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brywrites · 4 years

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What did you think of the Season 15 first episodes of Criminal Minds?

I just watched the episodes today, but here are my usual recap thoughts! [spoilers below, obviously]

15x01: Under the Skin

I’m here for the inter-team baby shower profiling

Where is Lisa anyways??? Give us the Garvez/Ralvez we deserve

Excuse me but Dr. Tara Lewis would never call Freud a genius. NEVER. No self-respecting psychologist would! (Did the man revolutionize the idea of talk therapy? Kind of. Was he problematic af? Yes. Were any of his theories correct? No!)

Emily, you can’t really yell at Rossi for going rogue when you literally did that all the time

Garcia’s blue hair streak is giving me life

Grace’s southern accent is like Reid’s dad it just can’t seem to stick around for long

Ohhh okay so we’re doing a Silence of the Lambs homage here, I see it, I love it

Okay i totally thought it was going to be cute, young ME who was acting all egotistical and weird but PLOT TWIST it’s the old one! Also uhh did cute young ME guy survive or not because they didn’t show him after?

Rossi as Clarice Starling, I’m down with that

Uhhh I guess if you tell Spencer Reid you’re in love with him, you get shot??

15x02: Awakenings

Hello JJ is missing!! Guys! Guys!!

Ok but did we really have to have several minutes of scenes where poor JJ is just sitting there in her bra and Reid’s awkwardly standing there like

Okay but the anxiety I felt over having Reid and Will wait together I was so sure Reid was going to blurt out what had happened

The excited hug from Will though so wholesome :’)

Also was SO sure Will was gonna overhear the conversation where JJ’s like “I do love you but” I kept waiting for it to get awkward!

I’m not super thrilled with how they resolved the “I love you” because it doesn’t really feel fair to anyone - it’s not fair to Reid to know that he could’ve had that, it’s not fair to JJ's character who has always put her family first and treated Reid like a brother, and it’s not fair to Will who has been a perfect partner and husband. But maybe that’s just life and life is messy and at least they handled it like adults?

Grace’s friend: “Do you know how long I spent trying to find you?”

Me: lesbians???

Grace: *holds her hand*

Me: l e s b i a n s !!!

Also I’m not totally convinced by the “Reid has been in love with her and waiting for her this whole time.” There are a few moments I can recall in the show’s history after Season 1 that could lean Jeid (Reid worrying over her in the ambulance, The Forever People, etc.) but they also make sense in a best friend/sibling dynamic. There weren’t moments where I really felt the chemistry or it felt like he was pining over her (unlike say, the Bones/Booth dynamic in Bones).

Again, Reid’s “waiting” thing just doesn't feel like it makes sense? It’s definitely sadder than Reid just being bad at love, but idk... he loves being a godfather, he doesn’t seem like the type to want to see a family broken up so he can get the girl (maybe love makes us crazy though), and also Maeve? If he had a “taste” of that kind of fuller happiness as he says to Blake, wouldn’t he want to seek that out rather than waiting for something he’s not sure is real?

Props to AJ Cook for acting out to complicated “I love you” scenes in a row”

I do like the talk he had with Diana at the end. Though he’s grown and changed and become more self-assured, etc. it hasn’t really felt like Reid has matured as much in the last 10 or so years. He was somewhat of an “old soul” as a young person, but has remained there and hasn’t moved on much, despite having numerous character arcs that should’ve seen him do so. He still in many ways feels a bit childish in the way he reacts to other things and other people, and his conversation with his mom was proof of that. I’m glad he’s decided to “grow up” and “move forward.” I think it’s time to let his character become something more than a whiz kid who spouts of facts but doesn’t change emotionally

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latinalesbi · 7 years

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there was no Danny Nucci name in the opening, right ? They fanally decided to get rid of him... ? It's funny I thought "no Mike means no Ana"... but you know, Gabe is there so they can hang out in Stef and Lena's house while they are not there.

