Ramblings on Moriam as it reruns....

[gershwhen.livejournal.com]

Watching a rerun of "Memoriam" on A&E and I can't but help (AGAIN) wish Hotch had stayed with Reid during the session with the hypnotist.  I wonder what the logic of having Rossi there was?  And was this just because it was a Thomas Gibson "lite" episode?

Comments

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

I think that might have been part of it. That is the chance to give TG an easy working week.


As for the story reasons. Well Morgan was a given - on the team itself he is the one Reid is most likely to open up to. (Garcia and JJ are the others, but for obvious reasons they were both out). And having Rossi there gave us chance to see that he too cares about Reid. We know that about Hotch. It was nice see it from Rossi.

[gershwhen.livejournal.com]

It's funny you say that about Rossi. Because I've never really thought Rossi liked Reid, which was part of what I found so odd about the whole thing!

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

Looking back on the first episodes with Rossi, I can sort see where someone might come up with that idea. To me it was never a matter of Rossi not liking Reid, it was more a matter of getting use to him. He was knew Hotch, had worked with agents like Morgan and to lesser extent Prentiess and JJ (even if JJ's job was a new one to him). It was Reid and Garcia that he had to get use to.

And to be fair, for Reid to stop fanboying him so much. Which he did.

I still think that occasional Rossi is surprised a bit by Reid's energy or eagerness, but to me is more the sort that of an old dog with a puppy.