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7/10
Nightmares
jotix1006 June 2010
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Charlie dreams about going to a convenience store with his father, where they encounter a man that is holding up the place. A shot is fired, and Alan Eppes falls to the floor. The nightmare continues when his dead mother makes an appearance. Charlie is awakened by Alan, who is alive and well, but he is still shaken by what he just dreamed.

Don starts investigating about a serial killer that seems to be having the same modus operandi. Young women are found dead in their cars with needles stuck to their arms. The victims fit the pattern. Don and the FBI team become involved in solving the mystery behind it. It appears the killer has the power to overwhelm the women and then take them to places near their home.

The investigating team gets lucky when they go to interview Charlotte Yates. They have reason to believe she knows more than what she offers. The detectives want to know more about his son Chandler, who, for all practical purposes is a "mama's boy". This man might be the one that has been causing so many unnecessary deaths in the area.

John Behring, a member of the "Numb3rs" team directed the episode, which was written by Barry Schindel. This chapter features Jobeth Williams playing the late Margaret Eppes, even if she is supposed to be a woman in her son's dreams. Olympia Dukakis has some good moments as Mrs. Chandler. The rest of the cast does their usual good work for Mr. Behring.
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3/10
Worst Episode Ever
stevevig-112 December 2011
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I found the plot and characters in this episode to be weak. There were a number of characters who's actions and relationships went entirely unexplored, and although the bad-guy is shot dead by the end of the episode, much of the plot is left unresolved.

Why did the Christian, virgin, bondage, amnesiac, ex-boyfriend appear in the episode?

Why did the cute surfer girl live with the rapist/killer without experiencing any rape or murder?

Why was the waitress such good friends with the rapist/killer?

Why did the rich mother support her kid for years, then decide he was a bum and stop paying him at age 40?
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4/10
One of the weaker episodes
Steve-27525 November 2011
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Getting to the killer was good as always. Unfortunately he's a very disturbed and creepy individual who preys on women. That really turns the stomach, yet there are people like that out there. But I know that and so I admit I don't find episodes like this my favorites. But this episode was weaker for two other reasons.

First, a Christian says he reserving sex for marriage. David says no way and later we find the guy has a room *packed* with carefully displayed BSDM gear. Yes Hollywood, there are many well-adjusted men of faith who wait for marriage and aren't perverts. Sheesh.

The second is a set of dream sequences where Charlie is learning about his mother. When his dad starts to dream about her too it just doesn't work very well. There must have been a better way to get at the back story of his mother.

You can't win them all and this episode loses in my book.
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4/10
Not My Favorite
Hitchcoc26 April 2021
I didn't care for this, not because of some Christian message or any of that, but because of the scattergun presentation, the weak editing, and some ridiculous poor work on the part of the FBI as shown here. The dream subplot was also really superfluous. If you wanted to bring Mom back, do it in flashback during family discussions, or some sort of reverie. That questions are asked and answered when they come out of the head of one man, just doesn't work.
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its too obvious
sandcrab27717 June 2018
These fbi teams never catch a perp why they break down doors using sirens and hollering fbi ...that doesn't intimidate anyone because its child's play ... perhaps a saner approach would be to actually determine whom was on the grounds before announcing their presence when serving a warrant ... aw who cares, go for it dummies
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