how she survived prison life, by daydreaming, or as she put it so eloquently, making her mind go to other places. She has Reid enter one with her in the Season 12 finale, [[spoiler: by having him imagine she's the first woman he's met after getting out of prison [[SheCleansUpNicely where she looks a lot more dolled up and groomed than her disheveled post-solitary confinement look]].]]

* VillainousBreakdown: A subtle one, but after Reid delivers his final ShutUpHannibal to her when he finds out [[spoiler: his mother is safe and her accomplice has ditched her]], you can see her openly weeping as Reid leaves the room.

* CleanupCrew: John Bradley's role in the squad. Even when Morgan kills everyone in the cabin, he has to contact the [=BAU=] and hope they arrive before Bradley does.

A CrazyPrepared EvilGenius specializing in psychological manipulation. Originally a VillainOfTheWeek (albeit one who managed to leave a lasting impression after incapacitating and psychologically torturing Hotchner), he would later escape from prison and wage a year long campaign of terror against the [=BAU=], forcing Hotchner into witness protection and becoming a major threat to the remaining members of the [=BAU=].

* ArchEnemy: Subverted. From Season 10 to the start of Season 12, he seemed to be gearing up as Foyet 2.0 for Hotch. [[spoiler: His actions ultimately cause Hotch to [[PutOnABus leave the BAU and go into witness protection]], leaving him to play CriminalMindGames with the rest of the team.]] It's then double subverted when [[spoiler: he tries to figure out where Hotch is by torturing the information out of Prentiss in "Wheels Up". Prentiss invokes that Lewis wants to finish what he started with Hotch in "Mr. Scratch".]]
* AscendedExtra: In a way. While Lewis was the VillainOfTheWeek of "Mr. Scratch", he was never seen in person for most of the episode, and his identity and motives weren't deduced until near the end. Then, he's caught surprisingly easy. For the rest of Season 10 and throughout most of Season 11, Lewis was mentioned only once (offhandedly during a conversation), the series focused on more serial killers and story arcs, and it seemed the events of "Mr. Scratch" (which seemed major for [[spoiler: Hotch]] in particular) were never going to be addressed again. Then comes "The Storm", where [[spoiler: Lewis returns in [[TheCameo a cameo]] and has escaped by the end of the episode]]. The entirety of Season 12 and the beginning of Season 13 is focused on [[spoiler: recapturing him and his continuing effect on Hotch]].
* BigNo: [[spoiler: His last word.]]

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Planned to be this to Jack Hotchner, but he died before he could enact that plan.]]
* CriminalMindGames: He's a master of psychological warfare, and manages to wage a year-long campaign of terror against the [=BAU=].
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: At the end of "Wheels Up", he falls from a building.]]

** George Foyet of Seasons 4 and 5, since both served as ThatOneCase towards Hotch because he ambushed him in a residence and tortured him, and because both also escaped from prison and [[spoiler: forced the Hotchner family to go into witness protection.]]

** John Curtis of Season 8, since both were motivated by {{Revenge}} against multiple people, operated in multiple cities, and successfully hacked into Garcia's system. Most notably, both also set up traps for the BAU, in which they [[spoiler: restrained a hostage to a chair rigged with a booby-trap that would be set off with any movement that said hostage made.]] This was taken even further in "Wheels Up", where [[spoiler: both have now killed members of the BAU, caused two vehicles carrying the BAU to crash, and abducted team members from the crash sites, only for those team members to be rescued, resulting in their deaths.]]
* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. Despite his usual CrazyPrepared pathology, he never set up any traps for the [=BAU=] [[spoiler: at the building he was keeping Prentiss at in "Wheels Up"]], which would seem like a given considering the trap he set for the [=BAU=] in "Mirror Image", not to mention it would have been [[spoiler: an effective backup plan in case Prentiss fought back and escaped]]. However, given his SmugSnake tendencies and his mission of playing CriminalMindGames with the team, he likely thought [[spoiler: the others would be incapacitated and/or dead from the car crash, and simply did not account for Reid not being in the [=SUV=]s, as well as Alvez only suffering minor injuries and Matthew Simmons joining the [=BAU=] fold]]. Nor did he anticipate [[spoiler: Prentiss breaking through her drug-induced hallucinations like Hotch did]].

