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Profiling Criminal Minds
An investigation into our obsession with the TV show "Criminal Minds"
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The Year of Dexter: Original Sin: 107 (The Big Bad Body Problem); 108 (Business and Pleasure); 109 (Blood Drive)
So are we going to actually like Brian???
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Sunday Show: The Blacklist was a Pretty Good Show
We might still be angry but this week we had some comedy relief - 3 million Epstein files. We also ask the question: "Is The Blacklist America's Vincenzo??
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The Year of Dexter: Original Sin: 104 (Fender Bender); 105 (F is for Fuck-Up); 106 (The Joy of Killing))
Harry is just a monster. Training his own personal assassin. On the other hand, he obviously did a good job :-(
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Sunday Show: The Best Episode of "Murder She Wrote"!
If you want to avoid our political commentary and go straight to our defense of Season 4, Episode 2 as the best episode of "Murder She Wrote", it starts at…
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The Year of Dexter: Original Sin 101 (And in the Beginning); 102 (Kid in the Candy Store); 103 (Miami Vice)
The year of Dexter is finally here. We are pleasantly surprised by the 1st three episodes.
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Just Josh'n #7: The Dark Knight Rises
Who knew this was an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities; Batman was Sidney Carlton, and Bane was Robespierre?
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Sunday Show: Welcome to the 19th Century!
Trigger Warning - This episode is largely a discussion of the murder ICE committed. And it's our analysis of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises on Thursday - apt…
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Profiler: The Entire Show In Review
Let's rank every single episode of Profiler! An extra long episode of PCM with little digression (!) Play along with us using the: Profiler Tiermaker…
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Sunday Show: Welcome to the 1970s
With yesterday's news, Sheila feels like she has been thrown back in time to the 1970s and early 80s by the Wayback Machine! And not in a good way.
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Profiler: 419 (Tsuris); 420 (On Your Marks)
So it ended with a bang. Do we care that we didn't get a movie to solve the cliffhanger? Nope!
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Sunday Show - The World's On Fire, Let's Hang Out
This was last week's Sunday show! Sheila hasn't been on top of things this week. :-(
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Profiler: 417 (Mea Culpa); 418 (Pianissimo)
A real relief to watch some decent episodes and Jared is back!
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Profiler: 415 (The Long Way Home); 416 (House of Cards)
We ask one question after these two episodes: Were they written by the winners of a 2nd -year screen-writing course? Just asking!
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Profiler: 413 (Proteus); 414 (Paradise Lost)
Two episodes with serious problems. Dan had to watch the 2nd one twice to try to make sense of it!
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Profiler: 411 (Random Act); 412 (Besieged)
Happy that John gets a whole episode but we bemoan the lack of professionalism on the part of Rachel.
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Sunday Show: The Simpsons had a Criminal Minds Crossover!
You will also see Dexter, The Eras Tour, Hitman, Fast & Furious, and Just Cause Tributes. Is M. Night Shyamalan turning into a poor man's Quentin Tarantino?
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Profiler: 409 (Quid Pro Quo); 410 (Clean Sweep) and The Pretender S4E10: (Spin Doctor)
The crossover this time was so much better. We think that the 2 writing staffs must have actually collaborated! BTW: we love The Pretender.
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Profiler: 407 (Original Sin); 408 (Train Man)
Well, both episodes needed some rewrites, but the secondary plots about drug addiction were just weak.
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Profiler: 405 (Infidelity) & 406 (To Serve and Protect)
Flat episodes but we think we finally understand why Profiler didn't last.
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Profiler: 403 (Blind Eye); 404 (Old Ghosts)
A slimmed down Criminal Minds without the bonded staff!!
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Profiler: 401-402 (Reunion)
The Jack episodes are now over an we are so sorry to see it end. Then again, Jack (aka Albert Newquay) was a pretty good child psychiatrist!
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Just Josh'n #6: Law Abiding Citizen
Just a brilliant film until the last 20 minutes or so. Watch it before you listen; it is full of spoilers!
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Profiler 321 (Las Brisas) and Season 3 In Review
Las Brisas was a wash - except for the trial of Donald Lucas, which made the whole episode bearable. Listen to us ramble on about the season as a whole.
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Bonus Episode - Peacemaker Season 2
The beauty of Season 2 is you can just enjoy watching it. When we find out that Hardcourt is diagnosed with "toxic masculinity", all we did was laugh and laugh…
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Bonus Episode - Creature Commandos: Season 1
We decided do these seasons/episodes in chronological order, hence the animated season. We assume there will be a season 2 of CC. Loved all the backstories of…
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Bonus Episode - Peacemaker: Season 1
Full of spoilers. We can't wait for Season 2 to end!
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Profiler 319 (Grand Master); 320 (What's Love Got to do With It)
A cross-over episode with the Pretender that begs the question: "Did The Profiler writing room actually know what The Pretender episode was about?" The 2nd…
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Bonus Episode - The Suicide Squad
Brilliantly written comic book movie. At times, so funny, then so distressing; Sheila just can't wait to watch Peacemaker!
