Evan Peters being 22-23 while playing Charlie in Mosley Lane, even in flashbacks where Charlie is supposed to be 13:
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jus finished watching mosley lane n holy fuck do y'all realize how often charlie's mom was in the bau for her to have jus immediately known henry by name when she saw his picture on the desk? idk i always registered the almost intense familiarity between her n jj but idk why it took me jus noticing that to realize how often she must have gone to the bau & how much time she n jj must have subsequently spent together
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Criminal Minds: Mosley Lane Fun Facts
I'm currently doing a rewatch of Criminal Minds and I just rewatched the season 5 episode "Mosley Lane" and I realised that I have some fun facts about the episode that I want to share, mainly about the guest stars.
This is Matthew Gray Gubler's Criminal Minds directorial debut, and he goes on to direct 11 more episodes. Previous to directing this episode, Gubler had directed a music video for the Killers ("Don't Shoot Me Santa"), two short films, Matthew Grey Gubler: The Unauthorised Documentary (behind the scenes of Criminal Minds), and Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (behind the scenes of The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou)
As well as being Gubler's directorial debut, it also features two guest stars who he has worked with both before and after this episode: the actors of the UnSubs, Bud Cort and Beth Grant
Gubler had worked with Bud Cort on The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004), where Bud Cort portrayed Bill Ubell, the bond company stooge. Gubler portrayed Steve Zissou's loyal intern Nico (AKA Intern #1), as well as working as Wes Anderson's own intern
Gubler would go on to work with Beth Grant on the film Band of Robbers (2015), with Gubler as Joe Harper and Grant as Widow Douglas, and the TV show Dollface (2019-22), with Gubler as Wes and Grant as Cat Lady
Ann Cusack guest stars as Sarah Hillridge, the mother of Charlie the first child to be abducted and the one to bring all the families together. She is a member of the Cusack acting family, with her siblings including John Cusack (Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Con Air) and Joan Cusack (Working Girl, Toy Story 4, Broadcast News)
Barbara Lynch, mother of Aimee the most recent abduction victim, is portrayed by Brooke Smith whose breakout role was as Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Charlie Hillridge is portrayed by a young Evan Peters and while he had guest starred in several TV shows before this, this episode was released the same year as Kick-Ass (2010), his first major movie. Also, he would make his debut in his most well-known project, American Horror Story, the following year
Toby Huss guest stars here as the father of Aimee, the most recent abduction victim and the episode's ending bookend quote is from an Emily Dickinson poem - "Hope is the thing with feathers." Huss would later go on to star in Apple TV+'s TV show Dickinson about the life of a young adult Emily Dickinson as Emily's father Edward
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mosley lane is one of the best episodes of criminal minds… no question
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There’s a song that plays in Criminal Minds, it’s always non-diegetic and I now have a Pavlovian response to it.
It’s so good because it makes me so physically uncomfortable. It’s great sound design, and I HATE it.
It’s specifically played in reference to corrupted childhood. For example s5ep12 The Uncanny Valley, and s5ep16 Mosley Lane… can you guess what season I’m watching rn?
Anyway, it’s great. I’m uncomfortable, but that’s the point!
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This is a GREAT list and I agree with all the inclusions, notably Matthew Gray Gubler's directorial debut Mosley Lane (10) and especially the Reid-centric ones like Memoriam (16), Zugzwang (6), Elephant's Memory (5) and Revelations (1).
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