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Was responsible for killing team member Stephen Walker.]]
* JackTheRipoff: Though not directly, and only in "The Crimson King". [[spoiler: He hypnotizes a man into believing he is a serial killer named Daniel Cullen, then has him commit crimes using Cullen's M.O.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: When he [[spoiler: successfully {{Mind Rape}}s Hotch.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Happens to share the same last name as Agent Tara Lewis of the [=BAU=] team, though the two aren't related in any way. To avoid confusion, the team generally referred to him by his Serial Killer name, "Mr. Scratch", something they normally don't do for reasons of professionalism.

* TheStrategist: As a mathematical genius, it's one of his major characteristics. [[spoiler: Subverted, however, in "Wheels Up", when he didn't set up traps for the [=BAU=] at the building he was keeping Prentiss in for good measure, which is odd considering he had always been so CrazyPrepared before. This was likely a case of {{Pride}} on his part, however. See FatalFlaw.]]
* ThatOneCase: For the ''entire'' team, arguably on par with the Replicator [[spoiler: because he forced Hotch to [[PutOnABus leave the BAU and go into witness protection]], and also because he [[HeroKiller killed Stephen Walker]].]]

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Mr. Scratch". It is later subverted, when he unexpectedly becomes a more prominent recurring villain from the end of Season 11 to the beginning of Season 13.
* VillainousBreakdown: Nearly had one in "Mr. Scratch", when [[spoiler:Hotch reminds him that he was manipulated into putting his innocent father away in jail]], and another one when [[spoiler: Prentisss shrugs off her drug induced hallucination and [[ISurrenderSuckers attacks him]] before completely losing it right before his death.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike previous Arc Villains, Lynch has absolutely no interest in waging a war with the [=BAU=], and is solely focused on not being captured. He only really becomes ThatOneCase and the final Arc Villain faced by the [=BAU=] because Rossi had him in his hands but screwed up and let him get away. The only reason he actually goes after [[spoiler:Rossi and his family]] is because he wants to flee the country, and he knows only Rossi can guarantee it.

* MonsterMisogyny: Notable even among other [=UnSubs=]. One of the first things the BAU profiles is that for all his pretenses of being a con-man, he'll disregard money and potential assets because he utterly despises the women he cons. [[spoiler: Including his own daughter]].

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of the first two episodes of the show, "Extreme Agressor" and "Compulsion". While Gideon meets him at the tail-end of the former, he reveals how he was caught in the latter via flashback.

The villain of the Season 1 finale. A wealthy, deformed budding serial killer and stalker with a flare for the dramatic, Garner learned of and became inspired by the [=BAU=]'s exploits and, styling himself as "the Fisher King", set up a high-stakes life-or-death quest for them based on Arthurian legend.

* AffablyEvil: Pretty polite for a KnightTemplar serial killer, treating the [=BAU=] like actual knights of myth.

* FairyTaleMotifs: He's the Fisher King, his surviving daughter is the grail, and the [=BAU=] are the Knights of the Round Table.

* HappyEndingOverride: After all the trouble the [=BAU=] go through to rescue [[spoiler:his daughter]], she's killed a year later by [[spoiler:Frank Breitkopf]].

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "The Fisher King" two parter.

* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard and is quite evil [[spoiler: in his Raphael and Father personas]].

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "The Big Game" and "Revelations"

-->'''Rossi''': Check any shirt orders with (Battle's) initials. I know it from personal experience, those things aren't cheap.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Penelope". He also had an appearance in the prior episode "Lucky", but he never acted in a villainous role [[spoiler:until the end]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: On paper, he's a hero cop with a number of citations for outstanding bravery in the line of duty. However, his career is still stuck at a relatively low position because, in private, his superiors can sense there's something off about him.

