Recap / Criminal Minds S 6 E 24 Supply And Demand

Supply And Demand

Directed by Chares S Carroll
Written by Erica Messer

Hotchner: Thomas Hardy wrote, "And yet to every bad there is a worse."

A cop who is undercover investigating a human trafficking ring runs into a trafficking victim who is the leader of the trafficking ring undercover. The cop's boss seeks help from the BAU when she doesn't hear from her for too long.

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This episode contains examples of:

• Berserk Button: Lucy doesn't react well when Renee calls her "sick".
• Big Damn Heroes: When Lucy realises Rossi has seen through her Wounded Gazelle Gambit, she tries to pull a gun on him. Before she can pull the trigger, Morgan drops her.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Lucy pretends to be one of the abducted people, but she's actually the leader of the trafficking ring.
• The Brute: Leon's a huge man and actually manages to curbstomp Morgan. He's subordinate to both Lucy and Max in the ring's hierarchy though.
• The Bus Came Back: The final scene of the episode is Rossi meeting with JJ in his office, and she tells him that she's returning to the BAU.
• The Dragon: Max heads the ring while Lucy pretends to be a victim, and is killed trying to ram the police with a car in order to facilitate her escape.
• Emotionless Girl: When not acting, Lucy comes off as this.
• Glass Cannon: Leon gives Morgan a vicious beating, but once he recovers, Morgan drops him in one punch.
• Human Traffickers: The UnSubs run a human trafficking ring where they kidnap and sell people to be tortured and killed.
• A Mother to Her Men: Andi joins the case to rescue one of her undercover agents. When the FBI and SWAT team arrive at the trafficking ring, Andi makes a beeline to Renee and checks to see if she’s alive.
• Only in It for the Money: Lucy claims this to be her reasoning for running the trafficking ring, but it's pretty clear that she gets off on it.
• Russian Roulette: Lucy plays this game with Renee, before the SWAT team arrives at the ring's hideout.
• Tiny Tyrannical Girl: Lucy.
• Wham Line: After Lucy is led to the ring's customers and men:
  Lucy: Welcome back, everyone.
  • For a heroic example, there's also JJ at the end of the episode:
    JJ: I'm coming back.
• The Worf Effect: Leon gets the better of Morgan for most of their fight, though Morgan still wins in the end.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Lucy attempts to pass herself off as one of the abducted people to Rossi. It doesn't work.

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Rossi: "What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do." Aristotle.