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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Vincent Stiles joined the Earth Defense Force because he assumed it to be an “arsonist’s club”. Even after becoming a member and attending their meetings, he still can’t drill it into his head that the group he joined is all about saving lives and would obviously be appalled by his actions.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Stiles is unable to grasp why Abby is so adamant at avenging the families he’s killed. Not only are they complete strangers to Abby, but the fathers of the families were on the list of people accused of committing environmental crimes.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Stiles is unable to grasp why Abby is so adamant at avenging the families he’s killed. Not only are they complete strangers to Abby, but the fathers of the families were on the list of people accused of committing environmental crimes.
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* MisplacedRetribution: The UnSub [=UnSub=] does this to a random pedestrian after Abby criticizes his actions. The only crime the man committed was being better off career-wise compared to the unsub, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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* PsychoticManchild: Gideon describes Vincent Stile as this after the latter takes his anger out on a random pedestrian, comparing the attack to a temper tantrum.
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* PsychoticManchild: Gideon describes Vincent Stile Stiles as this after the latter takes his anger out on a random pedestrian, comparing the attack to a temper tantrum.
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* StepfordSmiler: When Even Abby is shown a photograph of the UnSub [=UnSub=] leaving the Earth Defense Front meeting, the latter has a big grin on his face. It’s disturbing when you realize that, not too long after the photograph was taken, he lashes out on a random victim. Meaning he was repressing seething rage.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: When Stiles realises realizes Abby has worked out he's the [=UnSub=], he pulls out a gun, clearly intending to shoot Abby to cover his tracks. To his horror, Abby dares Stiles to shoot him, pointing out that the muzzle flare from the gunshot alone will be enough to ignite the leaking benzene tanks under the warehouse they're in.
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* MisplacedRetribution: The UnSub does this to a random pedestrian after Abby criticizes his actions. The only crime the man committed was being better off career-wise compared to the unsub, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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* PsychoticManchild: Gideon describes Vincent Stile as this after the latter takes his anger out on a random pedestrian, comparing the attack to a temper tantrum.
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* StepfordSmiler: When Even Abby is shown a photograph of the UnSub leaving the Earth Defense Front meeting, the latter has a big grin on his face. It’s disturbing when you realize that, not too long after the photograph was taken, he lashes out on a random victim. Meaning he was repressing seething rage.
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--> '''Hotchner:''' ''Gandhi said, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."''
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* LawfulGood: The local fireman that the BAU is working with insists on including all of his personal information in the information packet and being put on the suspect list since he fits the initial profile of the arsonist exactly, and refuses their assurances that he's above suspicion since no one should be.
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* AdultFear: Abby has a son and learned that there's a leaking underground storage tank (something that gave him leukemia prior) underneath what is going to be an elementary school, which caused him to form the Earth Defense Force.
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** Hotchner outlines the fear of all part-time fathers (whether due to professional requirements, divorce, or illness) that they can't be a good enough parent in the small time they have to make sure their child knows they're loved.
** He's visibly shaken by the dead children imagery because he couldn't imagine anyone doing that sort of thing, also thinking of his son at the time.
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* GoodParents: Abby has a son and learned that there's a leaking underground storage tank (something that gave him leukemia prior) underneath what is going to be an elementary school, which caused him to form the Earth Defense Force.
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** He has another one when he realises Abby has trapped him in a building rigged to go up in flames and is perfectly willing to die to ensure Stiles doesn't escape.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: When Stiles realises Abby has worked out he's the [=UnSub=], he pulls out a gun, clearly intending to shoot Abby to cover his tracks. To his horror, Abby dares Stiles to shoot him, pointing out that the muzzle flare from the gunshot alone will be enough to ignite the leaking benzene tanks under the warehouse they're in.
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* NonProtagonistResolver: Evan Abby takes down Vincent Stiles in a HeroicSuicide and all Hotch and the rest of the team can do is watch from afar.
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* HeroicBSOD: Lampshaded as incoming very early on when Hotchner says he's going to visit the lone survivor of the latest arson and Gideon says in a concerned tone "You took the burn ward last time." Gideon later on correctly predicts that Hotchner was too emotionally invested in the horrors of a death by fire, and quietly instructs Morgan that they'll need to hold him back if the warehouse where the unsub and Abby are is on fire when they arrive. Hotchner briefly breaks down over Abby's fate afterward.
