#criminal minds isn't a bad binge show if you don't mind some violence and occassional gore

[haven-of-dusk]

Several months and 11.25 seasons later, and I finally got back to the sole episode of Criminal Minds I had originally watched, which was obviously the one where Matt had five minutes of screentime (though he was still technically the secondary antagonist...sort of). S12E5, The Anti-Terror Squad

On the whole the episode makes a lot more sense now...since I actually have context for the running plot threads, and can be a bit disappointed about Lewis' absence, and I can recognize that it's on the weaker end of the show's episodes. Not for any one gaping flaw, it's just not really noteworthy. I'm not complaining though. Watching this show reminds me how much I miss filler in modern television.

It is a funny coincidence -- or at least I assume it's a coincidence -- that both this and HSMTMTS have Matt involved in basketball violence to the face, though the execution and consequences in CM were obviously much more severe. And it really is funny how Austin (Matt's character's name) is basically the twisted inverse of EJ: both are sports stars from a relatively wealthy background, except Austin is a horrible bully with a sadistic streak that cares nought for others, compared to EJ, sunshine child and compulsive self-sacrificer.