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| Someone Gets It!Someone else finally said that (well they referenced a fic that said it) that as leader, Hotch can't encourage someone to break protocol. Leaders should try to set the best example. But, if they fall short, they're not supposed to turn around and tell others to mess up as well. Being understanding of other people's struggles based on past behavior is one thing and admirable. Actively encouraging someone to make the same errors you did in the past because of some warped idea of what hypocrisy is, is quite another.
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| Um, He's Joking, Right?So, MGG injured his leg over the hiatus and is wearing a cast. And, he said he's going to be in a wheelchair for the first 4 episodes, and I'm thinking it just doesn't fit. You've already got one character (Hotch) who was possibly shot and even if he somehow wasn't, there's still the issue of a serial killer being in his apartment. One person in an episode dealing with something that big is one thing. But, another person on the team dealing with an injury in a completely unrelated incident? Kind of stretches things. If Reid gets shot or something I think it would look like piling on the angst and just adding unnecessary elements to a story. I'd kind of like if they had Reid injured in some silly way, since it's something that has to be explained because of the real life event. Sort of like Gideon's skydiving. Except again, with the cliffhanger from last season, it would be weird for them to work in a "Reid tripped" story. Since there's no way Morgan wouldn't be teasing him, but coming off the heels of everyone feeling completely drained from the last case and then the news about Foyet? It wouldn't feel realistic for him to do so.
And, why does he need to be in a wheelchair anyway? Why can't he be on crutches? He seems to be mobile in real life. Even if he's confined to staying out of the field, why can't he hobble around the BAU (with lots of sitting) without specifically being in a wheelchair?
I'd also hate potential scripts and storylines for other characters to be derailed because they need to work in the explanation for his injury. Which is why the 4 episode thing worries me. And, why I hope the in script explanation isn't a major angsty thing, but one that gets some attention at the start but then is only apparent by him obviously wearing a brace or a cast (or the wheelchair thing) but other than that he'd be Reid working the cases like always.
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| I still can't believe people think Hotch was wrong to tell JJ she shouldn't call home to warn them in Amplification. Well, I can believe it because of how I'm interpreting their view. But, it's still foreign to me. First, I think people are viewing it as him not giving her permission. But, he wasn't stopping her or forbidding her from calling. He just told her the rules and leaving it up to her. And, I don't think JJ went to him as her boss, but as a fellow parent. Same as she went to Garcia as someone who would call without a second thought. She wasn't looking for permission but validation. Likely because she was hesitant herself.
But, of course, that's not the main thrust of the matter. It's that Hotch called Haley in Lessons Learned. Here's my thing. Naturally you shouldn't just go around blatantly breaking rules or doing whatever you want on a job. But, people are human. It's not an excuse, it's simply a fact. The best person is going to, at some point, do something wrong. Do people honestly think that once someone makes a mistake or breaks a rule, they have to tell other people to go ahead and break the rule as well? Well, yes, it's obvious they do. But, if I had a job and there was a rule that I wanted to break (for whatever reason) a rule, I'd expect my boss to say no. And, I wouldn't make him/her prove they had never broken the rule, because it's irrelevant. If they had, they were wrong. And, right there is the pertinent point. Someone else doing it first doesn't change it into being right when it's another person's turn.
It's not a rule, but by that logic, Morgan has no business working on any victimologies. (Say, in Honor Among Thieves?) After all, he didn't want anyone looking into his life. But, that's crazy.
Of course, since Hotch did call, I still say if he had found out, that he would be wrong to come down hard on JJ. You do not encourage, permit, or validate wrong doing. You just don't. But, if you've done something wrong, you shouldn't judge someone else in the same position any more harshly than you've judged yourself. That's where it would be hypocrisy. It's why I also can't believe (and in this case I really can't) the people who insist that JJ should turn in her badge and how terrible it was that she called. Because they didn't say the same thing about Hotch when he did it. And, didn't mention it this time.
