mstaken May 18, 2014 Share May 18, 2014 Hi everyone! I've played this on other forums, and it's always a lot of fun. We start with a list of episodes, characters, relationships, scenes, or whatever else we feel like. Once per 24 hour period, you'll just vote on which ones to eliminate. I tally the votes and update the list once a day. Needless to say, the game gets increasingly tough as it goes on, as it's harder and harder to decide which beloved episodes, scenes etc. you're willing to vote out. Let's start out with episodes. There are far too many to do at once, so I'm thinking doing it one season at a time makes sense :) Our fabulous S1 list: Extreme Aggressor Compulsion Won't Get Fooled Again Plain Sight Broken Mirror L.D.S.K The Fox Natural Born Killer Derailed The Popular Kids Blood Hungry What Fresh Hell Poison Riding the Lightning Unfinished Business The Tribe A Real Rain Somebody's Watching Machismo Charm and Harm Secrets and Lies Fisher King, Part 1 Just list the THREE episodes you most want eliminated! I love S1 so much that this is hard already :) My votes: Natural Born Killer What Fresh Hell Somebody's Watching Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/
ForeverAlone May 18, 2014 Share May 18, 2014 Blood Hungry Natural Born Killer Machismo Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-78146
Wilowy May 18, 2014 Share May 18, 2014 Somebody's Watching Blood Hungry Charm and Harm Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-78461
mstaken May 18, 2014 Author Share May 18, 2014 Thanks for voting, guys! I'm hoping a couple of other people join us :) I can't even justify why I really like Blood Hungry, but I do. I love Hotch in this one, I tend to have a soft spot for mentally ill unsubs, and I like the Gideon/Garcia scenes more than is rational ;) 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-78466
mstaken May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 ***Just a note that I'll end this round this evening. I'm still optimistically hoping that a couple more people will stop by to vote :) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79514
Old Dog May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 Natural Born Killer Blood Hungry Charm and Harm Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79586
idiotwaltz May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 What Fresh Hell Charm and Harm Natural Born Killer I like Blood Hungry because they kept to the details of the crime on which murders were based, down to the yogurt containers and the rings of blood. Creepy. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79682
mstaken May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 Extreme AggressorCompulsionWon't Get Fooled AgainPlain SightBroken MirrorL.D.S.KThe FoxDerailedThe Popular KidsWhat Fresh HellPoisonRiding the LightningUnfinished BusinessThe TribeA Real RainSomebody's WatchingMachismoSecrets and LiesFisher King, Part 1 Thanks to everyone who voted! We officially have our first casualties: Charm and Harm (which I actually like more than i should!), Blood Hungry (ditto) and Natural Born Killer. The next round is officially open :) We're still voting against three! My votes: What Fresh Hell Poison Somebody's Watching Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79700
Wilowy May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 Broken Mirror Somebody's Watching Poison Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79710
mstaken May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 Broken Mirror Hee---one of the very, very few S1 episodes that we're not in perfect agreement on! I love this episode to a ridiculous degree :) Totally with you on the relative meh-ness towards Poison and Somebody's Watching, though! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79718
Wilowy May 19, 2014 Share May 19, 2014 Ha, I know and you are not alone! Lots of people love that one, but I just can't stand those mewling twins, and Gideon is at his most pompous. The UnSub isn't menacing at all to me, even though you can hear the hatespittle forming in the corners of his mouth as he tries to be oh so threatening on the phone. Bleh. Reid is so adorable in Somebody's Watching, but that one doesn't do it for me, either. I think it's because Amber Heard doesn't seem to care if she's there or not, you know? She's just 'meh' about it, too. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79732
mstaken May 19, 2014 Author Share May 19, 2014 I think a large part of my fondness for Broken Mirror can be chalked up to my girl crush on Elle :) And, yeah, I always find it interesting that even many of us who adore Reid are utterly meh on Somebody's Watching! The episode just feels kind of forced and 'off' to me, for lack of a better way of explaining it. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-79749
mstaken May 20, 2014 Author Share May 20, 2014 Waiting and hoping for additional votes!!! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81016
ForeverAlone May 20, 2014 Share May 20, 2014 Machismo The Tribe Secrets and Lies Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81165
idiotwaltz May 20, 2014 Share May 20, 2014 What Fresh Hell Somebody's Watching Secrets and Lies Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81413
