cm article from entertainment news-journal online.com

[buffyaddict13.livejournal.com]

this is from today's issue.  hooray for our show!  thomas gibson and MGG get a special mention! *hearts*



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Criminals to keep in mind It's a crime more TV police dramas aren't better. "Criminal Minds" is better, though there's some argument over whether Mandy Patinkin's departure at the end of the second season is a plus or minus.

 

Though the premise isn't at all unique -- the protagonists are FBI profilers -- the viewpoint focuses on the criminals rather than on the crimes and crime fighters. And a series of powerful guest stars has enhanced the episodes. That includes the current season on CBS and the reruns (the taut second show of the series airs at 11 p.m. Friday on A&E).

Regardless, Thomas ("Dharma & Greg") Gibson as the sleek leader Hotch and Matthew ("The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou") Gray Gubler as the socially inept but brilliant Dr. Spencer Reid are sufficiently arresting themselves to carry the series.

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since the article asked...do you think mandy's departure is  a plus or a minus?

i liked gideon pretty well and thought i'd be as sad as reid to watch him go. but frankly, i think season 3 was excellent and i loved the more ensemble feel to the show. but that's just me.

Comments

[underhand-glory.livejournal.com]

Honestly I agree with everything that's been said above-- Mandy Patinkin is probably the reason this show got off the ground so it stood to reason that while he was on it, he'd get more focus but I didn't find Gideon that interesting of a character.

He was likeable yes, but wasn't the most interesting thing about his interactions with the unsubs/Reid? Of course, I may be biased, but ntl.

Anyway I feel like giving Garcia and Emily and JJ and Morgan more screentime never hurts and it's not like Reid and Hotch were hurting for storylines in the first two seasons and because Gideon was older and used to the job and "set in his ways", I see this as the only possible way for his character to develop realistically, without becoming static and weighing down the show.

So, yeah. Definite plus, although I am just a neutral on Rossi. I guess every crime fighting team needs an old dude :P

[buffyaddict13.livejournal.com]

but wasn't the most interesting thing about his interactions with the unsubs/Reid? Of course, I may be biased, but ntl.

if you're biased, so am i. *nod*

I guess every crime fighting team needs an old dude :P

bwah!

although every once in a while i'd love to put rossi and gideon in a room and see how they react to each other.

[asthenie-vd.livejournal.com]

and it's not like Reid and Hotch were hurting for storylines in the first two seasons

while I agree on Reid keeping stealing away screentime (and I say that as a rabid fangirl), it doesn't feel like Hotch had much of a storyline yet, even though he's been in it from the very beginning.
It's like he's always somehow there in the episodes but he's still missing his own "Profiler, Profiled" or "Penelope"

Though JJ and Prentiss have it much worse, that's true.

[buffyaddict13.livejournal.com]

while I agree on Reid keeping stealing away screentime (and I say that as a rabid fangirl),

and i say, keep stealin' baby. or...share with hotch. i would very much like a hotch and reid storyline. one of my fav eps was when hotch and reid interviewed the creepy old murderer. *loves*

it doesn't feel like Hotch had much of a storyline yet, even though he's been in it from the very beginning.
It's like he's always somehow there in the episodes but he's still missing his own "Profiler, Profiled" or "Penelope"

word. i'd love to see his history, even if they've changed it from "NBK." *crosses fingers*