Rossi strategically sends Derek Morgan and Jennifer Jareau (JJ) to a militia-heavy bar, anticipating that the group’s prejudices against a person of color and a woman would throw them off balance and yield information.
The setting of rural Montana introduces a secondary conflict: the deep-seated distrust between local militias and the federal government.
Frost represents a "submissive" offender who lacks independent identity and relies on a dominant partner for purpose. 2. Tactical Tension: The Militia and the FBI
Criminologists and fans have noted that Goehring and Frost share striking similarities with real-life serial killers . Like the fictional pair, Lake and Ng were obsessive military fanatics who used a "master/slave" dynamic to kidnap and torture victims in remote locations. 4. Critical Reception