marty888

"Unsub" - definitely the most annoying overworked word on a TV show.

(Except perhaps for Randy Jackson's "dude")

ChrisHicks

Can you imagine everyone on the show saying "the unknown subject" 50 times per episode?

WhoGirl

I thought he looked kind of sickly. It's always sad when someone who's a perfectly natural weight for their build (like Whitaker was) loses too much weight and becomes gauntly.

It's not that they use the term that's the problem, it's more that they repeat it unnecessarily over and over again.

"The unsub left traces of DNA, so we should be able to run the unsub's DNA through CODIS and identify the unsub."

It's insulting to the viewer's intelligence to think we're going to forget what they're talking about mid-sentence. Hell, I hate it when a show comes back from a commercial break and outlines everything that's already happened.

DJariya

Just watched this today and thought it was okay. It was a good Criminal Minds episode, nothing outstanding. However, as a launching pad for a possible spinoff, I thought it was kind of weak. This particular case could have easily been handled by Hotch's team and to me it seemed forced adding a 2nd team to the mix. Thought the supporting characters were a little weak and I don't think Whitaker is strong enough to carry a show by himself. They need to cast a 2nd relatively big name actor to work along side him.

Another concern I have is both teams are BAU. How are they going to have 2 Criminal Minds shows operate simultaneously without being redudant in certain parts and now it seems that both teams are based out of Washington DC.

Agree with everyone that Whitaker looked really bad. He's lost alot of weight and good for him, but I thought he looked alot better and healthier when he was on The Shield a few years ago.

BTW, I hate that Paget Brewster went back to the bangs again.

I did like that this episode was actually shot on location in San Francisco.

jdslater1

That English guy was terrible and I'm English! The accent seemed to go from English to Irish mid-sentence. Also the fact he was ex-SAS was funny aswell. Their team seemed to be so varied where the 1st BAU seemed to make more sense.
I jusy kept getting weird NCIS:LA vibe from it.
The story was OK but Whitakker was alot better in the Sheild where his bulk added to the character.

Also it was great to see another ex "Generation Kill"er getting more work. I thought he was the best in the show.

In case anyone else thought that Beau Garrett looked familiar. She was in Fanastic Four 2.

Sonny Corinthos

What happened to his eye?

DJariya

Forest has always had a lazy eye.

Flave

^^^
Actually, what he has is called "ptosis" -- basically a drooping eyelid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptosis_%28eyelid%29

DJariya

Synopsis:



Special Guest Stars:

Robert Davi
Tim Curry
Eric Close (Without a Trace)

Haven't done alot of Criminal Minds threads this season, but it's the season finale and there are some good guest stars here. It's been a good & consistent season. I'm still not sure how I feel about the Forest Whitaker spinoff for next season.

TheMovieman

^ Yeah, they really need to do some re-tooling but I wasn't too sure how NCIS: LA would turn out but the episodes I have caught have been decent enough.

bigsoos

Damn, Tim Curry looked horrible in the show.

Noonan

Looked horrible but did an amazing acting job IMO. I've always been a fan of his though.

DJariya

I know there is a few of you here who watch Criminal Minds, so I thought this would be the best place to put this:

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/06/...rops-a-j-cook/

AJ Cook (JJ) is being dropped. She could return for a few episodes to wrap up the story with her character.

Paget Brewster (Prentiss) is also being dropped, but only to recurring guest star. Deadline.com says she hasn't decided if she will accept the reduced episode offer.

Sucks!! CBS is citing financial reasons, which IMO is horseshit considering they have the highest overall viewership of all the networks.

Flave

They're dropping two of the hottest women on TV?! Morons.

DJariya

http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/crim...-brief-return/

An update for those here who watch Criminal Minds.

It's official A.J. Cook (JJ) has been dropped. She will return for 2 episodes.

Paget Brewster (Prentiss) will return for 17 of 22 episodes, but unfortunately she tweeted today that this will be her final year on the show.

Deftones

What the hell? Criminal Minds gets super high ratings, so I don't see how they need to trim some money off the budget. So they are dropping the 2 women? I can sort of see JJ, since she seems pretty worthless on the show, but Prentiss is good. So will they replace her with someone cheaper or just keep the team intact?

DJariya

They are bringing in another female agent, presumably someone cheaper, but the rest of the team is still intact.

This is one of the more baffling decisions I have ever seen on a TV show. Prentiss is good and works well with the team. I mean seriously, does she really make tons of $$$$. I don't think so.

Deftones

That's retarded. Producers messing with show chemistry by taking away characters is what kills shows.

DJariya

By djariya at 2010-09-22

Synopsis:



Continuation from last season

Guest stars:
Tim Curry
Robert Davi

If you haven't already heard about 2 cast members statuses:

Strafe

I really got into this show on A&E over the summer. I'll be watching.

aintnosin

That really bites.

It's really weird to see Hotch (Gibson) smiling...

NORML54601

Is that Leonard Cohen playing during Tim Curry's character's flashback?

NORML54601

Given they're playing Cohen now I'm going to guess yes.

NORML54601

They did a good job of giving Curry's character some depth with this episode. Sucks about next week though, one of my favorite characters gone.

Deftones

while i'll miss seeing JJ, she really is worthless to the show. she does nothing. now Paget Brewster being forced out, sucks balls. she is good on that show.