| | Even More Criminal Minds -The CrossingAh, what TG can do with a pause. When he asked the wife (Audrey, I think) if she knew she didn't have to talk to them, the way he paused at "and - you're aware that you don't have to talk to us" said that he didn't want to take advantage of her the way he had already gathered her husband and her kids did. It also might be my bias talking, but JM's delivery of lines is still so awkward. When Rossi is supposed to sound gentle, he sounds patronizing and exaggerated, like he felt he really was talking to a mentally challenged woman. I also could have done without the camera continuously cutting to Rossi every time, even when Hotch was talking.
Still, at least this episode alleviated one concern. I mean, the concern was alleviated for this episode. We'll see if it comes back. What I'm talking about is, I didn't get the feel that the role of Gideon is now being played by Rossi. Specifically with Hotch. Hotch and Rossi have their own interaction and relationship. There isn't that mutual protection between them. And, they aren't like an old married couple.
And, again, directed at the person who felt that Keri should have kick boxed or shot her way out of the situation (while the main characters run up at the last second and do nothing?), wouldn't that give the message that only certain women could help themselves? I would imagine that a number of women don't take self defense classes or have learned how to fight. Whether they should is a different matter. But, this was showing your basic average woman (I'm sure an equivalent could happen with a man -generally they would have more physical strength, but I'm sure not every man knows how to fight) in that situation.
Um, now someone is wondering if AJ's agent worked out some deal for her to be the star of "so many episodes" this season. Like, 3? Wonder what deal JM got when he starred (and in a bigger way) in About Face, Identity, a huuuge chunk of Lucky, and Limelight. And, right off the bat, too. Didn't even pay his dues. Or MGG last season when he starred in Sex, Birth, Death, Revelations, Jones (which was way more of a Reid episode than a JJ one) and had his ptsd/drug addiction issues spread out through Fear and Loathing and Distress. But, at least someone who had a problem with two JJ episodes in a row (who is actually a JJ fan) also said they didn't like Revelations because it was all about Reid. This person has a problem it seems with episodes where one character is center stage. And, that's a more fair thing.
Oh, and now someone says that they validate her purpose on the team because she "supposedly agonizes over the cases." No, she does that because she's human and caring. Her purpose on the team was validated by the very fact of her job.
Meh. Anyway, I liked the twist with the female prosecutor in the Hotch and Rossi case. Complaining that men always want to see women as the victim. I got the picture of someone who worked hard to be treated equally, and she felt that women as a whole should be treated equally - including not making up excuses for them and allowing them to be just as guilty as men, instead of being seen as poor helpless creatures. She felt that they were using their male biases in the case.
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