Don't make waves. Don't potentially alienate the few people who seem to like you.
His childhood also taught him not to trust others, as seen the first time we see him really yell at anyone, when he's revealed his nightmares to Morgan in "The Popular Kids." He finds out that Morgan told both Hotch and Gideon and shouts at him, "This is what happens when I trust someone, it gets thrown right back in my face!"
His abduction shows that he can trust his team to have his back (something that Elle forgot), and his addiction reinforces that fact, because he knows darn well that the team knows what he's going through (as Ethan points out in "Jones") and they never reveal his secret.
I think that this show of support gives him the strength to trust others beyond his team when he finds himself struggling again after "3rd Life" and he goes to NA. He never would have been able to do that in the immediate aftermath of "Revelations" because he hadn't learned he could trust his team, let alone complete strangers.
That video is fun! I can't count how many times, over nine years of marching/pep band, that I played that song, but unfortunately, never while standing in the Hawaiian surf.
CM: Fisher King was on A&E tonight. Part 1 still sort of sucks, but Part 2 is one of my favorite eps of the entire show. The ending montage is great; Reid reading to his mom and reaching over to hold her hand is just lovely, and what is IMHO one of the most indelible images from the entire series ends the show, with Hotch washing the blood off of Elle's wall.
I totally agree with you, Kathy.
Which made her screaming at him that he didn't have her back suck that much more.
Which made her screaming at him that he didn't have her back suck that much more.
I really felt for Hotch with the way the Fisher King ended. Not just that he feels guilty about her getting shot (which I think is a bit deserved - if he wanted the agent to stay with her he should've said so), but that his family life gets the shaft again. He'd been looking forward to spending two weeks doing chores at home, and having him do chores at Elle's home instead was a neat little smack in the teeth for him (and his family).
Not just that he feels guilty about her getting shot (which I think is a bit deserved - if he wanted the agent to stay with her he should've said so),
poor Anderson. Although I think that if Anderson had gone with her, they both would have gotten shot.
poor Anderson. Although I think that if Anderson had gone with her, they both would have gotten shot.
Narrative-wise probably, but the Fisher King didn't seem to have any particular fighting skills or training; I wouldn't have found it too credible that he could take out an alert agent (and especially go on to get the drop on another).
