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“ | See, Ellie? We are a team. You just decided to let that man live. See, the question isn't why do I kill people. The question is why I don't kill everybody. I decide who dies, but mostly, I decide who lives. I'm like... God. And now you are too. | „ |
~ Billy Flynn to Ellie Spicer. |
Billy Flynn also known as the Prince of Darkness is a major antagonist in the crime-drama TV series Criminal Minds. He is a prolific serial killer and rapist who appears as the main antagonist of both the Season 5 episode Our Darkest Hour and the Season 6 episode The Longest Night.
As an adult, he was portrayed by Tim Curry, who also played Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wadsworth in Clue, Lord of Darkness in Legend, Pennywise in the 1990 TV adaptation of It, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Cardinal Richelieu in the 1993 film adaptation of The Three Musketeers, Thaddeus E. Klang in TaleSpin, Evil Manta in the Little Mermaid TV series, Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Drake in The Pebble and the Penguin, Farley Claymore in The Shadow, El Maléfico in ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico, Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island, Skullmaster in Mighty Max, Big Brother in Johnny Bravo, Dr Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles, Maestro Forte in Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Kilokahn in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, Ben Ravencroft in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Dr Slicer in Recess, Konk in The Pirates of Dark Water, Professor Calamitous in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker, Scarlet Fever and Nick O' Teen in Ozzy and Drix, Philippe in Barbie and The Three Musketeers, Goblin King in Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, Kilokahn in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, Rooster St. Regis in Annie, Simon Doonan in the 1996 TV miniseries Titanic, Von Talon in Valiant, King Chicken in Duckman, Belial in The Legend of Atlantis, Slagar the Cruel in Redwall, Amok Mon Ra and Kileem in the Aladdin TV series, Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in Monk, and Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
As a child, he was portrayed by Stone Eisenmann.
Story[]
Early Life and First Murders[]
Flynn had a deeply traumatic childhood; his mother Nora was a drug-addicted prostitute who made him watch while she serviced her clients, and frequently prostituted him for extra money. When he was 13, Flynn killed Nora and one of her johns, for which he was imprisoned until he was 18. After he was released from prison, he began attacking families, raping and murdering the women while leaving the children alive but scarred. Two of these survivors were Matt Spicer and his sister Kristen.
26 years after murdering their parents, Flynn reads a newspaper article about Matt, now a police detective, and learns that Matt has a daughter, Ellie.
Second Murder Spree and Death[]
Flynn goes on a killing spree similar to his previous murders to get Matt's attention, but instead attracts the Behavioral Analysis Unit. He kidnaps Ellie and Kristen during a blackout, taking them to Matt's old house and killing the current resident in the process. Flynn then kills both Matt and Kristen, and kidnaps Ellie, forcing her to act his accomplice. The team discovers that Flynn is not obsessed with Matt, but with Ellie; he is intent on turning her into his partner in crime.
When Flynn invades another home and kills the father, Ellie saves the man's children by telling them to run and get their neighbors. Flynn escapes with Ellie and seems genuinely hurt that she has turned on him. BAU Agent Jennifer Jareau calls him and empathizes with him in order to persuade him to let Ellie go. When she tells him that he didn't deserve what his mother did to him, Flynn realizes that he is hurting Ellie the same way his mother hurt him. He releases her and breaks into a couple's home, taking them hostage. He asks for Agent Derek Morgan to come to arrest him alone. After an emotional conversation with Morgan, he commits suicide-by-cop by raising his weapon, forcing Morgan to shoot him dead.
Victims[]
Season Five
Our Darkest Hour
- Gregory Everson - Shot in the head by Billy Flynn.
- Gomez - Shot in the head by Billy Flynn off-screen, picture shown.
- Kohl - Shot in the head by Billy Flynn off-screen, picture shown.
- Annie Danzi - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-screen.
- Joe Spicer - Shot in the head by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1984, body shown in a flashback.
- Slyvia Spicer - Shot in the head by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1984, shown in a flashback.
- Unnamed Husband - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1984, shown on a list.
- Unnamed Wife - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1984, shown on a list.
- Campbell - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1984, shown on a list.
- Allen - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1985, shown on a list.
- DeMarco - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1985, shown on a list.
- Finn - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1986, shown on a list.
- Ramos - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1986, shown on a list.
- Wegener - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1986, shown on a list.
- Stiller - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1987, shown on a list.
- Sparks - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1987, shown on a list.
- Tyree - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1988, shown on a list.
- Barrow - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1988, shown on a list.
- Weiss - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1988, shown on a list.
- DeMaio - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1989, shown on a list.
- Beaird - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1989, shown on a list.
- Carroll - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1990, shown on a list.
- Taylor - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1990, shown on a list.
- Joy - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1991, shown on a list.
- Sampair - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1991, shown on a list.
- Matulic - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1992, shown on a list.
- Powers - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1992, shown on a list.
- Roberts - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1992, shown on a list.
- Raymond - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1993, shown on a list.
- Worthington - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1993, shown on a list.
