CriminalxMinds @ LJ

I do think that Katie and Amanda are good and interesting characters, but I agree that a CAC spinoff might be too dark to catch on with the general public. But you've hit on a great idea--rather than creating new characters that reek of trying too hard, they should've really tried to find some way to integrate the spinoff more organically into the show. If you look at the CM characters, they're really not so over-the-top--in fact, going just by the sides, they seem pretty ordinary. But it's the subtleties, the way they are portrayed by the actors, that make us love them. That's probably why we enjoyed and connected to Katie and Amanda as well. I'm sure they could find another unit of the FBI interesting enough to base a show around without having to all that ~*edgy*~ black-ops gunk, or whatever.