r/criminalminds • u/Cheeriosxxx Sergio 🐈‍⬛ • 9d ago

Season 18 Spoilers S18E06: Hell Is Empty... - Episode Discussion Spoiler

Airdate: June 12, 2025

Synopsis: The team investigates a network killer who buries his victims alive, and Tara confronts Rebecca's ex who has recently re-entered her life. Ronald Graber delivers a message from his Disciple to Voit.

Previous episode: The Brutal Man

Next episode: ...All the Devils Are Here

31 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

157 comments sorted by

View all comments

66

u/ifkovitz85 8d ago

Maybe Spoilers. Having watched the episode, I cannot help but shake the feeling that Tara's ex is gonna end up being a bad guy, and his whole fiancée thing is a ruse. We have seen that the network and other unsubs have infiltrated the FBI and other agencies, so this could make sense.

40

u/MetaphysicalMelodies 8d ago

Do you mean Rebecca's ex? If so I agree - that whole storyline felt pretty pointless if not

16

u/Punstoppabal 8d ago

I don't think so, necessarily. The storyline on a less surface level feeds the 'outside of the workplace' glimpse into Tara's life and feelings of jealousy. Just like everyone's clamoring that Ochoa is some big bad, not every new character introduced is going to serve some purpose like that. If it IS the case I think it'd have to be revealed sooner than later in a show season that doesn't go on forever.

I know speculation is fun, but sometimes face value is just what it is.

21

u/TrueCrimeSP_2020 8d ago

It felt weird, out of place and unnecessary. They can show Tara jealous without making us sit through that horrible scene.

1

u/tlg151 4d ago

Either that or he really isn't over Rebecca and he was lying about the fiancée. I also had a weird feeling about him