#criminal minds 3x2

[frankiebirds]

goddd this line makes me ill. the slip-up of "you" instead of "they" making it obvious he's thinking of himself. currently dissolving

sometimes i think about what his motivations may have been. did he believe he wasn't good enough for his father to stay and so tried desperately to be the perfect child? did a part of him hope he would come back if he was Good Enough? was he trying to be good so his mother, already struggling, wouldnt have to deal with his problems as well? was he trying to keep up a facade of normalcy so cps wouldnt be called? probably some mixture of all that. im glad it's not dwelled upon in this moment because i really like blink-and-you-miss-it lines that reveal something about a character but. hhh. do you think the team noticed.

[spencerscrookedtie]

Criminal minds episodes that are a little extra Spencer Reid S1-5

So this is basically episodes I consider important for Spencer's character or episodes he has a lot of screen time in. Enjoy!

Season 1:

1x6 L.D.S.K

1x9 Derailed

1x10 The popular kids

1x18 Somebody’s watching

1x22 The fisher king part 1

Season 2:

 2x1 The fisher king part 2

2x11 Sex, birth, death

2x14 The big game 

2x15 Revelations

2x17 Distress

2x18 Jones.

Season 3:

3x2 In name and blood

3x12 3rd life

3x16 Elephant’s memory.

Season 4:

4x3 Minimal loss 

4x6 The instincts

4x7 memoriam

4x8 Masterpiece

4x20 Conflicted

4x24 Amplifications

Season 5:

5x1 Nameless, faceless

5x8 Outfoxed

5x12 The uncanny valley

5x13 Risky business

[kiss-my-freckle]

I was just replying to someone about Elena's scene with Stefan in 3x18. I consider it a two-for truth. Elena fell in love with Damon and unfell for Stefan. It's her response that gets me.

Stefan: No, no, just admit it. Admit it to me, Elena. I know you don't owe it to me, but I just need to hear you say it. Elena: I…I can't because it's not true, Stefan. I never stopped loving you.

She comes off like a criminal assuming which of their crimes they're under arrest for while under interrogation. It would be like Damon in 3x2, pushing Elena to tell him what changed her mind, only to have her answer with her feelings about Stefan rather than him. There's only one reason for Elena to assume Stefan was asking for such an admission, for her to actually believe Stefan was asking she admit she stopped loving him. Because she unfell for him and got defensive when he pushed her to admit it. Mind the difference between loving someone and being in love with them.

Elena fell in love with Damon (Truth told by Stefan)

Stefan: I'm talking about the fact that you're also in love with Damon.

Elena unfell for Stefan (Truth told by Elena)

Elena: I…I can't, because it's not true, Stefan. I never stopped loving you.

[spencer-reids-adventures]

3x2 in name and blood // 10x13 nelson's sparrow [part 1]

[crimmindsdaily]

That one of my agents might have murdered a suspect in cold blood. Or another might have a serious drug problem which I didn't report, and if Strauss had any evidence, my career would be over.

[c-m-li]

Church scenes are an underused and underrated plot device:

I high-key love church scenes where the characters sit down in a church and have a serious discussion without trying to kill each other.

Or even scenes where the characters are by themselves in a church and have an emotional bloodletting.

There’s just something about how the tone or the ambience changes with the setting once they’re inside the church, whether they’re actual believers or not. Something about the plot or the characters is always revealed during church scenes.

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Criminal Minds (2005-2020)

1x10 “The Popular Kids”

3x8 “Lucky”

4x3 “Minimal Loss”

4x17 “Demonology”

Daredevil (2015-2018)

(It’d be easier to list the episodes that didn’t involve an intense church scene)

Hannibal (2013-2015)

3x2 “Primavera”

Harriet (2019)

Madam Secretary (2014-2019)

1x1 “Pilot”

1x20 “The Necessary Art”

NCIS (2003-present)

9x9 “Engaged: Part 2″

Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)

1x1 “Episode One”

1x2 “Episode Two”

Supernatural (2005-2020)

1x7 “Hook Man”

2x13 “Houses of the Holy”

5x17 “99 Problems”

9x1 “I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here”

[vroomvroommuppett]

no one asked for it, but as i’ve been going down a criminal minds rabbit hole, i am going to list off the seasons and their episodes i skip and the reason. please send an ask if you want me to go deeper as to why i don’t watch that episode.

