I totally want to second what Vortex said - the unsubs don't interest me. The agents figuring out the unsubs does. And I also want some fun interaction between the agents - "He looks so real".
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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bennett - Feb 13, 2011 12:20:58 pm PST #7082 of 11834
Cass - Feb 13, 2011 12:32:04 pm PST #7083 of 11834
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I used to really like when an unsub ep came up because it was the same chase from a different camera angle, but it has become both really overused, in my opinion, and they've stopped showing the same chase. Now it's different scenes, not just different angles. Do not like.
Vortex - Feb 14, 2011 4:54:48 am PST #7084 of 11834
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yes, it was occasionally interesting (i.e. the one with Alex O'Loughlin where he filmed himself with his glasses), but too much unsub! What's changed? Writer? Producer? Director?
Barb - Feb 14, 2011 5:17:05 am PST #7085 of 11834
“Not dead yet!”
This unsub was interesting, to a degree, but we never found out anything about him. Other than he was a mad scientist type, but when they had all the dreamscaped flashbacks to gently waving laundry and Little House on the Prairie sorts of scenarios, I thought we were at least going to find out something interesting about the guy. But no, they found out where he lived and the chase was on and that was it.
I did love the scene with Reid calling Emily-- and discovering that she did, indeed, get a cat.
Maria - Feb 14, 2011 9:45:21 am PST #7086 of 11834
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
The Great Writer's Purge after S4 did this show no favors. They lost some of their best and most consistent writers, and then CBS/ABC Studios threw a cruise ship full of money to Chris Mundy to helm the spinoff. We see how well that worked out. He's out of a job, and the mothership is floundering.
I miss how smart this show used to be.
quester - Feb 14, 2011 11:36:43 am PST #7087 of 11834
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Kinda makes me glad I can't see it anymore. It doesn't sound like the show I fell for anymore.
Cass - Feb 14, 2011 5:51:22 pm PST #7088 of 11834
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
(i.e. the one with Alex O'Loughlin where he filmed himself with his glasses)
Exactly.
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2011 5:53:17 pm PST #7089 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know why the unsub focus doesn't bother me like it did last season. It is possible I'm just generally more detached. But last year I hated it pretty much every time. This season I don't notice there was an unsub focus until someone mentions it.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 14, 2011 7:07:08 pm PST #7090 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ah Castle. I can't remember if it was Ryan or Esposito (I'm guessing Ryan, though): "Mom and dad are fighting!"
Vortex - Feb 14, 2011 8:10:10 pm PST #7091 of 11834
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think it was Esposito. Ryan wanted to know who was winning.