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Mar 15, 2017 · Assistance Is Futile: Directed by Leon Ichaso. With Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness. A mother comes forward with information to help the BAU in their investigation of an unsub called the Bone Crusher.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Leon Ichaso
- 2017-03-15
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- Guest Cast
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- Trivia
"Assistance Is Futile" is the sixteenth episode of Season Twelve and the 271st overall of Criminal Minds.
When a mother suspects that someone close to her is an unsub, she turns to the BAU for assistance. Also, Reid begins to adapt to prison life in order to survive.
•Eddie Alfano - Frazier
•Diego Amarosa - Duerson
•Vivian Benitez - Lisa Jackson
•Aidan Bristow - Danny White
•Josh Drennen - Bartender
•Phillip Garcia - Luis Delgado
•"Knucklehead" by We-Are-Z
•"Waking Light" by Dwayne Shivers & Kyshona Armstrong
•Spencer Reid: "To go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other." – Martin Luther
•Spencer Reid: "Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness." – Desmond Tutu
•The episode's title seems to be a play on the term "Resistance is futile", a famous quote by the Borg, an alien race featured in Star Trek.
•This is the fifth of nine episodes to deal with two separate cases.
"Criminal Minds" Assistance Is Futile (TV Episode 2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mar 15, 2017 · The BAU hunts a serial killer in New York while Reid faces danger in prison. Read the recap, analysis and quotes of Season 12 Episode 16 of Criminal Minds.
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- March 15, 2017
Criminal Minds – Season 12, Episode 16 Assistance Is Futile Aired Mar 15, 2017 Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller
- Leon Ichaso
- September 22, 2005
- Joe Mantegna
Assistance Is Futile. A psychopath who likes the sound of bones breaking has had a bad reaction to his LSD treatment and gone off the deep end. Reid tries to help another inmate who claims to be innocent as well, but this leaves him vulnerable to people who demand that he deliver drugs for them.
Assistance Is Futile. Criminal Minds. Summaries. A mother comes forward with information to help the BAU in their investigation of an unsub called the Bone Crusher. While the rest of the profilers head off on their next case, J.J. stays behind to do "Reid visiting" duties.
