Guest Stars Include Adrienne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights," "Lone Star") and Jonathan Tucker ("The Black Donnellys") as Sydney and Ray, the Young Lovers on the Run; Angus Macfayden ("Braveheart") Guest Stars as Sean McAllister, Prentiss' Former Colleague 

"The Thirteenth Step" - The BAU hits the road to track down a pair of young lovers on an interstate murder spree.  Meanwhile, Prentiss hears frightening news from her former boss at Interpol, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Guest Stars include Adrienne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights," "Lone Star") and Jonathan Tucker ("The Black Donnellys") as Sydney and Ray, the young lovers on the run; Angus Macfayden ("Braveheart") guest stars as Sean McAllister, Prentiss' former colleague. (Originally broadcast 1/26/11)

SERIES REGULARS:

David Rossi................................ Joe Mantegna

Aaron Hotchner....................... Thomas Gibson

Emily Prentiss........................... Paget Brewster

Derek Morgan.......................... Shemar Moore

Dr. Spencer Reid........... Matthew Gray Gubler

Penelope Garcia.................. Kirsten Vangsness

GUEST CAST:

Sydney Manning..................... Adrienne Palicki

Ray Donovan......................... Jonathan Tucker

Agent Bates............................ Deirdre Lovejoy

Store Owner................................... Walt Scott

School Teacher...................... Meegan Godfrey

Tsia Mosely................................. Siena Goines

Sean McAllister................... Angus Macfayden

Store Clerk................................... David Wells

M.E. Tech............................ Jordan Tartakow

Tim............................................. Gary Hudson

Jason........................................... Daniel Buran

Mr. Donovan.......................... Robert F. Lyons

Mrs. Donovan......................... Roberta Hanlen

Karen Manning.................. Colleen McDonnell

Gary Manning........................ Kevin McCorkle

Heather Manning...................... Harley Graham

Newscaster #1.......................... Kerry Kilbride

Newscaster #2............................. Olga Ospina

Newscaster #3............................. Bill A. Jones

Driver............................................ Oleg Vidov

WRITTEN BY:  Janine Sherman Barrois

DIRECTED BY:  Doug Aarniokoski

GENRE:  CRIME DRAMA, MYSTERY, SUSPENSE

RATING:  TV14-DLSV

On the Web:  http://www.cbs.com/primetime/criminal_minds/

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