are you talking about the buzzfeed article? bc p sure that was Frazier and Dunkle rather than Messer? either way, I remember reading it (and ofc it's like...the first bullet point?) and being like "then you need to shut the pasta parties DOWN!" it came out right before 200 so that was already stewing in my brain by the time they got to the bar and ugh, it just fanned the flames. like it's cool to be happy every once in awhile, but make sure it's appropriate to the situation? I agree with you re: Messer considering the audience as too shallow to get it...but at the same time, lemme tell you, don't browse the criminal minds tag on tumblr unless you want a lot of proof that she may be right. :-/ and like, fine, I understand not always wanting to analyze the shows you watch, but they legit advertise crimi as "the thinking man's show" (on ion, as I hear them say a million times every Monday and Tuesday :-P), so if Messer and her gaggle of writers could WRITE like it, that'd be nice.
(idk, probably doesn't help that I'm still not sold on the team as fam narrative. it's hard to get on board for me bc like...early seasons, they're super protective of one another, but push comes to shove? they're going to protect themselves first, even at their own detriment. hell, in one episode (s3? s4?), Morgan tells Hotch he's a good boss, but wouldn't want to hang out with him after work. I can see the possibility of them eventually heading in the direction of "made family," esp because they've become friends, good friends, but it didn't come organically, in my opinion anyway, so every time it comes up, it feels really forced.)
I think the hit and miss bit bothers me because it was such a huge shift to me? instead of loving 20 of the 22-24 episodes, it's more like I love 4 of the 23-24 episodes per season and some of the others are okay and the rest are just terrible. on top of that, it's really clear that it's related to the writer shift caused by cm: suspect behavior + Messer clumsily taking the reins...because the downhill slide for me starts on the back half of s5. tbh, I'm surprised I survived s6 because I have a lot of the same feelings about it as laceymcbain.
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Date: Mar. 11th, 2014 07:43 pm (UTC)(idk, probably doesn't help that I'm still not sold on the team as fam narrative. it's hard to get on board for me bc like...early seasons, they're super protective of one another, but push comes to shove? they're going to protect themselves first, even at their own detriment. hell, in one episode (s3? s4?), Morgan tells Hotch he's a good boss, but wouldn't want to hang out with him after work. I can see the possibility of them eventually heading in the direction of "made family," esp because they've become friends, good friends, but it didn't come organically, in my opinion anyway, so every time it comes up, it feels really forced.)
I think the hit and miss bit bothers me because it was such a huge shift to me? instead of loving 20 of the 22-24 episodes, it's more like I love 4 of the 23-24 episodes per season and some of the others are okay and the rest are just terrible. on top of that, it's really clear that it's related to the writer shift caused by cm: suspect behavior + Messer clumsily taking the reins...because the downhill slide for me starts on the back half of s5. tbh, I'm surprised I survived s6 because I have a lot of the same feelings about it as laceymcbain.