Comments on: ‘Criminal Minds’ season 12: When could a revelation on Thomas Gibson’s Hotch come?

By: Craig Crisostomo

Craig Crisostomo — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:11:00 +0000

In reply to Elaine Adams. You're overreacting.

By: JT

JT — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 05:18:00 +0000

Out of all the networks out there, I personally think CBS does a decent job listening to what fans want. I remember years ago when they cancelled Jericho. After fans’ requests, which at one point included delivering a lot of peanuts to them, they brought back the show for a shortened second season. The ratings weren’t as good as they expected/wanted and it got cancelled for good.

With Criminal Minds, during season six when they wrote JJ off and eventually Prentiss for the first time, once again, many fans, myself included revolved. By season 7 JJ and Prentiss were back. I don’t have an idea what really happened with Mr. Gibson and I wouldn’t be surprised if both sides fudged on the details. But, if it’s true that this was his third incident and that he had already attended anger management from a previous one, then I can certainly see those in charge taking the three strikes and you’re out approach. Again, I believe that both sides embellished on both the details and the severity of the the incidents. Still, in any instance of real life, we’re supposed to treat our employers with a certain amount of respect.

By: Elaine Adams

Elaine Adams — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 01:13:00 +0000

CBS overreacted to a ridiculous degree. I’d love to see Thomas Gibson return to his role, if for no other reason that to properly handle his character’s exit. The Corporate Machine owes at least that much to the character, the actor who brilliantly brought “Aaron Hotchner” to life, and to the fans who hung on every episode, and winced and cried (and even laughed a little) with this television family. To write it off as “Oh yeah, he died” would be hopelessly heavy-handed and veering far off course of the canon this series carved into stone twelve years ago. But as it is, I’m done with the series itself, as much as I love the characters who populate the BAU. I’m done with CBS, and this also concludes my dozen years hanging on every episode of NCIS. Clearly, CBS does not value the opinions of the people who pay their bills, and I cannot continue to support such obvious disdain. This is about principles and honor, and we don’t write off family where I come from. A million “thank you’s” to Thomas Gibson and his cast-mates, who brought these people to life and compelled us to slightly avert our eyes from the horror as they fought the monsters who populate our world. Those eleven years were stellar, and we will cherish those always.