FINALLY.
It is absolutely ridiculous how addicted to Criminal Minds I am. The realisation hit me, once again, when I finally got the chance to watch the first new, post-strike episode and found myself grinning like an idiot most of the time - just because our favourite profilers were back.
Hence the following picspam. Picspamming is mandatory.
First of all, I'm so relieved we finally got rid of Rossi's mysterious case. This was just the right way to deal with it, too; they could've dragged it on and on for years, but fortunately they got it out of the way now. Again, kudos to the writers.
But anyway.
Rossi walking in on Garcia having a not-so-innocent encounter with Kevin? I tittered.
Garcia looks adorably disheveled.
And wow, I never knew Nicholas Brendon was so...in shape.
The friendship between JJ and Garcia has always been one of the most adorable things on this show. I love it that they keep including scenes of the two of them together, because, nine times out of ten, hilarity ensues.
Garcia: [after JJ complains about being busy] So, you don't wanna hear how agent Rossi showed up at my door in the middle of the night while I was enjoying a post-coital shower with fellow FBI technical analyst Kevin Lynch?
JJ: ...
JJ: Sit.
These two are made of awesome.
Okay then. The inevitable.
Emily. With a fringe.
Hmm... Yes, this would be even hotter without the hairdo (the outfit is gorgeous!), but I have to say, I think I'd love Emily even if she didn't have hair at all.
Back to JJ's office...
JJ: So, you were in the shower with Kevin Lynch...?
Hee! JJ sticks to the essentials.
Garcia's worried that Rossi will rat her out for dating a fellow bureau employee. JJ's reply amused me greatly:
JJ: From what I hear, Rossi is the reason most of these fraternization rules even exist, okay? He's...He's not gonna tell anyone.
"...because he hasn't told anyone about me and Emily going at it on my desk either."
Speaking of the beloved OTP, when Emily & JJ are standing in Rossi's office, the contrast between them is brilliant:
Emily even stands all butchy.
And how funny is it that they just keep staring at the disarray of files on the floor?
Hot.
Hearing Paget Brewster say "Mother balls" is probably one of the best things ever. Although the following isn't really in the same league with it, I still find this utterance somewhat delicious:
Emily: The guy [Rossi] is a fussy, anal-retentive neat freak.
Paget, I love how you deliver lines like that. Even if you have a fringe which I can't stop staring at.
The creepiest moment of the episode?
Rossi bought the house. Just...ick.
Although I'm a Morgan/Garcia fangirl at heart, I have a soft spot for Kevin & Garcia. ♥ There's something sexy, adorable and hilarious about two nerds in love.
Hee!
Garcia: You wanna straighten out Agent Rossi?
Perfect delivery.
This cap simply screams Xander. Garcia threatening Kevin was priceless.
In my opinion, it was a good decision to split the team in half and only fly Emily, JJ and Morgan over to Indianapolis to help Rossi. It would've been a little...corny if the whole team would've made an appearance.
But how come the three agents were able to just leave everything and hop on a plane? I thought JJ for example said that she had heaps of work.
Well, anyway.
There was another interesting detail that made me frown:
Emily: You're buying, I'm drinking!
Morgan: I don't think any of us would afford this place otherwise.
Yeah, because Emily doesn't have any money at all. She only has a humongous flat near the Capital Dome and probably comes from very old money. She's as poor as they get!
But how cute is it that JJ immediately looks at Emily when Rossi asks why they care?
Apparently they can't stop the looks. Not that I'm complaining. At all.
Rossi: Why do you care?
Emily: Because you do.
I actually found this sweet. I truly hope that Rossi finally gets the point of working in a team.
But do I sense some foreshadowing:
Yes, it does look like a club soda.
And when Rossi tells about the children screaming for their parents:
The camera immediately cuts to JJ. Hmm...
I'm so scared of the upcoming JJ storyline.
Morgan found a dead fly in his glass.
Not really. The cap was simply too perfect.
Emily looks gorgeous throughout the episode, but I can't help staring at her forehead!
I want to believe that the new look will grow on me. Pretty please with a cherry on top?
Remember the whole shirt swapping hullabaloo?
Bwaha! The green shirt makes an appearance again. JJ has obviously given it back to Emily.
Then we get some PAINFULLY OBVIOUS eye action from Emily's part:
When JJ gets back and has Garcia on speaker, Emily's eyes are immediately on her. That might just be a coincidence, but when the camera cuts back to the brunette a little while later, she's still regarding JJ like she knows something's going on.
See? Her eyes never stray.
So, Rossi suddenly has an epiphany and realises the killer must be a part of a carnival that moves from city to city. Yeah, that's exactly what I thought! Only not.
We get hot FBI action:
Emily's stance is...rawr!
Oh, and have I mentioned lately that JJ rocks?
Morgan: I can't believe people actually pay good money to play these fixed games.
JJ: Men.
Morgan: Excuse me?