An unnamed terrorist group operating in New York City, responsible for a string of random murders in public locations. The [=BAU=] is called in when the NYPD thinks this is the work of a single [=UnSub=], when in reality they're preparing for a much deadlier strike. Their case ends Season 3 and starts Season 4.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of the "Lo-Fi"/"Mayhem" two-parter.

* {{Serial Killer}}s: They've murdered 89 people in just a few years, with Kelly, whom the FBI save, as number 90.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of the "To Hell and Back" two parter.

* {{Expy}}: Based heavily on Mason Verger from ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}.'' Both are sexual sadists (though the latter is a pedophile) who were crippled by a SerialKiller (albeit in very, very different circumstances, and unlike the EvilGenius Lecter the ManChild Lucas wasn't a killer at the time) and seek humiliating revenge on them (of very different sorts though). Both have farms with man-eating pigs, and are verbally and emotionally abusive to their carers -- in the novel, Verger's carer is his sister, which only adds to the similarities. Most obviously, both are named Mason.

* ForScience: How he tries rationalizing manipulating his mentally handicapped brother into killing the homeless for his experiments, saying that he is searching for a cure for his condition. Earns him a ShutUpHannibal from Rossi, who calls him out as just another sadistic bastard since his farm and equipment are no where near adequate for such a task, and he's arranged mirrors around the house in a way that lets him see his victims suffer from his bed.
* GeniusCripple: A quadriplegic who also was a promising doctor before his accident. His scheme to abduct victims for his experiments was also quite elaborate and well thought out, though he had no back-up in the event he was discovered and is essentially helpless once the [=BAU=] show up at his doorstep. Reid also points out his equipment is far too crude for his experiments to have had any chance of success.

The villain of the Season 5 finale. Sloven and uneducated but incredibly cunning and ruthless, Flynn is a transient serial killer who travels across the country in his [=RV=], breaking into homes at night during city-wide blackouts and robbing and killing the families inside. His M.O. earns him the nickname "The Prince of Darkness" from the media once his killings finally become public knowledge. Having attacked over 200 families in the course of 26 years across all 48 continental States, with a body count likely over 400, he's by far the most prollific serial killer ever faced by the [=BAU=].

* {{Archenemy}}: The fandom tends to see him as one of Morgan's. Between his prominence in the show, his humiliation of Morgan in their first encounter, and the way that his murder of Detective Spicer and kidnapping of Ellie turn the entire thing [[ItsPersonal personal]] for him, there really isn't a better candidate for the title. Morgan himself describes him this way -- towards the end of "The Longest Night", when arguing with Hotch about going in to the house Flynn had just broken into, Morgan reasons with Hotch by telling him, "you had Foyet, this one's mine!"

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In contrast to Frank and the Reaper, who were EvilGenius villains in love with their own cleverness (though not without reason) and who had a taste for the theatrical, Flynn is an uneducated slob who's in it mostly to enjoy the violence, with no particular interest in playing CriminalMindGames with the police. This is a similar contrast as that between the highly theatrical Zodiac Killer and the more straightforwardly brutal Richard "the Nightstalker" Ramirez, the real life killers on which the Reaper and Billy Flynn were based off of.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Our Darkest Hour" and "The Longest Night".

Wallace Hines is a serial-turned-spree killer and rapist responsible for the murder of several women in Arizona. When the [=BAU=] is called in to find him after he starts de-evolving, they arrest a man matching his description, only to find out it's Wallace's twin brother, Jesse. As it turns out, there is more to the [=UnSub=]'s past than it seems.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of the "The Inspiration"/"The Inspired" two-parter.

* [[FinalBoss Final Bosses]]: Of Season 9.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of the "Angels" and "Demons" two-parter, which concludes Season 9.

A family psychiatrist and VillainOfTheWeek serial killer who would use his small size to sneak into the homes of his patients, forcing them to treat him as their father before killing the entire family, due to issues he had with his own family (his wife had divorced him and got full custody of the children). The [=BAU=] consult him in prison regarding another family annihilator [=UnSub=] with a similar M.O. as his, only to discover it's a ploy by the Reaper to taunt Hotchner and announce his endgame.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "The Fox" and "Outfoxed".

