History YMMV / CriminalMindsBeyondBorders

*** 2016 was precisely the year when the ''sanfermines'' had its most notorious crime in years, a gang rape. Had they waited a bit, they could have used this location for an [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Aileen Wuornos]] knock-off episode in a future season ([[FauxSymbolism and have six victims in a single killing spree standing for the six bulls that die in a bullfight, instead of two sprees of three victims standing for the three acts of bullfighting]], in two consecutive years). Instead, this plot was used in the Cuba episode instead.

* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: While mostly averted, this turns up in "Iqiniso" when Arnold Voosloo, probably the most famous white South African actor alive, appears as the concerned father of the victims of the week. ''Of course'' he's playing a larger part in solving the crime than any other victim relative.

*** 2016 was precisely the year when the ''sanfermines'' had its most notorious crime in years, a gang rape. Had they waited a bit, they could have used this location for an [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Aileen Wuornos]] knock-off episode in a future season ([[FauxSymbolism and have six victims in a single killing spree standing for the six bulls that die in a bullfight, instead of two sprees of three victims standing for the three acts of bullfighting]], in two consecutive years). Unfortunately, this plot was used in the Cuba episode instead.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Anticipating obvious accussations of xenophobia and racism, the staff very clearly refrains from depicting non-white and/or non-culturally Christian unsubs as evil. The same applies to local police departments: The more removed a local cop is from the average American, the more likely it is to be depicted as sympathetic and professional (although often dealing with lack of means, if working for a Third World country department), instead of corrupt, hostile or incompetent. The worst goes to Hispanics, who seem to be just a perfect balance of being white enough and culturally removed enough to be okay shitting on them.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Anticipating obvious accussations of xenophobia and racism, the staff very clearly refrains from depicting non-white and/or non-culturally Christian unsubs as evil. The same applies to local police departments: The more removed a local cop is from the average American, the more likely it is to be depicted as sympathetic and professional (although often dealing with lack of means, if working for a Third World country department), instead of corrupt, hostile or plain incompetent. The worst goes to Hispanics, who seem to be just a perfect balance of being white enough and culturally removed enough to be okay shitting on them.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Anticipating the obvious accussations of xenophobia and racism, the staff clearly refrains from depicting non-white and/or non-culturally Christian unsubs as evil. This also applies to local police departments. The more removed a local cop is from the average American, the more likely it is to be depicted as sympathetic and professional, rather than hostile and incompetent.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Anticipating obvious accussations of xenophobia and racism, the staff very clearly refrains from depicting non-white and/or non-culturally Christian unsubs as evil. The same applies to local police departments. The more removed a local cop is from the average American, the more likely it is to be depicted as sympathetic and professional, rather than hostile and incompetent.

*** 2016 was precisely the year when the ''sanfermines'' had its most notorious crime in years, a gang rape. Had they waited a bit, they could have used this location for an [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Aileen Wuornos]] knock-off episode in a future season (and have six victims in a single killing spree standing for the six bulls that die in a bullfight, instead of two sprees of three victims standing for the three acts of bullfighting, in two consecutive years). Unfortunately, this plot was used in the Cuba episode instead.

** Technically, there is nothing in the premise that forces [[StrictlyFormula every episode]] to be about [[CouldThisHappenToYou middle class American tourist being victimized by foreign serial killers]], as even the [[Series/CriminalMinds mother series]] has non-serial killer episodes once in a while. The IRT could just as well assist in stand-alone crimes (such as the FBI did in the Amy Bradley and Natalee Holloway cases), cases where the ''serial killer'' is suspected to be American (as it happened in the Lisbon Ripper case) or in which no Americans are involved at all (as it was proposed in the Monster of Florence, Rostov Ripper and ''Mataviejitas'' cases, even though the FBI ultimately only intervened in the first and only to elaborate a profile). In fact, showing that the IRT's intervention is requested by the local police force rather than the local American embassy (and then worming itself into the local LE's investigation unwarranted) would eliminate a lot of the show's criticism.

