Criminal Minds

Rewatchability is very important to me. We just recently got cable, so for a long time, we watched DVDs in the evenings…over and over and over. There are movies you can watch all the time and ones where once is enough or more than enough. I like tv shows on DVD (because my attention span is ridiculously short), and since they can be expensive to buy, being able to watch the episodes many times is important. I got the first season of Gilmore Girls two years ago, and that has the best rewatchability factor. I never got sick of them. I’d get all the seasons and watch them back to back (I bet you wish you had so much time on your hands, huh?).

Anyway, Criminal Minds came out with their second season DVD set on October 2. I watched them over the course of a few days - for work purposes. As I watched them, I worked on a fleece and flannel blanket I’m making. That’s what it was perfect for - to have on almost as background. I could look up and watch or go back to sewing. It wasn’t so exciting that I had to sit on the edge of my sheet and chew my fingernails.
I did stop sewing to watch “The Big Game” and “Revelations.” The episode set in New Orleans was good. They were all good, but there are some that I can watch many times and others that I’m happy seeing once on tv, and then maybe in a summer rerun.
Having already seen the episodes does, of course, take a lot of the tension out of the episodes. They’re still interesting to watch, especially if they deal with the characters’ lives. Watching the episodes for the first time is definately better because there is a lot of suspense -will the team get to the victim in time, what happens? (This makes it a perfect show for new viewers too - it’s excting and easy to get into.)
I haven’t watched the bonus features yet, which look interesting. They include: “Profilers, Profiled” which discusses the second season’s focus on the characters’ lives. “The Physical Evidence” talks about the making of the series. “The Behavioral Science of Criminal Minds” covers the real-world profilers and how the job is done. And finally, you can get to know Kirsten Vangsness a little better in her own six minute featurette.

(Don’t forget to get your entries for the Jump Cut contest in…all you have to do is email me with your favorite episode and why you liked it. If you don’t know the episode’s name, no problem. Just describe it a little.)