* FranchiseOriginalSin: Before Season Three's "In Name and Blood", the show never revealed to the audience who the [=UnSub=] was before the team figured out who the [=UnSub=] was (besides "The Last Word", although that one still had one [=UnSub=] to be revealed at the end). Later episodes, including some hailed as classic episodes such as "Normal" and "The Uncanny Valley", would use this early reveal to good effect, illuminating some aspect of the [=UnSub=] that couldn't be brought out unless it was directly shown (such as the effects Norman Hill's wife's belittling had on Norman). However, as the series moved on the writers fell in love with the idea too much dragging it to the point where it is now where virtually every [=UnSub=], even those who had no storytelling reason to be revealed, are revealed early to the audience, making the episode an exercise (sometimes painful) in watching the team try to catch the [=UnSub=] before it's too late. Fans often complain that this early reveal robs the show of what once made it good- the guessing game of who the [=UnSub=] was as a person- since now the audience now already knows the puzzle before it's finished.

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* InformedAbility: At the start of season 7, Prentiss made a passing comment about Hotch telling her that JJ was the best rookie profiler he had ever seen, which is understandable given she's worked with them some 6 odd years. However, we haven't exactly seen these amazing profiling skills. Yes, she's contributed to the profile, but she's always done that. She hasn't really done anything different from what she did back in season 5 or 6 before being written off of the show.
** Actually, she ''didn't'' do that; her job was always more media-orientated. She sat at the table and took part in the conversations, but usually the actual profiling was done by the profilers- its another bit of FridgeBrilliance. Her contributions were always geared towards introducing the case and anything pertaining to more regular police style work, like interviewing suspects and witnessess etc., though the rest of the team did that too.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Jack from '3rd Life' gets away scot-free despite having executed an unarmed man, who admittedly was the [=UnSub=], but was no threat at the time. He also kneecapped the second [=UnSub=] earlier in the episode.]]

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