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Mr. and Mrs. Anderson

Directed by Felix Enriquez Alcala
Written by Kimberly Ann Harrison
Blake: Author Jennifer Smith wrote, "Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story."
A married couple are go to couple's therapy to save their marriage, and to spice up their sex life they kidnap homeless women and strangle them to death.

Tropes in this episode

  • Differing Priorities Breakup: The villainous couple have been married for 20 years, and they have mostly lost their passion for each other. They have already tried periods of separation, and they both have tried other romantic partners. Murder is the only thing that keeps their relationship alive, and the wife is trying to ensure that her husband learns to respect her personal needs. Despite genuinely trying to rekindle his romance with his wife, the husband can not resist keeping secrets from her or going for solo murders behind her back. Their marriage does not end because of their arrests. The wife no longer trusts her "cheating" husband, and the husband cares more about his selfish needs than in mending their relationship.
  • Double Date: The episode ends with Garcia and her boyfriend and Morgan and his girlfriend all going on a double date.
  • Unholy Matrimony: The UnSubs in this episode are a married couple who spice up their marriage with murder.
  • Valentine's Day Violence: The episode is set around Valentine's Day and shows Morgan and Garcia preparing for Valentine's Day while the team goes about catching a married couple who are kidnapping and murdering women at the time, though it turns out that the series of crimes started in 1994.

Garcia: "Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you." Michael Murdock.

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