Wednesday April 30, 2008
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The BAU is called to Miami to investigate a serial killer who appears to have a conflicted sexual identity. Meanwhile, JJ's secret is revealed.
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The episode overall was good...the detective flirting with Derek, that was a little weak...another theme - JJ and Will - it was about time for her to be happy and she should have realized she couldn't keep the relationship a secret from the team - we are talking about professionals studying the human behavior after all.
Another part of the episode - the theme of homosexuality. The unsub is trying to be somebody else, it doesn't matter who, as long as he isn't himself.He chooses a rather drastic measure for identity searching.
It is amazing how many people think that being gay is a matter of choice (let's be serious - who would want to choose a lifetime of hatred?)...people fear what they don't understand and are so close-minded that end up doing things they normally wouldn't do. Beating someone doesn't "cure" them - it is not a disease (look it up). There are cases when stealing, or killing is more likely to be overlooked than the state of homosexuality.
Oh.. I do not know.. Not the best case the have had and more than to concentrate on the case, I think the purpose of this episode was to knowledge the relationship between JJ and Will and mess around with JJ problem of letting everyone else to know it.
I think the main thing in the case what I liked was that the unsub was one who they thought is the victim and after taking with the family they start to realize they have had his picture and name from the beginning but they did not know it was him.
So.. they have had better episode.. but not too bad either.. just..
Didn't care for the acting in this episode at all. The writing was decent but I didn't feel like the guy with the identity problem was very poorly cast. I didn't like Will the first time around when he appeared in "Jones" and I didn't like him in this epsiode either. Turns out he has been having a relationship with JJ for just over a year now, but hopefully he will stay in Miami away from the camera. We all ready have Kevin and Penelope creeping closer and closer together getting some camera time, no need to start showing his relationship with Penelope being moved to the Washington D.C. area. The case itself was kind of boring to watch as well. Being in Miami had some nice scenery, but the case didn't use it to their advantage enough. The female cop who was flirting with Morgan the entire time was one of the worst casting calls I have ever seen. She also didn't provide anything to the story either. The ending scene with Morgan talking the guy down wasn't the best either. Those are usually my favorite moments of the show, but this time I think the combination of the case and the terrible acting just didn't do anything for me in that very pivotal scene of the episode.
Excellent writing and phenomenol acting of a difficult subject to present. hide show
The acting blew me away. The interaction between all characters was phenomenal, especially the arrest scene between Michael Graziadei and Shemar Moore. You could see and feel the emotion and pain that each was enduring, before they spoke; but then, that is par for this show. The subject matter covered a serious problem that exists today not only for gays, but any person dealing with non-acceptance by a parent. It is a very touchy and difficult subject to bring to the screen that not everyone will agree with and the writers did an excellent job of defining new technologies in profiling and tracking serial killers. Kudos on an excellent show.
A man that was always told that being gay was wrong goes out and kills other gays and takes their identity. Interesting...I thought so, but it was a bit much. I actually felt very bad for the killer because he just wasn't accepted and believed being gay was wrong. The main thing I really didn't like in this episode was JJ and her boyfriend. The whole time she was just ignoring him and not wanting to tell anyone about her relationship. It was just annoying and got old fast. Overall, this episode was just ok. I didn't think it was terrible, but it wasn't good either.
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