Wednesday November 12, 2008
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As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)For me, Dr. Spencer Reid is the heart and soul of this show. Character development needs to be at its core right along with bringing us plots featuring gruesome, interesting crimes. hide show
For me, Dr. Spencer Reid is the heart and soul of this show. Character development needs to be at its core along with bring us interesting crimes. Reid on the shrink's couch with a protective Rossi standing by was too delicious. Seeing JJ going into labor and her teammates rally behind her was great. Great seeing JJ's baby's daddy there too. LOVE that boy from New Orleans! Seeing Reid holding JJ's baby was truly a touching scene that said so much about how Reid is cared for and regarded by his team mates. I absolutely loved that moment of hope and healing for him.
Reid centric episode but somehow I expected something more.. hide show
After reading what it all will be about, I think I thought it will be better, expected maybe something different - it was little slow in some points and the case.. I do not know - maybe it was a dead end as Rossi's unfinished business - you thought it will be mind blowing but when you see it, it was ok..
Anyway, this episode definitely goes down as one of the best char development episodes they have done. They have reveled before some facts about Reid, but this time his family is in focus and there are much to learn. And JJ and baby.. great addition to that episode..
In this episode of Criminal Minds, the following happens. When the team all met up to travel home, Reid informs them that he is going to be staying on to spend some time with his mother. We then see Reid going to the local police station and getting all of the files on the little boys murder, which he keeps having dreams about. When he goes back to his hotel room he sees that Rossi and Morgan have stayed behind, as they believe he is working the case of Reilly Jenkins. He then admits to both of them that he believes that the killer is his own father. JJ brings her replacement in so that she can get to grips with the job before JJ goes off to have the baby. Soon Rossi, Morgan and Reid track down his father and head there. It's been 17 years since he has seen his father. When Reid returns to his hotel room he finds an envelope, with a suspect inside of it. In this episode JJ goes into labour, but doesn't tell anyone until her contractions are only 10 minutes apart. Their main suspect is soon found through CODIS. He has murdered a few years ago and his body only recently found. Who soon learn that Gary Michaels was killed by the father of the little boy who was murdered. And he beat him until he confessed. Then Spencer's mother comes in and admits that she was in fact the boy who informed Reilly's dad about the Gary and what she suspected. She also happened to walk in right after Gary was killed. At the very end of the episode we see everyone in the hospital room with JJ and the baby. JJ asks Reid to be her son, Henry's Godfather. We also learn that she has asked Garcia to be his Godmother.
Expected way more action. Only upside was good acting and a veiw into reids childhood. hide show
while this is a good episode, I expected it to be a bit more thrilling than this... it was okay I enjoyed watching a bit more into reids relationship with his father. And it had good acting. still the scenes of the last episode made me think this episode would be quite shocking, I believe they could have made this episode much more thrilling, instead of just intresting. i did however like the plot around reids mother; it was clever. but still it was a bit boring and didn't hold my attention as much as previous episodes. Falsely advertised... well to me anyway...
While remaining in Las Vegas, Reid's determination to solve the murder of young Reilley Jenkins lead to a startling discovery. The episode did an exceptional job of developing Reid's background most notably, the non-existant relationship that he has with his father. While Reid feels the sting of being rejected by his father, we learn that his father has been keeping up with his accomplishments. While Reid clings to the notion that his father was involved in Reilly's death, new information points to a neighborhood pedophile. The most heart-wrenching moment came from Diana Reid herself who sheds new light on the pedophiles subsquent death and who his next victim would have been.
The best part of the show was the birth of JJ and Will's son, Henry, who becomes the godson of Reid and Garcia. As always the script doesn't let us forget that the team is also a family, who shares in the bad times as well as the good. In the end, this show is as good as one can get.
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