A football coach and pillar of the community who was secretly a child molester. Most notable for having molested [=BAU=] team member Derek Morgan as a child. Like Karl Arnold, he is interviewed in prison in a later episode to gain insight into a new series of crimes seemingly connected to his own original crimes.

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Look up to the sky." In "Restoration" Morgan revealed that this was what he used to say to him [[spoiler: as he molested him and possibly many of his other victims too.]]

* HeelFaithTurn: {{Subverted}}. In his second appearance he is in prison for his crimes and has converted to Islam, changing his name to Mohammed Alam, but this is mainly because he has joined an Islamic prison gang and not because he is in any way repentant. He told them that he was locked up for a different crime, knowing that EvenEvilHasStandards and they wouldn't take kindly to knowing what he was ''really'' guilty of. [[spoiler: He's right to fear this, as his fellow Muslim cons murder him when they find out]].

* KarmicDeath: After the [[spoiler: other inmates discover what he really did]], they [[spoiler: murder him]].

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Profiler, Profiled".

* WouldHurtAChild: He raped 54 children and killed 3 of'em.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Introduced and seen briefly in Season 2's "Profiler, Profiled", but only becomes an [=UnSub=] in Season 8's "Restoration".

* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler: As mentioned several times, he nearly got away with killing more women by making Marcus Manning his protege and patsy. However, he unfortunately chose to possibly share consumption of one of the women with Marcus (that is, Floyd had one set of fingers, Marcus had the other), which was noticed by Rossi at the church circle and elaborated upon by the other BAU members. This is ultimately what puts him down; since the mental hospital had declared him mentally sane, this meant that he was also privy to a trial for every last one of his ten-year murders, the first test being if Floyd did have the other set of fingers in his stomach. Given his breakdown as he's taken away, he probably did, and he had it coming to him big time.]]

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Lucky". Returns ten seasons later with "Lucky Strikes".

* WhamLine: When Father Marks tells him, "God is in all of us," Floyd responds, [[spoiler: "So is Tracey Lambert."]]

* CuteAndPsycho: When he was 15-years-old. He snapped after a bully tormented him and stabbed him to death.

* DisappearedDad: Naturally, since [[spoiler: he was the product of a stranger rape.]]

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In "Profiling 202", [[spoiler: because of his terminal cancer.]]
* NeverGoingBackToPrison: [[spoiler: One reason why he commits SuicideByCop]].

* PunnyName: Or nickname, in this case. Yates is nicknamed "The Womb Raider" by the media, and while this is in reference to his tendency of removing the reproductive systems of his later victims, it also seems to be a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider the Tomb Raider series]].
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: While holding a hostage, he gives Rossi a choice: if he shoots him, he will not get to know where his undiscovered victims are buried; and if he doesn't shoot him, he will kill his hostage]].
* SerialKiller: With a whopping [[spoiler: 101 victims (and he remembers all of them)]].

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Profiling 101". Returns five seasons later in "Profiling 202", [[spoiler: when he escapes from prison.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: "Profiling 202" reveals Yates is dying of cancer and he's determined to have killed as many as he can before he dies.

* OhCrap: It's a subtle one, but in "The Storm", she's visibly rattled when [[spoiler: an extremely pissed off JJ tells Antonia her adult son will be killed if he resists arrest, and JJ's disinclined to try and stop it after his actions [[MamaBear put her own children in danger]].]]

* VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Devil's Backbone". [[spoiler:Has a small cameo in the following episode "The Storm".]]

Introduced in Season 3 as a kidnapping victim, Lindsey's father Jack was once a notorious hitman the kidnappers wanted to extort in exchange for his daughter, only for the [=BAU=] to intervene. Despite their efforts, Jack shoots the kidnapper dead on his daughter's cold demand for it, and yet both end up exonerated due to being considered important witnesses on a high-profile case. Lindsey would then return in Season 12, now a hitwoman herself and partnered with Cat Adams, seeking to destroy Spencer Reid's life and career.