JJ: It's not people. It's men.
Morgan: Is that a fact?
JJ: Only a man would waste $50 trying to win that $3 stuffed animal.
JJ, I love you.
Oh! The following might be completely accidental, but if it isn't, I have yet another reason to love the creators of this show.
Emily and Rossi are talking to the father. We can see a banner or a sign behind Emily that says "Legacy".
Well, at one point Emily leans to the side a little, efficiently blocking the first two letters of the said sign:
It now spells "Gacy". As in John Wayne Gacy, a famous serial killer (also known as "The Killer Clown") who used to entertain kids in his neighbourhood by dressing up as a clown?
If that was intentional, fantastic!
But how obvious is A.J.'s baby bump?
Answer: very.
JJ should be out in the field, wielding a gun more often, because it's so very hot:
The sunglasses only add up to the hotness.
The whole 'mentally handicapped son is the killer' thing felt a like a cop-out of sorts. At least it was somewhat anti-climatic; I was expecting something else entirely.
But Emily got to cuff the unsub.
OH YES.
The corniest moment of the episode?
Oh, come on! *facepalm*
But the ending, the ending! This is exactly why I hope that there will never be inter-team relationships in canon: it'd mess up the team dynamics forever.
How adorable is it that Emily's clearly telling her story to JJ?
I wish we could hear what she's saying, though.
But! Rossi has a visitor.
Kevin! So adorable. JJ thinks so too.
And again it's JJ Emily turns to when she doesn't know what's going on.
Morgan sure made a hasty exit...
Awww, poor Reid doesn't know the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song.
Emily is dumbfounded.
Oh, this show is such perfection. ♥
Speaking of picspams, prepare yourselves for an epic Higher Ground picspam. I've been marathoning through the first and only season; this show is highly addictive, I've noticed. It gets you all invested in the lives of profoundly dysfunctional adolescents. Yay! And I swear A.J. Cook is the link to every TV fandom out there today! Seriously: Buffy, Women's Murder Club, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Dr.Quinn: Medicine Woman, both Stargates... All the shows can be linked through her.
Something completely unrelated, but... I resigned from my job a while back (trying to get a better paying one for the summer), which means that I actually get to have a two-week holiday at the beginning of May. It's strange, since I haven't had a real holiday--as in sitting at home watching DVDs for two weeks straight--since 2005. Hurrah!
And to finish off the Criminal Minds geekiness for now (I truly am sorry for those who couldn't give a rat's ass about this show. The question, though, is that why on earth don't you??), here's a teaser for next week's episode:
Well, that sounds familiar...
Hence the following picspam. Picspamming is mandatory.
First of all, I'm so relieved we finally got rid of Rossi's mysterious case. This was just the right way to deal with it, too; they could've dragged it on and on for years, but fortunately they got it out of the way now. Again, kudos to the writers.
But anyway.
Rossi walking in on Garcia having a not-so-innocent encounter with Kevin? I tittered.
Garcia looks adorably disheveled.
And wow, I never knew Nicholas Brendon was so...in shape.
The friendship between JJ and Garcia has always been one of the most adorable things on this show. I love it that they keep including scenes of the two of them together, because, nine times out of ten, hilarity ensues.
Garcia: [after JJ complains about being busy] So, you don't wanna hear how agent Rossi showed up at my door in the middle of the night while I was enjoying a post-coital shower with fellow FBI technical analyst Kevin Lynch?
JJ: ...
JJ: Sit.
These two are made of awesome.
Okay then. The inevitable.
Emily. With a fringe.
Hmm... Yes, this would be even hotter without the hairdo (the outfit is gorgeous!), but I have to say, I think I'd love Emily even if she didn't have hair at all.
Back to JJ's office...
JJ: So, you were in the shower with Kevin Lynch...?
Hee! JJ sticks to the essentials.
Garcia's worried that Rossi will rat her out for dating a fellow bureau employee. JJ's reply amused me greatly:
JJ: From what I hear, Rossi is the reason most of these fraternization rules even exist, okay? He's...He's not gonna tell anyone.
"...because he hasn't told anyone about me and Emily going at it on my desk either."
Speaking of the beloved OTP, when Emily & JJ are standing in Rossi's office, the contrast between them is brilliant:
Emily even stands all butchy.
And how funny is it that they just keep staring at the disarray of files on the floor?
Hot.
Hearing Paget Brewster say "Mother balls" is probably one of the best things ever. Although the following isn't really in the same league with it, I still find this utterance somewhat delicious:
Emily: The guy [Rossi] is a fussy, anal-retentive neat freak.
Paget, I love how you deliver lines like that. Even if you have a fringe which I can't stop staring at.
The creepiest moment of the episode?
Rossi bought the house. Just...ick.
Although I'm a Morgan/Garcia fangirl at heart, I have a soft spot for Kevin & Garcia. ♥ There's something sexy, adorable and hilarious about two nerds in love.
