Criminal Minds

So that was the last new episode for a while. How was it? I thought it was good, maybe not the best ever but pretty good. The story was interesting - I liked how they connected David Rossi with the ambitious young field agent because of her ambition. The story was about the contents of a storage unit that are auctioned off. Inside, there are disturbing writings and pictures, so the buyers call the police. A field agent in Philadelphia calls the BAU, and Rossi goes to take a look and see if help from his team is warranted. He says there is no evidence of actual crimes, but changes his mind when the field agent produces hair she said was found in the unit. The team comes to Pennsylvania. As they’re working on the case, bodies start piling up, and the agent becomes more and more enthralled with being on camera. At one point she even shows AJ a list of nicknames she made for the killer (AC/DC Killer being my favorite). She gives an unauthorized press conference, which not only angers Hotch and the team, but also the killer. The agent becomes part of the killer’s plan when she’s kidnapped, along with a friend of hers. The team saves her in time, but the friend doesn’t make it. Then, as she is leaving the hospital, she sees a group of reporters and walks right towards them. Rossi is seen walking in the background, looking at her. She hasn’t learned from her encounter with the serial killer, and is only out to further her career. Rossi says she was him twenty years ago.

I liked the connection between them. Overall, the story was good. A few things that I didn’t like: first, they magically get a name and address in a matter of minutes. Garcia is good, but it’s a little unrealistic. Also, there was not much development for the killer. Mother left, bad home, kills people. Not a very dynamic character. He just seems weak compared to past villains. Then, one more thing I thought was odd. Garcia is on the phone with Derek and telling him the only thing that kept her going when she got shot was knowing the pain would be over soon, she’d get better. These women, she says, don’t have that. They are tortured and they know it’s not going to end. Then, abruptly, on to business. It just seemed like an important thing for her to say, but it was made to seem like a little chit chat. I realize that she was talking to him while waiting for information, but I think it could have been played a little better.

Anyway, this is the last new episode - from here, I guess there will be more reruns, game shows, and reality shows.