Criminal Minds: 4x03: Minimal Loss
Oct. 8th, 2008 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
severity_softly*siiiiiiiiiigh* Okay, I watched the promo for this weeks episode within hours of watching the episode itself. (I've been avoiding spoilers.) I really didn't think I was going to like it based on the promo. I think I was still irking at Prentiss from last week, and I am NOT a fan of her being paired with Reid (and I'm not talking about fic/fandom pairing, though Reid/Prentiss creeps me out). Now that the episode is over... I have no idea how I feel. I was actually sort of hoping my low expectations would make me like it more, but I'm just sort of MEH.
1. Hello? No set up? Car ride, then GUNS GUNS GUNS. That wasn't dramatic; that was CHOPPY.
2. Go Hotch getting in dude's face. ROWR! But then Hotch went stupid again for much of the episode. I think that explosion might have killed a few brain cells. Since when can he not-- ugh. I'm shutting up on this.
3. YAY ROSSI being negotiator dude! Okay, okay, so Rossi was pretty awesome in this ep. I have to admit. And there WAS a lot of Reid/Rossi fodder.
4. Prentiss didn't bug me. Win. I'm glad it didn't last, though I really hated the way she was talking to Reid at the end. A little like he was a child, and yeah, we all know Reid is too hard on himself and sometimes naive, but the conversation felt awkward and contrived. Maybe I just really don't like her near Reid or something. I don't know. I DON'T KNOW. Make it stop, I hate feeling this way. UGH.
5. Ummmmm... yeah, I don't know.
6. OH! "God could have stopped me." "He just did." *DIES* Okay, that? WAS AWESOME. *cough*
It's weird, and I think this is what's bugging me the most, but I didn't feel the CHARACTERS at all. Except Rossi, dude, he was awesome. I didn't dislike the story though, even if I thought it was a little sloppy. The story kept me interested, and a few times I was even on the edge of my seat. My VCR actually died randomly whenDylan Cyrus dragged Prentiss off, and I JUMPED out of my seat. But... I found myself not feeling my favorite people. Hotch was weird. Morgan wasn't present. Prentiss was... just there. JJ wasn't. Reid, honestly, I think was giving himself away too much. I'm surprised he didn't get fucked up a lot more. Only Rossi really got me involved in more than just the story line of events itself.
Too much action and not enough humanity, I guess.
That's it. I need fic to fix this. *sigh* Maybe I'll like it better on the re-watch. Sometimes it happens. :P
1. Hello? No set up? Car ride, then GUNS GUNS GUNS. That wasn't dramatic; that was CHOPPY.
2. Go Hotch getting in dude's face. ROWR! But then Hotch went stupid again for much of the episode. I think that explosion might have killed a few brain cells. Since when can he not-- ugh. I'm shutting up on this.
3. YAY ROSSI being negotiator dude! Okay, okay, so Rossi was pretty awesome in this ep. I have to admit. And there WAS a lot of Reid/Rossi fodder.
4. Prentiss didn't bug me. Win. I'm glad it didn't last, though I really hated the way she was talking to Reid at the end. A little like he was a child, and yeah, we all know Reid is too hard on himself and sometimes naive, but the conversation felt awkward and contrived. Maybe I just really don't like her near Reid or something. I don't know. I DON'T KNOW. Make it stop, I hate feeling this way. UGH.
5. Ummmmm... yeah, I don't know.
6. OH! "God could have stopped me." "He just did." *DIES* Okay, that? WAS AWESOME. *cough*
It's weird, and I think this is what's bugging me the most, but I didn't feel the CHARACTERS at all. Except Rossi, dude, he was awesome. I didn't dislike the story though, even if I thought it was a little sloppy. The story kept me interested, and a few times I was even on the edge of my seat. My VCR actually died randomly when
Too much action and not enough humanity, I guess.
That's it. I need fic to fix this. *sigh* Maybe I'll like it better on the re-watch. Sometimes it happens. :P
