Where did everybody go?

[a_blackpanther]

This is the discussion post for Episode 9x03 - "Final Shot". Watch out for SPOILERS in the comments.

Comments

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

(btw, some fans are squeeing over them being partnered much - there is nothing wrong with that of course - but i just don't see the romantic tension between JJ/Morgan as it's implied by those fans. I wouldn't mind hear some thoughts on this :) ).

I'm a great fan of the canon's familial dynamic, but the various factions of inter-team shippers are out there, and I'm sure the writers are aware of them; the beauty of the interrogation scene was that it managed to be a (possibly deliberate) Ship Tease (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShipTease) that actually served a crucial plot function. (and I was laughing my ass off watching the General turn shades of purple that do not occur in nature.)

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

I loved the General squirming as well.

I don't Ship anyone on this show. And I find it a little nauseating how much slash is out there in the fanfic world for a certain pairing I really don't want to 'say' out loud. Just NO.

As stated earlier by others, this did feel like a throwback episode. I mainlined the whole series last winter to catch up and I was surprised at how much I missed the green screen walk through bit. There were a lot in the early seasons. My favorite is actually in Out Foxed with Hotch. I also loved the direct connection to LDSK from the first season.

[mycha-kk.livejournal.com]

My fav episode ever is Legacy (season two) with a house-cleaner killing homeless people in Kansas City, that was noticed by a Cop with OCD. And Mosley Lane by MGG (his directing debut - ever since I adore his style). The most chilling/terrifying for me was season 7's The Proof with the slightly disabled brother lusting after his sister-in-law - the ending scene with the unsub laughing, and his black, chilling eyes - *shudder...* And the most gross killer was the taxidermist extracting the eyes, the stanistic cannibal from Lucky (season 3) and the one killing people like pigs in Canada... I also feel cold whenever i think about The North Mammon (s2 e7) - when the two girls kills the third one... so tragic...

The Fox was a really great adversary. :)

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

And I find it a little nauseating how much slash is out there in the fanfic world for a certain pairing I really don't want to 'say' out loud. Just NO.

If it's the one hinging upon what a bad guy is strongly implied to have done to a good guy during the commercial break, I second the sentiment,

[mycha-kk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I love about the show, it's a team show with familial dynamic but no inter-team shipping. That's why I get curious when i stumble upon squeeing fans :) And while... i do squee from time to time over M/G, too (:P but mostly because it's nothing serious and can be taken both as more then friendship or just them being them ;) ), I find CM to be very unique in the fact that it usually it leave me as a non-shipper (it's a first time ever for me... i usually ship something in everything...). I really love that about the show. :)

and yes, the General's reaction was priceless in that scene. Fierce Morgan was just the cherry on top for that scene :)