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Aug. 28th, 2009 07:43 pmCriminal Minds.
I am so. in. love. with this show right now it's not even funny. Chris and I have mainlined Season 1 and part of Season 2, and the only reason we're not pulling all-nighters getting through the rest of 2 and 3 is because of pesky things like work and having to feed the baby.
The main thing that attracted me to the show at first? They get it right. How wonderful is that to see in a show about profilers? I've been reading John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's books since I was about thirteen (much to the worry of my parents, seeing as I would get beyond upset at some of the cases I read about). So whenever anything about profilers comes up I usually pounce at it, only to generally have to recoil in "Did you people not do one bit of research?!" annoyance. But oh, the writers here did! They talk about the different kinds of rapists and show the profilers getting into the criminal's shoes and walking through the crime and the empathy they have and just . . . huge geeky squee from yours truly.
They don't have "OMG the twist is that the woman lied about rape/the woman has actually been sexually assaulting people for completely specious reasons/guess what-- little kids did this! SHOCKER" crap! ((CSI: this is why I stopped watching you. Also why I never got into any of the SVU genre))
And the characters. Garcia is wonderful and snarky and flirty and I need to memorize all the episodes so I can start answering my phone the way she does. She and Morgan shine when they play off each other and I practically bounce up and down when they have screen time. Gideon is just . . . I don't know. He's just the type of person I want to get a hug from when I've had a rough day. I'm starting to bond with JJ more in Season 2 now that she's getting more to play with, and out of all of them Hotch is the one I have the least connection with, and given that I reallyreally like him instead of feeling ambivalent like I usually do for at least one character in an ensemble? Yeah.
Also, Spencer. I have no words for how completely awesome he is. I switch constantly back and forth between wanting to feed him cookies and wanting to pounce on him because he is just so freaking adorable. Love.
Emily I'm still working on, since she hasn't been part of the ensemble for long yet. But Elle? I saw waaaay too much of myself in Elle. I've always been fascinated by the job of profiling but I knew it wasn't for me because I would get too involved, and most likely would end up playing vigilante at someone who I knew deserved it. That way lies bad, bad things, so I stick with just ranting at the bad guys on my TV screen. ;-)
But just . . . SHOW. I love the way everyone plays off each other and the way they obviously care for each other.
Also, I need show-related icons. Preferably one that says, "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome Garcia is".
I am so. in. love. with this show right now it's not even funny. Chris and I have mainlined Season 1 and part of Season 2, and the only reason we're not pulling all-nighters getting through the rest of 2 and 3 is because of pesky things like work and having to feed the baby.
The main thing that attracted me to the show at first? They get it right. How wonderful is that to see in a show about profilers? I've been reading John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's books since I was about thirteen (much to the worry of my parents, seeing as I would get beyond upset at some of the cases I read about). So whenever anything about profilers comes up I usually pounce at it, only to generally have to recoil in "Did you people not do one bit of research?!" annoyance. But oh, the writers here did! They talk about the different kinds of rapists and show the profilers getting into the criminal's shoes and walking through the crime and the empathy they have and just . . . huge geeky squee from yours truly.
They don't have "OMG the twist is that the woman lied about rape/the woman has actually been sexually assaulting people for completely specious reasons/guess what-- little kids did this! SHOCKER" crap! ((CSI: this is why I stopped watching you. Also why I never got into any of the SVU genre))
And the characters. Garcia is wonderful and snarky and flirty and I need to memorize all the episodes so I can start answering my phone the way she does. She and Morgan shine when they play off each other and I practically bounce up and down when they have screen time. Gideon is just . . . I don't know. He's just the type of person I want to get a hug from when I've had a rough day. I'm starting to bond with JJ more in Season 2 now that she's getting more to play with, and out of all of them Hotch is the one I have the least connection with, and given that I reallyreally like him instead of feeling ambivalent like I usually do for at least one character in an ensemble? Yeah.
Also, Spencer. I have no words for how completely awesome he is. I switch constantly back and forth between wanting to feed him cookies and wanting to pounce on him because he is just so freaking adorable. Love.
Emily I'm still working on, since she hasn't been part of the ensemble for long yet. But Elle? I saw waaaay too much of myself in Elle. I've always been fascinated by the job of profiling but I knew it wasn't for me because I would get too involved, and most likely would end up playing vigilante at someone who I knew deserved it. That way lies bad, bad things, so I stick with just ranting at the bad guys on my TV screen. ;-)
But just . . . SHOW. I love the way everyone plays off each other and the way they obviously care for each other.
Also, I need show-related icons. Preferably one that says, "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome Garcia is".
