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* EurekaMoment: When the shooter lures Morgan out to one of the houses the latter renovated, he keeps Morgan from taking him down by using Morgan's team, and later just Savannah and Garcia after the others leave, as hostages, claiming that, if his supposed accomplice doesn't receive a call from him every five minutes, the accomplice will kill them. Eventually, though, Morgan remembers that he never installed a landline into the house, and that the killer is therefore faking the phone calls, and promptly fights back.

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* EurekaMoment: When the shooter Montolo lures Morgan out to one of the houses the latter renovated, he keeps Morgan from taking him down by using Morgan's team, and later just Savannah and Garcia after the others leave, as hostages, claiming that, if his supposed accomplice doesn't receive a call from him every five minutes, the accomplice will kill them. Eventually, though, Morgan remembers that he never installed a landline into the house, and that the killer Montolo is therefore faking the phone calls, and promptly fights back.



* HostageSituation: The killer fakes one with all of Morgan's loved ones by showing video camera footage from the hospital of Savannah and his entire team, stating he has an accomplice who'll kill them if Morgan tries anything. Morgan eventually realizes that they're not really in danger, and takes down the crook.

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* HostageSituation: The killer Montolo fakes one with all of Morgan's loved ones by showing video camera footage from the hospital of Savannah and his entire team, stating he has an accomplice who'll kill them if Morgan tries anything. Morgan eventually realizes that they're not really in danger, and takes down the crook.
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Savannah has been shot by a sniper. Morgan knows the Unsub is trying to hurt his family because Morgan himself was the easy shot. He figures out it's someone who blames him for the loss of their child. They leave behind a message for him to locate them.

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Savannah has been shot by a sniper. Morgan knows the Unsub [=UnSub=] is trying to hurt his family because Morgan himself was the easy shot. He figures out it's someone who blames him for the loss of their child. They leave behind a message for him to locate them.



* ItsPersonal: Morgan is taken off the case, since the Unsub is going after his family. Morgan takes it anyway.

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* ItsPersonal: Morgan is taken off the case, since the Unsub [=UnSub=] is going after his family. Morgan takes it anyway.

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When a crime boss with ties to the hitman network targets the BAU, leaving the fates of Savannah and her baby hanging in the balance, the team sets out to take him down before he can fulfill a sinister vendetta aimed at one of their own.

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When a crime boss with ties to the hitman network targets the BAU, leaving the fates of Savannah and her baby hanging in has been shot by a sniper. Morgan knows the balance, Unsub is trying to hurt his family because Morgan himself was the team sets easy shot. He figures out to take it's someone who blames him down before he can fulfill a sinister vendetta aimed at one for the loss of their own.
child. They leave behind a message for him to locate them.


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* ItsPersonal: Morgan is taken off the case, since the Unsub is going after his family. Morgan takes it anyway.
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** Rossi brings flowers to Savannah's hospital room, also bonds with Morgan over the shared experience of fatherhood (in Rossi's case, having somewhat-recently ''discovered'' that he's a father), and Morgan takes him to see the baby so the latter can meet his "Uncle Rossi".

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** Rossi brings flowers to Savannah's hospital room, also bonds with Morgan over the shared experience of fatherhood (in Rossi's case, having somewhat-recently ''discovered'' that he's a father), and Morgan takes him to see the baby so the latter can meet his "Uncle Rossi".Dave".
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* EurekaMoment: When the shooter lures Morgan out to one of the houses the latter renovated, he keeps Morgan from taking him down by using Morgan's team, and later just Savannah and Garcia after the others leave, as hostages,claiming that, if his supposed accomplice doesn't receive a call from him every five minutes, the accomplice will kill them. Eventually, though, Morgan remembers that he never installed a landline into the house, and that the killer therefore is faking the phone calls, and promptly fights back.

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* EurekaMoment: When the shooter lures Morgan out to one of the houses the latter renovated, he keeps Morgan from taking him down by using Morgan's team, and later just Savannah and Garcia after the others leave, as hostages,claiming hostages, claiming that, if his supposed accomplice doesn't receive a call from him every five minutes, the accomplice will kill them. Eventually, though, Morgan remembers that he never installed a landline into the house, and that the killer is therefore is faking the phone calls, and promptly fights back.
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* EurekaMoment: When the shooter lures Morgan out to one of the houses the latter renovated, he keeps Morgan from taking him down by using Morgan's team, and later just Savannah and Garcia after the others leave, as hostages,claiming that, if his supposed accomplice doesn't receive a call from him every five minutes, the accomplice will kill them. Eventually, though, Morgan remembers that he never installed a landline into the house, and that the killer therefore is faking the phone calls, and promptly fights back.
* FriendshipMoment: When Morgan, who's been on the team for the entire duration of the show, decides that he's going to leave to spend more time with his wife and new son, he gets one of these with each of the other longtime members of the BAU:
** He and Hotch bond over the shared experience of being a new father to a baby son.
** Rossi brings flowers to Savannah's hospital room, also bonds with Morgan over the shared experience of fatherhood (in Rossi's case, having somewhat-recently ''discovered'' that he's a father), and Morgan takes him to see the baby so the latter can meet his "Uncle Rossi".
** JJ gives Morgan a framed picture of the whole BAU team at the hospital together with Savannah and Hank.
** When Reid is sad about Morgan's departure, Morgan reveals that his new son Hank's middle name is Spencer, after Reid, and outright calls him his little brother. The two also hug and exchange "I love you"s.
** Garcia packs up Morgan's office for him, and the two reiterate how much they mean to each other, with Morgan saying she'll always be his baby girl and that he loves her.
* HostageSituation: The killer fakes one with all of Morgan's loved ones by showing video camera footage from the hospital of Savannah and his entire team, stating he has an accomplice who'll kill them if Morgan tries anything. Morgan eventually realizes that they're not really in danger, and takes down the crook.


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* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Morgan exchanges these with both Reid and Garcia as he's saying his farewells to the team.
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!Beautiful Disaster



* CallBack: Morgan doesn't want to sit it out, arguing that Hotch didn't sit the Foyet case out. Hotch tells him to remember [[Recap/CriminalMindsS5E9OneHundred how that turned out]].



* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Morgan. First he gets kidnapped and tortured, then his pregnant wife is shot and almost killed, then the father of a dead contract killer tries to kill him.

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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Morgan. First he gets kidnapped and tortured, then his pregnant wife is shot and almost killed, then the father of a dead contract killer tries to kill him.him.
* WhamLine: [[ItMakesSenseInContext "This house doesn't have a landline!"]]
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When a crime boss with ties to the hitman network targets the BAU, leaving the fates of Savannah and her baby hanging in the balance, the team sets out to take him down before he can fulfill a sinister vendetta aimed at one of their own.

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When a crime boss with ties to the hitman network targets the BAU, leaving the fates of Savannah and her baby hanging in the balance, the team sets out to take him down before he can fulfill a sinister vendetta aimed at one of their own.own.

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* DeadGuyJunior: Morgan and Savannah name their son Hank, after Morgan's late father.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Morgan's very pregnant wife Savannah is shot and almost killed.
* PutOnABus: Morgan leaves the team to spend more time with his wife and baby son.
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Morgan. First he gets kidnapped and tortured, then his pregnant wife is shot and almost killed, then the father of a dead contract killer tries to kill him.
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When a crime boss with ties to the hitman network targets the BAU, leaving the fates of Savannah and her baby hanging in the balance, the team sets out to take him down before he can fulfill a sinister vendetta aimed at one of their own.

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