[s6e19] With Friends Like These (2025-2027)

Ben’s "friends" urge him to attack a nurse, Karen Heywood, after an awkward supermarket interaction.

13/20 on the Unsub scale, mostly because the villain is more victim than monster. [S6E19] With Friends Like These

In a heart-wrenching scene, Ben calls his mother for help during a breakdown, but she dismisses him, telling him to "find a yellow pages" and hangs up, leaving him to the voices. Ben’s "friends" urge him to attack a nurse,

It’s a deeply sad episode, highlighting that the true monster isn't just the illness, but the lack of support. Ben’s struggle is treated with a surprising amount of empathy compared to other Criminal Minds episodes, especially in the final scenes with Ashley Seaver, who grapples with the remorse Ben showed. It’s a deeply sad episode, highlighting that the

When a suspected gang in Portland starts targeting a new victim every night, the BAU is tasked with finding a "pack" of killers before they strike again. But what they find is far more personal, tragic, and psychological than a simple gang war.