Criminal Minds: Mosley Lane

"Mosley Lane"
Series Criminal MindsSeason 5, Episode 16
Air date	March 3rd, 2010
Writers	Simon Mirren; Erica Messer
Director	Matthew Gray Gubler
Producers	Gigi Coello-Bannon; Breen Frazier; Glenn Kershaw; Erica Messer; Simon Mirren; Chris Mundy; Deborah Spera; Charles S. Carroll; Mark Gordon; Edward Allen Bernero; Howard Griffith; Jennifer Ketelsen
Starring	Joe Mantegna; Paget Brewster; Shemar Moore; Matthew Gray Gubler; A.J. Cook; Kirsten Vangsness; Thomas Gibson
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"Mosley Lane" is the sixteenth episode of season five of the crime procedural drama series Criminal Minds and the 107th episode of the series overall. It was directed by Matthew Gray Gubler with a teleplay written by Simon Mirren and Erica Messer. It first aired on CBS on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 10:00 PM.

Cast

Starring

Actor	Role
Joe Mantegna	David Rossi
Paget Brewster	Emily Prentiss
Shemar Moore	Derek Morgan
Matthew Gray Gubler	Spencer Reid
A.J. Cook	Jennifer Jareau
Thomas Gibson	Aaron Hotchner

Guest Starring

Actor	Role
Bud Court	Roger Roycewood
Ann Cusack	Sarah Hillridge
Beth Grant	Anita Weld Roycewood
Toby Huss	Frank Lynch
Evan Peters	Charlie Hillridge
Cameron Protzman	Aimee Lynch
Brooke Smith	Barbara Lynch

Co-Starring

Actor	Role
Debra Sullivan	Mrs. Shepherd
David Youse	Mister Shepherd
Katlin Mastandrea	Mae
Mark St. Amant	Jake Hillridge
Austin Mincks	Stephen Shepherd
Bunny Levine	Martha
Grace Savage	News anchor
Alton Clemente	Deputy
Richard Clarke Larsen	Mr. Hayden

Notes & Trivia

• Criminal Minds was created by Jeff Davis.

• This series is rated TV-14.

• Associate producer Jennifer Yates is credited as Jennifer Ketelsen in this episode.

• This is the first episode of Criminal Minds directed by Matthew Gray Gubler.

• The opening scene takes place at the Winter Festival in Ashburn, Virginia.

Allusions

• The song that Anita Rosewood is singing to Aimee Lynch is from the nursery rhyme "Hush, Little Baby". The first line of the rhyme is "Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird".

• The line that Jennifer Jareau quotes, "Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man", is from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

• Reference is made to Emily Dickinson in this episode. Emily Dickinson was an American poet from Amherst, Massachusetts. The line that Jennifer Jarreau quotes is the first line from the poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers".

Quotes

• Jennifer Jareau: Emily Dickinson wrote, "Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all."

Crew

Gigi Coello-Bannon - Producer Breen Frazier - Supervising producer Glenn Kershaw - Supervising producer Erica Messer - Supervising producer Simon Mirren - Executive producer Chris Mundy - Executive producer

Deborah Spera - Executive producer Charles S. Carroll - Producer Mark Gordon - Executive producer Edward Allen Bernero - Executive producer Howard Griffith - Producer Jennifer Ketelsen - Associate producer

See also

Criminal Minds Criminal Minds images Criminal Minds episodes

Criminal Minds characters Criminal Minds cast & crew Criminal Minds miscellaneous

External Links

• "Mosley Lane" at IMDB
• "Mosley Lane" at the TV IV
• "Mosley Lane" at TV.com guide
• "Mosley Lane" at the Criminal Minds Wiki

References

Behavioral Analysis Unit | Carnival | Child | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Gunshot victims | Horses | Kidnappings | Police car | Serial killer | Smoking | Suicide | Quantico | Virginia