Risky Business
- Episode aired Jan 20, 2010
- TV-14
- 42m
A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.A rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town is the focus of a BAU investigation.
- Christopher
- (as Michael Christopher Bolten)
- Mrs. Krouse
- (as René Hamilton)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe real Evanston high school is merely Evanston High School, but James Evans was the founder of Evanston, Wyoming.
- GoofsAfter reviewing the medical records of Christopher's deceased mother, Hotchner states that it is a textbook case of Munchausen by Proxy [newly named Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA)]. Although FDIA does more often present itself in a parent/child relationship, it happens between any caregiver and dependent person (whether made dependent by the caregiver or a natural illness originally). It did not translate to Christopher. Even though Wilson Summers does strangle/choke then resuscitates his own son, it still wouldn't be a case of FDIA. In FDIA, the desired result is the attention and compassion given to the caregiver because of their dependent's health issues. Summers does his best to hide what he is doing to his son (e.g. moving the two from town to town frequently). He is denying himself the attention that someone suffering from FDIA would obsessively crave and seek.
- Quotes
Dr. Spencer Reid: [Watching Prentiss play with a wooden toy puzzle] What is that?
Emily Prentiss: It's called a 'star puzzle'. It's basically impossible to figure out.You have to put all of the pieces back together to form a perfect star. But the origin of it is, um, kind of a romantic tale.
[She abandons the puzzle to explain as the rest of the team stops what they're doing to listen]
Emily Prentiss: There was this young prince who wanted to win the heart of the fairest maiden in the land, so he climbed to the top of the tallest tower in the kingdom and he caught a falling star for her. Unfortunately, he was so excited that he dropped it and it smashed into all of these pieces. So he frantically put it back together again to prove his undying love to her and he succeeded and they lived happily ever after.
Dr. Spencer Reid: That doesn't make any sense.
Emily Prentiss: What do you mean?
Dr. Spencer Reid: You can't catch a falling star. It would burn up in the atmosphere.
Emily Prentiss: Yeah, but it's not literal, Reid, it's a fable.
Dr. Spencer Reid: But there's no moral. Uh, fables have morals.
Emily Prentiss: Okay, so it's just a romantic little story.
[Reid picks up the pieces and begins assembling it]
Emily Prentiss: And the point is, it's basically impossible to do because you have to take all of those pieces and fit them together exactly -
[Reid sets the completed star on the table]
Emily Prentiss: There's a lot to hate about you, Dr. Reid.
- ConnectionsReferences Risky Business (1983)
The episode goes a little deeper on suicide games and self-strangulation.
There are some touching moments. One moment that stands out even among many moments through the series is brief. It is the last minute or so before the credits. We see into both JJ and Hotch.
- Jackbv123
- Sep 25, 2019
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD