I’m just impressed how Olivia pulls off all the short pixie cuts/bobs that were popular at the time. Very jealous as I did not have the bone structure or facial shape ( or the confidence, to be honest) to pull those styles off. And the makeup isn’t great, but I have seen much worse ( ie thinner) brows than that in my time!
Bensler + Season 2
Be my guest!
I’m so lonely yes please
Oh my gosh, you know what never gets mentioned? How the "narcissist, bully, drill sargent" scene included Garcia - who didn't say DICK. which can be viewed three ways. 1) she's not around Hotch enough to be able to judge (bullshit) 2) she's too scared to say anything (also bullshit) or 3) She can't find anything worth critiquing. (Ding ding ding). I like to imagine she would have wanted to say "You work too much" or "You should smile more" but she didn't think it was the time to say so.
1) She fields his calls all the time. By now the two of them at least have rapport. They’re friends in some way. She jokes with him and, hell, he jokes back!
2) Penelope Garcia... afraid to speak her mind? To Hotch of all people? Nah. That’s silly.
3) ... She can’t find anything worth critiquing.
“If they can’t fix it in less than five minutes, don’t say anything about it.”
And you know what? She likes him just the way he is. She doesn’t see the point of this silly meanness. That’s probably why Hotch leads them to another room.
It’s why she follows him.
“Sir?”
He’s just standing there. The harm done. The case... cracked? It takes him a moment to acknowledge her but when he does she sees the tears in his eyes. He can’t take this. He can’t take her adding on.
“I—ugh— I think you should smile more.”
He shakes his head, trying and failing to understand.
“That’s my— my... contribution. Cause you’re not a bully or a narcissist. They know that.”
He swallows thickly around the tight knot in his throat. “Thank you,” he rasps, ducking his head. Hiding his red-rimmed eyes.
“Anytime, sir.”
hotchner or prentiss? Reid or Morgan? season 3 or season 6? garcia or jj? cruz or strauss? dad bod hotch or athletic hotch? season 1 reid or season 15 reid? profiler prentiss or unit chief prentiss? megan kane or the reaper? haleyor beth? profiler jj or liaison jj? jack or henry? sean hotchner or aaron hotchner? jotch or jemily ( neither)? Tara or Kate? matt or luke? domestic aaron or unit chief aaron? reid’s long hair or reid’s short hair? Gideon or Rossi? Suit Hotch or quarterzip Hotch?
Thank you for tagging me @eldrai <3
hotchner or prentiss? reid or morgan? season 3 or season 6? garcia or jj? cruz or strauss? dad bod hotch or athletic hotch? season 1 reid or season 15 reid? profiler prentiss or unit chief prentiss? megan kane or the reaper? haley or beth? profiler jj or liaison jj? jack or henry? sean hotchner or aaron hotchner? jotch or jemily? tara or kate? matt or luke? domestic aaron or unit chief aaron? reid’s long hair or reid’s short hair? gideon or rossi? suit hotch or quarterzip hotch?
No pressure tags: @masterwords @olivinesea @louisaland @hotchner-clemmons @hotchgan
Figured out the first episode unsub almost immediately. The JJ and Reid storyline was beyond stupid/ridiculous! Looking at pics from earlier episodes, Emily’s hair looks atrocious. I think I remember hearing she had a wig in later seasons, and I think that might just be the case! The Chameleon arc is interesting, hope they catch him soon.
I am enjoying Penelope in this episode, taking charge of an investigation! I hope Spencer’s mum doesn’t die, but I have a feeling she might.
1. I like the colour and shape of my eyes. My cleavage is also pretty awesome!
2. I have a great eye for colour and assembling outfits! Great at being by myself/ keeping myself busy or entertained. I pick out thoughtful gifts for people!
3. I am patient, creative and kind.
Hey everyone I'm starting a tag game say 1 nice thing about your body's appearance 1 thing you think you're good at and 1 personality trait you like about yourself
NO SELF DEPRECATION!!!
I'll start
I like the body's thick thighs
I'm real good at singing
I'm a kind and funny person
Tagging friends @spixi @boimgfrog @heyheyheybutlikeromantically @vang0bus @kyoutani-ily @dead-houseplants @its-oikawaig
The episodes are evidently not being played in order, as I saw Amanda give birth in one episode, then a few episodes later, she’s pregnant and thinkiing about moving in with Dr Al.
Carisi telling her that flowers, chocolates, fancy dinners and expensive gifts to not equate to taking care of someone and then offering to come and cook for her ( he was trying so hard to not be mortally offended by the fact that she eats frozen pizza) and hang out with Jesse and Billie was adorable. I wish we’d got to see that scene!
I love that he has a healthy relationship to look up to and it’s what he aspires to have too.
I love that he was the one who seemingly looked after Jesse while Amanda was giving birth, and how when the nurse/doctor/midwife refers to him as the dad, he tries to correct her but Amanda makes no such effort.