also some spoilers

season one

1x18-somebody’s watching (amber heard-need i say more?)

season two

2x11-sex, birth, death (just not a favorite)

2x14 (tobias hankel)

2x15 (same as above)

season three

3x1-doubt (just not a favorite)

3x12-3rd life (lindsay vaughn)

3x16-elephant’s memory (ending)

3x20-lo-fi (just not a favorite)

season four

4x1-mayhem (not a favorite)

4x3-minimal loss (not a favorite)

4x6-the instincts (not a favorite)

4x7-memoriam (not a favorite)

4x14-cold comfort (didn’t like the plot)

4x15-zoe’s reprise (same as above)

4x24-amplification (reid almost dies)

4x25-to hell…and back (pigs-need i say more)

season five

5x8-outfoxed (start of sad hotch)

5x9-100 (sad hotch)

5x23-our darkest hour (don’t like the plot)

season six

all of it (didn’t like plots, seaver, emily dies)

season seven

7x1-it takes a village (not a fan of the plot)

7x2-proof (the jj and reid scene-more on this in my anti jj/anti jeid post)

7x7-there’s no place like home (don’t like plot)

7x8-hope (don’t like plot)

7x22-profiling 101 (idk)

7x23-hit (idk just can’t watch it)

7x24-run (same as above)

season eight

any maeve ones (more reid trauma that he really doesn’t need)

8x8-the wheels on the bus (plot)

8x10-the lesson (need to be in right mindset)

8x23-brothers hotchner (not a fan of the replicator)

8x24-the replicator (same as above)

season nine

9x12-the black queen (don’t like the plot)

9x14-200 (anti jj)

9x23-angels (reid almost dies)

9x24-demons (same as above)

season ten

10x3-a thousand suns (fear of plane crashes)

10x11-the forever people (i skip the reid confronts jj scene, but other than that i like it)

10x13-nelson’s sparrow (more reid trauma)

10x14-hero worship (idk i just can’t watch it)

season eleven

11x7-target rich (don’t like plot)

11x9-internal affairs (plot confuses me)

11x11-entropy (beginning of the cat adams arc, will watch last scene though of reid and derek at his house)

11x18-a beautiful disaster (morgan leaves)

season twelve

12x9-12x22 (prison arc and events leading up to it)

season thriteen

13x1-wheels up (only for the cringy “wheels up” scene-will watch rest of episode)

13x9-false flag (don’t like plot)

13x13-13x16 (assistant director linda barnes)

13x19-ex parte (don’t like plot)

13x22-believer (more reid trauma-only like first five seconds)

season fourteen

14x1-300 (give reid a break from trauma)

14x5-the tall man (need to be in right mindset)

14x6-luke (idk i just can’t watch it)

14x7-twenty seven (same as above)

14x8-ashley (same as above and plot kinda confused me)

14x9-broken wing (idk just can’t watch it)

14x10-flesh and blood (didn’t need a follow up to 3x2)

14x13-chameleon (start of chameleon arc)

14x14-sick and evil (idk just can’t watch it)

14x15-truth or dare (THE CONFESSION)

season fifteen

all of it (post j*id confession)

thank you for coming to my ted talk

[fictionalreads]

Finally watched 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star, here are my thoughts

Evan “Buck” Buckley

Edmundo “Eddie” Diaz

I don’t like it when Buck or Christopher are in danger (yes I’m referring to 3x2 and 3x3 specifically. Shredded my heart). I don’t like when any of them are in danger but especially not these two.

How dare Hen cheat on Karen with her. This Karen is a QUEEN (no offense to people named Karen who aren’t Karens) Do better Henrietta.

Poor Bobby. But I’m glad he found happiness again.

I really hope Buck finds someone he deserves and we actually get to see it play out, not a couple episodes in the last season of the show (I’m looking at you criminal minds)

What if one of Bucks exes came back and was like “surprise I got pregnant” and Buck has a Kevin Pearson “my kid is the love of my life” moment. I’d like to see him as a dad but I still won’t be satisfied that he has no love life.

