Wednesday April 2, 2008
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Rossi goes to Indianapolis to continue his investigation into the two unsolved murders that have plagued him for 20 years, and he is joined by Prentiss, JJ, and Morgan when they learn about the case. Meanwhile, Hotchner and Reid interview a death-row inmate in a Connecticut prison.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)So this was why Rossi came back.. hide show
They spent long time building up the mystery why Rossi came back and now, he comes and solves it, 20 years later. If not looking into the irony that case like this can be solved 20 years later without main problems.. then why not back then? They did not looked too carefully into this?
Anyway.. if not think on logic.. and this was important case for Rossi.. it was not bad. The way team cared, went there and helped him.. and those kids, the ending..
And ofcourse that substoryline of Hotchner and Reid.. it was funny - speaking convict to dead and saving their lives..
Really? All that hype for this? hide show
I'm going to keep this very short and to the point. This will be the worst episode of the season and so far is my lowest rated episode of Criminal Minds to date. There was so much hype, since the day he joined the show, for this case. This was the big one. We all knew that one day he was going to get back to this case and some members of the team were going to help him solve it. We finally get there and I cannot be more upset with the ending to a twenty year old case. The unsub was awful. Not a brutal murderer but a "big kid" who followed a little girl home one night and then destroyed the parents with their own axe which he took right out of the fathers hands? Not so much. Hotchner and Reid scenes were pointless to the max. They went to interview someone on death row and it served no purpose other then to eat up some time for the episode as a whole. Was very happy to see Kevin back in this episode after I complained about it in my last review, but I am simply still in shock over how bad of an episode this was. I understand it was right after the strike had ended, but why come back with such an important episode if you were just going to flunk out on the storyline? Awful.
This is one of the silliest episodes in criminal minds...are they struggling for plots? Seems like they have lost the plot!!!!! hide show
While I like criminal minds sometime its really far fetched how quickly and easily a case is solved. This case was 20 years old they solved it when the daughter remembered a scary incident with a clown the day before her parents were killed 20 years ago. They checked circuses in the area and caught the clown. One minute they were in BAU Head quarters and next they were borrowing the jet to fly after their colleague to follow up the case. The case was not even an official case. And every year for the last twenty years the clowns father made the clown go with him while he left a present for the three orphaned kids. REALLY REALLY SILLY
We've been tantalized with Rossi's unsolved case since he joined the series and the mundane plot and ending of this disappoints seriously.
This episode just punctuates how disappointing series 3 has been
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Over all series three is very disappointing when measured against the high standards of the first two series and this episode just emphasises how dull and predictable it has become.
Since Rossi joined the cast we have been offered tantalizing glimpses of the case that haunted him and caused him to join the BAU. Somehow this episode, which should have been a spactacular culmination of tension, falls far short of expectations. We are expected to make a leap of faith and believe that the pivitol clue of the carnival toys being delivered on the aneversary of the crime has somehow gone unnoticed for all these years, and that the kids are dumb enough to think that it is Rossi that is sending them.
Hopefully season 4 has more to offer
Rossi has finally solved the case that has been haunting him for 20 years. There were several tearjerker moments, but there were several funny as h*ll moments!
The episode begins with Rossi having a nightmare about the case that has been haunting him for 20 years. He wakes up in a sweat and gasping. He grabs the charm bracelet that he's kept with him for all these years and clutches it tightly to him.
We move on to Garcia's apartment. Garcia is having a romantic evening at home. We see candles, strawberries and cream, and glasses of champagne. Garcia comes out of her bathroom, tying her robe and mumbling about doing bodily harm to whomever is pounding on her door at that hour. As she yanks the door open, she sees SSA Rossi. Rossi is demanding to know where the rest of the information he requested is. As Garcia is trying to get Rossi to wait until the morning (and a more respectable hour), Kevin Lynch comes out of the bathroom towel-drying his hair. As he walks into the room, he says, "You left the middle of my back totally unloofahed." He comes to a screeching halt when he sees SSA Rossi and then sheepishly lowers the towel to cover himself.