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Profiler 317 (Three Carat crisis); 318 (Seduction)
These are the dullest and the craziest episodes this show has ever had. Honestly!!
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Profiler: 315 (Spree of Love); 316 (Burnt Offerings)
One brilliant episode with some quibbles and the second was rather a mess!
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Profiler: 311 (Where or When); 312 (Inheritance)
Rewrote both episodes this week. Why? Because the second episode threw everything the show had accepted as given out the window!
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Profiler: 309 (All in the Family); 310 (Ceremony of Innocence)
Again, two competent serial killer episodes. But, we still miss Jack. Are we ever going to get a resolution?
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Profiler: 307 (Perfect Helen); 308 (Home for the Homicide)
Two reasonably solid episodes. We just wish that we could care more about the people!
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Profiler: 305 (The Sum of Her Parts); 306 (The Monster Within)
Two fun episodes that are clearly precursors to Criminal Minds!
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Profiler: 303 (Do the Right Thing), 304 (Double Vision)
This is the week Profiler became Criminal Minds! We are still upset about Donald Lucas.
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Profiler: 301 (Coronation), 302 (Cravings)
Nooooooo!! This can't be Jack, can it???? However, the crimes of the week were really good.
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Just Josh'n #5: Dirt - The Rest of the Show
The end of Season 1 lived up to expectations! Season 2 was, for the most part, a wash.
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Just Josh'n #4: Dirt Season 1 - Episodes 1-7
Beware! Less violence but a lot more softcore porn than Sons of Anarchy!!
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Criminal Minds Season 18 in Review
Re-watching the season didn't change our minds about the ending. However, we are still blown away by the characters' journeys!
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Criminal Minds 1810: The Disciple
This is what it sounds like when you don't stick the landing.
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Squid Game Season 3!
It's back and here to radicalize us all! A perfect ending to a brilliant analysis of the modern world.
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Criminal Minds 1809: CollateRal
If you're not interested in hearing Dan talk about Miami Vice, skip to the 6 minute mark!
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Criminal Minds 1808: Tara
In which we attempt to figure out a convoluted plot point and somehow neglect to mention that Dan probably had a character named after him!
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Profiler: 219 (The Root of All Evil)
Doubly disappointed! One: little Jack. Two: the main plot cops out big time. And Sam is truly her father's daughter! Our best pick of the season? "Every Five…
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Criminal Minds 1807: ...And All The Devils Are Here
A horror episode and a great cliffhanger! If you are afraid of spiders, skip the opening death - just saying!!
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Profiler: 216 (Lethal Obsession); 217 (Cycle of Violence); 218 (Die Beautiful)
Three forgettable episodes that have moments of interest. We do a major rewrite of "Die Beautiful"! Warning: Don't buy a frigging piano!!
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Criminal Minds 1806: Hell is Empty...
Great episode, solid killer of the week. However, Dr. Redmond is still not convinced that Voit is a changed man. The last episode will decide who is right.
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Profiler: 214 (Every Five Minutes); 215 (Breaking Point)
The first one is Against Out Will as a TV episode. Almost as good at discussing rape as the soaps, which excel at understanding the impact and trauma of rape.
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Profiling Criminal Minds 1805: The Brutal Man
A. J. Cook needs an Emmy for this episode alone!
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Profiler: 212 (Shoot to Kill); 213 (Bloodlust)
Writing malpractice, that's all we can say! Too many missing elements.
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Criminal Minds 1804: I'm Fine; It's Fine; Everything is Fine
Another solid episode this week as we recover from last week's drama.
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Profiler: 210 (Dying to Live); 211 (Ties That Bind)
Two more powerful episodes. Get ready to cry if you actually manage to watch them. As the custody battle moves forward, the team seems to have forgotten about…
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Criminal Minds 1803: Time to Say Good-bye
A beautiful send-off for Will Lamontagne.
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Profiling Criminal Minds Special Edition: Fan Q&A With Criminal Minds Head Writer Breen Frazier
We learned a lot from these answers. And thanks to the fans who sent us questions. We will do this again in the future!
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Criminal Minds 1802: The Zookeeper
Despite our personal tragedy (which we explain at the beginning of the episode), we were blown away The Zookeeper. So many questions to be answered over the…
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Profiler: 208 (Victims of Victims); 209 (Birthright)
Two tight episodes with compelling killers. Also, a custody battle, a disappointed Chloe, and Roma has a baby!
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Criminal Minds 1801: Swimmer's Calculus
We're back and we are just thrilled with the new episode. We have questions but who cares!
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Profiler 205 (Power Corrupts), 206 (Old Acquaintance) and 207 (Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick)
One weird episode about corrupt Chicago judges, two episodes where we have no idea who the killer is, but we do get to meet Jack's Mom!!