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CM6: 25 to Life
Feb. 1st, 2012 09:36 pmHotch is Sir Not Appearing in this Episode. Setup for Seaver's return. I love the way Rossi says "I'll say" in a way that clearly says "No shit" An old case. Don Sanderson, a man who claimed his family were killed in a break-in is up for parole after 25 years. Dr Strauss clearly doesn't understand the basic principles of judicial punishment. Morgan tasked to do the risk assessment. More than a slight nod to both The Fugative and, with the pictures and the surviving son, Ride the Lightning. "I have learned that behaviour does not lie" Morgan believes in Sanderson's innocence; a decision I suspect he's going to come to regret. Nice montage of Sanderson's first few hours of freedom. Seaver and Prentiss bond. Reid and Rossi gossip. Strauss, unnecessarily aggressive when she breaks the bad news about the man Sanderson has just killed.
Mandela quote for the open. COTW is judgemental. Morgan takes Sanderson into FBI custody. Everybody discusses the facts that don't fit: the unloaded gun, the opportunistic weapon, the call to 911, the CPR. Why the rush to kill Tom Whitman? Morgan seems to have picked up on the wrong part of Sanderson's ambition: he wants to convince his son of his innocence. Dump of the backstory: home invasion, Sanderson with superficial wounds, the addition of a woman later in the statement. "I can see why you fell for it" Strauss, for all her lack of manners, sees through to the heart of things. If Garcia can't find any dirt, there isn't any dirt to find. "The overkill is on Mrs Sanderson" Misogyny? Drink!
So Tommy was Sanderson's first point on the trail. "It couldn't have been random" He's had plenty of time to dig through his memories: a chance word, a memory of a delivery boy, that's how he did it. The Internets cracks the case. Morgan buys Sanderson for a second time. "This used to be a great place to live" Nicely done. "I'd been on rotation for 36 hours" Explains why the UNSUBs didn't wake him up. Flashback. "She wanted to take my son" Retail robbery: a team sport. Garcia correlates the world. "That's her!" I thought you said she was just a blur. Morgan with his action hero shtick. Prentiss wiping off the blood off her hands: the way she keeps on and on scrubbing, even while calming talking to the COTW, is a nice touch. A VHS slasher tape: how determinedly 80s. It's proof of innocence too: Sanderson flips back to his family rather than watching the murder footage. Reid and Prentiss spot an opportunity for blackmail.
"You want me to find rich and powerful men in DC? Explain to me how to narrow down this list!" Seaver is shocked that a businessman might be a psychopath. How cute! Morgan goes back to basis: a previous tenant would know about the faulty security window and might also feel jealous. He's running for congress!?! Strauss is appalled. "You don't understand what the politics are, do you Dave? You never have." "No, I do. I just don't care!" Rossi smacks down Strauss. The UNSUB is now officially a serial killer. Nice house. The profilers play the UNSUB like a violin. "I don't PANIC!" The closet psychopath revealed. Nice final scene of reconciliation in the garden: a very definite win. Galileo for the close: "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The point is to discover them." Spoken like a man who's never had to try and understand quantum theory...
Mandela quote for the open. COTW is judgemental. Morgan takes Sanderson into FBI custody. Everybody discusses the facts that don't fit: the unloaded gun, the opportunistic weapon, the call to 911, the CPR. Why the rush to kill Tom Whitman? Morgan seems to have picked up on the wrong part of Sanderson's ambition: he wants to convince his son of his innocence. Dump of the backstory: home invasion, Sanderson with superficial wounds, the addition of a woman later in the statement. "I can see why you fell for it" Strauss, for all her lack of manners, sees through to the heart of things. If Garcia can't find any dirt, there isn't any dirt to find. "The overkill is on Mrs Sanderson" Misogyny? Drink!
So Tommy was Sanderson's first point on the trail. "It couldn't have been random" He's had plenty of time to dig through his memories: a chance word, a memory of a delivery boy, that's how he did it. The Internets cracks the case. Morgan buys Sanderson for a second time. "This used to be a great place to live" Nicely done. "I'd been on rotation for 36 hours" Explains why the UNSUBs didn't wake him up. Flashback. "She wanted to take my son" Retail robbery: a team sport. Garcia correlates the world. "That's her!" I thought you said she was just a blur. Morgan with his action hero shtick. Prentiss wiping off the blood off her hands: the way she keeps on and on scrubbing, even while calming talking to the COTW, is a nice touch. A VHS slasher tape: how determinedly 80s. It's proof of innocence too: Sanderson flips back to his family rather than watching the murder footage. Reid and Prentiss spot an opportunity for blackmail.
"You want me to find rich and powerful men in DC? Explain to me how to narrow down this list!" Seaver is shocked that a businessman might be a psychopath. How cute! Morgan goes back to basis: a previous tenant would know about the faulty security window and might also feel jealous. He's running for congress!?! Strauss is appalled. "You don't understand what the politics are, do you Dave? You never have." "No, I do. I just don't care!" Rossi smacks down Strauss. The UNSUB is now officially a serial killer. Nice house. The profilers play the UNSUB like a violin. "I don't PANIC!" The closet psychopath revealed. Nice final scene of reconciliation in the garden: a very definite win. Galileo for the close: "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The point is to discover them." Spoken like a man who's never had to try and understand quantum theory...
