did anyone remember that gg ended a year ago today? it is missed!
watching season 3 dvds now, turned my bf into a fan ;)
Glad I got in my review before the fans came on. So far, nothing that makes me want to shake anyone, but you know, when I disagree, I post.
They've started on the "why no mention of Gideon" thing. I somehow don't think they'd appreciate - "Satan will probably have a snowball fight and do a double axle on the ice before they mention Gideon again." Really, I know a lot of people like MP (heck, I like him, although he still did a crappy thing leaving the way he did - notice, they've mentioned Elle a few times) but he burned some bridges. And, there was no realistic place to mention him the way the episode was done. The only "personal" (and that's stretching the definition) exchange during the flashbacks was Morgan calling Garcia "baby girl" for the first time, and that's just because he didn't know her name and was trying to get her attention to ask her for help.
Speaking of Garcia's name, Reid does not have total recall of everything that he's ever come in contact with. His eidetic memory is visual. It's not auditory. Not that he forgets everything he's heard, just that he can forget things he's only heard, not read.
You know, people can't help what bothers them or sets their teeth on edge. So, I can't criticize. Especially since there are things that bug me, which I'm sure seem like nothing to some. But, I do find it interesting when people can be totally distracted by the mistakes that shows make with the geography. To me, I expect shows to get places wrong, especially since they don't usually film on location. That's a totally separate thing from character and plot. So, while I get "this would have been so easy to get right, why didn't they just do some research" I don't get "if they got this wrong, I can't trust that any of the writing is correct." But, I never do expect tv to totally reflect reality. Good fiction gives you the illusion of reality. And, even the best illusion is still an illusion. But, again, I think everyone has their breaking point where the illusion is no longer a good one.
But, I do enjoy the commentary from people who see the show as an intellectual show and about humanity, and who like episodes for those aspects, even if there wasn't some race against the clock, and even if they fudged on some details for the sake of the plot.
please tell me there are Lane , Paris and Emily ICONS. (i am unsure if i spelled "lanes" name correctly. Please nicely correct me)
It's hot in Stars Hollow, and Luke and Lorelai find ways to cool off. Javajunkie. AU.
May 15th 2008. L/L Centric.
Okay, getting my opinion in now before someone says something that makes me want to rant about their opinion instead of my own. I liked it. Wish the flashbacks had been a little longer and shown more differences with Hotch and Morgan instead of just Reid. Although they did a good job with Reid (someone pointed out that four years ago, he wouldn't have been so comfortable talking to the parent of the dead girl. But, come to think of it, I disagree. Four years ago, he wouldn't have been good at talking to a teenager or college student or a violent suspect, but a regular adult? I think he could have handled that).
There are so many different areas the show can take, since their jobs encompass so much (at least on tv it does, don't know about real life). Last week, they touched on how each case they take has to be justified to more than just the team. This time, they showed the team - Hotch, anyway, in court- defending the profile and the whole job of profiling. And, yes, Hotch profiling the defense attorney was a pure tv, never happen in real life moment. I don't care. It was cool. But, I like that the point was made that profiles (using real cases) could be wrong, although they also pointed out that even when they were wrong once, they ultimately still had a profile that fit the right guy (Olympic bomber- don't know if that's true, but I'm guessing it is). It's not something they could dismiss or solely rely on. Profilers are neither charlatans or magicians. And, um, just how does Hotch know when the horses run?
I really loved that the brain fingerprinting was debated among the team members. Prentiss taking the "is this ethical" side and wondering if the unsub not remembering made him a different person, and if that mattered. Morgan feeling that regardless, if he was guilty, he had to pay for the crimes.
Rossi was Mr. "I hate technology." And, as someone pointed out, Hotch was a federal prosecutor. Unless Rossi followed Hotch from his days there to when he became a profiler, Hotch probably already knew a thing or two about testifying long before he met Super! Rossi. Still, Hotch managed to keep the unsub from killing himself without any help from (or even him being there) from Rossi.
Really liked present day Reid here as well. The last episode with any real focus on him was Elephant's Memory, and he was a brat. But, I liked him with the father of one of the victims, figuring out that he was going to shoot the unsub and talking him out of it (not sure how impressive that was, since I knew the father was going to do it, and I wouldn't even be able to figure out the butler did it, if he had the bloody murder weapon in his hand, but emotionally, it was a nice scene). And, nice Reid and Hotch scenes. Reid reasoning with Hotch that the defense attorney wouldn't have known where his client went, Hotch listening and instructing Reid to try another way of finding him. And, I loved the scene at the end before they went to the father's house to return his daughter's watch. Because of certain people (person) I've become disillusioned with the Gideon/Reid dynamic, so I'm glad it didn't come off as older, wiser agent mentoring and guiding young agent. But, Hotch and Reid never did relate like that. Except for when he has to give an order or reprimand, there's always been a sense that when he talks to Reid he talks as an equal. So, when Hotch asked Reid if the father would get closure, it didn't come off as a teacher trying to see if his student had the right answer, but as one man curious to know what another man thought.
Speaking of certain fan, I bet it burns her up that there was no mention of Gideon. How to deal with a flashback when two team members who used to be on the show are no longer around? Don't worry about explaining their absences. Just ignore that they were ever there:)
The Garcia and JJ scene where Garcia uses her mad hacker skills was nice, especially JJ's smile. And, the flashback to the first inadvertent flirting between Garcia and Morgan was also nice.