Correct. I have been suspecting this might be the case for a while. His time has been cut each and every season. Last couple, he’s been on as much as other side characters. I do think that Freeform’s budget has really cut his time down as they extend into season 5. He also was not in the cast pictures. I believe that they cut the money and insisted on one less regular. I think letting Danny direct is a concession to the fact that he is no longer a regular. There is an outside possibility that Mike leaves at some point. Or maybe he’ll be listed as a regular on the episodes he is in.

Anonymous said: It’s completely horrifying to see how much wasted screen time Ana and Gabe took on last nights episode! Babies! They say there and cried and complained like two immature toddlers! And where was Mike? Shouldn’t Ana be with him? Then Gabe trying to act like the hero for helping Jesús! Bull-hockey! They don’t belong in the show at all. In fact, it’s so hard to watch their scenes and it’s almost as if I should wait until the next day to fast forward thru them. I agree with you 100%!

It’s like they’re 20 years old instead of the middle aged people they should be. I guess maybe immature people are into that, but I am not. Babies. And Gabe acting as if it’s some big huge burden that he gets to live in a nice home for fucking free. I wonder if they’re buying his beer. Probably Jesus steals from Lena so Gabe can have his beer. Ana is so thirsty for Gabe. I mean really. There was no need for her to be all up his ass at their house. Why was she there? If I was Mike I wouldn’t like that at all. If you want to arise jealousy, don’t act a fool. I should have waited, but I really wanted to see the promo and well ugh. Thanks for your thoughts!

Anonymous said: I know Jesus is sick or whatever but I’m also sick of him. I’m tired of him yelling at Lena. And Gabe is all cool with him he doesn’t say anything and now what, Lena is going to be the bad guy because she’s actually parenting HER son ? what happened to her being the mom the kids went to ?

Here’s the thing, like I’ve always said. I would take care of my aging mom (dad’s dead) till the end with pretty much any disease, except if they had dementia and were trying to hurt me. No one deserves abuse. If a condition is causing irrational behavior it has to be treated. I saw a real life show where a man had a stroke and changed his personality so much he ended up murdering his wife, his adult daughter and his grandchild. It’s no joke and Jesus, intentionally or not, is going to hurt Lena. I see Lena running towards Jesus and Brandon fighting, it’s not going to end well.

And sure Gabe was effective this time because he’ just about the only person physically able to stop him. That isn’t a solution. Emma can’t possibly deal with him like that. So what Gabe did is not a solution. Lena is right as always, he needs to be able to manage or he can’t live with them. It’s just that simple.

Anonymous said: As for the writers being ridiculed? LMAO! I write and am ridiculed! It comes with the territory, and honestly, they are practically turning a deaf ear to the audience! This show should have ended in season 1 because that season was where it was truly at!

Honestly, what’s the point of asking how people are feeling and to discuss the show if all you actually want an echo chamber of how amazing the show is? Don’t ask for opinions if you don’t like them. They aren’t turning a deaf ear to their audience, just a certain segment. I can’t say that I would have liked the show to have ended in s1. I just wish that in what could possibly be their final year, they would focus on their main characters. This was essentially a Gabe and Ana episode and that’s wrong. No matter how you slice it. Even when they have done that for Girl’s united, I could at least say, well they really haven’t had a voice. Gabe’s woes are like the stuff of every tv show novel. Daddy regret. Heck we’ve had enough of that with Mike.

Anonymous said: This is fast becoming about how two moms can’t raise their 5 kids and need help! I’m pretty sure, “It takes a village,” isn’t referring to bio humans helping the parents! UGHHHHHH

I always make this point, you never see biological families needing the local homosexual for some nice homosexual bonding with their children. No, it doesn’t take a village, most of the time out there in the real world, it often just takes one mom.

Anonymous said: I’m really, really tired of the show acting like Gabe, Ana or Robert do or should have any say in decisions made about the kids. Mariana, Jesus and Callie are quite literally Stef & Lena’s kids. They don’t need anyone’s permission to parent their kids. Honestly, I worried we’d end up here when the show had Robert constantly making a point of calling Callie “his” daughter as if she wasn’t Stef & Lena’s and the show never acknowledged that was wrong of him. I didn’t think it would be this bad tho.