I thought that scene was hillarious! Poor Garcia. She finally gets a decent love interest and then Rossi has to interrupt her fun evening!
We are introduced to the three children survivors from Rossi's 20 year old case. It's obvious that life has not been the greatest for them. They are living in the home left to them by their grandmother. The oldest,Connie, is working in a strip club. Middle child, Georgie, has been fired from yet another job. Baby sister, Alicia, has been acting more like a very rebellious teenager than a responsible 23 year old woman.
We learn that for the past 20 years, someone has been leaving gifts for the kids on the anniversary. They assume that it's Rossi. The kids want to move on but can't seem to because of the anniversary "reminders".
This episode delves more into the backstory of Rossi. It helps us to understand him and what makes him tick. We learn that he purchased the Galen home from an auction and has had it maintained for many years. The one thing that I did not like about this episode is that it didn't match with what we learned about Rossi in "Birthright". In "Birthright", the children watched their parents beaten to death on Christmas Eve. It was because of this that Rossi no longer puts up a Christmas Tree. In this episode, the parents have been axed to death in March.
My heart went out to Rossi when he is confronted by Connie as he and the team arrive at the Galen's home. Connie tells him to that they want to move on with their lives and to go away and never bother them again. Rossi only wanted to help them get justice. He felt that they deserved that.
Definitely a tearjerker moment for me.
Hotch and Reid go to Connecticut to visit Death Row inmate, Chester Hardwick. SSA Hotchner seems to be wound even tighter than he normally does. He's rather snippy with JJ and Reid. I think that this part of the episode revealed a side of Hotchner that is rarely seen. You can tell that he still loves his wife very much and that he does not want to divorce her. The stress of it is starting to really get to him. For me, the most revealing part of Hotch's internal turmoil came when he was going to "throw down" with Chester Hardwick. He was itching for a fight and Chester Hardwick was the "chosen" one.
Watching Reid diffusing the situation by spouting all kinds of facts in rapid succession was awesome. He maneuvered himself into a safer position (as best he could in the tiny room) away from the two giants.
The funniest scene took place in Garcia's office. Kevin creeps up on Garcia and they both scream. Garcia starts to go off on him because they had been caught "fraternizing" by Rossi. She asked him if he remembered last night.
Kevin replies with a look of pure happiness on his face, "I will NEVER forget last night!"
Watching his facial expressions was priceless and had me cracking up. But the best parts were yet to come!
Kevin says, "You know, it was rude of Rossi to show up to your place, after work hours."
"Rude? You found him rude?" asks Penelope, flabergasted.
"You know, maybe I should have a talk with him. Straighten him out."
Kevin says that maybe he should talk to Rossi "man-to-man" because he feels that he should be able to visit his 'girlfriend'. Garcia was touched. You could tell that she thought it was wonderfully sweet.
Penelope tells Kevin sweetly yet threateningly, "If you get within a hundred feet of Agent Rossi, I will unleash an unrecoverable virus on your personal computer system that will reduce you electronic world into something between a Commodore and a block of government cheese!"
That is like the worst thing to threaten a computer geek with! I was rolling at that! Kevin's face was priceless!
At the end of the episode when Rossi is saying goodbye to the children, he gives them the keys to their parents' house. He tells them that they should be able to sell it and get a good price for it. Rossi gives Connie the charm bracelet. He tells her that their grandmother had let him hold on to it until their case was solved.
As Rossi is about to get into his vehicle, Connie runs up to him and gives the bracelet back to him. With tears in her eyes, she asks if it would be ok if they called him from time to time to let him know how they were doing. He tells her, "Anytime, kiddo. Anytime." For me, this was the biggest tearjerker scene of the episode. There was closure for Rossi and the Galen children. Something that isn't always possible to do.
The seriousness and the humor was outstandingly blended together throughout the whole episode. And, because of that, it is definitely one of my favorite episodes!
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