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11-22-2007, 06:24 AM
Best episode of the season so far, I think. Very nice work.
Okay, kickass cold open. I'm liking the paramedics a lot. The directing on this scene is great, understated.
"You're doing so good. Stay with me."
Hotch, stopping JJ with a look. Crisis mode. Hotch is everybody's emergency contact. You always have Mom's number in your phone.
And Reid doesn't even have to ask: JJ just gives him the news, and he pulls up the implications.
"Police think it was a botched robbery." And Hotch is reserving judgment.
Prentiss taking JJ's hand was beautiful. While Reid hugs himself in the corner, and Rossi stands away from everybody else.
(and your life flashes before your eyes.)
"I was in church." And Reid to the rescue, throwing Morgan a line. "There's nothing you could have done here."
JJ and Reid can't believe the good news until they hear it twice. IN the absence of Gideon, the job of hyperventilating in times of trauma will be carried out by Spencer Reid.
"I don't care about protocol." Hotch. You are so very Hotch. Can we keep you?
Flashbulb memory, drink.
"It doesn't make sense."
Aww, smooch her for me too, Jaje. And the first thing out of Pen's mouth is a joke. Oh, Garcia.
And Reid picks up on the clue. Rank Roo, Raggy! Even as he's reacting to the morphine comment.
...You know, I gotta vote yes on this black and charcoal shirt of Spencer's. He actually looks kind of sharp, in his unironed little way, uncombed hair and all.
Oh, oh, oh, Morgan's gonna punch something. Morgan's gonna punch something. AND THE WALL TAKES 2d6 POINTS OF DAMAGE!
"Need to stay calm."
"Don't tell me what to be."
"Do you remember anything she said about him?"
Dude. Yeah, Reid's a great big grownup Reid now. Everybody else can freak out; he's pulling up his big boy pants and solving the goddamned case, man.
"She made me promise not to talk about her like a victim."
Annnnd nice segue.
And Rossi and Hotch hard at work. Rossi, TELL ME YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY JUST SAY "She asked for it because of the way she dresses"? As http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://the-red-shoes.livejournal.com/profile)the_red_shoes (http://the-red-shoes.livejournal.com/) would say, O NO YOU DIDNT. ("Don't tell her she got lucky.")
Although I notice he was staring at Nicky's ass later, so maybe it's not just sexism. 0.0
New refrain, "What does it mean?" and variations. The scene here between Morgan and Reid is also super nice.
"Wait... is David Bowie really god?"
...Good god Reid is a terrier in this ep. "We have a sketch artist coming in." Relentless. Interviewing.
And the bad guy interviews the bystander...
"Police around here can't even keep you safe." HEllo, the broad hint.
GREENSCREEN! Reid still running that interview beautifully. "I like to think of myself as a tireless crusader for world karma." (And the thematic statement. Boom.)
And of course Pen knows a designer knockoff. *g* She's probably the person who taught Morgan to spot them!
"People can get away with murder for other people's incompetence."
Rossi, very nice with the profile. he's still a prick, but that doesn't mean he's not good at his job.
Nicky! Wooo!
(My god. He's raided Reid's closet. And borrowed the clothes so bad Reid won't wear them. Oh, please bring this character back: the Bad Shirt Brigade needs a few good recruits.)
Pen is a Linux girl. YAY!
"Monogrammed shirts. Trust me, they ain't cheap." Ehe. Oh, snap.
GHOST WORLD! Oh, Pen. I love you. Oh, Geeky CM writers and crew, I love you. Petulantly. Passionately.
Television by geeks, for geeks. (Marc Vann was in Ghost World, sez http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://stillsostrange.livejournal.com/profile)stillsostrange (http://stillsostrange.livejournal.com/).)
"This might be the coolest girl I've ever met." Yup, he's seen her system. He knows everything he needs to know.
"What's Hotch doing?"
"Right now, I'm guessing he's wishing anybody else was the leader of this team?"
Hotchalanche!
Hello, Shemar's eyebrows.
Bah, nobody suspends my Garcia.
"Is there something I need to know?" Poor Hotch. He's having flashbacks to Elle, you can tell.
"Everything happens for a reason."
Back to the question of faith.
