Criminal Minds this week focused on the murders of two cops in a Texas prison. The team is called to find out who killed Officers Rudy Hightower and Keith Rivers.
When the team arrives, they meet the warden, played by Robert Gant, and the head of security, Dale Shavers. The victims had their fingers broken and a sock was stuffed into their mouths. There are plenty of suspects in the case considering it is a prison and more evidence comes when Reid finds out a surprising fact.
There is a focus on finding information about a prisoner named Devon White. His disappearance leads the team to discovering what is actually going on in the prison and they have to get to the bottom of the suspicious fights White had been a part of.
When we learn just who was involved, it becomes a tense ride as the agents tries to get all they need in order to apprehend those responsible. But when two agents’ lives are put in danger, that is when things really get testy.
This was an amazing, terrifying, and great episode of Criminal Minds. Plus, Thomas Gibson directed this episode and it is always fun to watch what happens when the actor steps into the director’s chair. Now we’re counting down the top moments from this action packed episode. What did you like the best from “Lockdown?”
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10. Bets
The team finds evidence that Hightower and Rivers were depositing money to each other regularly and they believe the two men could have been betting on something. After finding information that an inmate who was a model prisoner before they arrived began getting disciplined more often, they think it’s possible there is a fight club in the prison. The scene below depicts the discovery of the second murder victim and the team being asked to take the case.
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Be quiet
When we first see inmate Sam Pritchett, another inmate providing food to everyone warns him not to say anything to the feds, who are in the prison. That inmate ends up being the third murder victim, likely to keep him quiet.
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8. Reid’s research skills
Reid is able to get information on all of the prisoners quickly, approximately 126 minutes, and he tells Hotch that one file is missing on an inmate named Devon White.
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7. Sam and Rossi
Rossie speaks to an inmate named Sam Pritchett, who isn’t very forthcoming with him, but talks about looking out for Devon White during the time he was in prison. David feels like it’s possible Sam knows something, but he won’t say.
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6. Morgan and Garcia
Morgan and Garcia have a conversation together about the case, but only after she has called several times. He couldn’t answer due to being inside with no cell reception and she asks him to check in often.
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5. Attack on inmate
Patrick Butler is brought out of his cell and Shavers takes him to cell 34, which is where he had been forced to fight Devon White, who he was close to, only to end up killing him. Shavers eventually beats him to death.
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4. Intimidation
In an attempt to intimidate a cop into not discussing the fighting that has been going on, Shavers intimidates Polinsky by threatening his daughter’s life. But in the end, Polinsky agrees to talk as long as they protect his little girl.
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3. Danger
Morgan and Kate are put in danger when Shavers allows inmates to leave their cell block and they manage to get into the interrogation room where they have gotten Officer Polinsky to talk. Shavers had been listening to Polinsky’s interview and once he saw he was talking, he made a plan to get the inmates out of their cell block to attack Morgan and Kate.
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2. Ending
Morgan and Kate are led to another part of the prison, where one inmate is ready to assault Kate even as Morgan pleads with them to let her go. Just as Shavers watches the inmates begin to attack the agents, the rest of the team finds their way to the security room. However, instead of surrendering, Dale shoots himself. Meanwhile, an inmate attempts to stop the fight and just as an inmate begins to kick Polinsky, who had come in an attempt to help Kate and Morgan, SWAT arrives to get things back under control.
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1. Going home
Morgan thanks the inmate who tried to stop the group from hurting them as Rossi brings Pritchitt the books that had been taken away from him. Next, we see a shaken Kate rushing out of the prison and she takes a moment to stand outside when Morgan comes to ask if she is ready for them to go home.
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