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Criminal Minds

Bloodline

Season 4, Episode 13, Aired 1/21/09

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The BAU is called to Alabama when young women are being abducted by what appears to be a family working together.

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Thomas Gibson

Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner
Joe Mantegna

Senior SSA David Rossi
Matthew Gray Gubler

SSA Dr. Spencer Reid

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By MWilliams1, Jan 11, 2012 Report Abuse

How many of you would approve of this episode if the word gypsy was replaced by ***?
I'll never know because this post won't even make public view.
We are an ethnic minority. a "bloodline".

(edit: I didn't know they would put *** for the n word)

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The episode is disturbing and sad.It made me interested in the culture and researched the Romani tradition.@rrada-I am sorry that you were offended by the episode and its contents but I am sure that nobody thinks of this as the real deal.This is fictionalmoreless

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By mella_dlc, Sep 09, 2011 Report Abuse

The episode is disturbing and sad.It made me interested in the culture and researched the Romani tradition.@rrada-I am sorry that you were offended by the episode and its contents but I am sure that nobody thinks of this as the real deal.This is fictional

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Disgusting, ignorant, racist, and appalling!!! Shame on all who made this episode possible.

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By rrada, Sep 09, 2011 Report Abuse

I am an American Romani and it is hard enough trying
to explain what that means. The closest English word
for Romani is gypsy and because of hollywood and ridiculous ignorant propaganda such as this episode,
I can never explain what Roma is without being stereotyped and misunderstood. There should have
definitely been more research on the Roma people and
culture before letting such a derogatory episode be
aired to the public. It is ignorance like this that
contributes to anti-Roma sentiment. Atleast google
or wikepedia Romani culture when editing script. This
is almost as demeaning to my people and my culture than
the porrajmos (aka holocaust in the jewish community).
The false information about Romani culture in this episode give ignorant people justification for such
terrible acts such as the porrajmos and further add
to the struggle of the Roma people. Please look into
Romani culture and hopefully you will realize that it
is not anything like this episode makes it out to be.
Watching this episode totally ruined my day and has
made me believe that all episodes of criminal minds
will be filled with ignorant filth such as this. I was so terribly offended by this that I had to sign up
for an account just to voice my opinion and I never
waste time on this kind of stuff. This episode was
almost as disgusting as the porrajmos itself!!!moreless

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Just a response to the previous poster:

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By Aly358, May 04, 2011 Report Abuse

This is not so much a review of the episode which I consider excellent in acting, writing and shooting. (Especially the child actors are phenomenal)

I just read the previous review and I must say: You are right and you are wrong. Obviously Romani culture is not what is depicted in this episode. BUT! no where in this episode it is being said that this is part of Roma lifestyle.
On the contrary! I believe it is Rossi who says: they warped tradition into pathology. Just because there are a few deranged people who take something beautiful and turn it into something awful does not mean that everyone does.
In no way was this episode meant to portray Roma just as no episode on terrorism was ever meant to explain Islam. Please differenciate in your reviews!moreless

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it was a good episode,but because i am romanian i felt a little ofended because the gipsys ar not romanians.and that "i love you puiule" sounds lame

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By firimitura, Dec 14, 2010 Report Abuse

it was a good episode,but because i am romanian i felt a little ofended because the gipsys are not romanians.and that "i love you puiule" sounds lame.in spite of that it was a good episode. i want to let you know that the gypsis are not really like that. they do steal and kill an rape ,but they are not the only ones who do that things.and they choose thier wives from their own,they do not take little blonde girls to be their wives.And another thing i did not like is that they did not even dressed the characters as gypsis do.
i am waiting to see the next episode of criminal minds because i like it very much,and i hope they will come with a better story as i was used to.moreless

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- A.J. Cook was credited, but not appear, in this episode because she was on maternity leave. Edit
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- Garcia: Hiya, baby.
  Morgan: Hey, baby girl. We need to talk.
  Garcia: PG or NC 17?
  Morgan: You're on speaker phone.
  Garcia: I charge extra for groups.
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- Garcia: Romani?
  Rossi: Gypsies.
  Garcia: As in "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves?"
  Morgan: Exactly.
  Garcia: Oh, bless you all for turning my life into a Cher song.
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- Hotchner: "Mario Puzo wrote the strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other." Edit
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- Hotchner: "Mario Puzo wrote the strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other." This is an allusion to a quote in the book, The Family, by Mario Puzo. The book is about Pope Alexander VI, his children, and his time as Pope. This line comes up when Alexander is telling his son Cesare to be loyal to his brothers in response to Cesare saying if they were not blood, he would kill his brother Juan. Edit
- Hotchner: Garcia?
  Garcia: O captain, my captain?
  
  "O Captain, My Captain" is the title of a well-known poem that Walt Whitman wrote in 1865 after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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