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[night-sky99.livejournal.com]

I've been a lurker for a while, commenting from time to time. I don't think I've ever posted before though.

What kind of unsub/plot do you prefer?

a) We know right from beginning who the unsub is
b) The unsub isn't revealed until the last minute
c) We only find out the unsub's identity about half way through the episode
d) Other (did I miss something?)

I was watching last week's episode (Epilogue) and I realized I don't like knowing who the unsub is right off the bat. I like trying to piece things together and figure out who the unsub myself.

Comments

[freddlerabbit.livejournal.com]

I like this too - I like how it shows that the team is not always right about everything on the first try, and it also can offer surprise, whereas the ones that are revealed at the very end, you can sometimes figure out early, as wordsinviting said above.

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

I like the ones where we think someone is the unsub but then they end up either being a victim, or knowing the unsub.

The show itself has a house term for this sort of red herring: the UnSchmuck.

(A frequent message of this show is that weirdness--or even downright creepiness--does not equal guilt; recall the Goth kid whose upstanding paramedic father turned out to be the instigator of the Choking Game, or how the coven of Satanist headbangers were the only kids who didn't know about the corpse in the woods. Criminal Minds has also shown a creditable track record of doing its homework on the Subculture-of-the-Week.)