Criminal Minds

There's not really a lack of money for the show, though. It's one of the more popular shows on television right now (I'm pretty sure it's consistently in the top 10 scripted shows every week) and it has a decently large fandom.

I'm not kidding when I say that the reason they've given for the change is "structuring the show to be closer to the real-life BAU."

AND Seaver's been added to the opening credits. What are they doing I don't even... Honestly, I think the only reason Kristen Vangsness' job is safe is because no one would watch the show if CBS fired her.

yeah Garcia is one of the key parts of the show

I'd tune in for 45 minutes of Garcia's lips talking into that headset mic.

There's a reason they have her on both shows.

Actually raises a question: What if both teams work different cases at the same time?

edited 25th Mar '11 10:12:17 AM by Ghilz

They really only call Garcia 3-4 times an episode, unless she's the focus of the story. And considering her monitor bank, I'd buy that she's working multiple cases at once.

Yeah, but apparantly the Red Cell have her come to the Gym Of Justice, and dont forget all the episode where she has to sift to video surveillance. Which takes time if you've ever done it.

edited 25th Mar '11 10:19:30 AM by Ghilz

I don't watch the spin off, so I wouldn't know. I prefer to pretend that it doesn't exist. It just raises more questions than it answers.

To it's credit it's getting better.

And Forest Whitaker gets to show is awesome acting muscle. There's a reason the guy won an oscar.

Yeah. I saw part of the episode with the female enucliator and thought "The parent show has called both of those things rare, and the spin off is doing an unsub who is both in the third episode." Forest Whitaker and Kirsten Vangsness are the only reasons I'm considering watching it. I'll probably start watching next year if it's still on.

For the record, I love the original. If I could only pick one procedural to watch for the rest of my life, it would be the original Criminal Minds.

Theres other stuff to like. They don't have Strauss in that show, instead have the FBI's director (who is actually a cool guy, compared to Strauss being a pain in the butt). The guy is played by Richard Schiff (The West Wing's Toby Ziegler) an actor I quite enjoy.

There's potential with the show, despite the... wtf premise.

edited 25th Mar '11 10:34:07 AM by Ghilz

I like the politics of the original though. While Strauss is so friggin' irritating she's also an excellent character. She's the bureaucratic boss you love to hate.

Suspect Behavior has been cancelled.

linky?

Here's one.

Not enough ratings does that; I'm way behind on the original as it is. I'm kind of glad I won't have two similar shows to keep up with anymore.

The last episode of SB has aired, and of course we are Left Hanging.

Kind of late but I just heard Paget Brewster will return for Season 7, and Rachel Nichols won't be coming back.

Meaning most of Season 6 effectively never happened. Good.

Maybe they've learned their lesson

We can hope so. I didn't mind this season but I didn't think it was all that good either.

I heard something interesting: Thomas Gibson isn't sure if he'll come back...

Watched all the episodes seasons one through five - couldn't really bear season six. I'm glad they're essentially ignoring it.

Where did you hear that? T_T

Word of mouth, so no idea if it's true.

Thomas Gibson's coming back :D.

So's Paget and A.J.

"Big Sea" was stupid. They catch the guy based on how he would commit a crime they think he committed... but he didn't. And they're still right. Bzuh?

^ That's common, though. I think they did something similar in the first season, plus letting the killer get murdered while they watched.

Heck, even Life On Mars was guilty of the same plot.