* CompleteMonster: Dominico Scarpa in "Il Mostro." In his prime as a SerialKiller, his AGodAmI and SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny mindset led him to kill many couples, then even rape and beat his own sister almost to death. And when his "career" was (thankfully) cut short by a YourDaysAreNumbered disease, he manipulated his approval-seeking nephew/son -- the product of said rape, no less -- into continuing that legacy, all so Scarpa could at least GoOutWithASmile by reliving said prime. And in the end, Scarpa and his [[TheHeavy Heavy]] nephew/son abduct and almost torture Carmela Tafani -- the local lead investigator whom almost caught Scarpa once and is currently making another, IRT-backed attempt -- to death, all while he vows she'll beg for '''''{{Hell}} itself''''' compared to what he'll put her through.

* MoralEventHorizon: Chief Inspector Silvia Ruiz in "De Los Inocentes" eventually crosses this in a LawfulEvil way. When confronted with the strong possibility that the current suspects may be WronglyAccused, how does she respond? By just coldly stating that the IRT only have about 24 hours before the '''''American''''' suspects are inevitably moved into '''''Mexican''''' general population -- a surefire death sentence for the suspects. And when the IRT members react with WhatTheHellHero, she merely deems it potential LaserGuidedKarma -- for something that she now knows that the suspects could be completely innocent of, by the way.

** Technically, there is nothing in the premise that forces [[StrictlyFormula every episode]] to be about [[CouldThisHappenToYou middle class American tourists]] [[UnfortunateImplications being victimized by foreign serial killers]], as even the [[Series/CriminalMinds mother series]] has non-serial killer episodes once in a while. The IRT could just as well assist in stand-alone crimes (such as the FBI did in the Amy Bradley and Natalee Holloway cases), cases where the ''serial killer'' is suspected to be American (as it happened in the Lisbon Ripper case) or in which no Americans are involved at all (as it was proposed in the Monster of Florence, Rostov Ripper and ''Mataviejitas'' cases, even though the FBI ultimately only intervened in the first and only to elaborate a profile). In fact, showing that the IRT's intervention is requested by the local police force rather than the local American embassy (and then worming itself into the local LE's investigation unwarranted) would eliminate a lot of the show's criticism.

** "El Toro Bravo": A bullfight being held on a holiday doesn't mean that the bull is any more 'sacred' or 'worshipped' in reality than the goose is for being cooked on Christmas. In the past, when a bull killed a person it was traditional for bull breeders (the same guys said in the episode to be the ones who appreciate bulls the most) to slaughter both the bull and its entire bloodline. Despite the myth, bullfighting is not, and has never been intended to be a fair contest between man and animal.

** "El Toro Bravo": A bullfight being held on a holiday doesn't mean that the bull is any more 'sacred' or 'worshipped' in reality than the goose is for being cooked on Christmas.
* DanBrowned: It seems that to most viewers the difference between an alright episode and a bad one is if they have been to the location first.

*** 2016 was precisely the year when the ''sanfermines'' had its most notorious crime in years, a gang rape. Had they waited a bit, they could have used this location for an [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Aileen Wuornos]] knock-off episode in a future season (too bad this plot was already used in the Cuba episode).

** And showing that ''{{Series/Westworld}}'' fans are not alone, Simon Alonso's mother's name is changed from Delores to the correct Spanish spelling, Dolores.

** "El Toro Bravo": A bullfight being held in a holiday doesn't mean that the bull is actually any more 'sacred' or 'worshipped' than the goose is for being cooked on Christmas.

** "El Toro Bravo": A bullfight being held in a holiday doesn't actually make the bull any more sacred or worthy of worship than the goose is for being cooked on Christmas.

** "El Toro Bravo": A bullfight being held in a holiday doesn't actually make the bull any more sacred or worthy of worship than the goose is for being cooked in Christmas.

** And showing that ''{{Series/Westworld}} fans are not alone, Simon Alonso's mother's name is changed from Delores to the correct Spanish spelling, Dolores.

* TranslationCorrection: The Spanish dub of "El Toro Bravo" changes the name of the Pamplona cathedral from "Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier" to its real name, ''Santa María la Real'' ("Royal Saint Mary"). They still left all references to Saint Firmin being Pamplona's patron saint untouched, however.[[note]]Saint Saturnin of Toulouse is the patron saint of Pamplona. Saint Firmin and Saint Francis Xavier are the patron saints of Navarre. Though only very few people in or outside Pamplona know or care.[[/note]]

** In the same dub, Esposito gets promoted from "lead detective" to police commissioner, [[WeAllLiveInAmerica because there are no detectives in the Spanish police.]] And everyone now pronounces it ''Expósito'', not only him like in the original version.