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* HeroicBSOD: Lampshaded as incoming very early on when Hotchner says he's going to visit the lone survivor of the latest arson and Gideon says in a concerned tone "You took the burn ward last time." Gideon later on correctly predicts that Hotchner was too emotionally invested in the horrors of a death by fire, and quietly instructs Morgan that they'll need to hold him back if the warehouse where the unsub [=UnSub=] and Abby are is on fire when they arrive. Hotchner briefly breaks down over Abby's fate afterward.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early on, part of the profile worked up for the unsub states he'll likely be living with an older female relative. Later on when Stiles's address is found, it's said "He's been living here since his divorce", and the style of the furnishings certainly indicates the house belongs to an older woman, but who said relative is and whether or not she's still alive is never mentioned, it's like they decided casting the role would be too much trouble and excised her scene at the last minute.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early on, part of the profile worked up for the unsub [=UnSub=] states he'll likely be living with an older female relative. Later on when Stiles's address is found, it's said "He's been living here since his divorce", and the style of the furnishings certainly indicates the house belongs to an older woman, but who said relative is and whether or not she's still alive is never mentioned, it's like they decided casting the role would be too much trouble and excised her scene at the last minute.
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But acc to imdb it's "dust".
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* FreudianSlipFreudianSlip: Reid compares the arsonist to a drug addict. It's an open secret among the team that he's using dilaudid since Hankel administered an overdose to him.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The surviving victim who is dying of third degree burns to half her body and face, still has all her hair and her face is intact.
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** Hotchner outlines the fear of all part-time fathers (whether due to professional requirements, divorce, or illness) that they can't be a good enough parent in the small time they have to make sure their child knows they're loved.
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* LawfulGood: The local fireman that the BAU is working with insists on including all of his personal information in the information packet and being put on the suspect list since he fits the initial profile of the arsonist exactly, and refuses their assurances that he's above suspicion since no one should be.
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* OrSoIHeard: Reid briefly launches into a comparison between serial arson and drug addiction and the difficulties of being able to stop on your own, and quickly has to deflect a little when Gideon gives him a MeaningfulLook.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early on, part of the profile worked up for the unsub states he'll likely be living with an older female relative. Later on when Stiles's address is found, it's said "He's been living here since his divorce", and the style of the furnishings certainly indicates the house belongs to an older woman, but who said relative is and whether or not she's still alive is never mentioned, it's like they decided casting the role would be too much trouble and excised her scene at the last minute.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Hotchner tells a burn victim that she'll be able to see her husband and son (who she doesn't know are dead) again in a few minutes. As he's aware that she has only minutes to live, he's telling her the truth about that at least.
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* ObiWanTruth: Hotchner tells a burn victim that she'll be able to see her husband and son (who she doesn't know are dead) again in a few minutes. As he's aware that she has only minutes to live, he's telling her the truth about that at least.
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* HeroicBSOD: Lampshaded as incoming very early on when Hotchner says he's going to visit the lone survivor of the latest arson and Gideon says in a concerned tone "You took the burn ward last time." Gideon later on correctly predicts that Hotchner was too emotionally invested in the horrors of a death by fire, and quietly instructs Morgan that they'll need to hold him back if the warehouse where the unsub and Abby are is on fire when they arrive. Hotchner briefly breaks down over Abby's fate afterward.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: The Earth Defense Force, an environmental activist group, is set up as one of these early on because the BAU figures out that the people being killed were accused by the EDF of doing criminal stuff like improper waste disposal. It turns out to be a RedHerring -- the [=UnSub=], Vincent Stiles, is a murderous pyromaniac who became a member of the group just to get his hands on a list of targets, and the leader of the group is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone slightly horrified]] when he's told this.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Evan gets a very small moment when he's told that the list of environmental criminals he compiled as the leader of the Earth Defense Force is being used by Vincent Stiles to choose his victims.
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When two San Francisco, California families are burned to death while they sleep, the BAU determines both sets of victims are linked through a radical environmentalist group that uses fire to spread their message.message.
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* AdultFear: Abby has a son and learned that there's a leaking underground storage tank (something that gave him leukemia prior) underneath what is going to be an elementary school, which caused him to form the Earth Defense Force.
** He's visibly shaken by the dead children imagery because he couldn't imagine anyone doing that sort of thing, also thinking of his son at the time.
* GallowsHumor: The police officer who assists with interrogating Evan Abby into the third crime scene asks Hotch and Gideon to remind him not to play poker with them.
* GreenEyedMonster: The [=UnSub=]'s motive.
* HeroicSuicide: Abby only had [[YourDaysAreNumbered six months left to live]], which is why he was willing to die if it meant [[TakingYouWithMe taking the killer with him]]. Hotch even mentioned he wanted his death to mean something.
