![]() ![]() Why? Because the team was looking to expose something that WASN'T A SECRET. Sure, the show's not over yet, and I can't say definitively that burning people isn't part of the aliens' master plot, but even if it is, these two weeks have been wasted. That's how long we've been dealing with the completely unimportant concentration camp storyline. Just four unbelievably bad things this week, since I doubt I could take thinking about any more. Did no one see this happening, what must have been a slow-motion, months-long train wreck and feel compelled to intervene? How is that possible? I've reached a point where I can't imagine how Torchwood became this bad. #Lyttony clothes reviews serialOf course, this isn't Magnum PI, we're not going to have a whole episode dealing with personal stuff, there has to be a murder as well - this week it's a serial killer in Nashville! I'm sure there'll be a character-based explanation at the end. ![]() The overall dramatic arc of the episode is 'Will Greg go back to the FBI or not' - of course, since we all know that he's going to return, it's difficult to get too worried. It's not really bad writing, I suppose, since he'd want to put the best spin on the situation, but in point of fact she passively allowed herself to be murdered, and had the Reaper been more interested in murdering Jack than he was at arranging a tableau to shock Greg, their son would be dead as well. There's a terrible line in Greg's eulogy, where he references the fact that she died 'protecting' their son. Oh my god, it's that guy again - the one I'd never seen before who kept getting lines last week! Is he joining the cast or something? Why is a minor FBI functionary carrying the casket? Things start off with Greg's wife's funeral, where we learn that she had no friends or family, apparently. So, with that in mind, let's start with the first post-Reaper episode of Criminal Minds! Really, pretty much the same thing, only (hopefully) a little shorter. ![]() Rather than going plot point by plot point, from now on I plan to offer a broader overview of the episodes, pause to detail some of the stupider things that happened each week (including the Prentiss Award, if applicable), and then score it at the end. That's not to say I'm giving up on the show, I've obviously developed a fondness for it, and I'm interested in continuing to score it, if nothing else - I will, however, be writing less exhaustive reviews of each individual episodes. After last week's episode, it occurred to me that I've now written well over a hundred of these things, and my point - that the difficulty that writers have coming up with stories about psychology helping solve crimes reflects the real-life uselessness of profiling - has been made a few dozen times over. ![]()
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