Criminal Minds - “Open Season”
Okay. Apprently the Criminal Minds schedule was changed YET AGAIN and last night’s episode was “Open Season” instead of “Doubt”. TV Guide.com, in the brief span of time where it was actually cooperating with my computer, says next week is “Legacy”. Will “Doubt” ever air? I’ll check some sources and get back to you on that.
On to the episode. This episode has the BAU tracking two brothers who kidnap people, set them loose in the woods, and hunt them. Anyone else having flashbacks to the Supernatural episode “The Benders”? Just me, then? Okay. Moving on. Anyway, we get some backstory from Prentiss - she aparently spent a lot of time in the woods with her grandfather who had a whole J.D. Salinger thing going on for a couple years - and an adorable shot of Hotch sleeping on the plane.
Half of the episode has us following Bobbi, one of the brothers’ victims. She stumbles onto a camp and tries to survive with the remaining two campers after the brothers open fire. After the one guy is taken down, Bobbi defies the rules of horror movies/shows by thinking ahead and taking the guy’s knife, which she later uses to stab the younger brother when he shoots the second camper.
The BAU team arrive after some detective work and a lot of blind luck (I think that’s why this episode had a “meh” effect on me) and the older brother is shot. He dies, but not before Bobbi can get in his face and call him the harshest thing she can get away with on network television.
I really think that the focus on Bobbi this episode contributed to the fact that I didn’t like it much. I want my BAU team, dammit! Especially my adorable genius (anyone who hasn’t read this blog before; I am totally shameless when it comes to fangirling the illustrious Dr. Spencer Reid).
My favorite part of the epsiode? The cold open with Prentiss, JJ, and Garcia showing up a guy hitting on Prentiss who claims to be an FBI agent. SO funny. I laughed for about five minutes straight, which is something only House has been able to achieve. Seriously. Rolling. On. The. Floor. Laughing.
Until I get back to you guys with some seblance of an explanation to the scheduling craziness, have a preview of tonight’s CSI. This generalization is the best I can find, but pay attention to the stuff about aliens and lizard creatures for an idea of what tonight’s episode is about.
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