S19E6

Proxy

Criminal Minds · 2026-06-25 · 52 min

FLICKFEEL

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from 20 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

The team investigates The Fan, while Brian Garrity questions the damage caused by his podcast.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 20 comments — 8 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit21 read

“I absolutely loved the bombshell at the end. It's such believable, high stakes drama for the team.”
littlefanged▲ 41about 90–100% inread it ↗
“That ending was surprisingly in character for Penelope.”
Alarming_Tomatillo64▲ 21about 75–100% inread it ↗
“The way they framed that last scene makes me think that JJ already knew what Penelope did. The choice to have JJ standing next to Penelope instead of in the group with everyone else, and the way JJ doesn’t look surprised by the news. It even looks like she’s checking everyone else’s reaction.”
Jaca122▲ 18about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I don’t think Brian’s gonna make it till the end”

who made it

directed: Sharat Raju
written: Chikodili Agwuna

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Paul F. Tompkins as Brian Garrity
Connor Storrie as Lance Kingston
Molly Burnett as Cora Sault
Yvette Nicole Brown as Sheila
Gianni DeCenzo as Jace Kirkland
Brie Carter as Dr. Naomi Ufland
Philicia Saunders as Lexie Clery

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