In the next episode of "Criminal Minds," the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) hunts down a killer who likes to film his victims' deaths and leak the footage to the media for attention.
The trailer for the upcoming installment titled "Neon Terror" was recently released and showed David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) analyzing footage of a murder. "Whoever filmed this had to be there when it happened," he says to the team. They soon realize that the person capturing the video is the actual killer. Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) then tells her team, "The media is feeding his ego directly." Apparently, the attention the killer is getting from the news stations and media outlets is encouraging him even more to commit more murders. The wall-to-wall coverage coming from reporters and the media discussion are making him push the envelope even further.
The killer is then shown checking his phone for the number of hits his murder reports are getting. His footage is projected on his wall as he spreads out his arms to embrace it. It is clear that the murderer is mentally unstable and may strike again. "He created the story, that's it," Jennifer Jareau (A.J. Cook) says to her partner. The perpetrator seems to be making a narrative which may not end well. It remains to be seen if the BAU will be able to capture the killer before he threatens anyone else.
In the last episode, the team caught troubled tattoo artist Desi Gutierrez (Doris Morgado) who mutilated women's faces to get back at her estranged mother Lara (Michelle Bonilla). She deeply resented her mom and tried to kill her but Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez) and the team arrived just in time to save her.
"Criminal Minds" season 13 episode 8 will air on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 11 p.m. EST on CBS.
