No Way Out: The Evilution of Frank
Directed by Edward Allen Bernero
Written by Simon Mirren & Andrew Wilder
Written by Simon Mirren & Andrew Wilder
Gideon: "I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, my enemies for their good intellects." Oscar Wilde.
Frank Breitkopf returns to the life of a serial killer. He's mad at Gideon for Jane leaving him, and will kill people until he gets her back. Part 2 of 2.
Tropes present in thise episode:
- Call-Back:
- Frank kills Rebecca, the "grail" from the "Fisher King" arc.
- He also goes after Tracy Belle from "The Boogeyman".
- Character Focus: Gideon.
- Cursed with Awesome: When Hotchner explains his team to Erin Strauss, he says that Gideon is in many ways "damned" by his deep knowledge of people.
- Disappeared Dad: Frank never knew his father.
- Flash Back: Since the first part of this two-parter was ten episodes ago, we get several.
- Freudian Excuse:
- Frank sees Jane as his mother, Mary Breitkopf.
- Discussed by Agent Gideon.Gideon: Think of Frank as a living weapon: His genetics load the gun. His psychology aims it. The environment pulls the trigger.
- The Favorite: Hotch invokes this by saying Strauss favors her son over her daughters. She won't take it personally for another six seasons.
- Freudian Slip: Gideon profiles that Frank did this deliberately in the first part of the arc. That he falsely said his name was of German origin because he is of German origin.
- Suicide Pact: It's on short notice, but Frank and Jane both know what they're doing when they join hands and commit suicide by jumping in front of a train.
- Wham Line: Strauss: "Agent Prentiss, I need your help to take down Aaron Hotchner."
