‘Criminal Minds’ season finale reveals high-profile killer identity
On Wednesday night’s Season 8 finale of “Criminal Minds,” the identity of the sinister serial killer known as the Replicator was finally revealed. And though the BAU team finally took him out, it wasn’t before he managed to kill one of their own.
Spoilers follow for those who haven’t caught up on the show.
It turns out the Replicator, whom the team had been tracking for most of the eighth season, was none other than guest star Mark Hamill. Hamill may be riding a new crest of notoriety following the disclosure that he’ll be appearing in the next “Star Wars” movie, but to viewers of “Criminal Minds” he was just John Curtis, a demoted FBI agent out to get revenge on his former partner, Erin Strauss (played by Jayne Atkinson), who managed to become the BAU section chief and has been on the show since its second season.
Eventually, Curtis was done in by a booby-trapped explosive chair of his own design.
Hamill himself live-tweeted the episode as it aired Wednesday night, though he seemed to be giving fans a big spoiler when he finally wrote, “I’m unconvinced! Where’s the body? You got it see you next season!!”
Does this mean Hamill’s Replicator isn’t truly dead? The series will indeed return for a ninth season in the fall.
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