| | Criminal Minds - Too much JJ?I'm sorry, after three seasons and only getting her first episode midway between season 2, there's no way that JJ has used up her quota of episodes. So, she had two episodes about her. But, in those two episodes, the rest got screen time and worked the case. And, they went more into how Hotch is coping/not coping with the loss of his family. It wasn't all JJ. And, someone made a good point that Reid has had a whole bunch of episodes. The response? That Reid can carry an episode and so can everyone but JJ. Except your personal opinion of who can carry an episode should have no weight on who should get an episode. Now, saying that you don't like the episodes with JJ is valid, but I know there are plenty of people who feel JJ can carry an episode and she's a full cast member. She deserves episodes. (And, I don't know if I'm being hypocritical in feeling there had been too many Rossi episodes before, but I don't care. And, I do think there's a difference between two episodes near the end of season 3, which give other characters things to do and even other stories and someone who immediately comes in and gets a whole bunch of episodes where they're the star and everyone else is just background. At least JJ earned her dues)
And, while I can get the soap opera concerns and comparisons for "In Heat" - even though LaMontagne had a reason to be there that didn't connect to JJ, her story with him was totally personal. And, the added part of Garcia/Kevin, and even Morgan/Miami cop, I can see it. But The Crossing? There was nothing soapy about it. They didn't even mention the pregnancy until the end and the rest was completely case based.
I also really don't get the person who felt that since JJ has been doing this job for years, that her being bothered because she had to turn down an earlier case is her acting different than usual. No, this is them exploring that part of JJ's job. If these people never got bothered by things, they'd be robots. I don't want to watch "just the facts, ma'am" and maybe some wisecracks to signal personality. And, this is something that would get to a person - picking who to help, what happens when turning down a case means someone gets hurt. And, maybe this would have happened before in her job, but we don't see every case (which, I know those other cases don't really exist, but suspending disbelief) so if it was supposed to have happened before, it doesn't matter. We see it now. And, (lots of ands) while breaking down over every case (which JJ didn't do) can't happen, I don't think that they should ever get to the point where the job becomes old hat and where they never get bothered by this job. To paraphrase Gideon, wants it stops bothering you, you should quit. Once they stop showing the people on the team as human they should stop calling this a crime drama and just show a documentary.
Huh? Someone said the stalker victim didn't fight back? No, she didn't use her fists (since for most of the time, she was restrained and had a gun on her) but she used her brains. She was as instrumental to saving herself as the team. First, in taking action by contacting the FBI (don't know how she got directly to JJ, but okay) when the local police couldn't help. Then, by listening to the advice of what to do if she was alone with the stalker. And, yes, Morgan came out with a flying tackle (yay!!!!!) but the reason he had the opportunity was because she managed to talk the stalker into lowering his gun so Morgan had the opportunity to tackle him. It is a show where the main characters are the FBI agents, so they can't go around not doing anything. But, it wasn't just "cop saves helpless victims" The victims often fight back and are strong and smart. And, those are usually the ones that survive.
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| | Posted 5/8/2008 2:20 PM - 0 comments
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