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Norman Hill, nicknamed The Road Warrior, is a major antagonist from the crime-drama TV series Criminal Minds. He is a delusional thrill killer who appears as the main antagonist of the Season 4 episode Normal.
He was portrayed by Mitch Pileggi, who also portrayed Marduk Helstrom in Helstrom, Ernest Darby in Sons of Anarchy, Horace Pinker in Shocker, Azazel and Alpha Shapeshifter in Supernatural, Harris Ryland in Dallas, and Rama Khan in Supergirl.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Little is known of Norman's background. What is known, is that he lived in Orange County, California, with his wife and three daughters, and worked as an accountant for an insurance firm. In 2008, while Norman was fixing a flat tire, his youngest daughter Jenny, wandered out into traffic and was killed by a car. This incident would destroy Norman's confidence and slowly drive him insane with guilt. He began to think that his family didn't appreciate him anymore and blamed him for Jenny's death, so much so, he would hallucinate them blaming him. As a result of this, Norman eventually couldn't take it anymore, and murdered the rest of his family with a shotgun. Though, his mind deluded him into believing they were still alive and taking their grief and anger out on him.
"Normal"[]
Six months after Jenny's death, Norman is getting ready for an after party at work. In traffic, he is cut off by a blonde-haired woman talking on her phone. Wanting to talk to her, he pulls up to her car and asks her to roll her window down. She does, but berates him, leaving Norman speechless. In retaliation, Norman pulls out the shotgun he wrapped as a present, and fires into her car, causing her to crash and flip over. Feeling thrilled, Norman is noticeably more upbeat as he attends the party. That night, Norman saws the barrel off his gun and wanders throughout the house, stopping in front of each of his daughters' doors. This is likely when Norman killed them.
He then goes on to kill two women over the next few days prompting the FBI's BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) to investigate the case. After a week goes by without killing Noman slowly becomes more unstable at home and at work where he briefly reaches for the shotgun hidden under his desk contemplating to start a workplace shooting before hearing the BAU give out thier proflie of him on the news when he hallucinates one of his co-workers mocking him after seeing the report. He leaves the building and drives for a bit before stopping when two men parked next to him notice his behavior and ask if he is alright, Normal hallucinates the two laughing at him prompting him to take out his shotgun and fire several rounds at the two killing them.
Ariving home he hallucinates his family being there as he watching the news broadcast states about how the unsub might be a family person and urges them to do the right thing and turns themself in. Norman thinkis about if briefly and tells his family that he is responsible for the killing spree by they simply mock him in response.
Angered he forces them in the SUV and drives while stating that he is the only one who still remembers Jenny beliving they all forgot about her as he drives past the speed limit causing a police chase to start as he begins driving eractly while shooting at the prusuing officers as he bickers with his family who start blaming him for Jenny's death stating he should have watched over her as his wife yanks the sterring wheel causing the vehcile to crash and flip over.
Norman crawls out of the wreakage with his shotgun as he is quickly surounded by police and the BAU agents as he begs them to help his family out of the car when one of the agents, Morgan informs him that his family died days ago and urges him to remember. Noman then realises what he did to his family and breaks down as he is arrested by Morgan who promises that they'll help him get better.
Norman is most likely Institutionalized after this due to his mental state.
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Trivia[]
- Norman is inspired by multiple real life criminals:
- Charles A. McCoy, Jr., a.k.a. “The Ohio Highway Sniper”, a murderer and spree shooter with schizophrenia responsible for firing at traffic and public buildings from numerous public roads in Ohio.
- Charles Starkweather, a teenage spree killer who dressed like James Dean to boost his confidence, killed the family of his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, and then murdered people across the country with her as an accomplice.
- Mark O. Barton, a mass murderer responsible for killing his family and committing the workplace shooting at two Atlanta day trading firms before committing suicide in a police chase.
- John List, a family annihilator who was regarded as quiet man in public life responsible for shooting his entire family for the loss of his job and his poor family relationships.
- David Callaway, the protagonistic villain of Hide and Seek, a father and widower revealed to be a serial killer with an alternate personality of "Charlie"; the alter murdered David's wife because she had an affair, as David was too mild-mannered to be violent, but David decompensated when his daughter impled his alter was a real person and more murders followed.
- Travis Bickle, the protagonistic villain of Taxi Driver, a vigilante murderer turning from his quiet career as a cabbie to vigilante murder sprees, even changing his appearance to match his mood.
External Links[]
- Norman Hill on the Criminal Minds Wiki
