I found that wildly out of character as well, and yet surprisingly it was the Garcia bitching that had my eyebrows raise.

Flynn did start to raise his gun before Morgan took his first shot, so he could claim that he was either going to shoot Morgan or maybe the woman on his right.

Flynn did start to raise his gun before Morgan took his first shot, so he could claim that he was either going to shoot Morgan or maybe the woman on his right.

Yeah, it was a definite suicide-by-cop.

I found that wildly out of character as well, and yet surprisingly it was the Garcia bitching that had my eyebrows raise.

yes, but his apology was very sweet. And he did it in such a way that everyone knew that he was apologizing.

I'm cynical and feeling pretty unforgiving right now.

So am I, ehab, but I want to direct my righteous anger to the people who deserve it. Financial reasons, my ass.

Honestly, I don't think Morgan is capable of killing someone in cold blood. If he didn't kill Carl Buford when he had the chance, then I cannot see him killing anyone without proper, legally justifiable provocation. Morgan has a temper, and may occasionally go off half-cocked, but he's been able to tamp that down a bit in later seasons. Unless, of course, this is the year for Morgan to go off the rails.

I see parallels to the ending of "A Real Rain," but Hotch's kill was a lot less ambiguous than this one. I'm having a hard time reconciling Flynn's subtle movement of the gun with the need for Morgan to fire 5(?) shots to take him down.

The apology was sweet and I do think there was intent to have the Garcia bitching somehow illustrate Morgan's state of mind. I just don't think it worked very well. I didn't think "Wow he must be really messed up in the head to take it out on and about Garica". I just thought, asshole (and I like Morgan).

If I can't be non-rage-y about the show I will walk away but I think there were legitimate problems with the writing in last night's episode.

Oh dear. Joe Mantegna just tweeted, asking if everyone was happy with the show.

And I'm with Maria—I'm all for directing the righteous anger at the shitheels who deserve it.

Flynn did start to raise his gun before Morgan took his first shot, so he could claim that he was either going to shoot Morgan or maybe the woman on his right.

Yeah, it was a definite suicide-by-cop.

This was how I saw it as well.

I do think there was intent to have the Garcia bitching somehow illustrate Morgan's state of mind. I just don't think it worked very well.

Yeah, it just felt out of character. Actually even more than the snapping at Garcia, when he said to Hotch, "She really needs to be more professional," or something like that - I could see him being short with someone way easier than him being backbitey and talking behind their back that way.

Actually even more than the snapping at Garcia, when he said to Hotch, "She really needs to be more professional," or something like that - I could see him being short with someone way easier than him being backbitey and talking behind their back that way.

Exactly. In fact, if they'd left it at the sniping at Garcia directly and then the apology I probably wouldn't have felt a need to comment about it.