The Sin Eater

"The Sin Eater" is the third Season 2 episode of Shadow Unit, with production number 2x03. It was written by Emma Bull and originally aired on May 3, 2009.

Basic Statistics
Location: Avon, Wisconsin, Washington, DC

Point of View Characters: Ingrid Lessing, Nicolette Lau, Daniel Brady, Stephen Reyes, Esther Falkner

Away Team: Lau, Brady, Chaz, Reyes

Timeline: October 2008

Unsub: Tim Miner

Major backstory revealed: BAU head Victor Celentano has both Lau and Falkner reporting directly to him about Reyes

Easter Eggs

 * "Fanmail"

Timeline Notes
On October 6, 2008, Chaz Villette wrote a LiveJournal entry which he edited to add "Oops, gotta scamper. May not be online much today!"  On October 8, he wrote a cryptic, "locked work" LiveJournal entry saying "The thing that scares me most is that maybe he was right." On October 9, he posted a "public" entry in which he mentioned that he'd been traveling the previous day.

Since October 8, 2008 was also the day that Reyes, Falkner and Daphne Worth were at Idlewood for Susannah Greenwood's admission, it appears that the Sullivan College action occurred on October 6 and 7, with Reyes flying back on the 7th and Chaz returning on the 8th.

Pre-Air-Date Speculation
According to Wikipedia, "The term sin-eater refers to a person who, through ritual means, would take on by means of food and drink the sins of a deceased person, thus absolving his or her soul and allowing that person to rest in peace."

Recipes for cooking with sin (as opposed to eating sins raw) may be found on the message boards, starting here.