"It's a bureaucratic pile of steaming s-,"
Thank God for Castle, that's all I'm saying. Without that cracky show, the upcoming TV season would be really depressing for me. But eee! Now I have Beckett and Castle and my ship back! Not to mention gun!porn and boyfriends and all-round awesomeness. ♥
Brilliance, indeed. Something that cannot be said about Criminal Minds. This morning, I honestly couldn't have cared less that there was a new episode available. That's just sad. Of course I still downloaded and watched the episode which turned out to be so very underwhelming it made me want to cry. Remember "Revelations" and "Penelope"? How did they manage to go from those to this:
SO BORING. MY BRAIN IS DRIPPING OUT OF MY EARS.
First of all, the case was just dull and monotonous, I didn't care at all. Morgan was so annoying I wanted to slap him 90% of the time; all that melodramatic crap and him yelling at Garcia (RAGE!) almost made me hit fast-forward.
Secondly, it seems like the writers almost wanted to make sure Emily and JJ wouldn't share but a few brief seconds of screen time. Let me illustrate my point:
Uhh...wait, what was I suppose to do?
Right! So, Emily leaves the crime scene in an ambulance. Cue to:
I would say that's a silly coincidence (and that I'm, once again, reading too much into this) if the following scene didn't take place as well.
We see Emily running into the house after Morgan has completely unnecessarily shot the unsub, and immediately after that JJ turns up.
Her timing is impeccable!
But speaking of JJ, I can't remember the last time she had this much screen time during an episode. It's like the show went "screw you, CBS!" and gave JJ an entire subplot of her own, just to demonstrate the brilliance of the character. For that, my hat iss off to the writers.
JJ: What about the emergency alert system? It would be a way to communicate over all the [radio] stations simultaneously.
Emily: How do we do that?
JJ: I, uh, I don't really now, but how hard can it be to work out?
Famous last words!
Never mind the ridiculousness. How is it possible that the FBI wouldn't have direct access (or, at least an easier one than this) to something like that?
Anyway. JJ now has something to do, and it all turns out to be quite hilarious - as well as hot, because a lot of JJ-on-the-phone scenes follow.
Damn she looks fine. White shirts have always suited her the best.
But yeah, the funny part. I'm still grinning.
JJ: [annoyed] Everytime they put me on hold, they get one layer higher on Homeland Security. The EAS is coordinated by the FCC, FIMA and the National Weather Service. It's a bureaucratic pile of steaming s-,
Guy: [on the phone] Ma'am?
JJ: [pleasantly] Yes!
The lightning change in JJ's demeanour makes me laugh out loud. Hysterical. I'm going to miss this character, I really, really am.
JJ also has some serious balls, I'm just saying.
JJ: Yes! Yes, I'm still here. Yep, I'm always gonna be here. [pause] Okay, my name is Jennifer Ja-, no, you know what? I'm not gonna explain this entire thing again to another middle-level bureaucrat who can't give me a sufficient answer. Put someone on the damn phone who can authorize what I need!
Rawr! That got me all hot and bothered. You show them, girl!
But where the heck is Emily? There's one scene with a seriously gay stance (figures), but that's pretty much it. What, can't they give two women screen time in the same episode? Ugh.
Things get ridiculous when JJ, of all people, is the one who needs to work as a hostage negotiator over the radio waves. Ahahahaha...ha. Apparently, Hotch is too far from the place. It's never stopped you before, show!
JJ delivers the cheesiest speech EVER (and even goes against Hotch's instructions. Told you, she's got balls); I actually groaned out loud at the "I'm not a hostage negotiator...but I am a mother." Wah wah wah~ *headdesk*
Yeah, yeah, yeah. A nice speech, but the corniness of it is killing me. And since when have they been able to reason with a psychopath? Does. not. compute.
Here, have a shot of Emily's ass:
Nice.
But who on earth carries their phone like that, IN THE WAISTBAND OF THEIR TROUSERS?! Very inconvenient for an FBI agent. "Shit, guys! Carry on chasing the unsub without me. I need to fish my phone from between my butt cheeks!"
So yeah. Not only was the episode boring, but it was clichéd (the kid hugging Morgan at the end? Kill me now.) and served no real purpose. The only positive thing was JJ's bigger role which somewhat quelled the annoyance I felt for having so few Emily scenes.
Yeah, I don't know why I bother with this show either.
Next week: JJ, don't go! Well, at least it seems like she'll be leaving in an acceptable manner and not after a daft I-cannot-do-this-job-anymore breakdown.
