Wednesday November 22, 2006
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Gideon, Reid and Prentiss travel to Guantanamo Bay to interrogate the leader of a terror sleeper cell being detained there after a chemical weapons dispersal device is discovered during a raid at a suspicious house. Working with Reid, Emily's fluency in Arabic proves to be useful as they scrutinize the suspect.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)The BAU thwarts another Terrorist Attack before its too late. hide show
the error of the past is the wisdom of the future. Gideon was reluctant to have Emily come on the mission but she knows Arabic and has studied behavior; he wanted her to listen close and have Reid to watch for tells.
The CIA had been interrogating Jind Allah (a prisoner) for 2 months and the BAU had less than 36 hours to crack the case.
Hotchner and Morgan are searching the discover home with the explosives in them for clues to what is being planned. Garcia tells Hotch and Morgan they give her ingredients to weaponinze anthrax.
With 24 hours to go Gideon shows his hand, and there is something wrong. Reid noticed Jind Allah hands and saw that he was relieved. Gideon called Hotch and told them to get out of where they were and the trailer they were in exploded.
Gideon said they are looking for home grown terrorist.
Gideon introduced Reid to Jind Allah and Reid explained how he know who he was.
After the unveiling of some smooth BAU tactics, the team must now stop the destruction and attack on the grand opening of a new shopping center.
The team gets involved when a DEA bust uncovers what looks like a terrorist attack in the making. hide show
I enjoyed this episode from beginning to end. Each part was well played. The terrorist who were setting up the hit were very smark, dragging the government agencies along and only allowing them to see what they wanted them to see. But the BAU team was great, too. Following the clues, and in the end managing to be far enough ahead of the terrorists to get the win. There was a lot to like here: The team is split, half are sent to Gitmo to try to break a suspected member of the terrorist cell who is being held there. The other half remains behind to follow the clues at home. We're more fully intrudcued to Emily Prentiss, the newest member of the team. She immediately shows her usefulness to the team as she's able to speak Arabic, which happens to be needed for this case. Gideon shows some reservations about her, but Hotch insists that Gideon will need her at Guantanamo Bay. Reid goes to Guantanamo Bay as well. I liked the humanity that is shown in the way the team cares for one another. Garcia when she thinks one of them may have been hurt in a bomb. JJ, while waiting for information. Gideon, in his need to get the information to Hotch that the raid they're conducting is a trap. I also thought Hotch's conflict with regard to warning his wife about the danger is a nice touch. A very good episode which show cases all of the characters.
A different side of storyline - there is a possibilty of major terrorist attack and Gideon has to do what CIA failed it two months - get information.
I most say this episode worked many purpose - one was to introduce new char, the other major one was to show the Hotchner's world - he does this dangerous thing but has kid and wife.. and the last scene - what a powerful one.. he sitting there, knowing that his family might have been in that mall.. And if he had failed.. And ofcourse - maybe somehow even the best part was the dialoge between that prisoner and Gideon..
Liked the episode a lot thought I must say that Giedeon really was the only one of the main actors to really shine in this episode. I think the writers give some of the actors an episode or two each season where they show why they are so important to the team. The fact that Gideon was playing with the man from the beginning was amazing. I knew at the end he was tricking him into trying to get the man to tell the location of the attack, but I had no idea Gideon continued to move up the time table from the beginning. Hotchner and Morgan didn't have the best storyline in this one. They went from place to place searching for the location but they didn't seem like they were fitting into the timeline. I suppose between the trailer getting blown up and the bust at the house that they must have had a small break but it didnt seem to me like they get the full 48 hours. Cant argue with the little things about an episode though. Overall it has been a lot of what Season two has been - very well written and a great way to spend an hour of my time. I think slowly introducing the new girl is a great path to take and I cant wait to see more of the show from here on out.
Gideon, Reid, and the new agent tavel to Guantanamo Bay to interrogate a jihad activists to try to find out where his cell is going to attack with amthrax. In the end, they trick him to giving the location and billions are saved. It was very intelligent, the way that they tricked him, and it was very interesting. I also loved the whole mini-story with Hotch and his family. It was so sweet! I love their relationship. She seems to understand his job and his hours and she just wants him to be safe. Oh, then there's that new agent. She's annoying. I don't like her. She's like an annoying know-it-all and she just doesn't work for me. Anyways, great episode, great story, it almost seemed political, but it was great.
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