Episode

Criminal Minds: Through the Looking Glass

Name: Criminal Minds: Through the Looking Glass
Released: 2012-10-17
Duration: 42 min
Cast: Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson

Criminal MindsSeason 82012-10-17

Overview

An UNSUB who kidnaps families with the intention of making them admit to and pay for their indiscretions.

Details

Series: Criminal Minds
Season: Season 8
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 2012-10-17
Runtime: 42 min

Episode context

Through the Looking Glass is Episode 3 in Season 8 of Criminal Minds. It aired on 2012-10-17. The runtime is 42 min.

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Episode 2: The Pact 2012-10-10 | 42 min When the bodies of two seemingly unrelated victims are found just hours apart in San Diego and Los Angeles respectively, the BAU suspects that that not one, but two killers are working together to commit these murders.

Episode 4: God Complex 2012-10-24 | 42 min When a legless body is found in the New Mexico desert and a second unwilling amputee shows up at the hospital, the BAU team searches for this amateur surgeon before he preys upon his next reluctant victim. Also, Reid's phone calls to a mystery woman have the team intrigued.

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