History Headscratchers / Criminalminds

* What exactly did the Reaper do to Hotch besides stab him about a million times? The first time I saw that scene I thought that Foyet's creepy dialogue about not being impotent followed by Hotch gasping in pain (and presumably fear) meant Foyet raped him, but it wasn't mentioned and so I assumed he just stabbed him again after he said that and I have my mind in the gutter. Then someone on this wiki mentioned that Hotch was "attacked, stabbed over and over and over again, and possibly raped by the psychotic Reaper" and I knew I was not the only one who got that impression. Can someone please tell me what the hell that scene was about and if Hotch was raped why has no one on the show ever said a single word about it? I mean I know Hotch probably would not want to talk about it but come on, if any show on the air besides SVU is going to take on male-on-male rape in a serious manner it's going to be Criminal Minds.

* In the same episode, Hotch tells Morgan and Prentiss to assist Garcia. Morgan asks Hotch in manner that suggested he was annoyed about it why that is necessary. After Hotch explains, Morgan goes into Garcia's office, gives a rather fake "pep talk" and then leaves WITHOUT HELPING HER! Morgan's attitude and actions were inconsistent w/ his previous actions and really seemed to undercut the believability of his and Garcia's friendship.

* Aaron Hotchner. At first he comes across as a big deconstruction of MarriedToTheJob: his wife divorces him due to all his traveling and his relationship with his son is rather strained. He even has to be told by Morgan that it's ok to break protocol to warn them about a terrorist attack they might be caught in. Things finally come to a head when the Reaper attacks him, forcing his wife & son into protective custody, during which Rossi gives him a speech about how family always comes first at the end of a later episode. Finally, the Reaper kills his wife and now he's at the point where he sees just how much his family has suffered for his job. So what does he do? Pawn the son off to his aunt to raise. Seriously? What kind of childhood is Jack going to have with an absent father figure?

* Why aren't any of the BAU members amazed by the staggering number of serial killers that they have faced/arrested/killed throughout the series' run? Given that two shows were about terrorists,one show was them assisting in Guantanamo interrogation and one was about CIA mole hunt,they have encountered more than 100 killers in the history of the show. And no one is shown being amazed (or even mildly surprised) by this number.

*** And for at least some of them, the fact that the body will be found is part of their deal. It wouldn't feel right for them otherwise.

* Given that the show portrays most of its killers being of above average to genius levels of intelligence and knowing of advances in DNA technology,information sharing and data mining as well as criminology,why would the majority of them use body disposal methods from the 1960's-1970's?
Leaving multiple bodies out in the open to be quickly discovered is almost a sure-fire way to be detected and caught and yet most of these killers still shown to be doing it on this program.


** [[HumansAreStupid Long live denial!]]

** I'd say lapsed character judgement. It's been a while, so correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't she incredibly flattered/astonished when he asks her out? Which means that she would probably be able to completely ignore whatever her gut/friends/personal experience and training tells her because she so desperately wants to belive that he is just a nice guy who happens to like her. I think just about anyone in her situtation would do the same; denial is a human trait.

** I'd say lapsed character judgement. It's been a while, so correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't she incredibly flattered/astonished when he asks her out? Which means that she would probably be able to completely ignore whatever her gut/friends/personal experience and training tells her because she so desperately wanted to belive that he was just a nice guy who happened to like her. I think just about anyone in her situtation would do the same; denial is a human trait.

* For "Lucky," since Penelope Garcia is the Techno Queen, you would think that she would have done a background check on her beau {spoiler: *cough*shooter*cough*], but no, she ignores Morgan's warnings and goes off to the date anyway. Idiot Ball, or a case of Lasped character judgment? You decide.

*** Don't forget that Reid is talking to other LEOs who are much older than him, so he's probably trying to relate to their perception. Also, Reid himself has always been called "a kid" by almost everyone, so it's not unreasonable for him to call Ryan a "kid" too because they're in the same age group (late twenties).

** I will give you the first part, that does seem odd. But as for Reid calling someone older than him a "kid", it may not be that strange. From my own experience, I graduated from high school and college early, and have a habit of doing this myself... it's a side effect of spending most of your time around people who are far older than you, you tend to feel more assimilated with them, than with others around your own age.

** I will give you the first part, that does seem odd. But as for Reid calling someone older than him a "kid", it may not be that strange. From my own experience, I graduated from high school and college early, and have a habit of doing this myself... it's a side effect of spending most of your time around people who are far older than you, you tend to feel more assimilated with them, than others your own age.

* Ryan, the main unsub in "3rd Life", was said to be 28... this just seems way too damn old, considering how everyone calls him "a kid" and "a boy", and nobody found it odd how he was always hanging out with high schoolers (the victim, also a high schooler, apparently had a crush on him as well). Reid even calls him a kid in "Elephant's Memory", even though Ryan was older than he was (Reid mentions he had just turned 27 in "Masterpiece", a season later).

* Ryan, the main unsub in "3rd Life", was said to be 28... this just seems way too damn old, considering how everyone calls him "a kid" and "a boy", and nobody found it odd how he was always hanging out with high schoolers (the victim, also a high schooler, apparently had a crush on him as well). Reid even calls him a kid in "Elephant's Memory", even though Ryan was older than he was (Reid mentions he had just turned 27 in "Masterpiece").

* Ryan, the main unsub in "3rd Life", was said to be 28... this just seems way too damn old, considering how everyone calls him "a kid" and "a boy", nobody found it odd how he was always hanging out with high schoolers (the victim, also a high schooler, apparently had a crush on him as well). Reid even calls him a kid in "Elephant's Memory", even though Ryan was older than he was (Reid mentions he had just turned 27 in "Masterpiece").

* Ryan, the main unsub in "3rd Life", was said to be 28... this just seems way too damn old, considering how everyone calls him "a kid" and "a boy", and nobody found it odd how he was always hanging out with high school kids. Reid even calls him a kid in "Elephant's Memory", even though Ryan was older than he was (Reid mentions he had just turned 27 in "Masterpiece").

* What was the relationship between the unsubs in "Soul Mates", really? I'd say it was blatant, but then again, there were other reasons pointed out for them acting the way they did - they protected each other but then if they didn't adequately they'd both be screwed, they were concealing hints or signals to each other on their hidden blog posts, etc. So they had a bit of an unspoken UndyingLoyalty thing going on and what would probably qualify as HoYay if it wasn't romantic, but you don't have to be in love with someone for that.

** He was probably just screwing with Morgan, or being snarky, since both García and Gómez are ''last'' names.

* In "Tabula Rasa", in flashback, Morgan asks Reid what Garcia's name is. Reid says "Gomez, I think". Reid's supposed to have an eidetic memory! I know it applies more to stuff that he reads, not hears, but he presumably only heard it a little while ago. Was he intentionally screwing with Morgan? Because that doesn't seem like the sort of thing he would do.