Comments on: ‘Criminal Minds’ season 10 episode 18 review: Is Spencer getting a new love interest?

By: DeathMunchkin

DeathMunchkin — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 04:58:00 +0000

Well, if they do make Spencer and the woman (sorry, couldn’t remember her name) a couple, it would be totally horrible towards Spence if they kill her off as well. He clearly didn’t take Gideon’s death earlier in the season too well. I feel like if he had to lose another person he cared for soon, he might slip into depression, or worse.

By: ZanneJ

ZanneJ — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 07:53:00 +0000

While the episode wasn’t perfect, it still had many elements that reflected the style of the series in its original format: We didn’t see the unsub up front (or rather, the identify was not revealed right away), there was some mystery, everyone on the team was involved somehow, and the team worked with other agents/people to get the job done. I prefer to find out things about the team members through the cases and how they respond to things– maybe they can sometimes say something about themselves or their past or their feelings. I am not a fan of the bookends with personal stories because those usually don’t seem to fit the episodes. This episode did not have those annoying bookends. Furthermore, I have absolutely zero interest in anything involving Kate’s niece. I really like Kate and I also really like her husband, but the line delivery and facial expressions from the child playing Meg are awful. The teen angst drama is something I have never been interested in and I am not interested in it now. I would be happy if Meg is never mentioned again. So, I did not feel the least bit bothered by the fact that Meg was not mentioned in this episode. Kate had to focus on the job– she didn’t have time to be bringing up her obnoxious niece.
I also liked that they picked an actress who resembles Scully from X-Files as Reid’s new friend. Even though there were some unexplained things and some loose ends, I still think this was probably one of the best episodes in the past 5 seasons. I give it a solid A.
But I know each person has different preferences, so, to each their own.

By: SheriAz627

SheriAz627 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:26:00 +0000

I really liked this episode, and while it may not be an A+, it was definitely at least an A-. I prefer episodes where we don’t know who the unsub is at the beginning. Once in a while that’s okay, but it seemed to be happening far too much. This type of episode is why I fell in love with Criminal Minds.

By: brit2010

brit2010 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:53:00 +0000

In reply to MWH2. agreed 100%!

By: Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:50:00 +0000

MWH2, I concur with you 100%. This episode was absolutely one of THE best of this year next to A Thousand Suns and Nelson’s Sparrow… Criminal Minds has ALWAYS been about the Psychology of the killer… the Team working the Profile and bringing justice to the victims… It was NEVER conceptualized to be a sappy family soap opera… and If I NEVER see another sappy bookend scene I will be happy. Do I like when the team personal lives are woven into the storyline… YES absolutely… But to shorten a case to fit a disjointed personal bookend just doesn’t float my boat…

By: brit2010

brit2010 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:50:00 +0000

Loved the episode. Great case, excellent team work, lots of profiling. Good twist at the end. No I didn’t miss not having any update on Kate teen daughter, not a storyline that I find appealing. I hope we will have more episodes like ‘Rock Creek Park’ where the focus is on the team, the profiling and the case. I give this episode a A+

By: MWH2

MWH2 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:16:00 +0000

Are you mad?? This was the best Criminal Minds episode for a long time – just like the glory days of earlier seasons. A clever story, profiling, all the team playing an essential part, suspense and a twist at the end. Much, much better than all those sappy personal storylines they have been ruining the show with over the last four seasons. This is supposed to be a show about the psychology of crime and not a soap opera. Even the little moments with Reid and the girl on surveillance were at least well done and fit in with the story instead of the usual clunky bookends they usually do these days. This was clever writing with a lot of twists and turns – not the flash bang action cops stuff that only the kiddies really like. More like this please. Best episode of the season. I cannot believe you thought this wasn’t exciting.