So, from what I've seen, some people believe that once Hotch did it, it stopped being against the rules. (Otherwise, people are saying that he should tell someone to break the rules when they ask him -does anyone see the silliness of that?) So, by Amplification, it was no longer a break of protocol for JJ to do it. (And here's another thing. Would Prentiss or Reid -who I don't believe have broken that protocol- be wrong to tell her that she couldn't if she asked one of them? If the answer is no, they wouldn't be wrong, then what does that say? That the rule is fluid? There's only a rule against it depending on who you ask? Again, how does that work?) And, I got sidetracked. So, again, some believe that once Hotch did it, there stopped being a rule against it, so he had no right to tell JJ she couldn't. Other people believe that there was a rule against it and JJ should be judged by the strictest measure, but don't care that Hotch did it. I think that while it was understandable that both did, at no time was it ever not a break in protocol and at no time should either have been told "go ahead".
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| Criminal Minds - Season 5 spoilerSo, they're casting for an ER surgical doctor in DC. Whose son is targeted by a killer. Could the ER doc be the one who operates on Hotch? I mean, a doctor in DC? Seems perfect to help a guy who gets shot there. On the other hand, isn't it a little much that this same doctor would be targeted by a killer? And, if it's not Foyet, who doesn't really target (if they mean long term hunting) then it really pushes things. A doctor operates on someone shot by unsub and has entirely different unsub after his family? Unless this is one of the Hotch out of comission episodes (well, the, since it would be the first) and he's operated on by a completely different doctor, and the team finds out about the one they're casting for while at the hospital?
And, I'm back to being apprehensive about Hotch. Certain site (which you can't seem to avoid if you look for any info on this show -sad) said everyone will. But, did they ask specifically if everyone would survive and remain on the show the entire season? Elle came back for season 2 and left in the 6th episode. And, even though she wasn't a cast member, Kate Joyner came back for the season 4 premiere and left (killed off) by the end of the episode.
In other news, they're finally discussing something interesting on the CM board on TWoP. Which I inadvertantly started (seriously, I had no idea that mentioning that someone snarkily said JJ sprang from the head of Zeus to mock that we didn't know anything about her family, would lead to people running with it and trying to match up the team members with mythological gods/goddesses). And, while I find these things very interesting (and still wish they kept up the Arthurian motif and worked to make the team members parallel various characters there) it's a discussion I'm only able to lurk in. All I'd be able to contribute are "me too" and "wow, this is so interesting" posts. But, I still love that they are talking about something like that.
And, someone wrote up a very interesting and believable analysis of how Hotch fits the description of a child of an alcoholic.
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| Criminal Minds - Morgan thoughtsPeople are always saying Morgan is the most expendable character because he's just the action guy and lots of shows have that. Except, what do those other shows have to do with CM? Second, he's not. Not just that. Morgan's friendly and charming and a big old flirt and a player but a perfect gentleman and has a temper (but doesn't go flying off the handle at small things just big things like painful secrets being exposed or people he cares about being in danger) and is the action guy. And, also is totally nosy about the dating lives of his coworkers (I love that detail. It's so perfectly interesting). And, grew from someone who pawned off those pesky emotional feelings to the bosses to someone whose one of the most likely to prod someone until they admit they aren't fine. Heck, he prodded Hotch. And, Morgan has also grown more open himself. The abuse is still a verboten topic. But, he's feeling burnt out and he's not reluctant to voice that. Not whining but not hiding behind "I'm fine." Foyet getting the better of him -knocking him out cold- bothered him and he expressed that to Prentiss. Also his feelings of how nothing they do would make a dent in the evil. (No, that's not a sign of shipping). And, telling Hotch he couldn't stand to be at the pig farm a second longer. And, he can be too much of a skeptic (although that in itself isn't always bad). He challenges people which can be good or bad depending on the situation.
And, watching some of Revelations with the commentary, it seems (and it's a view I can agree with) that they never meant for Morgan to be blaming JJ. Just because he didn't tell her she wasn't to blame didn't mean that. It meant he didn't have time or the energy to absolve her (and it wasn't his place -plus she was looking for blame and he didn't have the time or energy for that either). He had his own thing to go through with his friend in a life threatening situation. And, Reid is JJ's friend to, but he couldn't deal with her. Harsh, but understandable. I don't think he would have been able to offer a comforting shoulder to Reid when Garcia got shot (if Reid had needed it) because he would have his plate full dealing with his worry at the time. Which is another interesting aspect. He's wonderful at listening and drawing people out -unless it's over shared pain and then it's all about him. Not in the "I want you to worry all about me" but in "Go handle this yourself because I can't carry you as well."
So, um, yeah. Way more than just the action guy. Even if he has tackled almost everything under the sun.
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