CM5: Parasite
Mar. 15th, 2011 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylCold open does a great job of establishing the UNSUB and the CoTW as polar opposites: the UNSUB, his easy facade cracking under the strain; the G-man nerdy, nervous, and detail-oriented. "Con-man is a nice name for these guys. They profile as psychopaths" Take that Hustle! Reid notes that con-men tend to be control freaks. Rossi quotes Erich Fromm for the opening epigraph. "We take turns piloting. You wanna give her a try?" Prentiss twits CoTW. Reid is unfazed by the giant wall of files. Garcia: CM's very own Google. Did Rossi just call Agent Goldman "Detective Goldman"? I rather think he did.
I love Goldman's quiet, horrified intensity in the interview with Mrs McKelson. Reid notes that even con-men are having to work harder because of the economic downturn. "This economy is killing me." UNSUB shows signs of prescience. Split screen phone calls as a metaphor for the the UNSUB's split personality. His latest girlfriend drops teh bomb, just as the profilers realise that he has a family. Beating your latest victim to death in the boot of your car, while your young son watches cartoons in the front? Textbook sign you're a bad parent. And a psychopath. "Do we know anything about her investment history?" Oh CoTW, monomania is your coping mechanism, isn't it? Garcia is on her second pair of glasses of the episode. Dear UNSUB, I think you need to launder your money.
"You didn't know Bill was married?" "I didn't know his name was Bill" The two women, wife and GF, work really well together especially when they both call the UNSUB on his behaviour. I think we all know how the standoff is going to be resolved. I like the way the girlfriend slowly closes her front door with both hands, trying to shut out the horror of what's just happened. In contrast, the wife's audeal has only just started: the FBI are going be digging into her life for evermore. Great shot of CoTW standing in the corridor, looking disconnected and baffled, and a nice final exchange with Prentiss: "I never even found out his real name." "Does it matter?"
I love Goldman's quiet, horrified intensity in the interview with Mrs McKelson. Reid notes that even con-men are having to work harder because of the economic downturn. "This economy is killing me." UNSUB shows signs of prescience. Split screen phone calls as a metaphor for the the UNSUB's split personality. His latest girlfriend drops teh bomb, just as the profilers realise that he has a family. Beating your latest victim to death in the boot of your car, while your young son watches cartoons in the front? Textbook sign you're a bad parent. And a psychopath. "Do we know anything about her investment history?" Oh CoTW, monomania is your coping mechanism, isn't it? Garcia is on her second pair of glasses of the episode. Dear UNSUB, I think you need to launder your money.
"You didn't know Bill was married?" "I didn't know his name was Bill" The two women, wife and GF, work really well together especially when they both call the UNSUB on his behaviour. I think we all know how the standoff is going to be resolved. I like the way the girlfriend slowly closes her front door with both hands, trying to shut out the horror of what's just happened. In contrast, the wife's audeal has only just started: the FBI are going be digging into her life for evermore. Great shot of CoTW standing in the corridor, looking disconnected and baffled, and a nice final exchange with Prentiss: "I never even found out his real name." "Does it matter?"
