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Allen Archer

Allen Archer is the secondary antagonist in the Criminal Minds episode ''Hero Worship''.

History[]

At one point Archer was depressed and tried to kill himself, but then he was forced to join a support group. He was also jealous of his friend, Grant Ford, when he married a woman named Brenda and had a child with her. In addition, Archer participated in the Afghanistan war, and developed a homicidal hero syndrome. He somehow heard the idea of James Burke who worked as a former school board member, and decided to take the credit for himself, thinking that Burke whould't notice, and that he was not as narcissistic as he was.

Criminal Minds[]

Hero Worship[]

Archer soon started his plan to possess as hero when he planted a bomb, stealing the idea from Burke and killing seven people and injuring eight people, the eight people he saved were the ones he only wounded, and everyone saw him as a hero. However, this only angered Burke, who tried to kill Archer with the bomb. But BAU saved him, then at the police station, agent Aaron Hotchner manages to unmask him. Then BAU realizes that in order to get Burke, they will have to omit some information, and need Archer's help to get him. During the announcement, which was being made, Burke touches Brenda's hand, but she takes it out, in a sign of contempt. After that, BAU manages to arrest Burke, and in the end Archer is arrested for his participation in the crime.

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