I didn't like last night's episode because it focused too much on the criminals and not enough on the team.

There's always a few eps every season that do this. "Normal" comes to mind.

It was another one of those uneven episodes that unfortunately seem to becoming the norm this season. Giving over so much time to the UnSubs almost felt like a buying time episode in a way, which sounds weird, but it's all I could figure.

They didn't utilize the local law enforcement except in the most peripheral way and the same could be said for the team as a whole. It was like once they figured out who the UnSubs were and their motivations, the use for Reid was done, so they dismissed him to command, never to be heard from again.

I did like the cinematography of the episode, but I can see where it would drive others nuts.

And minor nit, but for heaven's sake, could someone other than Morgan save the Child in Peril?

This seems like one of those eps where they say "everyone's a little burnt out, so we're doing a short week for the regulars and focussing on the guest stars"

And minor nit, but for heaven's sake, could someone other than Morgan save the Child in Peril?

No.

Seriously, I think that's Morgan's niche on the team (and part of the reason he's so beautifully fucked up), he's danger guy. He gets upset when someone else gets to put themselves in harm's way, like when Reid had to get on the train with the crazy guy and he tried to convince Reid to teach him sleight of hand in 15 minutes, so he could go in.

Reid's disappearance 2/3rds of the way through was a bit strange, but I figure MGG was doing prep work for the upcoming episode he's directing.

And minor nit, but for heaven's sake, could someone other than Morgan save the Child in Peril?

Hotch actually yelled at him, "Morgan, go!" as if Rushing Into Danger was his job. Which, really, isn't a bad thing; this way they don't have more than one agent flinging themselves into peril at one time. Every one of them probably felt the urge to run to save the little girl, which would not have been a good thing.

Seriously, I think that's Morgan's niche on the team (and part of the reason he's so beautifully fucked up), he's danger guy. He gets upset when someone else gets to put themselves in harm's way, like when Reid had to get on the train with the crazy guy and he tried to convince Reid to teach him sleight of hand in 15 minutes, so he could go in.

Yeah, he does have a special affinity with bombs- "Empty Planet" and "Mayhem" come to mind, but as Zen pointed out, in this case, it was Hotch sending him in.

Like I said, it was a minor nit.

It was like once they figured out who the UnSubs were and their motivations, the use for Reid was done, so they dismissed him to command, never to be heard from again.

But he had done most of the heavy lifting up until that point though. Nobody other than Garcia really did anything that worked out who they were. It was all him and his Anonymous knowledge.

That's what I meant by unbalanced, though-- he was in the ep so heavily, then he wasn't. It had a slight whiplash feel to it.

Bones: I still think Max had something to do with it.