Aftermath

Season 2, Episode 5, Aired
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The BAU investigates a serial rapist who had been attacking young women at religious schools in Dayton and stopped for six weeks. He has resumed his attacks, but is now targeting a different demographic of women. Elle makes a decision that could end her career with the BAU.moreless
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  • Too many strange parts to be well executed.

    7.0
    "Good"
    By Slash_out, Apr 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    I won't make a summary of this episode as many others did and so did tv.com.
    I will directly talk about what I thought of the episode.

    Elle went crazzy and let her emotions take the "better" of her. You'd think that a profiler with great knowledge of the human mind and behavior would fake better her emotions after killing the serial rapist. She doesn't event pretend to be shocked, she act stuborn, defensive and aggressive as well. Even a student profiler would have a field trip with her acting like that. And yet the FBI investigation let her go and only the 2 "senior" profilers know that she is guilty.

    Even worse than that is the fact that the Behavior Analysis Unit sends a woman attacked in her own home, and scared to even go back inside, to act as bait and wait there as a rapist is coming to attack her... Is this remotely smart? Is she the only female FBI agent, or police officer over 35 ? What made her the logical choice there? Because I sure do not see anything that would justify such a choice.

    And about that investigation for the "incident". Aside from the fact that her behavior was a clear give away. How could they miss all the clues ? Did they give the job to a rookie? Weren't they rather efficient up till now?
    She acted emotional before when working on the case, she even broke her cover and rushed at him with a gun to arrest him and cause the operation to fail.
    And yet they do not find strange that she went alone, without partner, to "talk" to him in a dark parking, and that it ended with a dead body? Where was his weapon he suposedly "drew at her"? Why would he even draw it at her when he was just released anyway? There were so many things wrong with the shooting, like the first shot was fired at him when he was turning at her, it should have hit him on the side, you don't get shot on the side first if you are facing your target. What about the fact that there is blood on both of his hands? You don't put the hand holding the gun on your wound... usually that hand would fall along the body while the other hand reach for the wound.
    Anyway I'm glad Elle is soon to be gone because I never really liked her. But I'm sad it was done so sloppily.moreless

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  • Exciting episode with some tense moments!

    10
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    By amazing_race, Apr 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    After three episodes of Elle's attack barely being mentioned, it came out loud and claer in this episode, when Elle is sent undercover as the next victim of a serial rapist.

    I thought the episode was great! The fact that they discovered that there must be more victims than those who came forward was interesting,

    I also enjoyed Elle Greenaway in this episode, as she experiences the full effects of her PTSD. It causes to do something wrong, even though it was for all the right reasons! I personally think she did the right thing. The guy was evil.

    Definitely a terrific episode! This one may go on to become significant, as the character of Elle develops. This episode was highlly unpredictable, and very enjoyable, all the way until the last moment! Keep it up,Criminal Minds, and I strongly recommend this epsode!moreless

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  • "It’s a work call"

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    By highwaykind, Jan 21, 2011 Report Abuse
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    Serial rapist. Women in their 30's, he waits for them to come home.
    The team is on their way to Dayton, Ohio.
    Woman/victim comes home and plays her answering machine : "I think we're ready to meet". Eeks !!

    He is a power reassurance rapist ( more on that later).
    But what made him go from teenage high school students to 30-year-old women, what made him go off-script ?

    The team arrive at the police office where Maggie Callahan awaits them. Very eager profiler wannabe police lady. Gideon reassures her by saying she doesn't have to step down.

    They go talk to the latest victim. So right, way too many people touching, looking and talking. But they're right, they do need all the info they can get. And it's quite some info, somehow the unsub knew about the woman's favourite place ( Positano in Italy), the only alcoholic beverage she drinks ( white wine) and her favourite singer ( Al Green).
    They also visit one of the previous victims on campus ( Cheryl?).
    Was there anyone who always was quiet yet seemed a little too close ? Anyone who is suddenly not around anymore? And in this case the unsub also knew something that raises the question of how well he knew his victims ( stalking??) or where he got the info from.
    Anyway, her parents dog name is Dexter...and yes, it might be a good idea to talk to a woman about all this some time.

    The unsub sounded more nervous in real life than he did on the answering machine tapes ( they can be rehearsed ).
    He thinks of this as dates. ( Can someone please tell that woman she indeed did nothing to make this happen).

    Elle forgets her glasses in the car, Reid instantly notices she's staying behind. And he also knows why she is so hesitant to go back to the car alone ( she just pretends to be all touch and not caring and I'll be fine). But Elle says no thanks.

    Everyone is in their hotel room ( working.. not sleeping ! I thought that was pretty funny considering they went there to get some rest). The very eager lady policewoman actually took a room on the hall, even though she lives 4 blocks away. I really had my doubts about her ! But to her credit she does come up with some valid suggestions : only 20% of all rapes are reported, there might be more. And something must have happened that made the unsub change victims.

