His appearances may have been brief but they remain intensely memorable.
The episode also shows off The Replicator’s creepy obsession with the team.
Copy-cat killers are always terrifying, but Hamill’s performance gave each scene a creepier edge.
The Replicator continued to taunt theCriminal Mindsteam with victimskilled in the style of other killers throughout season 8.
However, he does not have an episode dedicated solely to him until later that year.
Instead, his murders and taunts happen in the background of the cases.
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He has never played him on-screen.
In comparison,The Replicator has only ever been played by Hamill.
Not only that, but The Replicator was an original character that appeared inCriminal Mindsseason 8.
Admittedly, he did not have a rich history behind him like the Joker does.
In contrast, The Replicator is associated with Hamill and no one else.
By this alone, The Replicator is a better Hamill villain than the Joker.
The penultimate episode of season 8 ended with The Replicator standing creepily over Erin Strauss as she slept.
The following episode started with her murder.
Once again, The Replicator imitated the method of another serial killer to kill his victim.
Strauss' death was meant to be the most personal of all his murders.
When that did not work, he later tried to kill the team via explosion.
He ended up dying in the explosion he set up to take out the FBI profilers.
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