True Night (Criminal Minds)

Infobox Television episode
Title = True Night
Series = Criminal Minds



Caption =
Season = 3
Episode = 10
Airdate = November 28, 2007
Production = 309
Writer = Edward Allen Bernero
Director = Edward Allen Bernero
Photographer =
Guests =
Frankie Muniz as Jonny McHale
Tom Ohmer as Benson
David Lengel as Brain
Matt Micucci as Milo
Marc D. Wilson as Benson
Johanna Parker as Jean
Steve Richard Harris as Jasper
Craig Gellis as Glen Hill
Ellen Hollman as Vickie
Parry Shen as Bobby Kim
John Walcutt as Det. Brady
Edward Flores as Gus
Sara Van Horn as Helen Trestle
Episode list = List of Criminal Minds episodes
Prev = Penelope
Next = Birthright

"True Night" is the tenth episode of the third season of the television series, "Criminal Minds". Originally aired on November 28, 2007, the episode is both written and directed by Edward Allen Bernero.

ummary

The team arrives in Los Angeles to cover the crimes of a serial killer in the midst of a psychotic break. Multiple brutal murders have occurred in a two week span, and the team focuses on a three block radius surrounding the scenes. Soon, six gang-bangers turn up dead in a nearby neighborhood, with the gang leader missing. The MO is the same as the other murders, which means the killer has ventured out of his territory for a reason.

Meanwhile, Jonny McHale, a young, famous comic book author is going through a breakdown of his own. He experiences constant flashbacks of being with a woman, Vicki, who was pregnant. They were happy and deeply in love, but now she refuses to return his calls. His comic work has become more violent of late, and his manager takes his new drawings to the police. He thinks Jonny is sick, and it turns out that he's right.

The team discovers that a bunch of thugs, led by Glen Hill, the head of the gang, killed Vicki and nearly eviscerated Jonny six months before. They capture Jonny, who has no memory of the killings, or of Vicki's murder. It's only when he's confronted with the facts of his recent tragedy that he confesses and reveals the location of Glen Hill. The gang leader is dead, but he suffered dearly beforehand.

This episode differed from the others stemming from the fact that it was viewed through the eyes of the unsub.