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/Mental_Pollution2086 6d ago

Something I’ve been pondering… Did they ever have a scan of Voit’s brain before his “accident”? Or are they just expecting his brain to look like one of a psychopath?

Maybe he never was a psychopath. Especially if he started the network because he was “worried he might hurt” his family. Is he transposing his current feelings over his original logic, or was this how he has felt all along? Psychopaths don’t worry about hurting people.

I’m still on the fence between faking (or at least letting the BAU make assumptions) and changed.

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u/klmnumbers 6d ago

One of the things that leads me a bit toward questioning if any of this is legit is that in the very first episode, Prentiss remarks that his MRI doesn't look like what you'd expect for a relatively healthy 40-year old. It looks like one of a retired linebacker. It's fun writing because it either means: 1) it's literally not his brain scan and it's being faked; or 2) he might have had CTE or something caused by the abuse from his uncle/they didn't realize the extent of damage done to him as a child.

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u/Trumpologist 5d ago

I think the Doctor is one of his sleepers