Criminal Minds

[changeyourstars8]

Just finished watching the 4th season. Am trying very, very hard to be good and not immediately find somewhere to buy the first episode of the 5th just so I can seewhathappensnownownow.



The funny thing is, I didn't even think I liked Hotch that much. LOL I can have the hardest time identifying with Lawful Good type characters, esp. if they're also Very Very Serious. But then I saw C. Thomas Howell's name in the credits for the last episode and so I spent the entire thing freaking out, all "Okay, can they get a break and have his appearance be an interview on TV after his arrest or something?!? I know it's not going to happen that way, fine. But nobody is allowed to die, writers, I so mean it-- hey. Quit following the characters home when the Scary Serial Killer Guy hasn't shown up yet. Bad sign. HEY. Leave Hotch alone; I will come into that screen and Flying Squirrel Tackle you since Morgan isn't there to do it."

Guess I got fond of him after all.

I'm still not really warmed up to Rossi, but after certain episodes in the 4th season I can handle his being there. I don't actively dislike any of the main characters, and that's a big thing for me, since there's usually at least one (JD from Scrubs, Jack from LOST, Eric from That 70s Show . . . and Sam from Supernatural just crossed my Moral Event Horizon line, so he might end up on this list before long. Which reminds me, Amanda, get your fanny down here so we can watch the 4th season and analyze/squee over things.)

Anyway. As long as I'm on the subject of how much this show rocks, I would just like to mention how much I adore how they handled JJ's storyline with the pregnancy/baby. When she said she was pregnant, my heart sank, because I'm used to that being the kiss of death for a character. I was fully expecting her to a) leave the show so she could take care of the baby (because that's what all women do, regardless of how hard they've worked to get to a certain place in their career, right??) or b) stay, but have every storyline of hers devoted completely to the baby from then on.

I think I forgot for a few minutes that I wasn't watching LOST. ;-)

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[ficangel.livejournal.com]

Hotch love is stealthy. I totally thought that I was there solely for the geek triumvirate until I got caught up (it was "Pleasure Is My Business" that flipped the switch for me, plus a hearty LOL at the way that the unsub was totally checking out Hotch's ass) and basically screamed, "NO DUN HURT THE MOMMY!" at the finale. You def. need to get caught up on this season, he'll make you all hurty in the chestal area.

I wish that the writers would employ JJ more--though this past episode was chock-full of excellent JJ content--but they always do right by her with the content that she does get. And I love the heavy implication that Will is a stay at home dad.