It was totally the bad guy calling her a spic that sent him from "I'm pissed at having to give him any slack" to spitting hissing venging mad. And even his old law professor thinks he's crazy.

Totally. Mike/Connie4evaahhhh!! Wait, did I just type that out loud?

I just watched the TiVo'd ep from last night, can't you tell? Plus, this is the most backstory on Cutter we got since he started 3 years ago. He went to Professor Ryan's for holidays because he had nowhere else to go, which implies what -- he's an orphan? Oh, the woobietastic backstory I can cook up, if only I were a fanfic writer!

Seriously I got chills down my spine when he let loose at that suspect in that plea bargain scene. He's a scary, win-at-all-costs, ruthless mofo. I love him a lot.

Yeah, he's my kind of psycho.

Okay--Diane Neal's character? I'd totally ship her with Gibbs. Toss Sofer, stat, and replace her with Neal. Hell, I'd ship Neal with Tony. She rocked.

Man, Jane Lynch is awesome on Criminal Minds. She and MGG just have such a dynamic.

Not to mention, Spencer's just such a total woobie in these eps.

Spencer is pretty much a woobie in every ep. Especially when Morgan's being his big brother.

Okay--Diane Neal's character? I'd totally ship her with Gibbs. Toss Sofer, stat, and replace her with Neal. Hell, I'd ship Neal with Tony. She rocked.

Hell, yeah! She was really terrific. I liked the ep much more than I thought I would based on that lameass promo from last week--between Diane Neal and the doctor's wife, they actually had some interesting characters on the show. And DiNozzo's theory of homicide was true for once: The Wife Did It.

I've read a lot of people on TWOP complaining about Morgan's antagonistic attitude towards Spencer, like when he gives him the whistle in LDSK, but I see it totally as big brother ribbing.

I liked the ep much more than I thought I would

Yeah, me too. Given how much I hated the one two eps back, I've fairly enjoyed the last two.

Spencer is pretty much a woobie in every ep. Especially when Morgan's being his big brother.

True dat. But in these, being the broken fatherless child?

Oy.

I so love when he returns to his hotel room to discover Morgan and Rossi watching the soaps as they wait for him.

I've read a lot of people on TWOP complaining about Morgan's antagonistic attitude towards Spencer, like when he gives him the whistle in LDSK, but I see it totally as big brother ribbing.

yeah, Morgan's sometimes kind of an asshole to Spencer (LDSK being a perfect example), but he's also super awesome and protective, like at the end of the movie star stalker one when he tells Spencer that he's a hero, or when he flipped out when Spencer got exposed to anthrax (and then waited by his bedside, eating jello, the squeals of a million 'shippers echoed). In other words, the quintessential big brother.

I so love when he returns to his hotel room to discover Morgan and Rossi watching the soaps as they wait for him.

and of course, it's Young and the Restless, Shemar Moore's former soap.

Am I mean in finding the LDSK whistle funny? Mean funny, but totally within bounds.

Didn't have much to say about last week's Criminal Minds. Another one where they spent too much time with the unsub. Not my favourite format.

Though I did wonder at the end if Morgan was going to tackle the semi.

The one with the anthrax was re-broadcast recently and at one point Spencer's been exposed to the anthrax and he's being scrubbed down. He warns Morgan that he'd better leave if he (Morgan) doesn't want to see him (Spencer) nude ... at which point I'm saying "yes, please." (they didn't, darn it)