Wednesday October 8, 2008
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After Prentiss and Reid go undercover in Colorado to investigate alleged child abuse at the compound of an underground cult in La Plata County, they are taken hostage when a federal raid on the fortress goes bad.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Brilliantly exciting... hide show
This happens when things are not talked trough - Emily and Reid are doing some interviews in case of childabuse when police decides to storm a religious colony. It all goes bad.
I like the way how the episode started - we have a hint that everything goes wrong and now we need to find out how. I like how Reid and Emily get into the motion in different way - Emily reveals she is FBI agent and gets all beaten but manages to do her part.. and Reid, he manages to gain trust of the religious leader and give on his side to get out too.
I loved excitement, the way it should how you can turn everything upside down if you just find charismatic enough figure in front. And that girl in the end pushing that button - a clear message how the words are believed.
We open with an explosion, which we learn that the FBI were inside of, and them jump back a number of hours. They go into the cult to investigate child abuse. Emily & Reid are sent to investigate, but they pose as child interviewers. A hostage situation happens and Emily & Reid are trapped. The police turn up but then they get ambushed and so they pull out. The rest of the team find out what is happening and head straight there. We learn that the leader of the cult was arrested and sent to prison for statutory rape. The leader learns that there is an FBI agent in the mix, and it's one of the interviewers who came to the ranch that morning. Emily admits that it's her and he takes her into another room and beats her. A few of the hostages are released. The team get word that they will be coming in at 3am to rescue them. At 2.45am one of the women helping Emily takes her and the others down to the basement. The FBI enter and manage to save Emily and they go back to get Reid and some of the other women. The team just manage to escape before the building explodes.
My favourite episode so far! hide show
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Emily Prentiss is probably my favourite character and this epsiode showed her development so well. Paget Brewster did a brilliant job from beginning to end and especialy in the middle.
It also gave insight into the other characters, especially during Prentiss' beating. Their reaction showed how far the team has come collectively since they formed. It was definitely a defining episode for everyone, mostly Prentiss and Reid, but it showed how each reacted to a stressful experience. The acting was great and the episode is the exact reason why I watch the series. It was excellent.
How do they keep getting better? ***HEAVY ON THE SPOILERS!!*** hide show
This episode was just amazing. Finally, they produced an episode where Paget Brewster could shine. In fact, most of the cast (with the notable exceptions of AJ Cook and Kirsten Vangsness who were all but absent) were absolutely wonderful. It was great to see them show how much Rossi has come to care about the other members of the unit. Hotch was fabulously conflicted, even allowing his heart to overrule his head when ordering HRT to storm the compound with Rossi telling him not to. I suppose this will finally silence the people who call Hotch cold, hopefully anyway. Reid was able to manipulate the leader of the formerly Libertarian community turned religious cult quite brilliantly. And in the most painful scene (for me) to date, when cult leader Ben Cyrus became aware there was an FBI agent undercover, Emily bravely stepped up and took the beating. Hearing her repeatedly state "I can take it," while being tossed around was heartbreaking. It just drove home the point of how dangerous their work is, the bravery of the people who do this job and how strong they can be. The thing that helps to set this show apart from others is that in the end, they didn't save everyone. There was no happy ending. They did what they could and that had to be enough to get them through. Brilliant ep!
This is by far the best episode (besides when Garcia got shot). You got to see all the team members get emotional. Loved how Emily took one for the team and held her own. She knew what she was doing. A little sad that the girl did not make it. hide show
Needed more Garcia and JJ, as they did not get enough screen time. No Derrick and Garica moments which was very lacking and is the comic relief to such a intense show. It was good to see Ried try to out preach the preacher, but a little suprised that he would let three government workers just walk into his compound to talk to the children. I did know that the person who made the call was the mom, as it was a little obvious but they did tie it to the overall plot to make it work. Looking forward to see JJ as a mama.
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