[s10e17] Breath Play May 2026

The UnSub, later identified as Patrick Jon Murphy, targets women he meets through online book clubs. He recreates consensual BDSM scenes from the novel before his own violent fantasies take over, leading him to murder the victims via erotic asphyxiation.

"There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror." — W. Somerset Maugham. [S10E17] Breath Play

After attacking his daughter's nanny, Patrick is pursued by Morgan and tackled in a cemetery. "Criminal Minds" Breath Play (TV Episode 2015) The UnSub, later identified as Patrick Jon Murphy,

"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression." — Haim Ginott. Somerset Maugham

Victims are found in their beds with their wrists tied with scarves, sexually assaulted, and eventually strangled with nylon rope.

"Nobody has sex for six straight hours, not even Sting!" . Plot Summary

The episode includes several notable quotes, as seen on the Criminal Minds Wiki and IMDb :