Speaking of criminal minds, BUCK BETTER NOT BECOME A SPENCER REID I mean this in the sense that the writers literally tortured Reid until the very end. LET CHARACTERS BE HAPPY ITS OKAY

Chim is great. I know that sounds hella flat but I don’t know how else to describe him.

I don’t know if I’m on the Buddie train in a romantic sense. Platonic life partners? Platonic soulmates? Absolutely. But romantically? Not sure I see it.

David seems nice, I hope we get to see more of him and Michael.

I REALLY like the episodes that show the characters backstories. I know we kinda saw Maddie’s story through Buck’s episode but I wonder if we’ll get one about how she and Doug happened. On one hand I want it but on the other I don’t want them to drag the Doug story out again, I like that they’re focusing on the effects after everything blew up rather than on the abuse itself.

I liked Ali more than I like Taylor. I hope the writers don’t make her Bucks love interest for a long time.

Albert is a fun time.

TK Strand and Carlos Reyes are insanely adorable. They are my OTP, they deserve all the happiness, they better not ever do something stupid like break up.

Poor Owen. That’s gotta be rough, finding out the woman you loved saw you as the rebound for the relationship she was in after she divorced you.

Owen I feel for you but let’s stop doing crazy things okay.

Grace and Judd. How cute. Can’t wait for baby Jace (Grudd? What’s their ship name?)

Marjann is a BOSS

Paul deserves love. He’s there for everybody else, let him have a good love story even if the writers have to be assholes and make it not last. Better to have loved and lost than not at all or whatever.

Mateo is a delight

I lowkey wanna see Marjann and Eddie date. Like they start off just talking on insta then it becomes a long distance thing. I realize in the end they’d have to break up cause neither of them want to move (not to mention neither show wants to lose their characters) but I think it’d be interesting to see.

Comments? Questions? Reblog, comment or shoot it to my inbox!

[bi-and-bewildered]

“I guess I’m just looking for it again. For the belief I had back in college, the belief I had when I first met Sarah and it all seemed so right. The belief in happy endings.”

gifing every single episode of criminal minds: 3x2 “In Name and Blood”

[frankiebirds]

god the "reid goes to check on gideon at his cabin" scene still makes me feel so nauseous even though i know he doesn't actually find gideon's body like the viewer is made to expect.* but like. watch this clip. it really looks like he's just found his body until it cuts to show what he's really looking at. even now it makes me nervous

anyway. call me fucked up but i wish there were more fics that looked at what would have happened if that really was the situation. i like to put my blorbos in blenders and turn them on, okay? sorry. sorry. my demons

*i think this fakeout is missed by some people simply because gideon leaving the team is spoiled a lot—which is fair, because the episode where it happens aired sixteen years ago. but the clip above, the letter reading like a suicide note, the last episode ending with gideon holding his gun...they really want you to think he's killed himself. and reid is probably worried about that the whole drive, too.

[tigerhart]

listen i know i know i KNOW a thousand and one people have done this and its very easy to be critical of hayley without expressing sympathy for her because

hold on to clarify this is abt criminal minds

her entire """arc""" is her being the "antagonist" in hotch's story so its told from his perspective and we're explicitly supposed to side with him (at this point in the show idr if it changes but im on 3x2) so we dont see her struggling as pretty much a single mother with like an infant-to-toddler baby not having the support and really technically affection of her husband

BUT

the scene where her lover calls the house while she and aaron are talking abt how hes going to transfer and then calls her phone when aaron answers and they look each other in the FACE while her phone is ringing and shes like "it should be a no brainer to transfer to a 9 to 5 job if u love me your wife" LIKE HE KNEW .2 SECONDS IN TO THAT EVENT THAT U WERE CHEATING ON HIM IN WHAT WORLD

[fuckyeahjamieandclaire]

There was an incredible turnout this month for nominations. One show, in particular, had an incredible show of support. This should be a fun round of voting to see which performs will prevail. Also, please take note that the voting results will not be visible while the polls are active. The results will be revealed after the polls close. Now comes the hard part where you can only vote for 1 actor and 1 actress to be crowned as the Performers Of The Month for September. The polls will be open until 6 pm ET on October 14th. Here is the list of your Top 5 Reader Nominees in each category: Top 5 Reader Nominated Actors (In alphabetical order):

