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| “ | Was that too personal? I'm sorry. I do that sometimes. Don't worry. I'm sure you'll catch her. | „ |
| ~ Graham taunting the agents. |
| “ | Wow, you know so much. I bet you don't know what's gonna happen next. | „ |
| ~ Graham trying to stay superior. |
| “ | I'm in your thoughts. Time stands still with you. Don't cry. You're so strong. You inspire me. | „ |
| ~ Graham harassing Rachel Lancroft in their meetings. |
Marcus Lee Graham is the main antagonist of the Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior episode "Lonely Hearts". Graham is a serial killer of women and girls with a cult-like following of female "fans" - one of whom, Rachel Lancroft, he manipulates into committing a series of murders.
He was portrayed by Jay Paulson, who also portrayed Abdul Hakim in the Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.
Biography[]
Early Crimes[]
Graham is a sadistic psychopath who stalks, tortures, and murders teenage girls and young women. After killing three girls in such a fashion, he met Jill, a new girl in the city. Driving up to her and offering to show her around, he groomed her by building a relationship to make her infatuated and almost dependent. He then made her commit petty crimes, lie, and otherwise act out of character, When he wanted to make her bring a friend to him to torture, she refused, but was too imprinted to refuse being offered up instead. After Graham teased her with a switchblade, he slowly dug the blade into Jill, saying he wanted to watch the "sparkle" of her life in her eyes die. After he kissed her forehead, he played dead until she someone got an opportune moment to call the cops to rescue her. Graham was caught when a mailman saw blood at his house, resulting in his arrest and the unearthing of the murdered women. He was convicted on every murder, but her mother insisted no charges for her daughter's attempted murder so her like wouldn't be ruined by victim shaming.
Graham amassed a following in prison, with women flocking to be wooed by him. To satisfy his appetite for dominance and destruction, he'd often used his impressions on then to coerce them into whatever he wanted. One woman, bookstore owner Maya Hazel, became promiscuous at Graham's direction, badly enough she became self-deprecating and even suicidal. she cut herself on from Graham and went into therapy. Another woman, Rachel Lancroft, had it worse. After contacting her through an online dating site, Graham said her uncle sexually assaulting her was her fault, then got her to finish law school just to be his dependent representation. still wanting revenge on Jill, and to show up the cops, Graham had in mind for Lacronft to eventually kill her, but he had her troll for men in hotels to slaughter as trial runs. He'd have her come back to excite her with how she felt each time she murdered, encouraging her violence no matter her guilt, fear, and even disgust at herself. Graham took particular delight if the men were sexually aggressive with her.
Lonely Hearts[]
After Rachel killed four men, when the Red Cell Team realize Lancroft was taught the M.O., they found Jill's case in police reports. This led them to Graham, who was delighted to speak with them and enjoyed joking about his manipulation and inquiries. When he was finally being pressed more and more into a corner from the insights of Agent Sam Cooper, he invoked Lancroft. She played the part as representation well, but when he insulted her submission right in front of her without addressing her openly, she muttered for him by name to stop, then said she needed to be alone. The team realized Lancroft was the killer from her body language in the playback footage, but Graham clammed up about his plans. When Agent Beth Griffith, challenging his masculinity as a woman interrogating him, laid out pictures of his and Lancroft's crimes, his eyes didn't move from the photo of Jill. Cooper phoned his agents right away to tell them Jill was in danger, and she was narrowly rescued when Lancroft was shot dead making an attempt on Jill's life. Graham blankly shuffled to solitary confinement while humming, sending the rest of his life in prison without his fans.
Quotes[]
| “ | When he looked into your eyes, and took his final breath...tell me the truth...it turned you on, didn't it? | „ |
| ~ Graham breaking Lancroft when asking her to recount her murders. |
| “ | Graham: Confess to what? You think these women are so in love with me they'd go out and kill? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Lancroft: Marcus, stop talking. Graham: Not yet. I mean, what kind of a loser would cut up a man just because I told her to? Cooper: There's a woman out there, and this woman thinks that you love her. Graham: And you think she'd obey me like a dog. It's a joke. Lancroft: I need to be alone with my client. Cooper: Certainly. Graham: Those unsolved cases...that hurts when you can't solve them, doesn't it? |
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| ~ Graham degrading Lancroft in her presence and jabbing at Agent Cooper. |
Trivia[]
- Graham is inspired by multiple real-life serial killers:
- Ted Bundy, America's worst serial killer, responsible for charming, killing, and burying women, as well as having numerous fans while in prison.
- Kenneth Bianchi, one of the "Hillside Stranglers", a duo of serial killers/rapists of women across Los Angeles, Bianchi having seduced Veronica Compton, who was on his legal team, into nearly killing another woman to try and cast doubt on his guilt, which ultimately failed.
External links[]
- Marcus Lee Graham on the Criminal Minds Wiki
