Episode
Criminal Minds: Ashes and Dust
Overview
A serial arsonist who targets the homes of upper-middle-class families as they sleep is investigated. The BAU determines the arson victims are linked together through corporate development companies that have been accused of building on contaminated land.
Details
- Series
- Criminal Minds
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2007-03-21
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Ashes and Dust is Episode 19 in Season 2 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2007-03-21. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 18: Jones
A case involving a serial killer believed to be copying Jack the Ripper takes Gideon to New Orleans after three victims are found with their throats cut. Once thought to have been killed in Hurricane Katrina, the discovery of a fourth victim in the French Quarter confirms the murderer is still alive. All the evidence and files had been lost in the flood, so the only clue the team has is the word "Jones" that the lead detective wrote on the wall just before he drowned. Meanwhile, Reid meets up with an old rival as he continues to struggle with the aftermath of being held hostage.
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Episode 23: No Way Out: The Evilution of Frank (2)
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