They all think they have a say because they put their penis in a vagina. That’s all Gabe did. He can be there in whatever capacity Jesus and his moms allow, but he doesn’t get to dictate. For people who don’t understand how Callie could choose her moms over her rich bio daddy. Lena took one look in her eyes, saw her soul and took her home, straight from Juvy. Stef saw her value after just like a day. Bio daddy needed a DNA test to even see if he wanted to get invested. Tell me which connection would feel more real to you? No worries though, in case you missed it, Robert is right there disciplining Callie, though I am sure he takes a crack at Stef and Lena’s parenting.

Anonymous said: I love The Fosters, but I can’t get over how much I hated tonight’s episode. The unnecessary focus on Ana and Gabe totally contradicts what’s supposed to be the message of this show (that love makes a family, not DNA). It struck me as disrespectful. The idea that Lena and Stef aren’t enough for their own kids? Who they raised? Nah. I’m equal parts mad (the idea that Jesus needs a man is offensive, full stop) and confused (who asked for this?). Have TPTB forgotten the premise of their own show?

Yeah, it wasn’t just like their point of view, it was entirely their episode. It is disrespectful to lesbian moms in particular. Here’s the thing, I don’t know where they are going with this. Even if they have a point to make, the visuals have already been made. You’ll have tons of people swooning over Jesus’ dad. The only thing I liked in an interview with Noah, was him saying biological father, instead of the “dad” the insensitive interviewer kept using. These visuals, these words will be the ones that stick with the people, and there are many, who think lesbians can’t raise kids without male role models.

Anonymous said: The worst thing is that the episodes are already done. Even if we tell Bradley or Peter that Gabe being around in Stef and Lena’s house is wrong , it’s too late. And I think that the worst is yet to come. I knew I wasn’t going to like the first episode but I didn’t know it was going to be like this the whole 5A part. I can’t stand Jesus anymore.

Well, they supposedly change the tone next episode, but we will see. I still see this show as too depressing and too unhappy. The dykes can’t just raise their kids and be happy in a family, it has to be constant misery. I think the worse is yet to come too. I am going to try to ignore Gabe, but that’s going to be hard. And yes, I can’t stand Jesus anymore either. It’s not even the TBI, he was already aggressive and drooling over his daddy before that.

Anonymous said: How do people know Stef is going to cuddle with another woman? I get they need drama to keep the show interesting but Stef would never do that.

Ahh, yes, no, we don’t know that. I think there was a misunderstanding. We are saying, Tess is the woman Stef cuddled with on the couch when she was a teen. CUDDLED in the past, not going to cuddle with. I agree that Stef would never do that. We just know it’s going to bring up interesting issues, especially if Lena is frustrated with being a stranger in her own house as the bio takeover continues.

Anonymous said: Callie said she can’t forget about the past and she’s right but she told Jude to use the pain in a positive way. Callie needs to do the same. Which is why I’m happy she’s wanting to do art. Just that pain to make a project.

That’s a good point. I am living for people yelling at Callie. She needs it. That’s why AJ was good for her, too bad.

Anonymous said: I hated that Stef and Callie scene. But that’s something they really needed. Callie needed to her that. I’m glad they had that talk.

I am glad that least Stef was the one parenting Callie. Yay! It was needed, but it did feel cold but behind it was a lot of love. Stef will get emotional next episode. I am sure we’ll get some scene with them later on in the season that is warmer.

Anonymous said: Freaking Kamar ordered a bunch of sushi while Sherri is out of town and he’s eating it on their bed. He posted a pic on Instagram. Sherri replies he better not get it on her favorite sheets or he’ll be punished and now all I have in my head is a visual of a dominatrix Sherri dressed in all leather and a riding crop and to be honest it’s kinda weirding me out. LolAhh, my instagram monitor! Lol, Sherri’s funny and I am not sure my mind would have gone there, but it would not surprise. Sherri’s bossy. I instead will focus on all the lovely things Sherri said about Teri and Stef and Lena last night! Maybe I’ll make a post later since there’s NOTHING to gif.

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