'Criminal Minds' Season 10 Spoilers: Episode 19 'Beyond Borders' Recap
This week's episode of "Criminal Minds" marks the debut of the characters for the show's upcoming spinoff featuring the international team of Unit Chief Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise), Lily Lambert (Anna Gunn), and Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney) being called to assist the BAU when a family of four is abducted while on vacation in Barbados.
The Sullivans have just arrived in Barbados and though they're all tired after the journey, they're very happy to be there as it's their first time to go on an international vacation. They miss the last scheduled shuttle to their resort, so they accept a ride from a van that has the word "shuttle" written on its side. The driver takes them to backroads and offers them water and tips about the area. When Colleen notices that her husband Greg and their kids, Allison and Nick, are all unconscious, she realizes that something is not right.
The BAU and the International team meet in Barbados, and they compare notes on the UnSub. They note that he has managed to escape the BAU as he killed a family in Florida a year before, and he also eluded the International Unit after he killed another family in Aruba. Kate and Reid, who stayed back, check out the Sullivan's house and finding no evidence that the UnSub stalked them from there, the team deduce that he has a type and that he's an annihilator. The annihilator is usually a father who has lost or killed his own family.
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Meanwhile, the UnSub forces the Sullivans to board a boat and through flashbacks, glimpses of his own childhood abuse are seen. He separates Greg from his family and unleashes the brunt of his cruelty on him, just like his own father used to do on him. He hits Greg with a belt and puts his head in the sink.
Later, the team finds the UnSub on a security footage from a gas station. To know his identity, Jack suggests looking into solved cases which involve teens killing their families. They learn that his name is Jerry Tidwell, and that his father abused him and videotaped the abuse, but spared his stepmother and stepsiblings. At age 15, he massacred his family in a hotel room. He was declared insane and was placed in an institution until he was 21. When Jerry got out of the institution, he lived with his uncle in Aruba, and when the uncle died, Jerry inherited his fishing charter business.
With this lead, the teams make their way to the boat's location. Jerry throws Nick overboard and holds Allison hostage. JJ tells Allison to drop and they take Jerry down. They find Nick safe and sound in a lifeboat.
"Criminal Minds" airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on CBS.