Hee!
Garcia: You wanna straighten out Agent Rossi?
Perfect delivery.
This cap simply screams Xander. Garcia threatening Kevin was priceless.
In my opinion, it was a good decision to split the team in half and only fly Emily, JJ and Morgan over to Indianapolis to help Rossi. It would've been a little...corny if the whole team would've made an appearance.
But how come the three agents were able to just leave everything and hop on a plane? I thought JJ for example said that she had heaps of work.
Well, anyway.
There was another interesting detail that made me frown:
Emily: You're buying, I'm drinking!
Morgan: I don't think any of us would afford this place otherwise.
Yeah, because Emily doesn't have any money at all. She only has a humongous flat near the Capital Dome and probably comes from very old money. She's as poor as they get!
But how cute is it that JJ immediately looks at Emily when Rossi asks why they care?
Apparently they can't stop the looks. Not that I'm complaining. At all.
Rossi: Why do you care?
Emily: Because you do.
I actually found this sweet. I truly hope that Rossi finally gets the point of working in a team.
But do I sense some foreshadowing:
Yes, it does look like a club soda.
And when Rossi tells about the children screaming for their parents:
The camera immediately cuts to JJ. Hmm...
I'm so scared of the upcoming JJ storyline.
Morgan found a dead fly in his glass.
Not really. The cap was simply too perfect.
Emily looks gorgeous throughout the episode, but I can't help staring at her forehead!
I want to believe that the new look will grow on me. Pretty please with a cherry on top?
Remember the whole shirt swapping hullabaloo?
Bwaha! The green shirt makes an appearance again. JJ has obviously given it back to Emily.
Then we get some PAINFULLY OBVIOUS eye action from Emily's part:
When JJ gets back and has Garcia on speaker, Emily's eyes are immediately on her. That might just be a coincidence, but when the camera cuts back to the brunette a little while later, she's still regarding JJ like she knows something's going on.
See? Her eyes never stray.
So, Rossi suddenly has an epiphany and realises the killer must be a part of a carnival that moves from city to city. Yeah, that's exactly what I thought! Only not.
We get hot FBI action:
Emily's stance is...rawr!
Oh, and have I mentioned lately that JJ rocks?
Morgan: I can't believe people actually pay good money to play these fixed games.
JJ: Men.
Morgan: Excuse me?
JJ: It's not people. It's men.
Morgan: Is that a fact?
JJ: Only a man would waste $50 trying to win that $3 stuffed animal.
JJ, I love you.
Oh! The following might be completely accidental, but if it isn't, I have yet another reason to love the creators of this show.
Emily and Rossi are talking to the father. We can see a banner or a sign behind Emily that says "Legacy".
Well, at one point Emily leans to the side a little, efficiently blocking the first two letters of the said sign:
It now spells "Gacy". As in John Wayne Gacy, a famous serial killer (also known as "The Killer Clown") who used to entertain kids in his neighbourhood by dressing up as a clown?
If that was intentional, fantastic!
But how obvious is A.J.'s baby bump?
Answer: very.
JJ should be out in the field, wielding a gun more often, because it's so very hot:
The sunglasses only add up to the hotness.
The whole 'mentally handicapped son is the killer' thing felt a like a cop-out of sorts. At least it was somewhat anti-climatic; I was expecting something else entirely.
But Emily got to cuff the unsub.
OH YES.
The corniest moment of the episode?
Oh, come on! *facepalm*
But the ending, the ending! This is exactly why I hope that there will never be inter-team relationships in canon: it'd mess up the team dynamics forever.
How adorable is it that Emily's clearly telling her story to JJ?
I wish we could hear what she's saying, though.
But! Rossi has a visitor.
Kevin! So adorable. JJ thinks so too.
And again it's JJ Emily turns to when she doesn't know what's going on.
Morgan sure made a hasty exit...
Awww, poor Reid doesn't know the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song.
Emily is dumbfounded.
Oh, this show is such perfection. ♥
Speaking of picspams, prepare yourselves for an epic Higher Ground picspam. I've been marathoning through the first and only season; this show is highly addictive, I've noticed. It gets you all invested in the lives of profoundly dysfunctional adolescents. Yay! And I swear A.J. Cook is the link to every TV fandom out there today! Seriously: Buffy, Women's Murder Club, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Dr.Quinn: Medicine Woman, both Stargates... All the shows can be linked through her.
Something completely unrelated, but... I resigned from my job a while back (trying to get a better paying one for the summer), which means that I actually get to have a two-week holiday at the beginning of May. It's strange, since I haven't had a real holiday--as in sitting at home watching DVDs for two weeks straight--since 2005. Hurrah!
And to finish off the Criminal Minds geekiness for now (I truly am sorry for those who couldn't give a rat's ass about this show. The question, though, is that why on earth don't you??), here's a teaser for next week's episode:
Click to viewWell, that sounds familiar...