I imagine this episode was written in to appease the fans of the way the original Criminal Minds was written. It was an episode where they presented and solved a case within one episode. The only real enlightenments presentented in this episode were Sicarius' hatred for his wife and children and that maybe they just serve as a forensic countermeasure for him. The other valuable exposition was to show us that Sicarius' puppeteer and enabler is actually further up the bureaucratic food chain than Emily's boss, Bailey. Otherwise it was pretty much a run of the mill episode of the old Criminal Minds format. Oh, and Penelope found a new playmate!
Review of What Doesn't Kill Us
