Oh, and I thought that last night's CM was really great. It hit on most of the points that this show does best: a pathetic unsub, female victims that fight back, family members who show the emotional impact of crime, traumatized children that are strong in their own right, and team members who connect with the people they encounter (not just Reid, but Rossi connecting with the estranged sister).

Oh, and Reid geeking out about Doctor Who!! As soon as Seaver mentioned flying around in a phone box, I just knew he was talking about the Doctor, and busted out laughing even before he mentioned "Bill and Ted's Bodacious Rip-off."

Oh, and Reid geeking out about Doctor Who!! As soon as Seaver mentioned flying around in a phone box, I just knew he was talking about the Doctor, and busted out laughing even before he mentioned "Bill and Ted's Bodacious Rip-off."

Hearing the word "bodacious" coming from Reid was so hilarious, I had to pause the Tivo for a few minutes of sheer unadulterated giggling.

Also, poor Seaver saying "Sorry... I asked."

But then seeing her playing games with Rossi killed me. Showing her the benefits to taking time away from the job.

ETA: Seaver's growing on me. They're not making her either a wunderkind or JJ's replacement and I like that they have her expressing bewilderment about how very much she has to learn that they're not teaching her at the academy.

Yeah, they're not making her into a Prentiss or JJ knock-off. I liked that she stayed behind at the car when they busted into the unsub's house. Reminded me of how Reid never went on raids in the first season.

Monsieur Roche tweeted a shirtless pic of himself some short time back.

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I'm still not sold on Seaver. Even though they've backed off the Super Special Agent vibe that they had going on in her first episodes, I still can't get over the implausibility of her working with the BAU right out of the Academy. It flies in the face of the elite team with years of experience they've been emphasizing for ages.

Oh, and there was nice character continuity with Rossi and Seaver. He has definitely seen himself as the mentor to the younger members of the team in the past--I'm thinking about him giving Reid advice on how to testify in "Limelight"--so him taking Seaver under his wing fits nicely.

Mr Roche can tweet all of the pics he wants. Hello there.

I still can't get over the implausibility of her working with the BAU right out of the Academy. It flies in the face of the elite team with years of experience they've been emphasizing for ages.

Maybe, but at this point, I'm finding it more believable than the entire premise behind CM2: Electric Boogalu with their rogue team, so independent they have to set up shop in an abandoned crack house, routine.

(The cracks were so much more evident last night since it followed one of the better CM episodes of the season.)

I'm finding it more believable than the entire premise behind CM2: Electric Boogalu with their rogue team, so independent they have to set up shop in an abandoned crack house, routine.

Bwah! The cast, especially FW and JG, is so much better than the material they've been given to work with. IMO, this just underscores the importance of the writers. Not everyone can (or should) write for shows like CM.

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The cast, especially FW and JG, is so much better than the material they've been given to work with.

Well, and as much as most of us bitched about The Fight and how it sort of sloppily served as the de facto pilot for the new show, it's amazing to me to recall how much more personality & distinction the characters had, even sharing time with the regular cast members. They each had their place on the team and we even had a bit of backstory in there: Prophet was the ex-con/technowizard, the latter of which has been downplayed a great deal by Penelope's addition to the cast which is peripheral at best, which is a crime perpetrated on the character; Rawson was the ex-military sniper; Gina's the young agent, out of the academy, dealing with disappointing her father by not having gone to West Point, and Cooper's the brilliant rebel, an interesting amalgam of Rossi & Gideon.

And we got all that from that one ep. At this point, it's standing as a monument to brilliant storytelling.

Long-winded way of saying I agree with you on the writing.

I finally watched the first two CM:SB eps last night, and they were nothing better than "meh." FW is already starting to grate on my nerves, but it's nice seeing JG on my tv screen.