I liked it, a lot. The team feel was definitely there. And I love the things they do to...to continue a characters story or show pieces of who they are. Sometimes it's a big deal, and sometimes it just is.
JJ's worry and near panic was well done - as was Hotch's response to her. He has to toe the line, and he's right to do so, and yet without saying a word, Gibson got across how much Hotch knows what she's going through. And that he remembered when he had to make that same decision. (can't remember which episode, but it was something to do with a bomb at a mall and Haley was going to take baby Jack to have pictures taken) Hotch made the same decision then, as JJ did in this episode.
JJ and Garcia's talk was wonderful as well.
And seeing Hotch smile while talking to Jack? That was golden. It really has been a long time since we've seen him really smile.
Emily, who hates lying, who was uncomfortable when Hotch lied to the dying burn victim in Ashes and Dust because she hates it so much, lied. Flat out lied. Woah. I'm still kind of in shock over that - and yet it was realistically done. This season is stomping all over Prentiss in all sorts of ways and I love it. And I love the continuity that she was the one that had the big problem with hiding things from the public. Politics are making their way into her job and boy, does it piss her off. hee! The last conversation with Rossi was a bit heavy handed, though.
Even liked all the Reid peril and I was a bit wary about that - it just seems like he's always in peril. But it was well done and I really loved when he emphatically stated he did not want narcotics. More continuity! Yay!
Morgan was Morgan and of course he's not going to leave Reid or Hotch.
The one thing I had a problem with was the end hospital scene. The rest of the team should have been there. Or at the very least mentioned having been there or something. It makes sense that Morgan would be there, that he would stay there, but...it just doesn't seem right that no one else was there.
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And I love the things they do to...to continue a characters story or show pieces of who they are. Sometimes it's a big deal, and sometimes it just is.
JJ's worry and near panic was well done - as was Hotch's response to her. He has to toe the line, and he's right to do so, and yet without saying a word, Gibson got across how much Hotch knows what she's going through. And that he remembered when he had to make that same decision. (can't remember which episode, but it was something to do with a bomb at a mall and Haley was going to take baby Jack to have pictures taken)
Hotch made the same decision then, as JJ did in this episode.
JJ and Garcia's talk was wonderful as well.
And seeing Hotch smile while talking to Jack? That was golden. It really has been a long time since we've seen him really smile.
Emily, who hates lying, who was uncomfortable when Hotch lied to the dying burn victim in Ashes and Dust because she hates it so much, lied. Flat out lied.
Woah.
I'm still kind of in shock over that - and yet it was realistically done.
This season is stomping all over Prentiss in all sorts of ways and I love it. And I love the continuity that she was the one that had the big problem with hiding things from the public. Politics are making their way into her job and boy, does it piss her off. hee!
The last conversation with Rossi was a bit heavy handed, though.
Even liked all the Reid peril and I was a bit wary about that - it just seems like he's always in peril. But it was well done and I really loved when he emphatically stated he did not want narcotics.
More continuity! Yay!
Morgan was Morgan and of course he's not going to leave Reid or Hotch.
The one thing I had a problem with was the end hospital scene. The rest of the team should have been there. Or at the very least mentioned having been there or something.
It makes sense that Morgan would be there, that he would stay there, but...it just doesn't seem right that no one else was there.