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sawylSo that's how the BAU pick their cases: from TV. (On a side note Morgan seems to have healed up nicely since the last ep, Em has a new barnet and Reid has discovered a hairspray in really big way). Cassandra!Prentiss does her foreshadowing thing. It's Erin Strauss! I love Dr Strauss! JJ is being headhunted by the DoD. (How much of this scene was writers working out their reaction to the network's decisions?) "You'd think profilers would cover better than that, would you?" And you'd think Rossi would be better at fishing for information. The shot of JJ surrounded by the team through the closing lift doors is pure love.
Racine quote for the open and we're off to Maryland. Reid is feeling queasy. Is it a ruse, hairspray fumes, or foreshadowing. JJ unburdens; Em's history with Strauss still burns. Hotch neatly dissects COTW's Jaws reference. Two UNSUBS: one cocky, one avoiding conflict. Prentiss unsettles the cocky kid with a combination of food and cleavage. Hotch explains the waiting game. Rossi can't understand why Kate left with two guys she didn't know. Reid sees it: she'd me them before. "Has she always been a fish?" Shocking ringtone is shocking, the struggling parents struggle. Morgan takes the cocky kid apart. "That is so annoying! Do you know anything about video cameras?" Em plays mindgames with the submissive kid. Hotch spots the nuances.
Polygraph! Both of them. Simultaneously. You do know those things don't work, right? "What if they didn't do it?" "They know something. An innocent person doesn't sit quietly for three days..." Hotch realises they're way too calm. "Is Morgan's anger a ruse? Probably. "My DNA is all over that girl" Gross. And he has pictures? What a scumbag. The submissive doesn't think much of Reid. Morgan and Rossi go old school on Sid. "The only thing he's guilty of is being a scumbag..." The sub has thing for the inlet. "Is that some kind of metaphor" JJ cracks the case! "The blood from the catch attracts hundreds of sharks..." Again with the Jaws thing. Reid, Prentiss and JJ for the confrontation. "Kate's an amazing swimmer..." A fish, even. Was that a call back to Cold Comfort?
"The brass is really good at replacing people. It makes them feel like they're in charge" Too true. The group scene is very sweet with everyone struggling not to cry, as is Garcia's moment: the shift from disbelief to pep talk to the realisation that no matter what they promise, things have changed forever. Time for a quick final montage and a closing shot that mirrors the lift moment in the cold open, this time JJ is all alone wither her back to the camera, and it's the end of an era.
Racine quote for the open and we're off to Maryland. Reid is feeling queasy. Is it a ruse, hairspray fumes, or foreshadowing. JJ unburdens; Em's history with Strauss still burns. Hotch neatly dissects COTW's Jaws reference. Two UNSUBS: one cocky, one avoiding conflict. Prentiss unsettles the cocky kid with a combination of food and cleavage. Hotch explains the waiting game. Rossi can't understand why Kate left with two guys she didn't know. Reid sees it: she'd me them before. "Has she always been a fish?" Shocking ringtone is shocking, the struggling parents struggle. Morgan takes the cocky kid apart. "That is so annoying! Do you know anything about video cameras?" Em plays mindgames with the submissive kid. Hotch spots the nuances.
Polygraph! Both of them. Simultaneously. You do know those things don't work, right? "What if they didn't do it?" "They know something. An innocent person doesn't sit quietly for three days..." Hotch realises they're way too calm. "Is Morgan's anger a ruse? Probably. "My DNA is all over that girl" Gross. And he has pictures? What a scumbag. The submissive doesn't think much of Reid. Morgan and Rossi go old school on Sid. "The only thing he's guilty of is being a scumbag..." The sub has thing for the inlet. "Is that some kind of metaphor" JJ cracks the case! "The blood from the catch attracts hundreds of sharks..." Again with the Jaws thing. Reid, Prentiss and JJ for the confrontation. "Kate's an amazing swimmer..." A fish, even. Was that a call back to Cold Comfort?
"The brass is really good at replacing people. It makes them feel like they're in charge" Too true. The group scene is very sweet with everyone struggling not to cry, as is Garcia's moment: the shift from disbelief to pep talk to the realisation that no matter what they promise, things have changed forever. Time for a quick final montage and a closing shot that mirrors the lift moment in the cold open, this time JJ is all alone wither her back to the camera, and it's the end of an era.
