| | Criminal MindsNever thought I'd disagree with anyone who wants more focus on Hotch. Not that I'm disagreeing with the idea of more focus, but the idea that there hasn't been any. First, someone said that Hotch hardly had anything to do in Seven Seconds (among other complaints). That's surprising. I thought that was the best episode for giving everyone on the team something to do. Did the person miss where Hotch interviewed the father of the missing girl? Not to mention the intense scene of getting the uncle to admit that he molested her. And, Hotch was the one who found Katie. And, now, someone feels that they wrapped up Hotch's divorce story with nothing but a one minute conversation with Reid and a brief scene of him signing the papers. Well, I didn't get out a stopwatch when the conversation was happening, so maybe it did take only a minute. Of course, I was more concerned with the quality of the scene (I mean the emotional quality) and that was excellent. And, the scene where Hotch signs his divorce papers? An extremely moving scene and once again shows how well TG can act without uttering a word (except voice over). Now, I agree that they could have shown the scene where he explained things to Jack (but someone probably would have complained about taking away from the case if that had happened) but I certainly don't think they fizzled out his divorce story. Besides, along with the conversation with Reid (I can't believe people reduce the importance of that scene to calling it just a "one minute conversation". Some of the most memorable minutes of tv last only a minute. I'm sure it didn't take more than a minute for Garcia to get shot), there was Hotch's whole unravelling with Chester Hardwicke. That was all due to Haley wanting him to sign the papers. No, he didn't mention the divorce, but it was quite clear that it was the reason why he acted the way he did.
Besides, don't all stories come down to the last few minutes? I mean, sooner or later, they all have to end. There were the same complaints about how quickly they wrapped up Rossi's stupid case. Even if you write a storyline that lasts 5 episodes (and come on, we had references to that stupid case 3 episodes before it was solved) sooner or later, you get to the last episode where the story comes to its conclusion. I'm not sure what else they could have done with Hotch's divorce story. We saw the situation where Haley left and take Jack. Then, Hotch admitting to someone for the first(Morgan) that Haley had left. Then, Hotch asking to be able to talk to Jack on the phone. Then, Hotch going to see Jack and showing the changing dynamic of how he needed to ask permission to see his son. And, Hotch getting the divorce papers. And, finally him signing them. And, yes, these scenes were mainly at the closing scenes of the episodes, but they were all moving. And, Hotch's entire storyline in Damaged, from the second we saw him on screen talking to JJ was all about the divorce papers.
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| | Posted 5/5/2008 6:18 PM - 0 comments
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