"With all due respect, sir, the BAU is part of that force." prentiss =
Okay, kickass cold open. I'm liking the paramedics a lot. The directing on this scene is great, understated.
"You're doing so good. Stay with me."
Hotch, stopping JJ with a look. Crisis mode. Hotch is everybody's emergency contact. You always have Mom's number in your phone.
And Reid doesn't even have to ask: JJ just gives him the news, and he pulls up the implications.
"Police think it was a botched robbery." And Hotch is reserving judgment.
Prentiss taking JJ's hand was beautiful. While Reid hugs himself in the corner, and Rossi stands away from everybody else.
(and your life flashes before your eyes.)
"I was in church." And Reid to the rescue, throwing Morgan a line. "There's nothing you could have done here."
JJ and Reid can't believe the good news until they hear it twice. IN the absence of Gideon, the job of hyperventilating in times of trauma will be carried out by Spencer Reid.
"I don't care about protocol." Hotch. You are so very Hotch. Can we keep you?
Flashbulb memory, drink.
"It doesn't make sense."
Aww, smooch her for me too, Jaje. And the first thing out of Pen's mouth is a joke. Oh, Garcia.
And Reid picks up on the clue. Rank Roo, Raggy! Even as he's reacting to the morphine comment.
...You know, I gotta vote yes on this black and charcoal shirt of Spencer's. He actually looks kind of sharp, in his unironed little way, uncombed hair and all.
Oh, oh, oh, Morgan's gonna punch something. Morgan's gonna punch something. AND THE WALL TAKES 2d6 POINTS OF DAMAGE!
"Need to stay calm."
"Don't tell me what to be."
"Do you remember anything she said about him?"
Dude. Yeah, Reid's a great big grownup Reid now. Everybody else can freak out; he's pulling up his big boy pants and solving the goddamned case, man.
"She made me promise not to talk about her like a victim."
Annnnd nice segue.
And Rossi and Hotch hard at work. Rossi, TELL ME YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY JUST SAY "She asked for it because of the way she dresses"? As http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://the-red-shoes.livejournal.com/profile)the_red_shoes (http://the-red-shoes.livejournal.com/) would say, O NO YOU DIDNT. ("Don't tell her she got lucky.")
Although I notice he was staring at Nicky's ass later, so maybe it's not just sexism. 0.0
New refrain, "What does it mean?" and variations. The scene here between Morgan and Reid is also super nice.
"Wait... is David Bowie really god?"
...Good god Reid is a terrier in this ep. "We have a sketch artist coming in." Relentless. Interviewing.
And the bad guy interviews the bystander...
"Police around here can't even keep you safe." HEllo, the broad hint.
GREENSCREEN! Reid still running that interview beautifully. "I like to think of myself as a tireless crusader for world karma." (And the thematic statement. Boom.)
And of course Pen knows a designer knockoff. *g* She's probably the person who taught Morgan to spot them!
"People can get away with murder for other people's incompetence."
Rossi, very nice with the profile. he's still a prick, but that doesn't mean he's not good at his job.
Nicky! Wooo!
(My god. He's raided Reid's closet. And borrowed the clothes so bad Reid won't wear them. Oh, please bring this character back: the Bad Shirt Brigade needs a few good recruits.)
Pen is a Linux girl. YAY!
"Monogrammed shirts. Trust me, they ain't cheap." Ehe. Oh, snap.
GHOST WORLD! Oh, Pen. I love you. Oh, Geeky CM writers and crew, I love you. Petulantly. Passionately.
Television by geeks, for geeks. (Marc Vann was in Ghost World, sez http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://stillsostrange.livejournal.com/profile)stillsostrange (http://stillsostrange.livejournal.com/).)
"This might be the coolest girl I've ever met." Yup, he's seen her system. He knows everything he needs to know.
"What's Hotch doing?"
"Right now, I'm guessing he's wishing anybody else was the leader of this team?"
Hotchalanche!
Hello, Shemar's eyebrows.
Bah, nobody suspends my Garcia.
"Is there something I need to know?" Poor Hotch. He's having flashbacks to Elle, you can tell.
"Everything happens for a reason."
Back to the question of faith.
"With all due respect, sir, the BAU is part of that force." prentiss =