mstaken May 20, 2014 Author Share May 20, 2014 (edited) I'll change my vote from Poison to Secrets and Lies in order to move us along (and, let's face it, I'm not overly attached to either episode!) That means Secrets and Lies, What Fresh hell and Somebody's Watching are history, and the next round is open! Our updated list: Extreme AggressorCompulsionWon't Get Fooled AgainPlain SightBroken MirrorL.D.S.KThe FoxDerailedThe Popular KidsPoisonRiding the LightningUnfinished BusinessThe TribeA Real RainMachismoFisher King, Part 1 ...ugh, this is ridiculously difficult already! My votes: Poison, Fisher King Pt 1 (weirdly enough, nearly all the parts of this one that I love most are in Part II, not Part I!) and Riding the Lightning Edited May 20, 2014 by mstaken Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81425
Wilowy May 20, 2014 Share May 20, 2014 This IS hard! Poison Unfinished Business Broken Mirror Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81449
ForeverAlone May 20, 2014 Share May 20, 2014 Machismo The Tribe Won't Get Fooled Again Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-81735
Old Dog May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 (edited) So hard! Poison Machismo Riding the Lightning - I know lots of people love this but I just never connected with it for some reason. It felt like I ought to think it was great but just couldn't make myself think that! In fact the only thing I really think of is the Bach Partita at the end. Edited May 21, 2014 by Old Dog Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82545
idiotwaltz May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Poison Broken Mirror The Popular Kids Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82576
mstaken May 21, 2014 Author Share May 21, 2014 Riding the Lightning - I know lots of people love this but I just never connected with it for some reason. It felt like I ought to think it was great but just couldn't make myself think that! In fact the only thing I really think of is the Bach Partita at the end. Hee---yeah, I voted against it as well, because while I think it has some fabulous moments, MP's acting and the overall episode just feel kind of over-the-top to me in this one. And this is coming from someone who likes Gideon a lot more than most do! Poison is history, but we have a three-way tie for those remaining two spots among Riding the Lightning, Broken Mirror and Machismo. Just vote for the TWO of those three that you most want eliminated. My tiebreaker votes: Riding the Lightning and Machismo. (I like Machismo a lot, but I'm weirdly attached to Broken Mirror!) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82650
ForeverAlone May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Machismo and Riding the Lightning. What bothered me the most about that episode is that they knowingly allowed an innocent woman to be executed. I don't care if that was what she wanted, and she did it to protect her son. The state should not be executing someone unless they know for a fact that the person committed the crime. If there is any question (and we know that innocent people have been executed in the real world), it should have been halted. I didn't find her "sacrifice" noble, as much as I was disturbed that Gideon allowed it to happen. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82658
idiotwaltz May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Sorry guys, but I can't vote against Riding the Lightning. It gets me every single time. I KNOW I'm being emotionally manipulated, but I can't help it. The only other episode of TV that makes cry every single time is this episode of Cold Case about a gay baseball player in the 1930s. Machismo and Broken Mirror. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82852
mstaken May 21, 2014 Author Share May 21, 2014 Extreme AggressorCompulsionWon't Get Fooled AgainPlain SightBroken MirrorL.D.S.KThe FoxDerailedThe Popular KidsUnfinished BusinessThe TribeA Real RainFisher King, Part 1 Okay, so Machismo and Riding the Lightning are gone (sorry, idiotwaltz---I know how much it sucks when favorites are assassinated!), and the next round is open! We're down to voting against just TWO. My votes: The Tribe (I love it...just not quite as much as I love most of the others!) and Fisher King Pt 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82863
Old Dog May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Won't get fooled again and Plain Sight. It's hard but I think Gideon puts me off these two most. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-82901
idiotwaltz May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Broken MirrorThe Popular Kids - I don't know why I don't like this one. I just don't. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-83009
mstaken May 21, 2014 Author Share May 21, 2014 The Popular Kids - I don't know why I don't like this one. I just don't. Heh---I actually like TPK a lot, but I find myself getting irrationally annoyed with Morgan. Why does he feel the need to run to Hotch and Gideon to report that Reid's (gasp) having bad dreams without even, like, giving Reid a heads up that he's doing so? And then the news that Morgan used to have nightmares as well is presented as a dramatic revelation that totally explains why he ran to their supervisors with information Reid had trusted him not to tell anyone, but for me it isn't and it doesn't. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-83073
Wilowy May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 Broken Mirror Unfinished Business Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-83120
ForeverAlone May 21, 2014 Share May 21, 2014 The Tribe Won't Get Fooled Again Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-83341
SSAHotchner May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Plain Sight The Popular Kids Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84138
