vyto ruginis played the prince of darkness in criminal minds.
who played the prince of darkness in criminal minds?
vyto ruginis
morgan also became close with ellie spicer, a little girl who was the daughter of a murder victim in the "prince of darkness" case. in the season 6 premiere, morgan was left injured and tied up after being attacked by the prince of darkness, billy flynn (played by tim curry), who also killed matthew spicer (a local lapd detective) in the attack and kidnapped spicer's daughter ellie. after being treated by paramedics, morgan rejoined his coworkers in hunting flynn, who the team had identified as "a pure psychopath". throughout the episode, morgan snaps at several of his teammates, including garcia, whom he is normally flirtatious with. after flynn turns ellie loose, the team arrives at a house where flynn is holding two people hostage. flynn calls hotch's phone, and demands that morgan enter. hotch initially refuses, until morgan steps to him and says, "this one is mine." morgan enters the house with his weapon drawn, and finds flynn in a bedroom, with two victims tied up. flynn tells morgan that while he may not be afraid, the hostages were. morgan responds by saying "you point that gun at them, and i will kill you, and that is another promise." after a bit of attempted conversation, flynn starts crying, and asks morgan if he believes in heaven, causing the agent to raise his gun. flynn stands up and aims his gun at the female victim, resulting in morgan instantly opening fire, coldly shooting flynn in the chest repeatedly until "the prince of darkness" dies, and falls back onto the bed. morgan emerges from the house removing his kevlar vest and is greeted by ellie. he takes her into his arms and comforts her as her bravado cracks, and she begins to cry. ellie is placed into a foster home following her father's death because her parents were separated and her aunt (matt spicer's sister, who had been caring for ellie) was also killed by flynn. when ellie catches a boy in the home peeping at her as she bathes, she runs away, flies to d.c., seeks out morgan and asks to live with him. morgan declines, but he and the bau team members are able to reunite ellie with her mother.
derek morgan (criminal minds)
simmons was introduced to "criminal minds" in the [[criminal minds (season 10|episode19) titled barbados in which the irt is called i. to help the bau with the death of a family overseas. he was brought in by [[penelope garcia]] to help the team after they were ambushed in the field and [[emily prentiss]] was kidnapped by notorious serial killer peter lewis ("mr. scratch"). when asked what he was doing at the bau headquarters, he vaguely mentioned that he was awaiting a new assignment as the irt had been dissolved as a result of events in the "criminal minds: beyond borders" episode "[[criminal minds: beyond borders (season 2)#ep22|blowback]]" – in which the irt was targeted by assistant director linda barnes, who herself would have the bau shut down temporarily – and is offered a position on the bau team by prentiss by the end of the episode. as he and jj are the only two members of the team who are married with children they often exchange jokes about the mishaps of parenting. in the episode "ex parte", simmons' wife kristy is caught up in a hostage situation at her workplace. the usually calm and collected simmons nearly strangles the hostage taker to death in a fit of rage but stops when kristy tells him "it's not you", prompting her husband to let go of the criminal and arrest him instead.
matt simmons (criminal minds)