One super gruesome scene of a decayed corpse. Definitely an eww moment. Definitely not something anyone who praises Bones should beat on Criminal Minds for.
Overall, I liked it. Don't mind the timeline issues, or the realism of Hotch's impromptu profile (don't mind it? I loved it)Rossi was pretty much in the background (horning in on Hotch's smack down, excepted), and there were some nice ethical dilemmas. Plus, for the people annoyed with so many agents lowering their guns when facing an armed suspect, Hotch kept his gun pointed at the unsub the whole time, even as he talked him down.
Fandom comment rebuttal 1 - Just because something isn't mentioned the very next episode doesn't mean they've forgotten it or it hasn't been followed up on. I don't agree with people who think there's been too much JJ, but her storyline needs to be spread out so it doesn't seem like it's crammed into every episode. They'll likely mention the pregnancy again next week. One episode without it being mentioned won't kill anyone.
eta: The scene where Reid stops Hotch from laying into the defense attorney just shows the difference between Hotch and the evil supervisor from the beginning of the season. Hotch has enough confidence in his authority to let his subordinates correct him.
Post "Bon Voyage." Their reconciliation is just the beginning.
Sequel to Heat Wave. Lorelai is cold and Luke warms her up. It's that simple. Javajunkie. AU, somewhere around season 2. L&L are already together, but they still generate lots of heat!
Challenge response, full summary within. Pure LL, a few candles, a lot of smut! One shot
Lorelai and Luke spend the summer renewing their friendship and exploring the possibilities of a rekindled romance. Set post-series finale.
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Is it my imagination, or did Lorelei wear
this necklace sometime in season 7? I'm watching the season again, and more than half way through and haven't seen it... so wondering if I'm remembering wrong.
A series of smut scenes which take place on Lorelais and Lukes boat trip the summer after Season 7.
Lorelai breaks down in Doose's after her fight with Christopher. Who is there but Luke? He's always there.
Okay, technically, her post isn't focusing on him needing a Daddy (Gideon - or any over 50 guy substitute) although I think even this is ultimately where it's headed. Apparently, Reid isn't "opening up." Funny, when he told Hotch in Elephant's Memory that he felt it was his turn to save someone, and that he acted the way he did because he was thinking that it would have been the second time a kid died in front of him, I thought that was pretty open. Apparently, in the version this person saw, Hotch loomed over Reid and scared him speechless. Another possible interpretation is that because Reid isn't talking about Gideon that means he's not opening up. A different person appears to think that Reid craving Dilaudid had to do with missing Gideon - even though the episode (and Reid) clearly stated that his issues here were about the case in Third Life.
Isn't it possible that Reid doesn't go home every night and have a good cry over missing Gideon? That he's accepted that he's gone and he misses him, but it's not a constant sharp pain? That other things have happened since Gideon left that have affected him (that he's opened up about - despite this person's idea that he hasn't)? That the reason he hasn't gone 15 minutes into everything that's troubled him is because episodes focus on one particular thing? That if an episode is about Reid identifying with the unsub, and about how he connected this case with the case where he saw a kid die in front of him, that he would open up about that? Not about a whole bunch of other things? And, not because people don't care, but because the episode isn't about Everything That's Ever Traumatized Spencer Reid Since Conception. Of course, one thing that would really mess Miss Reid Needs a Daddy;s mind would be if I said the odds of Reid having a big heart to heart about missing Gideon are almost zilch. Why? Because the show has moved on from Gideon. Because Gideon's story ended in Scared to Death. - Well, the final piece was Rossi removing Gideon's name tag in About Face. But, for all intents and purposes, Scared to Death was the final farewell to Jason Gideon and to any attention paid to any relationships he had on the team. And, I think that's partly because of Mandy Patinkin flaking out like he did. But, even Elle didn't get lingered on, and as far as I know there was no animosity with the actress when she left (since she did it the right way). Still, if someone is looking for a scene where someone asks Reid to let loose about Gideon and why he feels so lost and alone (boo-hoo) they'll never get it. Or, actually, they got in Scared to Death when he talked to Prentiss.
Oh, and apparently, something is going on with Morgan. And, once again - no one notices. I'd really like to know what channel the show is where members of the BAU are constantly ready to throw themselves off rooftops while the rest of them go blithely on not even noticing something might be wrong. I'd like to know so I can avoid it and continue to watch Criminal Minds.
Follows Of Trucks and Mattresses and Of First Dates and Fantasies. Luke and Lorelai go shopping for a belt. Luke gets said belt and then some.
A little Mother's Day one shot. Lorelai, Rory.
Rory's got a new job, Lorelai's starting over with Luke... and they're doing it on their own for the first time. How does Lorelai deal? JavaJunkie, postfinale, chapter fic.
If you only hear a name, I can get misspelling. But, when you're on a message board and you're constantly seeing the name spelled out, and the name is spelled on the current page, then - how can you possibly think Hotch is "Hodge"???!!!!! Anyway, I don't even think the names are so interchangeable that you can't tell just from hearing it. No one slurs the name on the show. There's a distinct "ch" sound at the end, not a g sound.
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