    Reid goes check on Elle ( good !! ) he's really trying, but she's not really ( or.. really not ? ). She does talk a little to him, she felt the shooters hand in her wound when he used her blood to write on the wall ( shudder !!) Reid tries a "he's dead, you won".
    But Elle just raises her glass well, here's to winning

    Now some explaining on what kind of rapist he is.
    Power reassurance - he targets specific victims, and usually has a job with access. Cable guy. He fantazises that he's in a relationship with them.
    Power assertive rapist on the other hand humiliates his victims.
    And a sexual sadist / anger attacks at random and is brutal.

    They talk a little about how the unsub is between 20 and 40, and probably has a job that deviates from the standard sex-role models.
    And we get a look at the "wall of fame" of the unsub. Eager police lady ( wish I'd paid a little more attention and knew her name ;) ) finds a suicide on campus that fits perfectly with the time the unsub changes.
    Turns out the girl indeed was raped, and got pregnant. Since she was katholic she chose the sin of suicide over the sin of abortion. Her dad never told her mom there indeed was a note that explained it all, but he does hand it to the team for investigation.
    The unsub must have known she was pregnant ( because that's the reason he changed), meaning he still watched his previous victims ( again : eeks).

    The pregnancy is an important hint though, because the common link between some victims is that they were trying to get pregnant. And the questionnaires ( with the personal info) from the fertility clinic are all handled by Firsthand Media bingo.
    He first targeted katholic high school girls because he knew it was very unlikely they would abortbut when the girl committed suicide he switched, figuring his new victims were trying to get pregnant anyway, so he was helping them.

    Elle is having flashbacksbut no one seems to worried about her ( apart from maybe Reid ?)

    LOL at Morgan talking to Garcia "It's a work call";)
    By going through all the fertility questionnaires of women in the region they find 1 possible next victim.
    And they send Elle to go in, wired.. Do you think she's ready ( Hell no!!)
    And then Elle takes justice into her own hands and shoots the guy dead after making sure it really is the unsub. Exit Elle.
    She has become one of "them" , on of those the team track down and put behind bars. She can not stay.even though it's said to be self defence, Gideon knows, Reid /Morgan.. everyone probably knows.moreless

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  • I really didn't expect the end to be like that.

    9.8
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    By Eloiseseraphim, Jan 21, 2011 Report Abuse
    While more focused on one character (Elle) than I'd normally like an episode to be, this episode is brilliant in how it portrays Elle's decline throughout the episode, right to the point where she shoots the unsub in cold blood after she makes a mistake that allows him to go free.

    This episode was also well handled in that it doesn't become too dark- a great moment between Morgan and Garcia ("It was a work call" Morgan attempts to explain to the baffled people around him) allows some of the tension of the episode to be released without cheapening the overall effect of the culmination of Elle's time on the series.

    Reid was also well portrayed in this episode as the only team member who tried to get Elle to open up, and I can see that the knowledge that he failed, especially when combined with the events of the end of the episode might be influential on future plotlines.

    Finally, the only negative thing about this episode was the detective, who was a bit too over eager for my liking.moreless

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  • Yes ! They got people with balls on this show ! Now, we're talkin' !

    9.5
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    By al2sf, Jan 21, 2011 Report Abuse
    Thank you ! I was hoping something darker for this show (yes, I know "How much darker can it get ?") ! When I was watching it, I was thinking "God, if these guys (the writers) got balls they would do something hardcore with the Elle caracter...and they did ! I was so surprised and so happy with this end !

    I wasn't a big Elle fan from the begining of the show (even hope she'll died for the season finale, sorry), but now, she's darker, and she's ON !

    Now, we're talkin' ! Bring it up the next episode ! We're on the move people !moreless

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    • When Morgan is outside Elle's house waiting for the rapist to show, the shadow of a person walking past the car's window can be seen. Edit

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    • Although it was essential to the storyline to release William Lee from custody, it was not legally necessary for this to have happened. There was an abundance of evidence to support holding him on the serious federal charge of stalking. They did, after all, arrest him outside his victim's house. Edit

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    • Gideon: Can you promise to stay sensitive?
      Maggie Callahan: Sure, as long as you promise to stay pissed off about what's happened to them.

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    • Hotchner: You tend to forget, don't you?
      Gideon: What?
      Hotchner: All the different moods on the plane. I think the mindset's different when the victims are still alive.

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    • Cheryl Cosgrove: The police all act like because he didn't kill you he didn't somehow end your life. Edit

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    • Gary Heidnik - a rapist and murderer who, beginning in 1986, kept six women in his basement in Philadelphia. He repeatedly tortured and raped his victims, eventually killing two. One of his victims he cut up and fed to the other women. He was executed in 1999. Edit

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