The Bittersweet Science
Directed by Rob Hardy
Written by Janine Sherman Barrois
A young boy has cancer, and his boxer father can't handle it.Written by Janine Sherman Barrois
Hotchner: "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die." Joe Lewis.
Tropes in this episode
- The Boxing Episode: The UnSub is a boxer in this episode.
- How Dare You Die on Me!: Defied at the end, when Jimmy gives his son permission to die.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Jimmy Hall, the UnSub of the episode, pummels to death anybody who pisses him off, and that is becoming a very easy thing to do as the episode goes on.
- Papa Wolf: Played for Horror. Hall's stressor is his inability to do anything to keep his son alive, manifesting in a very violent Hair-Trigger Temper.
- Hotchner: Hermann Hesse wrote, "Some of us think that holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go."
