Casting spoilers from TV Guide!

[klutzy-girl.livejournal.com]

Hill Street Blues star Daniel J. Travanti is headed to the other side of the law: The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor will guest-star as a serial killer in upcoming episode of Criminal Minds, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively

Travanti will play Mr. Mullens, a crotchety 75-year-old whose brutal murders 20 years ago earned him the nickname "The Butcher." Now suffering from Alzheimer's and depending on the live-in care of his adult son, Mullens crosses paths with Hotch (Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the Behavioral Analysis Unit when he comes out of retirement in a desperate attempt to reprise his violent past — a past he can no longer remember.

Travanti, 70, is best known for playing the intense, somber Capt. Frank Furillo on Hill Street Blues, a role for which he earned two Emmys and Golden Globe. He also starred on ABC's short-lived Missing Persons in the early '90s and more recently guest-starred as President Richard Mills on Fox's Prison Break.

Criminal Minds returns Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 9/8c on CBS. Travanti will appear in the season's fourth episode, "Remembrance of Things Past," which is slated to air in October.

Do you think Travanti will make a good adversary?

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[txanne.livejournal.com]

Good actor, stupid plot.

[doodysmama.livejournal.com]

~This.

[eiko82.livejournal.com]

Yeap, that's what I thought too.

[dragonladyk.livejournal.com]

Yep.

My feel-good-happy-show, why are you making me so sad?

DragonLady

[x-steffi-x.livejournal.com]

He doesn't look like the serial killer type.
I think they should do something like his son takes over the murders because his father told him all about them. That would be kinda cool.

Or is that just me?

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

The writing staff must agree with you--they've already done it. *g* "Birthright" (season 3, episode 11).

[x-steffi-x.livejournal.com]

Ohhh yeah! Hahaha! Thank you for reminding me. I feel stupid now.
He just doesn't seem like the serial killer type.

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

It's one of the things I love about CM. Wil Wheaton, a serial killer? Eeek, yep, guess so...

[x-steffi-x.livejournal.com]

He reminds me of someone else.
I dunno who. But he has a really kind face.

[trenchcoatedson.livejournal.com]

I bet Sheldon would like that episode.

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

[trenchcoatedson.livejournal.com]

LMAO ilu.

(and I'm so glad someone caught my strange cross-show referencing.)

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

I totally thought it myself when I saw the ep. XDDD I was like "It's Evil Wil Wheaton!"

[trenchcoatedson.livejournal.com]

I'll admit... I didn't even realise it was Wil Wheaton in that episode until I read this thread. Then I was like "...OHHHHHH." I have poor face recognition.

[fun-french-fri.livejournal.com]

So weird that this is the only episode of TBBT I've ever seen. WHEEEAAATOOOON.

[liliaeth]

Which is exactly why he'd be a successful one.

[x-steffi-x.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true.
Sometimes it's good to have an unpredictable one.

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

He doesn't look like the serial killer type.

They never do.

[x-steffi-x.livejournal.com]

That is true.

I should know this by now. Will I ever learn? Haha.

[edom56.livejournal.com]

I have to agree that he doesn't look like a serial killer, but seriously, does Dawson from Dawson's Creek? ;D

[janekrahe.livejournal.com]

That was EPIC.

Though, if you look at his character in the movie Angus, it's like it was only a matter of time, lol.

[grapefruits.livejournal.com]

I've always thought he had that vibe, especially after watching Rules of Attraction.

[fun-french-fri.livejournal.com]

So many questions... (How the hell is he trying to relive a past he can't remember? How does he know what he did?) I trust you, CM writers!

[alphabet26.livejournal.com]

How the hell is he trying to relive a past he can't remember? How does he know what he did?

Yes, this! I wonder it's a copycat thing (maybe the son?) and the dad has to try to reprise it to help them. Since it's a "desperate attempt" and all. It would be odd phrasing if he started killing again.

[a_blackpanther]

Oh, so playing how your mind is your biggest enemy trope again, are we? Bet it's going to be a Reid episode.

[ayajedi.livejournal.com]

I will watch this episode. I liked him on Hill Street Blues.