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* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[PoliceAreUseless The police]] believes this. [[JerkJock Owen's bullies]] believed this. Reid makes clear that it isn't, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome for the exact reasons the episode shows]].

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* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[PoliceAreUseless The police]] believes this. [[AdultsAreUseless The school's principal]] believes this. [[JerkJock Owen's bullies]] believed this. Reid makes clear that it isn't, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome for the exact reasons the episode shows]].
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In the opening, Own walks past a still alive (albeit mortally injured) deputy to shoot his already dead father in the face. The BAU notes this, and quickly conclude he was the real target.
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: In-universe. The revelation that Owen was filmed while the other boys forced him to masturbate is treated as as horrifying as it is by the main cast, especially Reid. Owen's principal argues that it's all part of growing up for boys.

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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: In-universe. The revelation that Owen was filmed while the other boys forced him to masturbate is treated as as horrifying as it is by the main cast, especially Reid. Owen's principal argues that it's all part of growing up for boys.
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* BadassLongcoat: Owen wears a dark trenchcoat in an explicit homage to Johnny Cash. It makes him look even more like a stereotypical mass shooter.

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* BadassLongcoat: Owen wears a dark trenchcoat in an explicit homage to Johnny Cash.Music/JohnnyCash. It makes him look even more like a stereotypical mass shooter.
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* AssholeVictim: Pretty much all of Owen's victims, to one extent or another.

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* AssholeVictim: Pretty much all of Owen's victims, to one extent or another. With the exception of an old man who found out Owen's hideout, and was killed because he knew too much. His death actually disturbed Owen.
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** Jordan's father was said to be physically abusive to her.

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** Jordan's father was said to be physically abusive to her. She was terrified of him.
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Not implied, there were reports that he was slapping her around regularly


** Jordan's father was implied to be physically abusive to her.

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** Jordan's father was implied said to be physically abusive to her.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Owen’s father doesn’t give his son the slightest form of sympathy. He resents his son and deceased wife for [[SkewedPriorities forcing him to end his career as a Marine instead of comforting him for the loss]], he thinks Owen is outright stupid instead of trying to realize he might have some learning difficulties, and thinks it’s Owen’s own fault for being bullied.
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->Directed by Creator/BobbyRoth\\
Written by Creator/AndrewWilder
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--> '''Reid:''' ''"A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ." John Steinbeck.''




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--> '''Reid:''' ''"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that once our eyes watered." Tom Stoppard.''
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* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[PoliceAreUseless The police]] believes this. [[JerkJock Owen's bullies]] believed this. Reid makes clear that it isn't, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge for the exact reasons the episode shows]].

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* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[PoliceAreUseless The police]] believes this. [[JerkJock Owen's bullies]] believed this. Reid makes clear that it isn't, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome for the exact reasons the episode shows]].
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The BAU is called in after a house in a Texan town is blown up, killing the owner and seemingly his daughter. The BAU figure out that the [=UnSub=] is a brilliant kid with severe dyslexia who gets bullied and sexually assaulted by the other boys in his high school.

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The BAU is called in after a house in a Texan Texas town is blown up, killing the owner and seemingly his daughter. The BAU figure out that the [=UnSub=] is a brilliant kid with severe dyslexia who gets bullied and sexually assaulted by the other boys in his high school.



* BadassLongcoat: Owen wears a trenchcoat in an explicit homage to Johnny Cash. Makes him look even more like a sterotypical mass shooter.
* BrilliantButLazy: Subverted with Owen, who is brilliant but learning disabled.
* BullyBrutality: There is Owen's bullies convincing him to masturbate while they secretly record it [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube and posting the video on Internet]] and there's Reid's bullies, who tied him up naked to one of his high school's football field posts and left him there to be ignored by everybody else as he pleaded for help and forcing him to run nude home once he finally managed to untie himself, after nightfall.

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* BadassLongcoat: Owen wears a dark trenchcoat in an explicit homage to Johnny Cash. Makes It makes him look even more like a sterotypical stereotypical mass shooter.
* BrilliantButLazy: Subverted with Owen, who is brilliant but has a learning disabled.
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* BullyBrutality: There is Owen's bullies convincing convinced him to masturbate while they secretly record recorded it [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube and posting the video on Internet]] and there's Reid's bullies, who bullies tied him up naked to one of his high school's football field posts and left him there to be ignored by everybody else as he pleaded for help and help, forcing him to free himself and run nude home once he finally managed to untie himself, after nightfall.without any clothing in the night.



* DisproportionateRetribution: The bullying turned Owen into what the BAU terms an "injustice collector", a type of killer who goes on a murder spree against those who hurt him, no matter how small the reason.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The bullying turned Owen into what the BAU terms an "injustice collector", a type of killer who goes on a murder spree against those who hurt him, him (and the one other person he cares about), no matter how small the reason.



* FakingTheDead: What they thought was the remains of a local disabled girl turned out to be three hams stuffed in a pair of her jeans.

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* FakingTheDead: What they was initially thought was to be the remains of a local disabled girl turned out to be three hams stuffed in a pair of her jeans.



** Reid quotes a lyric from the song Owen played in his video of killing his schoolmates.

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** Reid quotes a lyric from the Johnny Cash song Owen played in his video of killing his schoolmates.

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