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Profiling Criminal Minds
An investigation into our obsession with the TV show "Criminal Minds"
Episodes
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Cracker: Mind over Murder - Hell Hath No Fury, Tis A Pity She’s a Whore
One change and Hell Hath No Fury would have been exemplary. They tried to squash a 3 hour story into 46 minutes in the next. Still asking: where's the dog!
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Sunday Show - June 25, 2023
Did this way to early! If we had waited until Saturday, this would have been a whole different show.
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Cracker: Mind Over Murder: Madwoman, Lemmings Will Fly
Still a problem of adaptation. We shall see whether it gets better when they start creating their own stories.
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Cracker: Mind Over Murder 101-102: True Romance
Well that was a bust. The big question: Why did they choose to make this the pilot??? Our apologies for the emergency alert and air conditioner background…
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PCM Movie Special: Ravenous
Cannibals, wendigos and a critique of Manifest Destiny. Honest!!!
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Cracker 401: 9-11 (A New Terror)
Jimmy McGovern is in top form with this movie. Fitz is still Fitz!
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Cracker 304 - White Ghost
The handover of Hong Kong to China - the lease expired! However, you would barely know that that is what the episode was about.
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Cracker 303 - True Romance
For the first time, we extensively rewrite. This could have been such a good episode but, sadly, we didn't get do it years earlier.
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Cracker 302 - Best Boys
Just a very sad episode of Cracker. We have some hopes for Paul Abbott as the showrunner, on the upside.
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Cracker 301 - Brotherly Love
The inevitable end of the stories that have been building up since Albee's story. Sad, horrifying and so logical.
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Cracker 203 - Men Should Weep
Again, one more devastating episode of Cracker. Jimmy McGovern is back writing.
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Hunters Season 2
No where as wrenching as the first season, but so satisfying nevertheless. If only we could have had a season in between these two.
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Cracker 202: The Big Crunch
One mess of an episode. Boy, do we miss Jimmy McGovern!
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Bonus Episode: Hunters Season 1
We love this show. It is refreshing to see such moral clarity. We are all over the place in our discussion because there is way too much to talk about. Stayed…
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Cracker 201 -To Be a Somebody
A relentless downer but the best 3 episode arc yet!
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Cracker 103 - One Day a Lemming Will Fly
We so wanted a different ending to this episode. A brilliant character study of all the characters, brilliantly-written and so depressing.
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Cracker 102: To Say I Love You
Even better than the first episode. And we talk a lot about Cracker's gambling addiction.
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Cracker 101 - Mad Woman in the Attic
We begin "Cracker" with Robbie Coltrane. It's still as good as we remembered it!
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Wire in the Blood 604: The Dead Land
We're back! The finale of Wire in the Blood is a densely-packed episode. We end up talking about parallel universes (TV show vs Books). The TV series gives us…
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PCM: Monday Bonus Episode February 27
We are going dark for a few weeks. We suggest that you watch "A Spy Among Friends", and other things about the British "twit" class. You can catch-up on past…
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Bonus Episode: PCM Interviews Breen Frazier
If you don't know: Breen Frazier is a Producer, Co-Showrunner and Head Writer for Season 16. He has been with Criminal Minds since Season 4.
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1609: Memento Mori
Not a spoiler but Elias Voit listens to "Profiling Criminal Minds". We exist in the "Criminal Minds" universe. We are so happy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wire in the Blood 603: From the Defeated
Adam and Eve; Michael, the Avenging Angel - but those aren't the most uncomfortable parts of the episode. We may have found out why there wasn't a Season 7!
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1608: Forget Me Knots
One jam-packed episodes with what may be the best cliffhanger yet!
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1607: What Doesn’t Kill Us
We loved this episode,nitpicking aside. However, we are now so worried about Doug and Tyler. Is one of them dead by the end of the 10th episode?
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Wire in the Blood 602: Falls the Shadow
A typically horrible case for Tony to solve. However, Dr. Redmond couldn't get the book, The Last Temptation, out of her head while she watched, then tried to…
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1606: True Conviction
They're alive!!!! We had so much fun with this episode. Sure we had minutiae - just listen to us talk about 2nd Street - loved the callback. We can't wait…
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PCM Season 16: Our Thoughts on Episodes 1-5
Well they do hold up - even better than the first time. We desperately want to know but we must avoid all social media until tomorrow. It will not be easy.