Justin Chambers (Alex Karev) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2) Martin Henderson (Nathan Riggs) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2)

Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser) - Outlander (3x1, 3x2 & 3x3) (Also Staff Nominated)

Kevin McKidd (Owen Hunt) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2) Jesse Williams (Jackson Avery) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2)

Top 5 Reader Nominated Actresses (In alphabetical order):

Caitriona Balfe (Claire Randall Fraser) - Outlander (3x1, 3x2 & 3x3) (Also Staff Nominated)

Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) - Criminal Minds (13x1) (Also Staff Nominated) Alycia Debnam-Carey (Alicia Clark) - Fear The Walking Dead (Season 3 September Episodes) Sarah Drew (April Kepner) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2) Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey) - Grey's Anatomy (14x1 & 14x2)

Both Sam and Caitriona are STAFF AND READER NOMINATED:

Which actor delivered the most outstanding performance in September? (Pick Only 1)

Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser) - Outlander (3x1, 3x2 & 3x3) (Staff and Reader Nominated)

Which actress delivered the most outstanding performance in September? (Pick Only 1)

Caitriona Balfe (Claire Randall Fraser) - Outlander (3x1, 3x2 & 3x3) (Staff and Reader Nominated)

VOTE SAM AND CAITRIONA HERE

[spencer-reids-adventures]

3x2 in name and blood // 10x13 nelson's sparrow [part 2]

[kiss-my-freckle]

Cats & Dogs

The theme of cats and dogs in this show.  Pt. 1 of 2, with random images.

Red likes both cats and dogs, but I believe he prefers cats. He has a cat in his second-story flat. 

Liz likes both cats and dogs, but I believe she prefers cats. 

Ressler in 2x17:  "At least you’ve got a dog. That’s one up on me."

Liz hasn’t had Hudson since she was framed and went on the run. 

She gets to meet Red’s cat in Leonard Caul. 

Liz in 2x19: “Hey, sweetheart. Hi, kitty.”

Aram gives us a cat video in 4x13.

Carla is a dog person, as is Jennifer. In 2x1, we see a dog drawing behind Frank, but also a picture of a cat by her kitchen door, and she has a subscription to CatFanatic. "I had a life, you know? My daughter had a life with a house and a dog. And then I woke up one day."  In 2x4, she ends up with Monica’s dog. 

I believe Kirk is a dog person. 

There’s a childrens book about a dog in the Summer Palace. 

Cats, Dogs, and Dialogues. 

Red in 1x2: “Italian dog born with two heads." Red in 1x4: "Dogs are not our whole life, but they do make some lives whole."

The Stewmaker has a dog.

The Courier's father started putting him in dog fights when he was 11.  

Red in 1x7: "The second, vaporized by a drone in Quetta, courtesy of your colleagues in the five-sided foxhole."

In 1x8: Nathaniel Wolff.

Garrick in 1x9: Tabletop to blue wolf. Send a short chalk back to the armory.

In 1x12- Liz: Tassels? Is that her dog? Ressler: No, it’s the guy. He’s a hedge-fund guy. Pink shirt, loafers with those tassels.

In 1x13, Flounder the dog finds Kate Ellison's body.

In 1x15, Connolly speaks to Liz: "Harold’s been telling me what a great agent you are. Dog with a bone."

In 1x17, Red speaks of Kate: "Your ability to locate a crime scene never ceases to amaze. You’re like a human bloodhound."

Red in 1x19: "I had a water pump go out in Pagosa Springs. Bitch of a mountain Wolf Creek Pass."

Red in 1x22: "Oh, my goodness, no. I’m not a monster. You really think I’d harm a dog?"

Red of Samar in 2x1: "Effectively turning every earth-toned Zegna tie into a homing device. Brilliant. Just like a bloodhound."

Red in 2x5: "You’re the most gifted tracker I know, Glen, but your mouth runs like a scalded dog."

In 2x6, Red is watching a program on tv about tigers in India.

Red speaking of Berlin in 2x8: "Well, now your dog is tracking a new scent."

The F-22 pilot in 2x9: "Paper-Dog, we are 10-zero minutes from primary target."

Ressler in 2x11: "She’s having room service. What, are you in the doghouse?"

