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    Season 10 Spoilers, Speculation, and Stabs in the Dark!

    in Criminal Minds

    Eh... The same year CBS fired AJ and Paget, they also fired series regular Liz Vassey off CSI Vegas and they tried to get Melina Kanakarades to take a paycut on CSI: NY and she chose to quit instead and was replaced by Sela Ward. There were reports that contract negotiations with Jorja Fox on CSI were so rancorous that CBS wanted to kill her off, though ironically they ended up begging her to come back later due to declining ratings. CBS also fired Adam Rodriguez from CSI Miami and then were forced to rehire him the next year because of fan outrage. Though reports were mixed, the word last year was that Cote de Pablo was unhappy with whatever CBS offered her in renegotiation, she chose to leave a couple weeks before production started. There are a few people CBS would back a Brinks truck up to their doorstep to prevent them from leaving, but they are rare, particularly on their procedurals. Mark Harmon is one of the executive producers on NCIS so CBS would definitely pay to keep the head of their cash cow on the air. Michael Weatherly definitely makes good money, but I think it is the same or near the same as Pauley Perrette, and nowhere near Mark Harmon money.

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    Season 10 Spoilers, Speculation, and Stabs in the Dark!

    in Criminal Minds

    · Edited by ForeverAlone

    My initial backlash to this announcement is because I associate Jennifer with light, happy fun characters. However I know she is capable of more, so it is not so much the actress herself, though I personally never would have thought of her as a good fit for this show. But I am very apprehensive about the undercover background, because this current band of writers and producers seems to love that stupidity way too much. So I wish they had given her a background in something more obviously relevant, like sex crimes or forensic psychology. I hope they don't use this as an excuse to veer even more from the path of serial criminals. But I don't exactly trust Erica. *sighs*

    Though I will say I hope Jennifer plays a character very different from JJ and we can stop having the focus on JJ in season 10.

    And I guess CBS's underlying message to the rest of the cast is not to play hardball with their contracts, because CBS will likely have no heartache about replacing them. Should be fun. :) :) :)

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    Season 10 Spoilers, Speculation, and Stabs in the Dark!

    in Criminal Minds

    Hmmm...guesses then? But since it won't be something we expect, it's probably not one of these. :) :) :)

     

    And since I don't think Harry and John would think these would result in season 10 being a "blast" (with the exception of Paget returns), it's probably not any of these either.

     

    1. Paget returns full time.

    2. Erica is getting replaced by a competent showrunner better suited to Criminal Minds' core mission.

    3. Most of the writers are getting replaced by better ones (say Andrew Wilder).

    4. One of the main characters is leaving (even though we've been told otherwise). 

    5. The main arc of this season is profiling the impending zombie apocalypse. 

    6. All the cast members have been replaced with puppets. 

    7. They decided to retool the show to be a jaunty comedy musical. 

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    Criminal Minds Fanfiction

    in Fun & Games

    I think if I worked around people acting like Morgan and Penelope and their increasingly unprofessional conversations, I would have to file the anonymous sexual harassment complaint about them. It's just ooky to listen to, and it got even worse when she started doing it to Hotch on occasion (woman, you don't sexually harass your boss!!)

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    Criminal Minds Analysis: Profile The Show

    in Criminal Minds

    Hmmmm....

     

    1. Overall the stories were more engaging in the first four seasons. There are plenty of turkeys in seasons one through four, and there are plenty of episodes I like post season five, but it's more of an overall tone to the stories, and what I am inspired to rewatch when I have Criminal Minds DVD marathons. There are a few select episodes from season eight I rewatch, and the occasional from season six, but the vast majority of the time I rewatch later episodes, it is from season seven. And that is entirely driven by the change in writing and showrunners in my opinion. They brought in people in both arena who just weren't as competent as the previous crew and I just don't particularly like their vision most of the time. Season seven was the exception for me, but it honestly did go downhill for me.

     

    2. It's hard to quantify, but it's almost like there is a candy coated sheen on the later shows. And I mean this in terms of both story and production values. The earlier episodes had starker, more neutral colors, and sometimes for me, it seems like a lot of the later episodes have some sort of filter that makes everything look a bit softer.

