Dear Criminal Minds,

[innerslytherin]

1. Stop shoving Garcia in my face. I used to like her, but you're pissing me off. Going "LOOK WE KEPT A GIRL! WE KEPT A GIRL!" is not going to cut it. You fired your two kickass real FBI agents who actually, y'know, carry guns and catch people. I used to love Garcia but that love is fading fast.

2. Don't let Simon Mirren write any more episodes. Ever. Making Garcia's hobby acting was as lazy as making Reid's hobby magic tricks. LAZY CHARACTERIZATION. Next are you going to tell me that Paget Brewster had an abortion at 15 and her friend started doing drugs because of it?

3. Did I say enough of the Garcia already? I meant it. But while she's in the background, make her get rid of that orange hair for good. It's NOT flattering. Please God let Prentiss have bleached it instead of giving her a wig.

4. I liked the actual case. Of course, I'm in love with Cary Grant, so anything 50s-esque gets an automatic pass from me, and I thought the guest star was lovely. (Not Sally Kirkland so much, she just sort of stood there being Mommy Dearest. WTF.)

5. As much as I say enough Garcia? New blonde "FBI Cadet" chick in the spoilers? DO. NOT. WANT.

6. Two entire episodes with gigantic leaps in logic and lazy characterization in this episode. Guys, the acting has been superb (well, aside from Kirsten, who was just melodrama central this week), but even the best acting can't save crappy writing. Can y'all get Oanh Ly or PLEASE GOD Andrew Wilder back? PLEASE? Oh MAN do I miss those two.

7. Is this me being bitter? Quite possibly. But seriously. This is like Supernatural. I wish they'd ended SPN last season, and now I'm starting to wish they'd ended CM before they start strangling it.

Love, lots and lots of love, but serious disappointment,

Me

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Comments

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Would that I disagreed with you.

I said elsewhere that the procedural part came across like a bad CSI. I didn't mind the Hitchcock homages, but still, my overall takeaway was no.

[innerslytherin]

I think they've forgotten what made CM so awesome and so unique. And that makes me sad.