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criminalminds2009-05-14 01:28 pm
jadesfire) wrote in criminalminds2009-05-14 01:28 pm
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Episode reaction to 4xI'mterribleatrememberingnumbers
Everyone seen "Amplification"? What did you think? I've put my own thoughts under the cut and the comments seem like a good place for discussion, but if you've got your own post somewhere on Dreamwidth, just drop me a link and I'll put it up here as well.
The first thing that struck me about this episode was how strong a team feel there was to it. Everyone was there, all doing their jobs as we expect them to, and all having the issues we know they have. One thing I love about Criminal Minds is the emotional continuity and the strength of these characters. We know how they're going to react because we've seen them do it before, not to mention the literal continuity that bubbles away under the surface.
Let's see, we've got Hotch's continual dilemma over whether/how much to tell his family (and how much do I love him for not *saying* that to JJ, keeping it about her not him), Morgan's protectiveness of Reid, as well as his refusal to let anyone take one for the team (Hotch might have been right, but his job was a lot easier with Morgan on the station as well), Garcia's constant worries and fears at the dangers everyone faces (and her 'happiness bubble' that Rossi points out so sharply in 'Penelope'), and Rossi's detachment in contrast to Prentiss' compassion (I love how they keep getting partnered together, because they contrast and compliment each other really well).
And oh, Reid. Generally speaking, I prefer Reid not to be the victim of these things, just because he's so often put in that position in fanfic, but this hardly pushed any of my sigh-buttons at all. I really liked his determination to stay in control - the message to his mother, going on working rather than to the hospital, refusing narcotics, sending Morgan away - and the feeling that this happened to him because it happened to him, not because he's Reid and that's what the writers do to him, if that makes any kind of sense.
For my taste, some of the Rossi & Prentiss conversation felt unduly laboured. It felt very 'company line' but coming from the writer rather than Rossi. In fact I could have lost the whole of that scene and not really regretted it much, unlike losing Hotch calling Jack on the phone, which feels like the first time we've seen him smile in half a season. Also, I don't know that much about Anthrax, but the way the doctors were talking about 'a cure' made me think that the writer hadn't quite found time to finish his research. Does someone who knows more about these things know if that's realistic terminology or not? I was expecting 'treatment' or even 'antidote' but that could just be me and language having issues again.
Overall, I really really enjoyed this and it felt like a return to the strong teaminess that I so enjoyed in S3. What about everyone else? Everyone who enjoyed watching Reid getting hosed down raise your hands, although complaints about where the scene was cut should be passed to the production team, not me...
The first thing that struck me about this episode was how strong a team feel there was to it. Everyone was there, all doing their jobs as we expect them to, and all having the issues we know they have. One thing I love about Criminal Minds is the emotional continuity and the strength of these characters. We know how they're going to react because we've seen them do it before, not to mention the literal continuity that bubbles away under the surface.
Let's see, we've got Hotch's continual dilemma over whether/how much to tell his family (and how much do I love him for not *saying* that to JJ, keeping it about her not him), Morgan's protectiveness of Reid, as well as his refusal to let anyone take one for the team (Hotch might have been right, but his job was a lot easier with Morgan on the station as well), Garcia's constant worries and fears at the dangers everyone faces (and her 'happiness bubble' that Rossi points out so sharply in 'Penelope'), and Rossi's detachment in contrast to Prentiss' compassion (I love how they keep getting partnered together, because they contrast and compliment each other really well).
And oh, Reid. Generally speaking, I prefer Reid not to be the victim of these things, just because he's so often put in that position in fanfic, but this hardly pushed any of my sigh-buttons at all. I really liked his determination to stay in control - the message to his mother, going on working rather than to the hospital, refusing narcotics, sending Morgan away - and the feeling that this happened to him because it happened to him, not because he's Reid and that's what the writers do to him, if that makes any kind of sense.
For my taste, some of the Rossi & Prentiss conversation felt unduly laboured. It felt very 'company line' but coming from the writer rather than Rossi. In fact I could have lost the whole of that scene and not really regretted it much, unlike losing Hotch calling Jack on the phone, which feels like the first time we've seen him smile in half a season. Also, I don't know that much about Anthrax, but the way the doctors were talking about 'a cure' made me think that the writer hadn't quite found time to finish his research. Does someone who knows more about these things know if that's realistic terminology or not? I was expecting 'treatment' or even 'antidote' but that could just be me and language having issues again.
Overall, I really really enjoyed this and it felt like a return to the strong teaminess that I so enjoyed in S3. What about everyone else? Everyone who enjoyed watching Reid getting hosed down raise your hands, although complaints about where the scene was cut should be passed to the production team, not me...