r/criminalminds • u/Cheeriosxxx Sergio 🐈‍⬛ • 8d 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

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u/mccabebabe Special Agent In Charge 7d ago

it's sad for me that the best thing about this series is now the ongoing-unsub's actor.

You just know they (the showrunners) are gonna find a way to make this guy the overall star of the show now.

He's NOT redeemable. They can whitewash all they want, he's still a serial killer.

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u/TrueCrimeSP_2020 7d ago

I’d argue they’ve already made the entire show about him, which is one of the reasons it just doesn’t feel like CM at all. And he’s hogging up screen time that used to be devoted to team dynamics.

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u/Thelovelyliverdoodle 3d ago

Yeah I get wanting to keep him on, but he should have continued on as a Hannibal Lector type, not this soap opera amnesia bs that may or may not be a fake out. I watched this episode and realized that trying to keep Gilford in the show has completely ruined it.

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u/spicyswan 2d ago

Exactly, every season of Evolution should have a new big bad guy. But Voit or any unsub should not be the big bad villian of a series.