mstaken May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 Welcome to the game, SSA Hotchner! We have a four-way tie for just two spots: Plain Sight, The Popular Kids, Won't Get Fooled Again and Broken Mirror. Just vote for the TWO of those four you most want eliminated. I'll try to end this after three voters have weighed in. My votes: Plain Sight and Won't Get Fooled Again (I love them...I just love the other two a little more!) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84293
Old Dog May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Me too - I am also Plain Sight and Won't Get fooled again. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84319
ForeverAlone May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Won't Get Fooled Again Broken Mirror Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84359
mstaken May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 Extreme AggressorCompulsionBroken MirrorL.D.S.KThe FoxDerailedThe Popular KidsUnfinished BusinessThe TribeA Real RainFisher King, Part 1 Won't Get Fooled Again and Plain Sight are gone, and the next round is open! We're still voting against two :) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84378
Old Dog May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Broken Mirror A Real Rain Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84391
mstaken May 22, 2014 Author Share May 22, 2014 Hmm...Fisher King Pt 1 and The Tribe. Maybe. I think. :) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84412
ForeverAlone May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 The Tribe Unfinished Business Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84476
idiotwaltz May 22, 2014 Share May 22, 2014 Broken Mirror The Popular Kids I swear I don't actually hate these episodes. I just like the other ones better! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-84600
SSAHotchner May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 Plain Sight and The Popular Kids. I love Broken Mirror. It contains one of my favorite exchanges, the scene in the kitchen with Morgan, Reid and Elle and then Hotch comes in. Dr. Spencer Reid: I'm just saying it's possible. I don't know everything. I mean, despite the fact that you think that I do. Special Agent Derek Morgan: I never said that. When have I ever said that? Dr. Spencer Reid: Every day since I met you! Elle Greenway: This morning at breakfast... Agent Aaron Hotch: Yesterday when he beat you at cards. Um... we've got one minute. Special Agent Derek Morgan: Anybody ever heard of sarcasm? Dr. Spencer Reid, Elle Greenway: Mm-hmm. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85329
Wilowy May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 Broken Mirror Unfinished Business Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85384
Danielg342 May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 "Compulsion" "A Real Rain" "The Fisher King, Part 1" Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85442
Wilowy May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 Whoops! We're at two, Daniel. :) Which one do you want to put back? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85455
mstaken May 23, 2014 Author Share May 23, 2014 Either way, Broken Mirror is gone, and we have a four-way tie for that second elimination spot! The (un)lucky candidates: Unfinished Business, A Real Rain, The Tribe and The Popular Kids. Just vote for the ONE of those four you most want eliminated! My vote: The Tribe (I love it---I just love the others a bit more!) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85640
Old Dog May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 I'm not sure I can really choose! I love The Tribe for the classroom scene - " Reid! Is your name Samuel?".I like the case in Unfinished business and I like Reid in The Popular Kids. So it will have to be A Real Rain as the one I like least.Despite the chopsticks!! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85656
idiotwaltz May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 Unfinished Business, for the sake of moving things along. I don't have any particular attachment to it. I don't like The Popular Kids, except for this one bit where Elle is with a volunteer in the woods and the volunteer asks if her name is L as in the "letter L" and she gives him this little amused smile. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85660
mstaken May 23, 2014 Author Share May 23, 2014 Heh---I love the sentiment, Idiotwaltz, but voting for UB means that we're still jammed up in a three-way tie! So I'll change my vote from The Tribe to UB, which I do love a lot, though it's not an all-time favorite :) The next round is open, and we're still voting against two! Extreme AggressorCompulsionL.D.S.KThe FoxDerailedThe Popular KidsThe TribeA Real RainFisher King, Part 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85667
idiotwaltz May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 The Popular KidsThe Tribe The others all have things I love too much. *holds them tight* Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85674
mstaken May 23, 2014 Author Share May 23, 2014 My votes: The Tribe Fisher King Part 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85677
ForeverAlone May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 The Tribe A Real Rain Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85697
Old Dog May 23, 2014 Share May 23, 2014 The Popular Kids and A Real Rain. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/7277-episode-elimination-game/#findComment-85712
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