     

    3. This is compounded by the rise in personal stories. It's not like I never liked the personal stories in earlier episodes. Those tidbits are often my favorite part of the episode. But they felt more natural and less shoe horned. Most of the personal stories and interactions arose organically from the case at hand and conversations at work, and didn't feel like they were put in there to give some sort of "family" moment. 

     

    4. The personal stories were also more of a darker tone. They often dealt with the team grappling with the darkness of their job. It felt real. It felt authentic. Now it just feels cheesy. I used to have my own thoughts in the earlier episodes that they were a family, but since Erica has come on board and made it obvious by shoving it down our throats, I actively resist all attempts to say or act like they are a family. If I worked with people like that (I mean Penelope and her ridiculousness), I would run in the other direction.

     

    5. Back in the day, the FBI did appear to follow the law more in that they secured warrants for searches, some stuff like HIPAA was off limits, and they felt like a real law enforcement agency. Now, in the course of saving time I guess (since they show much more unsub these days than team actually profiling), Penelope hits some magic keys and pulls up information (some of it illegally obtained through illegal hacking, and some of it that just plain wouldn't exist on the Internet in that form) that magically points them to the unsub. It's gotten sort of ridiculous, and I wish the show would remind people that this is an actual law enforcement agency and they aren't above the law. In the same regard, stop all those STUPID stories about the BAU going rogue to "protect one of their own." It's not realistic, and many of them would likely have been fired if they did some of that stuff in the real world. 

     

    6. The one thing that I do think is better is Reid's hair. I prefer it short, and with the exception of season eight, so far his post season five (well really post boyband) hair has looked amazing. I hope he keeps it that way, but I have a feeling season 10 is going to be back to the messy rat's nest that was season eight. *sighs*

     

    7. Overall, even though Criminal Minds is still appointment TV for me, I can't say there is much about the post season five shift that is BETTER than the early days, particularly in regards to the quality of the storytelling. It just isn't there for me, and without some miraculous change in behind the scenes talent, I don't know if it will ever get back to where it used to be. Probably not at this point. *sighs*

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    Criminal Minds Fanfiction

    in Fun & Games

    · Edited by ForeverAlone

    If I were part of the BAU:

    My very closest friend would be Reid.

    If I had to have a romantic relationship with one CM character, it would be Reid.

    The one person I wouldn't get along with on the team would be Penelope if she was being exceptionally tiresome and over the top. I had originally had JJ, but after some thought, I realized the person I would least like to work around is Penelope, because she has evolved into someone deeply unprofessional in her work demeanor and over the top in her "quirkiness." 

    My professional niche/specialty on the team would be sex crimes/ritualistic killings.

    My favorite out-of-work social activity to do with the whole team would be nothing- I don't want to hang out with most of them outside of work.

    The team member whose family I'd most like to meet would be...eh, I guess Diana Reid. It would be interesting to talk to her.

    My ideal vacation would be traveling to Italy with Reid and discussing the history, the art, the architecture, the religion, the food of Italy. You know he is filled with many interesting facts about stuff like the Renaissance and everything. The conversations over great Italian food and wine would be awesome. 

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    Jason Gideon: They Don't Call Them Nervous Breakdowns Anymore

    in Criminal Minds

    · Edited by ForeverAlone

    Yeah it is the very last scene from In Name and Blood. Reid goes up to the cabin to find Gideon's letter and his voiceover from Doubt starts. Then the final scene is Gideon at some diner in the middle of nowhere and he is asked where he is going and he says he doesn't know. I actually thought it was rather a hopeful scene considering I initially thought they would have Gideon commit suicide.

     

    Here is the scene:

     

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    Jason Gideon: They Don't Call Them Nervous Breakdowns Anymore

    in Criminal Minds

    I think what happened is that when Mandy didn't show up for work they had to scramble. Luckily, Doubt was filmed for second season and I think they went back and added some scenes and Mandy's voiceover to set up his departure. Plus they added the voiceover and cameo at the end of In Name and Blood after convincing Mandy to come back to wrap up his storyline.

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