Omnivore

[severity_softly]

From the reaction posts I'm reading, I'm pretty sure I am the only one in the fandom that didn't really like Omnivore. *sigh* I mean, it was fine, you know, but not anywhere near as good as the few episodes before it. Maybe I'm too critical. Maybe I got caught up in the "ZOMG HOTCH EPISODE!" hype and built it up in my head. I don't know. All I know is that it left me sort of cold. Pleasure is my Business was a WAY better Hotch ep, IMHO.

First off, I sort of loathe cliffhanger endings. I expect it for season finales, of course, and that's OK, because I expect it, and it's standard practice. Bloodline was okay because they got the bad guys of that ep. I thought the end was a great twist, but it didn't feel like a storyline that the BAU needed to continue. It didn't even really feel like a cliffhanger to me. This one, though? WTF? ...I mean, really.

I didn't buy the premise. And while I think the idea of TOTALLY RANDOM KILLER ZOMG is freaky, I thought he was a cheesy villian: The mask. The voice. Dude, I know I loved Masterpiece, and hello epitome of cheesy villain, but I had a different sort of view on Rothschild, I think. I think Rothschild became what he thought he should be. Anyway...

I hate that Hotch CRIED. And this is coming from someone who loves to see Hotch get emotional, but it felt off. He cried at a CRIME SCENE?!?!?!?! HUH? Really, WHAAAT? And I need to rewatch the scene because of the Rossi interaction, but I thought that scene was weird--but that may be because I was still going 'wtf Hotch is crying at a CRIME SCENE?!

Though, I must admit, I liked the shot at Gideon (*cough*) and the part where they walk away and Hotch calls him a drama llama, and Rossi says all his wives said that? SO MUCH LOFF.

Also, Rossi and Prentiss working that house together. *happy place*

I hate that they gave Morgan ALL THIS ANGST but only gave him about three lines in the whole episode. WTF was up with that? And the 'ZOMG IS IT MORGAN UNDER THE SHEET?!' fake out? Do they think we're stupid all of a sudden?

Also, Hotch working the profile for this long? Huh? Surely he's had more than one unsolved case? I realize this was his first as lead profiler, but still... dude. I just... wtf? I had that reaction a lot, you can see.

THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH REID. And he even had pretty hair this episode. I wanted to see it more. ;) I'm usually fine with not enough X-character, but this ep needed something for me, so there you go.

Anyway, yeah, I wasn't overly impressed. *sigh* I am a harsh critic, apparently.

Comments

[dunderklumpen.livejournal.com]

You're not alone. I thought it was an average episode. It had some great moments like the Hotch/Rossi moment with the drama thing but that's it. Strangely it didn't felt like such a cliffhanger for me. I mean I know that it's a cliffhanger but it seems like a storyline which you can put aside without further problems and which can come back tomorrow or in 3 seasons. I'm sure there will be an episode where they find a corpse with Morgan's batch. But I don't care... That's usually different but here... maybe because the ep wasn't that great overall.

[dunderklumpen.livejournal.com]

P.S.: Oh, ähm... and when did Hotch cry? Blank eyes don't mean cry...

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

He was teary, and at least shed a couple of them, because under his eyes it was wet. You can check out aoibhe's caps here. You can see clearly that he's teary and wet in a couple.