| | Criminal Minds - Is it me? Part 2 and 180 degree turn (and miscellaneous comments so I don't make yeSo, it happened again. Someone said that the show can be either mainly about the case or mainly about the characters. I said that actually it's possible to have both. And, gave the example of LDSK. That episode was balanced between the case - profiling and trying to catch a sniper (yeah, I know, I'm using the word the show says it doesn't use)- and Reid trying to pass his gun qualification and his lack of confidence because he couldn't carry a gun. There was a plenty even balance of both stories in the episode. Well, I get a reply back that "balance" is one interpretation. But, I'm not sure how she what she posted wasn't actually the exact same conclusion. She said there was a lot of character development in some episodes. Seems to be pretty much in line with what I said. Then she proceeded to give examples like "Ashes and Dust" and "Revelations". I assume those were examples of episodes with lots of character development (she even said we learn stuff about the characters in them) that were also case related. Again, I'm not seeing where we were saying anything different from each other. But, she seemed to think that when I say "character development" I mean "personal stories that are unrelated to the case" (maybe I mentioned that in my last post here? Who cares!). The only thing I can think to explain that is because my comment came in a thread about an episode where there were character subplots unrelated to the case. But, we got off a strict focus of that episode awhile back.
Now, 180 degree turn (with spoilers): Despite saying - and believing- that this episode isn't a shark jumping episode (or rather, that at this point it's impossible to tell if it is) I do have some misgivings, because the season finale is supposed to cast a character who is a romance for Morgan. And, she's cast for one more episode. Now, the two episodes is because one is a cliffhanger, so she's probably there to finish the story (she's a Scotland Yard detective, working with the FBI). If by "romance" they mean a minute or two of flirting in either or even both of the episodes, I'm fine with that. If they mean a possibly recurring character beyond that, like Kevin and maybe even JJ's boyfriend (don't know if he's coming back. They brought him on to establish that she's in a relationship so when her character becomes pregnant we'll know who the father of the baby is) that will be too much. Hopefully the fact that she works in England will be enough to keep her away after this. If it's like his flirtation with the cop in "In Heat" I'd be fine (although it would be better if it didn't happen in two episodes so close together). Because, despite the complaints about Morgan's scenes in the episode, the amount of time he spent flirting with the cop was confined to when he was first introduced to her and didn't know she was a cop, and the very end when she invited him back to see the "real" Miami. The rest of the time they did nothing but work the case. I also don't see why people expect to see her again. Just because she said she'd show him Miami doesn't mean that we'll see it on screen.
Back to the whole "this episode jumped the shark" thing. Why weren't people predicting that we'd get nothing but "agents in peril" after Reid got kidnapped? Or mostly episodes where the unsub was someone on the team after Morgan was arrested? Why this episode? Yes, I realize I have misgivings, but I'm basing those on what I know about future episodes, not assuming how the entire show will be based on a single episode. (And, even with my misgivings, I'm still hoping that the whole romance thing is an exaggeration by a tv writer of something that amounts to just a little flirting and doesn't take away from the story of the case. And, that, there will still be plenty of episodes next season without romance, with lots of case stuff and lots of character stuff that neither takes away from or is sacrificed for the case.)
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| | Posted 5/4/2008 6:02 AM - 0 comments
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