Judge Denner in 2x15: So indicated. That said, I fail to understand how a routine grand jury investigation into a local homicide justifies a dog-and-pony show of such dramatic proportions.

Liz in 2x15: "I had a very simple life. A husband I loved, a dog."

Judge Denner speaking of Connolly in 2x16: "Well, well, well. Reven Wright said that Main Justice would be sending an attack dog."

Red in 3x2: "Becky from the old firm? The paralegal. Oh, my God. You old dog."

Caul in 3x4: "Had to dig out my Agency rolodex to find someone who recognized him. Name’s Matias Solomon - a real lone wolf."

Ressler in 3x6: "The Director gave his attack dogs the real address so they could get Halmi and kill Reddington and Keen."

The Director of Red in 3x9: "Follows you around like a faithful bloodhound. But you still don’t know?"

In 3x11. Janet Macnamara has dogs: "First thing tomorrow, you will inform your superiors that the trauma of today’s experience was such that you have re-ordered your priorities and wish to spend more time with Bob, Tyler, and the dogs."

Red in 3x12: "My, God. Gerald, burying your business in the dirt like a dog. How the mighty have fallen."

In 3x13 & 3x14. Alistair Pitt loves his two dogs. They end up with Glen.

Ressler in 3x13: "I hate magicians. That and lap dogs. I mean, I really hate lap dogs."

Aram in 3x17: "I was gonna lose a few pounds to fit in my new slim-fit suit, which is houndstooth, by the way..."

Red in 3x21: "Laurel’s as crooked as a dog’s hind leg."

Red in 3x23: "Agent Ressler. Aren’t you the dog on a scent?"

The Hunter has a dog. When he first saves Kate, he keeps her chained up like a dog. 

Aram in 4x5: "And in addition to two PTA presidents and an amazing doggy daycare-"

Red in 4x7: "Willie Adair. Back home they call him “Barking Mad Willie.” He has this pack of absolutely voracious wolf hounds."

In 4x7, one of Dr. Adrian Shaw's victims is named Mr. Fox

Wendy in 4x9: "You wanna help? Come and fold some laundry. I gotta go. Lazy Bones just barfed in the kitchen."

Red in 4x9: "It’s up to you, Robert. Would you prefer to be in the White House or the doghouse?"

In 4x11- Emma: Well, this should help. Hair of the dog. Liz: Oh, that wasn’t a dog. That was a wooly mammoth.

Red's story of Kate's sister in 4x11: “They didn’t count on Dodger’s call to nature. So Maureen had a choice between remaining silent or doing the right thing. She chose to testify. And while she helped to bring Alexei Lagunov to justice, she also forfeited the rest of her life in doing so. She’s on that list.”

Sam has a dog named Gordo in 4x17.

Annie in 4x17: “Hope you don’t mind. I need saving from the wolves. If I had a hose, I’d spray ’em down.”

Ex-Con in 4x17. Spoke of Mato: "There’s no reason for Nikos to send his dog Mato after me. That psychopath just broke my brother’s jaw lookin’ for me."

Kate in 4x17: "I kept my word to you. When you hired me, you told me to choose Elizabeth over you. And so I tried to help her disappear to a safe place with her newborn daughter. And for that, you put me down like a mad dog."

Gale in 4x18: "There was no unaccounted-for DNA anywhere. It all belonged to Fowler and to Teacup, her uh, her dog. Watch out. Pomeranians have tiny bladders."

Red in 4x19: "I must admit, I’ve always been somewhat seduced by the idea. Bill Miner, the old gray fox."

Kate in 4x19: "Oh, Raymond. You may have bitten the hand that feeds you this time, dearie. Every one of Werner’s allies will be out hunting to put you down. Are you going to cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, Raymond?"

Red in 4x21: "Incentive - the currency of politicians, dog trainers, and criminals."

In Soundtracks that I know of-

In 4x12, Heartbeats by José González gives a wolf reference.

In 4x17, Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover by Sadie B Hawkins gives a dog reference.

In 2x9, Blood on My Name by The Brothers Bright references hounds of hell.

Tom’s dog references will be posted in pt 2, since there are so many. 

[crimmindsdaily]

But, sir, it's good to see you back. The team needs you.

[enduringalexblake]

JJ in this episode gives me so many 🦋🦋🦋