- Otepka - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1994, shown on a list.
- Walsh - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1994, shown on a list.
- St. Johns - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1994, shown on a list.
- Spires - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1994, shown on a list.
- Beveridge - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1995, shown on a list.
- Griffith - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1995, shown on a list.
- Gaffney - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1996, shown on a list.
- Meredith - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1996, shown on a list.
- McGreevey - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1996, shown on a list.
- Merker - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1996, shown on a list.
- Ehlers - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1997, shown on a list.
- Carden - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1997, shown on a list.
- Manchan - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1997, shown on a list.
- Woolf - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1998, shown on a list.
- Coughlin - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1998, shown on a list.
- Forrest - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1999, shown on a list.
- Hatchitt - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1999, shown on a list.
- Barfield - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1999, shown on a list.
- Peters - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2000, shown on a list.
- Judd - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2000, shown on a list.
- Parks - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2000, shown on a list.
- Characky - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2000, shown on a list.
- Maddux - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2001, shown on a list.
- Bolton - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2001, shown on a list.
- Hardt - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2001, shown on a list.
- Fowers - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2002, shown on a list.
- Dangcil - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2002, shown on a list.
- Senteno - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2002, shown on a list.
- Young - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2003, shown on a list.
- Macedone - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2003, shown on a list.
- Bayonne - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2003, shown on a list.
- Beck - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2004, shown on a list.
- Appel - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2004, shown on a list.
- Nava - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2005, shown on a list.
- Jackson - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2005, shown on a list.
- Wilson - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2005, shown on a list.
- Shotland - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2006, shown on a list.
- Gelsinger - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2006, shown on a list.
- Bassman - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2006, shown on a list.
- Jackson - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2006, shown on a list.
- Cahill - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2007, shown on a list.
- Pittman - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2007, shown on a list.
- Graham - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2007, shown on a list.
- Roloff - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2008, shown on a list.
- Hirthe - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2008, shown on a list.
- Skubal - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2008, shown on a list.
- O'Sullivan - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2009, shown on a list.
- Leonte - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2009, shown on a list.
- Proctor - Murdered by Billy Flynn off-screen in 2009, shown on a list.
- 124 Unknown People - Murdered by Billy Flynn sometime between 1984 and 2009 off-screen, mentioned. At least 200 houses are mentioned, minus 75 names shown on the list and seven other already counted victims.
- Unnamed Man - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Woman - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Man - Beaten to death by Billy Flynn with an unknown object off-screen, body shown.
- Detective Matt Spicer - Shot in the chest by Billy Flynn.
- Total - 207
Season Six
The Longest Night
- Larry Simmons - Shot in the chest by Billy Flynn.
- Annette Simmons - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-camera, gunshot heard.
- Unnamed Man - Shot four times in the chest by Billy Flynn.
- Paul Farraday - Shot in the heart by Billy Flynn.
- Mrs. Farraday - Killed by Billy Flynn off-screen, body shown.
- Nora Flynn - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1968, mentioned.
- John - Shot to death by Billy Flynn off-screen in 1968, mentioned.
- Kristin Spicer - Lungs collapsed after being beaten by Billy Flynn off-screen, mentioned.
- Total - 8
Overall
- Total - 215
- 195 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 10 Men
- 10 Women
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Flynn is inspired by multiple real-life criminals:
- Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. "The Night Stalker", an executed American serial killer/rapist in California, with a heavy household inhalant problem, responsible for the killings of couples in their own homes, raping the women in their beds, and locking children in closets to leave them alive. A vigilante mob also targeted Ramirez, nearly beating him to death before the police arrested him.
- Yang Xinhai, a.k.a. "The Monster Killer", an executed Chinese serial killer and family annihilator and the country's most prolific, responsible for the massacres of families in multiple provinces, raping women and girls at the scenes before killing the families entirely.
- Tommy Lynn Sells, a.k.a. "The Cross Country Killer", an executed American serial killer and family annihilator responsible for dozens of murders and rapes across the United States while drifting, as well as a victim of childhood sexual assault at the direction of his mother.
- Christopher Wilder, a.k.a. "The Beauty Queen Killer", a dead Australian serial rapist-turned-serial killer responsible for a nationwide series of murders of women and girls across America, as well as kidnapping a teenage girl to brutalize and use as a lure under duress and later being shot dead by police.
- Richard Allen Davis, a recidivist criminal responsible for the murder of Polly Klaas, which involved kidnapping her once breaking into a house where she was with two friends and they were all restrained. Davis was a major reason behind California's three-strikes law.
- Mary Bell, a.k.a. "The Tyneside Strangler", a British then-10-year-old sociopath and killer of children, who was brutalized, terrorized, and pimped to sexual solicitation clients by her own mother, the now grown woman having since been released from prison after serving her sentences.
- Flynn's nickname is another name for The Devil; it is also a reference to another villain whom Tim Curry portrayed in the film Legend.
External Link[]
- Billy Flynn on the Criminal Minds Wiki