Compulsion
- Episode aired Sep 28, 2005
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
2.9K
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The team are called to an Arizona college when an arsonist who operates in a very unusual way kills a student.The team are called to an Arizona college when an arsonist who operates in a very unusual way kills a student.The team are called to an Arizona college when an arsonist who operates in a very unusual way kills a student.
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Did you know
- TriviaIt is stated that Charon is the only moon of Pluto. Since this episode was written, four more of Pluto's moons have been discovered, two of which were discovered in summer of 2005, before the show premiered but likely after it was already written and filmed.
- GoofsReid says that the involuntary repetition of one's own spoken words is called "palilia". The phenomenon is actually called "palilalia".
- Quotes
Jason Gideon: Faulkner once said: "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors, try to be better than yourself"
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek (1966)
Featured review
Think outside of the box.
In this second episode of Criminal Minds we open where we left off. Protagonist Jason Gideon is being held at gun point by a stuttering killer he has been seeking, yet came about through, in his words, "dumb luck".
As it is a flashback, the team are challenged to discover the reasoning as to why people stutter, as Gideon says his knowledge of this allowed him to get free. The answer to this IS revealed at the end, despite what the previous reviewer would strangely have you believe.
The episode continues meanwhile, with the team tracking down an arsonist in a college. It becomes clear that they must think outside the box in order to figure out the case, as the killer does not follow the precedent profile of an arsonist.
The idea of thinking outside the box is a key theme of the entire series, and it is made sure that viewers are aware of this with frequent referrals to it in this episode, (including Dr Reid attempting to defeat Gideon at a game of chess.) As we know from ccthemovieman-1's review, religion plays a part in this episode. However i'm sure not everyone is as inanely incompetent as he/she, as to think that every plot where religion is seen as a cause of crime is "prejudice" against religion.
Thankfully the team in Criminal Minds aren't so disillusioned with society, and acknowledge, after the clues present themselves, that religion could be pivotal in cracking the case.
You will surely be gripped to Criminal Minds after watching this second instalment, and will hopefully be very interested in learning more about the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) themselves.
As it is a flashback, the team are challenged to discover the reasoning as to why people stutter, as Gideon says his knowledge of this allowed him to get free. The answer to this IS revealed at the end, despite what the previous reviewer would strangely have you believe.
The episode continues meanwhile, with the team tracking down an arsonist in a college. It becomes clear that they must think outside the box in order to figure out the case, as the killer does not follow the precedent profile of an arsonist.
The idea of thinking outside the box is a key theme of the entire series, and it is made sure that viewers are aware of this with frequent referrals to it in this episode, (including Dr Reid attempting to defeat Gideon at a game of chess.) As we know from ccthemovieman-1's review, religion plays a part in this episode. However i'm sure not everyone is as inanely incompetent as he/she, as to think that every plot where religion is seen as a cause of crime is "prejudice" against religion.
Thankfully the team in Criminal Minds aren't so disillusioned with society, and acknowledge, after the clues present themselves, that religion could be pivotal in cracking the case.
You will surely be gripped to Criminal Minds after watching this second instalment, and will hopefully be very interested in learning more about the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) themselves.
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- Iron_Lion_Zion
- Feb 21, 2011
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- California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA(Delmar T. Oviatt Library / Bradford College - Tempe, Arizona)
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD
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