Damn Rizzoli & Isles, for ruining most other femslashy shows for me forever.
Brilliance, indeed. Something that cannot be said about Criminal Minds. This morning, I honestly couldn't have cared less that there was a new episode available. That's just sad. Of course I still downloaded and watched the episode which turned out to be so very underwhelming it made me want to cry. Remember "Revelations" and "Penelope"? How did they manage to go from those to this:
SO BORING. MY BRAIN IS DRIPPING OUT OF MY EARS.
First of all, the case was just dull and monotonous, I didn't care at all. Morgan was so annoying I wanted to slap him 90% of the time; all that melodramatic crap and him yelling at Garcia (RAGE!) almost made me hit fast-forward.
Secondly, it seems like the writers almost wanted to make sure Emily and JJ wouldn't share but a few brief seconds of screen time. Let me illustrate my point:
Uhh...wait, what was I suppose to do?
Right! So, Emily leaves the crime scene in an ambulance. Cue to:
I would say that's a silly coincidence (and that I'm, once again, reading too much into this) if the following scene didn't take place as well.
We see Emily running into the house after Morgan has completely unnecessarily shot the unsub, and immediately after that JJ turns up.
Her timing is impeccable!
But speaking of JJ, I can't remember the last time she had this much screen time during an episode. It's like the show went "screw you, CBS!" and gave JJ an entire subplot of her own, just to demonstrate the brilliance of the character. For that, my hat iss off to the writers.
JJ: What about the emergency alert system? It would be a way to communicate over all the [radio] stations simultaneously.
Emily: How do we do that?
JJ: I, uh, I don't really now, but how hard can it be to work out?
Famous last words!
Never mind the ridiculousness. How is it possible that the FBI wouldn't have direct access (or, at least an easier one than this) to something like that?
Anyway. JJ now has something to do, and it all turns out to be quite hilarious - as well as hot, because a lot of JJ-on-the-phone scenes follow.
Damn she looks fine. White shirts have always suited her the best.
But yeah, the funny part. I'm still grinning.
JJ: [annoyed] Everytime they put me on hold, they get one layer higher on Homeland Security. The EAS is coordinated by the FCC, FIMA and the National Weather Service. It's a bureaucratic pile of steaming s-,
Guy: [on the phone] Ma'am?
JJ: [pleasantly] Yes!
The lightning change in JJ's demeanour makes me laugh out loud. Hysterical. I'm going to miss this character, I really, really am.
JJ also has some serious balls, I'm just saying.
JJ: Yes! Yes, I'm still here. Yep, I'm always gonna be here. [pause] Okay, my name is Jennifer Ja-, no, you know what? I'm not gonna explain this entire thing again to another middle-level bureaucrat who can't give me a sufficient answer. Put someone on the damn phone who can authorize what I need!
Rawr! That got me all hot and bothered. You show them, girl!
But where the heck is Emily? There's one scene with a seriously gay stance (figures), but that's pretty much it. What, can't they give two women screen time in the same episode? Ugh.
Things get ridiculous when JJ, of all people, is the one who needs to work as a hostage negotiator over the radio waves. Ahahahaha...ha. Apparently, Hotch is too far from the place. It's never stopped you before, show!
JJ delivers the cheesiest speech EVER (and even goes against Hotch's instructions. Told you, she's got balls); I actually groaned out loud at the "I'm not a hostage negotiator...but I am a mother." Wah wah wah~ *headdesk*
Yeah, yeah, yeah. A nice speech, but the corniness of it is killing me. And since when have they been able to reason with a psychopath? Does. not. compute.
Here, have a shot of Emily's ass:
Nice.
But who on earth carries their phone like that, IN THE WAISTBAND OF THEIR TROUSERS?! Very inconvenient for an FBI agent. "Shit, guys! Carry on chasing the unsub without me. I need to fish my phone from between my butt cheeks!"
So yeah. Not only was the episode boring, but it was clichéd (the kid hugging Morgan at the end? Kill me now.) and served no real purpose. The only positive thing was JJ's bigger role which somewhat quelled the annoyance I felt for having so few Emily scenes.
Yeah, I don't know why I bother with this show either.
Next week: JJ, don't go! Well, at least it seems like she'll be leaving in an acceptable manner and not after a daft I-cannot-do-this-job-anymore breakdown.
Damn Rizzoli & Isles, for ruining most other femslashy shows for me forever.