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Joe Mantegna suddenly catblock / why I like Rossi

There is something about Rossi that is always sweet and hilarious. Gavin de Becker said that men are worried that women would laugh at them, while women are worried that men would kill them (for laughing/rejecting them). Well Rossi had always struck me as the kind of men who wouldn't be afraid or angry at a woman who laughs at him, even if it was in bed. Is this weird? The fact that he stayed friends with his first wife have me reading Rossi less as a man who have failed three marriages, and more as a man who have moved pass three failed marriages (or mistaken match-ups) - his id is not dependent on any conduct of 'his woman'.
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2: This post. I agree with everything in it. I'm not up to date with the show (the last episode I saw was the one that introduces Wife #1, whose name escapes me), but I agree so hard with this. It's part of why I would totally be Wife #4, given the opportunity.
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People like to compare Gideon and Rossi and what I think what sets those two apart is what I love most about David Rossi.
Rossi knows he's an asshole.
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Jason Gideon is one of my favorite fictional characters.
There. I said it. It's out in the open. What's strange about that, you say? Lots of people like, even love, Gideon.
Well, that's the thing. I don't particularly like Gideon. Never have. I find him to be arrogant, sorta creepy, and frequently downright dangerous to the people around him. Despite this (or maybe because of it) he's an interesting character. Life is seldom boring when Jason's in the house. Strange, huh?
Now. How is this pertinent in a post about David Rossi? Well, there's frequently debate about Rossi vs Gideon, and why people prefer one character over the other. Now, I definitely like the show better since Gideon's departure, but it's not because Rossi is here. It's because Gideon's gone.
When Gideon was here, IMHO, he pulled the focus of the show. "Look at me, Ma! Look at me!" he said in the ep Plain Sight and that was always the result of his presence. I like the show better after his departure because the other characters gelled into a true ensemble, where before it had felt sorta like "Gideon And His Spear Carriers". TPTB, I guess, thought it was vital to have a "name star" for the show, so they shopped around and got Joe Mantegna for the "Starring" slot.
Now, while I like Joe, and I like Dave Rossi, I personally think the show would have gotten along just fine without him. Season 3 (again, IMHO) has some of the best episodes of the series, even though Rossi wasn't in a quarter of them and only had a pivotal role in a couple of others. (Thank bog they resolved the Charm Bracelet of Obsession fairly quickly and got rid of THAT irritating bit of business.)
Anyway, just an odd bit of realization on my part. I've got a piece I keep meaning to write about the way the different characters approach profiling, when I can hold focus long enough. Georgia, I'll post it over in my own LJ and maybe in criminalxminds (if I think it's coherent enough) and not hijack your poast next time. *g*