Criminal Minds #2: How May We Save Your Ass Today?

Alex O'Loughlin...he seemed familiar, so i looked him up. He was in Feed, the most twisted movie i have ever seen. And i have seen a lot of sick movies. He also wrote that movie...no wonder he gave me the creeps watching this eppy.

 

Now, all of this stuff is from Wikipedia, so I can't guarantee accuracy at all, but a few things interested me that I wanted to point out. Italics are things I wanted to draw attention to.

Spoiler: Summary/Comments on 4x24:Amplification, 4x25:To Hell... And Back I, 4x26:To Hell... And Back II

Amplification:
The BAU responds quickly after a serial killer releases a new strain of a deadly virus that threatens the public, which puts a member of the team at risk.
To Hell... And Back I:
In one of its most difficult cases, the BAU is called to Detroit to help track down a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and forces the team into Canada to catch him.
To Hell... And Back II:
The BAU continues its search for a serial killer who has forced the team into Canada to catch him and has placed a team member's life in danger.

Okay, first of all, Canada? I'm intrigued, mostly because the BAU is totally U.S. Federal and I don't think they'd have any power in Canada. They can use their crimefighting abilities, but can they, like, be cops and have guns and whatnot? Maybe if it's a joint investigation...?

Secondly: this means that at least two team members are in danger as we wind down, which is interesting. I'm curious as to which two they are, and which one is in what category. I'd be okay with one of them being Prentiss (I'm evil to my favorite characters. Leave me alone.), but if either is JJ I'll most likely be annoyed. Why? Because I hope they don't pull the "dramatic almost-loss of the new mother".

If anyone has any spoilers, please share. Even if you have to PM me instead of posting here. *begs*

Random note: Next season's nine episode should be the 100th. Woot!

 

Spoiler: ^

The next episodes look really interesting and I can't wait for them ..Without thinking much about it in or reasearching in the next episode Hotch might be the one in danger.If you've seen the promo he is in a car crush,he says hold on to s0meone but I don't if it is a team member or someone else.

 

Spoiler: Reply to athens

Yeah, I saw that in the promo, but that's for the next episode. There are four left. I the next episode is called Roadkill, and that's the one with the car, so the two people in danger from above have nothing to do with that episode. I hope it's a team member in the car with Hotch because they'd have the best reaction to Hotch driving straight at another car in the infamous SUV.

(Speaking of the infamous SUV- I'm waiting for something to happen to the plane. *laughs*)

 

There are two things I've been wondering about for a while:

1) Why Rossi came back. Have they ever explained that? I know they've asked him, but I don't remember him ever giving an answer.
2) Does the rest of the team know why Emily tried to resign two years ago.

I'm waiting to be able to order season two on Amazon. I'm starting to be able to recite season three word for word. *laughs*

 

Yeah, the bread in the wounds was yucky, but wasn't anybody else bothered by the very realistic-looking murder of the real estate agent? He stabbed her, blood spurted, and we watched her die. I didn't care for the whole snuff film aspect.

 

That was a sad episode, I really felt bad for the poor young boy. (The kid who portrayed him was a great actor!) Oh man what annoyed me was the OCD characteristics, my friends kept doing that tik tik sound that the unsub did for a week. Sorry if this a silly question, but why would he put the bread crumbs in his wounds?

 

Spoiler: Roadkill

~I don't know what Garcia and Kevin were talking about. I was busy eating, so a bunch of comments I forgot about.
~WHO THE HELL RUNS STRAIGHT AWAY FROM A SPEEDING TRUCK?!
~Who is that actor? I know that I know him... (The one Cop of the Week)
~True, they could have known how long it would take the liquid to completely come out. But how did he know how long it would be before she got to her car, since if she came too early or too late the tank would've been more/less full.
~And again, victims are really really dumb. And that guy in the elevator was no help at all.
~"I used to do a lot of things." Oh, Emily. I see you're getting in your weekly quota of Mysterious Yet Awesome.
~The characters wear a lot of red on this show. Particularly Prentiss.
~Reason #7862 to watch CM: Lots and lots of kevlar.
~Hold on, why is Morgan calling for Rossi? I don't really care because I like Rossi, but isn't Hotch his boss?
~Oh, nice. Make it easy why don't you, bike-dude.
~Okay, that was a very interesting look from JJ there after the slightly odd-sounding line about why the UnSub never unpacked... I can't remember the line exactly at the moment, because I got distracted.
~Hotch, you are awesome.
~And the CM Token SUV takes damage!
~A tiny bit dissappointed that the passenger wasn't one of the team members. But it's okay.
~Driving off a cliff? Something about that, with that road, is almost like "PUT GUARDRAILS IN!".
~Aw, Garcia, he totally caught you. Epic Fail, by the way. :lol:

GRADE: Ehr... A-. I love the concept of using a car as a serial killer. It would've been a solid A, but the victims were just DUMB.

Spoiler: Next Week/Small Comment About Finale

Dude. It's always Reid. The guy can't catch a break. It never fails. Can you tell that I wish it was anyone but Reid? (And I'm serious. I'd take Rossi, Prentiss, JJ, Morgan, Hotch... hell, even Garcia before Reid on this one.)

Bright side- it can't be Reid in the finale.

ETA: About the Cop of the Week, I can't believe I didn't realize. He was a sniper on Standoff and EDDIE WILLOWS. Good Lord, how did I miss that? :lol:

 

Tciddaisc, haven't seen the episode yet, but imdb.com shows the following:

Detective Quinn was played by Timothy Carhart (Eddie Willows, Catherine's ex on CSI). And you call yourself a CSI addict! He has also been a guest on L&O: CI, 24, Standoff, X-Files, and more.

Or do you mean Officer Feder. He was played by Gerald Downey, who has been a guest on Leverage, Boston Legal, Scrubs, Frasier, NCIS, and other shows.

 

Oh, so I probably recognized both. How convenient. But I realized it was Eddie after I posted (edit).

Thanks, Dynamo!

 

I know this is a weird part to comment on, but... I remembered that there was something mentioned about his dark circles on a Wiki page:

"The dark circles around his eyes are natural and he has an aversion to having makeup applied to hide this Dark Eye Syndrome"

Now... I don't know that "Dark Eye Syndrome" actually exists, but apparently he likes his naturally occurring dark circles.

Oh, and he never wears matching socks.

My apologies if you already knew all this useless trivia!