Damn. They went there. What's the word for extra large manpain? I didn't like her, but that was a rough way to go out...and Hotch crying throughout the phone call was gutting once everyone accepted the inevitable. Cute scarred Jack with the big growly family. They are bonded now.

I sniffled. Poor Hotch. What can he do now? How can he be a single parent travelling SSA? Morgan might be in charge even longer.

They upgraded Reid's memory. He's used the excuse that he's only perfect visually (which was why he initially called Garcia Gomez). Now it's auditory?

What can he do now? How can he be a single parent travelling SSA?

Yeah, that's what I was wondering.

saw this on twop re: "Criminal Minds" most recent episode.

On another (related) topic: I was looking at some trivia listed on another site, and apparently that was actually AJ Cook's baby playing her son in this episode - how adorable is that? (No wonder he wouldn't take the bottle from Will *g*) Also, I haven't confirmed this, but apparently the writer for this episode doesn't actually exist - the name is an anagram (for lack of another word, though I don't know that it completely fits) combining the first letter of each of the regular writers' names, because each writer wrote a section of the episode (though it doesn't say who wrote which).

OMG! I just watched. um. not right.

and head chief lady whatever, yeah she seemed unevenly presented.

How did you guys interpret the look on Morgan's face over Hotch's shoulder as Hotch said that part of the reason he stepped down was to let Foyet think he was breaking up? Doubt? Surprise?

msbelle, on TWOP some people were saying that Strauss was playing on Hotch's side from the beginning, she was just pushing all of their buttons to get to what she wanted, but that's not what I got of it. I saved the episode. I might watch it again to see if in retrospect her behaviour makes more sense. I really enjoyed all of the agents in their interviews. I think the characters were very well written microcosms of themselves.

was Rossi interviewed? I am not remembering and now way am I re-watching.

He was. He started out by checking his phone and saying the price of gold was rising but the trick was knowing when to get out. I don't remember if he talked about the case at all. He was the most disrespectful of them all, although Emily had a lot of contempt in her "Ma'am" and Reid's "don't fuck with my memory" spiel was kinda cool too.

I thought Morgan's face revealed surprise - and not a good surprise.

The whole season they have been playing Strauss as a "bad guy" who in the final five minutes is revealed to be on the team's side. I don't like this, but they did this the first ep that Morgan was head. I wasn't all that surprised this time around.

Morgan was in no way in charge this week, but I guess that's no reflection on him. Last week was more.

I think that they eventually showed Strauss as supportive of Morgan, but I don't think she's wavered in her antipathy towards Hotch until the very end of 100.

There's a deleted scene from the episode where she goes out into the field with the team where she shows a lot of humanity. I'm not sure if it was cut for time or to keep her cold.