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PCM - Wire in the Blood 601: Unnatural Vices
Just an episode with thoroughly unappealing characters and way too many red herrings. But we had fun, I guess!
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Wire in the Blood 505: The Movie
If John Grisham had written a Wire in the Blood book!
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Wire in the Blood 504: Anything You Can Do
For once we are stumped: "How did Tony's keys get there???"
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1605: Oedipus Wrecks
For the first time, we are surprised by an episode of Criminal Minds - didn't see it coming!! And we are not talking about the cliffhanger!
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1604: Pay Per View
Finally! It's up! Solid episode, once again. Still had to do one of our "PCM rewrites part of the plot", but, on the whole, we're happy - well, except for the…
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PCM - Wire in the Blood 503: The Names of Angels
A thoroughly depressing episode matched with a thoroughly depressing Canadian news story!
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Criminal Minds Evolution - Episode 3: Moose
Whew! Dan won't have to worry. There are warning signs, but the ending of this episode is dynamite!
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Wire in the Blood Episode 502: Nocebo
Just couldn't accept the initial premise of the episode, but a good ride nevertheless.
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Criminal Minds: Evolution 1602 - Sicarius
Even better than the first episode, Dan now worries that he won't have enough nit-picking to do!
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Criminal Minds: Evolution - 1601: Just Getting Started
Hell, yes!!!!!!! We love this show - even Dan's need to nit-pick can't get us down. Go read his blog on vardulon.com for more detailed nit-picking.
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Wire in the Blood Episode 501
Dr. Redmond sobbed her way through this one. Brilliant episode dealing with Munchhausen's by proxy, physical child abuse and sexual child abuse, Stay tuned for…
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Sunday Bonus Episode - Let’s Talk About The Troubling Rise of Antisemitism!
Well this is a rant! We cut it out of our Thursday's Wire in the Blood sobfest and posted it separately! We calm down eventually (well, sort of). Stay tuned on…
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Wire in the Blood Episode 404 - Wounded Surgeon
Next week, everyone, Next Week!!!!!!!!!!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood 403 and Talking about the Criminal Minds Trailer!!!
Now 14 days to Criminal Minds: Evolution! We can't wait but we have to!!!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood Episode 402
What a ride "Torment" was. And then there was the end of the first female Doctor!!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood 401
Turns out that we are very happy with the new DCI, Alex. An awful case this week but at least Tony is (mostly) fine!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood Episode 304
Dr. Redmond doesn't give an inch on the contrivances in this episode, even as we say good-bye to Carol Jordan. :-( We anticipate meeting the new DCI next week!
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Wire in the Blood Episode 303
Posted a week late, but we were busy. And we are so excited that CM is coming back American Thanksgiving weekend!!!
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Sunday Bonus: Sheila and Dan Complain About a Bad List!
It's only a few weeks until Criminal Minds is back. We are so excited!!!!!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood Episode 302
Another emotionally fraught episode, though it is more convoluted and has a few more contrivances than the previous episodes.
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PCM - Wire in the Blood 204
Sigh of relief after last week's episode! And more of our brand - digressions!!
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PCM - Wire in the Blood Episode 203
Dr. Redmond's ranting about this episode almost eclipse our rants about "Beyond Borders"!!
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PCM bids farewell to Better Call Saul
Spoilers galore! The best wrap-up that this world could have had.
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Wire in the Blood 202: The Darkness of Light
Dr. Redmond is befuddled at times, Dan explains, and the "witch" is dead.
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Wire in the Blood 201 - Still She Cries
A very disturbing episode. Tony's graduate student melts down, Maggie finds a paperclip and the epilogue is sad.
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Wire in the Blood 103 - Justice Painted Blind
Gut instinct or evidence? Be surprised at the answer this episode give us!
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Bonus Episode - Better Call Saul Season 6 Part 2
We just couldn't wait. We just had to discuss these first 2 episodes!!
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Wire in the Blood Episode 102 - Shadows Rising
So different from the first episode but the journey is just beginning.
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Wire in the Blood Episode 101: The Mermaids Singing
Meet Tony Hill - Dan's #10 for the scale of 1-10 in "Did profiling help in solving the case?" on his Castle Vardulon blogs about Criminal Minds.
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Bonus Episode - Angel of Darkness (The Book)
While we couldn't recommend the streaming version, we wholeheartedly recommend the book. And, as usual, we managed to fix the only flaw that we could find in…