Psychodrama on TV

[Jones Daniel (07X221)]

I watched an episode of Criminal Minds last night, a show that stars Mandy Patankin of Princess Bride fame.  It is about a unit of FBI agents who track serial killers.  In last night's episode, the suspect used different hostages in hold up situations to act out different situations.  The group pondered this, perplexed because most violent criminals that they track became increasingly violent themselves; they did not use proxies.  One of the agents, several of whom are psychologically trained, stated that this was a psychodrama.  There was then a brief explanation of psychodrama as an expressive therapy that utilizes proxies to play roles (they did not use the term auxiliary) and also incorporates different elements of theatre.  They mentioned the project that was used in prisons in California at the end of last century.  
 
Although the brief description was accurate, the result for this suspect was that he got out of prison and became a director, getting auxiliaries in bank or diner hold ups to commit acts against other auxiliaries.  
 
As it is re-run season, I was wondering if anyone saw this in its first airing and if there was a response to CBS or Mark Gordon, the show's creator.
 
 
Daniel Jones, MSW
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