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7/10
The psychic
jotix10020 May 2010
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A man that declares to have extrasensory powers is at the center of this story. Because of visions that supposedly came to him, three young Latino women are found dead in a ditch near the Mexican border. When the FBI gets to the scene, Simon Kraft, the seer, is questioned as to how he knew about where to find the victims. As it turns out, Kraft had worked with the CIA, but now, he is on his own. The three slain women have been cut open as though to get either a baby, or something they were carrying into the United States.

Charlie Eppes, who is asked about how he sees the case, is skeptical of Kraft's powers, but Megan Reeves thinks the man knows a lot about her by what he has told her earlier. Agent Reeves has not talked with her father in ten years, Kraft, has mentioned a few things to her that makes her wonder how he knew about her.

While the investigation is going on, the agents arrive at the scene of the crime and they spot a van nearby whose tires show it might have been the one that was used for bringing the women into the desolate place where they were killed. A Mexican man, Victor Borrego, starts running away as David and Colby are trying to get him. Borrego, is a legitimate resident of the US, and he is released.

Later on, Charlie works on an equation that shows how groups of animals tend to be attracted to certain locations. Everything points to the fact the Latinas are being used as mules to smuggle drugs into the country. The agents get lucky when they follow Charlie's logic and find a terrified young woman hidden in a van. At the hospital, she passes the drugs and everything indicates Borrego is the mastermind of the operation disguised as being a group to help illegal aliens get into the country.

Peter Markle directed the screenplay written by Peter MacNicol, who is one of the principals in the series, and Andrew Dettmann. The excellent John Glover appears as the psychic Simon Kraft. The regulars and the guest cast do their usual fine job.
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6/10
Psychic?
tert7219 October 2020
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At least other shows that have a psychic in an episode shows how they really got the info. Are we supposed to believe this psychic is real? Is this the dead zone or supposed to be realistic. Like the mentalist said, they always say water has something to do because the vast majority of populated areas are near some body of water..... Didn't like that Charlie couldn't disprove the psychic.
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8/10
Insufferable Charlie
Hitchcoc23 April 2021
This is an interesting episode because there is a psychic involved. I have trouble with ESP and such but I also know that my beliefs are based on observation from my own experiences and my own education. I don't want to get on a soapbox here but the vast majority of Americans believe in a God (or so they say) which is an entity that can't be proven or quantified (please don't use the Bible as evidence). Yet we dismiss anything supernatural out of hand. I found Charie's character insufferable here. He can be so whiny and full of himself. I hate when he stops everything and gives one of his lectures.
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2/10
give it a rest
sandcrab27731 March 2019
As soon ass someone hollers fbi you are supposed to faint dead away and give yourself up ... the reality is the fbi is a standing joke made by j edgar hoover and bad guys don't cringe but rather would put up a fight than be arrested by a g-man ... janet reno and the waco standoff made the fbi look like mercenary killers of women and children and that was very close to being true .. human rights are violated everyday by the fbi but they are seldom caught on camera like waco... i have no love for killers but i also despise government agents that cannot contain their personal feelings ... the term terrorist is used very loosely in human rights violations ... it gives a wider license to violate the bill of rights
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