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Given that the [=BAU=] helped to ''save her life'' from dangerous kidnappers in Season 3, her actions against the team in general and Reid in particular can come across as this given that Reid was one of the agents who rescued her, though to be "fair" to her, she may have resented him for pleading for the lives of one of those kidnappers before her dad shot him.]]

The son of Season 3 [[VillainOfTheWeek [=UnSub=] of the week]] Joe Smith, used by his father in order to lure in and kill women after making them act like a mother/wife figure for the two of them. With his father arrested and later dead, David was sent to foster care and later underwent therapy with Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes... which led to her brainwashing David into becoming an emotionally-unstable serial killer and copycat of his father in order to act out Dr. Rhodes' revenge fantasies.

* TheDogBitesBack: His increasingly-deteriorating emotional state leads him to kidnap Dr. Rhodes herself and threaten to kill her as his final victim, after learning from Emily that she lied to him. The BAU manages to intervene before he carries it out.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. Even when David was young, Joe would constantly act authoritarian towards him and even threaten the boy with physical harm to make his victims comply with their abduction, not to mention reiterate his psychopathic view of women to him hoping he would follow in his father's footsteps, so David ended up [[SubvertedTrope subverting]] this trope as a child.

* VillainOfTheWeek: Unwillingly shares this role with his father in his debut during Season 3's "In Name and Blood", then escalates to being an actual [=UnSub=] years later in Season 14's "Flesh and Blood".

* RuggedScar: Doubly subverted. Giuseppe has a fresh, gory wound in "The Job" (the result of a recently failed hit on him), but by his next [[spoiler: and final]] appearance in "Target Rich", it has healed enough to resemble a full-fledged scar.

* DropTheHammer: He draws an "X" on the back of his victims' necks with a marker, than smacks it with a claw hammer until they die.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: real-life torturer David Parker Ray filled his trailer with medical implements and a mirrored ceiling and drugged his victims to cause amnesia.

* WickedCultured: Enjoys classical music, ornithology, literature, names and has an interest in mythology. He'd be interesting to spend time with if you could get past the whole "Cuts people open" aspect of his personality.

* DirtyCoward: Downplayed. [[spoiler:He's one of the bolder unsubs unafraid to take on a grown man in a fight, but during his last fight with Hotch he tries running away after Hotch tries to shoot him dead and after Hotch gains the upper hand he tries to surrender. Hotch is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown having none of it]].]]

* HasAType: Brunettes, possibly with a ruthless streak considering [[spoiler: Emily in her Lauren Reynold's persona]] and Chole Donaghy.

* SerialKiller: The don't kill people themselves, but sell people to their clients so they wont have to hunt victims.

* GutturalGrowler: Used in his debut to disguise his identity. He stops bothering after TheReveal.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lucas is entirely dedicated to Mason, and while Rossi assumes that Mason must hate Lucas because of what he did to him, and because he had earlier urged the team to kill Lucas, Mason asserts that he could not hate his brother, especially since Lucas has dedicated himself to caring for him ever since the accident, while explaining that, in his eyes, Lucas being shot would be a MercyKill because Lucas would probably not be able to survive without Mason.

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* StalkerWithACrush: He developed an unhealthy obsession with Jane when he was about to torture her. "Fortunately" for him, she developed a form of StockholmSyndrome and returned his obsessive feelings.

** Also, in one scene in "Lucky", he was pulled over by a police officer, which could've been his undoing because he had a kidnapped woman in the trunk of his car. However, the cop was called away before he could even approach the car, all because of they needed all officers on the search for ''the very same kidnapped woman''. Floyd just got off with a warning.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He's one of the bolder UnSubs but during his last fight with Hotch he tries running away after Hotch tries to shoot him dead and after Hotch gains the upper hand he tries to surrender. Hotch is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown having none of it]].]]