Peter Stone I am very attached to, he’s kind, good at his job but not married to it, good with Noah and I think he has the hots for Olivia, though it would be easier to list who doesn’t/hasn’t been in love with her! I know he leaves at the end of the Season, which makes me very sad.
Fin I adore, he’s usually very good at knowing his limits/what he can cope with and when to apologise. There’s an early-ish episode ( Season 6 or so) with a religious cult leader who is impregnating teen girls. He ends up shooting all the kids in his flat before running away when the team come to investigate, and the team all have psych interviews to see if they can/want to carry on with the investigation. Fin goes first and says he can’t deal with it so is off home, Olivia cries and thinks she’s going to be sent home, and Stabler is all “Yeah, it’s terrible, what do you want me to do? Sit here and cry about it?” but Stabler gets sent home and Olivia ( who had the most normal reaction of all of them) stays on to investigate.
He does something similar in an episode this season and apologises to Phoebe for thinking she was a bent cop.
I think this is my favourite iteration of the team, as they all get on most of the time, as they are all friends and do things together outside of work. There’s no tension with the ADA either. I am really attached to all of them, for different reasons. I think Carisi is the lynchpin, he is close to all of them and is always trying to spend time with them, either as a group or one-on-one.
He must be super frustrated at not being able to be an ADA, but he’s so patient and continues to give 100% to his work.
I only have a few episodes left, I am definitely going to be getting Seasons 21-25.
I like how it seems much more normalised for there to be gay couples/parents on the show, trans people as, when the show started, some of the things that were said about sex workers/gay people/trans people were shocking at best and offensive at worst.
I just sobbed through the episode with the kidnapped baby with the debilitating condition/zero quality of life. Barba’s story made me cry too, and his goodbye to Olivia broke my heart.
He’d pretty much been in love with her from the start, from what I understood. I wish she’d taken him up on his offer for a drink/dinner/a coffee as I think they would have been good for each other.
I love Carisi so very much, he never ceases to impress me with his quick thinking, hard work and kindness. I’d love to meet more of his family, which looks like it might happen in the next few episodes,the one with his niece, Mia.
Ugh to Cassidy being back. It’s the same one who was with the team in Season 1, right? If it is, I really disliked him then, and my feelings have not changed! Somehow he’s worse than he was before.
Her character is one of the reasons I got so into Criminal Minds! In a lesser show, she’d have been the dumb, blonde secretary and her role would be played by a stereotypical nerdy guy! As a short, curvy blonde who is very empathetic, I was so happy to see her on screen!
I am in love with Penelope Garcia. Obviously.
As a plus size woman, i love having plus size representation in the media. It’s really hard to find.
Most of the time, if there’s a plus size character at all, their only character trait is that they’re big. They’re always pictured eating and talking about how much they love eating.
I love Penelope Garcia because I want representation.
Because Hollywood is unfair to people who wear anything bigger than a size 2.
Because Penelope has a successful career.
Because Penelope built healthy relationships, platonic and romantic.
Because Penelope wasn’t held back by being big.
Because Penelope isn’t just fat.
She’s a person.
Because Penelope is beautiful and funny and sweet and has amazing characterization!!
Bless the Criminal Minds writers and casting agents, and bless Kirsten Vangsness for the amazing character that she embodied and gave to people like me to look up to.
Series 5, episode 3. Elliot's goodbye to Jet.
I can't express enough how right they got this for Elliot's character. He stays at HQ because he knows her. He knows he'd do the same thing, come back when everyone would be gathering for your send off drinks and get your stuff alone. But he won't let her do that, after hiding herself away for the last couple of weeks.
He wants her to know that he cares about her, that he'll miss her and that's all he really needs to say in this scene. It's just enough of what Elliot would give. He wouldn't make it overly emotional but he'd want her to know she's valued and she meant something to him. And the tiny moment of levity to cut the emotion of the moment when they hug. He doesn't want her to cry or get upset. He just wants her to know. He doesn't find it easy to get the words out but he knows he needs to do it.
Jet probably saw some of the worst days of Elliot's life in the aftermath of Kathy's death. And she became part of that little family they forged together in OCCB. Losing her is a huge loss to the show because it was so nice to have her and Bell there as part of the original team. But, the ever change crew on this show makes the loss a little easier. We've gone through a lot of others working for the team and I'm glad that they gave Jet a really good reason and purpose to go. Although it's never shown on screen, I imagine that Elliot would be so proud of the work she's doing for the FBI and accounting for the murdered women, making them a priority. It's the same sort of dedication and passion that he has for his work.
sorry to advice you to lower drastically your expectation for now on 'cause season 24-25 (and current 2) new showrunner sucks royally, can't write svu storylines nor he's able to write/develop new characters', quality is going down especially after ep9 :/
I know we get a Carisi-Rollins wedding, so there’s that to look forward to. Your Honour, I love them! Shame the character development/creation and plotlines decline after early Season 24. I have also been watching OC, which had a pretty dreadful third Season, so as long as it’s not as bad as that, I’ll live. Thanks for the heads up though!
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