-->'''Vincent Stiles''': Seriously? How do you plan on getting out of here?
-->'''Evan Abby''': [[PreMortemOneLiner ...I don't.]]
* HopeSpot: The victims at the start of the episode make it to the entrance to their house, only to learn the door was jammed shut.
** Worse still is that they FailedASpotCheck and didn't see the door jammer was on top of the door, and couldn't reach it anyway with their failing strength.
* KarmicDeath: Vincent Stiles is killed by Evan Abby when [[AloneWithThePsycho the latter traps him in a room with him]] and [[HeroicSuicide sets it ablaze]].
* KillItWithFire: Stiles' M.O. is this. It leads to an [[StuffBlowingUp explosion in one case]].
* LetThemDieHappy: The nurse taking care of the burn ward recommends this to Prentiss and Hotch regarding Charlotte Cutler. When confronted with the decision, Hotch does so and subsequently [[ComfortTheDying stays with her in her final moments]].
* {{Narcissist}}: Vincent Stiles is one, as well as TheSociopath.
* OhCrap: Vincent when Evan's plan for him is revealed.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Evan Abby to Vincent Stiles.
-->'''Evan Abby:''' This is how you do it, right?
-->'''Vincent Stiles:''' Well, a fire's a fire. Once it gets going, it don't matter.
-->'''Evan Abby:''' That's not really true, though, is it? There's something missing from this scenario, don't ya think? The innocent family? You know, the victims. That's what the suit's for, right? So you can see the terror on their faces as they burn... Of course, then, you're here to kill me, right?
* TheTopicOfCancer: Abby is suffering from leukemia, caused by leaking underground storage tanks.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Earth Defense Force is disbanded, Stiles has a particularly nasty one in his car. It leads him to his only single-victim kill via MolotovCocktail.
* WouldHurtAChild: The families had underage children.
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* AdultFear: Abby has a son and learned that there's a leaking underground storage tank (something that gave him leukemia prior) underneath what is going to be an elementary school, which caused him to form the Earth Defense Force.
** He's visibly shaken by the dead children imagery because he couldn't imagine anyone doing that sort of thing, also thinking of his son at the time.
* GallowsHumor: The police officer who assists with interrogating Evan Abby into the third crime scene asks Hotch and Gideon to remind him not to play poker with them.
* GreenEyedMonster: The [=UnSub=]'s motive.
* HeroicSuicide: Abby only had [[YourDaysAreNumbered six months left to live]], which is why he was willing to die if it meant [[TakingYouWithMe taking the killer with him]]. Hotch even mentioned he wanted his death to mean something.
-->'''Vincent Stiles''': Seriously? How do you plan on getting out of here?
-->'''Evan Abby''': [[PreMortemOneLiner ...I don't.]]
* HopeSpot: The victims at the start of the episode make it to the entrance to their house, only to learn the door was jammed shut.
** Worse still is that they FailedASpotCheck and didn't see the door jammer was on top of the door, and couldn't reach it anyway with their failing strength.
* KarmicDeath: Vincent Stiles is killed by Evan Abby when [[AloneWithThePsycho the latter traps him in a room with him]] and [[HeroicSuicide sets it ablaze]].
* KillItWithFire: Stiles' M.O. is this. It leads to an [[StuffBlowingUp explosion in one case]].
* LetThemDieHappy: The nurse taking care of the burn ward recommends this to Prentiss and Hotch regarding Charlotte Cutler. When confronted with the decision, Hotch does so and subsequently [[ComfortTheDying stays with her in her final moments]].
* {{Narcissist}}: Vincent Stiles is one, as well as TheSociopath.
* OhCrap: Vincent when Evan's plan for him is revealed.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Evan Abby to Vincent Stiles.
-->'''Evan Abby:''' This is how you do it, right?
-->'''Vincent Stiles:''' Well, a fire's a fire. Once it gets going, it don't matter.
-->'''Evan Abby:''' That's not really true, though, is it? There's something missing from this scenario, don't ya think? The innocent family? You know, the victims. That's what the suit's for, right? So you can see the terror on their faces as they burn... Of course, then, you're here to kill me, right?
* TheTopicOfCancer: Abby is suffering from leukemia, caused by leaking underground storage tanks.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Earth Defense Force is disbanded, Stiles has a particularly nasty one in his car. It leads him to his only single-victim kill via MolotovCocktail.
* WouldHurtAChild: The families had underage children.
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