'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Hotch is consistently friendly to witnesses--he shows extreme compassion during Ashes and Dust, if memory serves, and even to the unsub in Pleasure Is My Business. That's never been a shortcoming of his.
His increasing flatness seems to be largely to other cops and his team.
His increasing flatness seems to be largely to other cops and his team.
And I think it's because of everything he's experienced, he expends the majority of his being "on" efforts for witnesses, whereas with the team, he really doesn't feel as if he has to. They don't need him to be on, they just need him to do his job. Yet it was something that Jordan pointed out during her tenure-- that a team takes on the traits of their leader and that he never smiles and to watch out for that.
You're right--I get his stiffness around the local cops mixed up with his southern gentleman quality around witnesses. All that smiling in the pilot really threw me, though, especially since I'd just gone through all of S3 and S4 when he's Mr. Intensity (and going through a divorce).
Oh, it's so heartbreaking, seeing Hotch in the pilot -- that's where they are picking baby names, right? He and Haley are so happy.
Not only picking out baby names, but he's putting together the crib. So sad in retrospect!
Ohhhh! I now have a favorite episode of Criminal Minds! Penelope! It's the one where Garcia is shot. I adored the interaction between Garcia and Morgan, and Nicholas Brendan was awesome!
"Penelope" is a great ep. I love when she's talking about fading in and out of consciousness, seeing a white light, and hearing the song "Heroes," which makes her wonder, "Is David Bowie really God?" And then having that song play over the end when she finally meets Kevin face-to-face--so sweet!
Having JJ pull the trigger. That's about my favourite bullet of the series.
At first, I was wondering how she got that shot off, then I remembered that she managed to hit three attacking dogs in Tobias Henckle's barn in "The Big Game/Revelation" with three shots.
JJ's one for one with every bullet fired. I think Hotch and Morgan have the most human kills (Elizabeth Bear keeps a count in her LJ), Emily's fired an insane number of bullets (she empties her clip at least once), and Gideon never fired a gun. Rossi has at least killed a bird.