Review of Hamelin

Criminal Minds: Hamelin (2019)
Season 14, Episode 12
8/10
Creepy and intriguing premise, disappointing conclusion
12 November 2020
Like another reviewer has said, the case itself was interesting and scary, but led to a disappointing end. It was creepy and unique, but the explanation for the unsub's actions and the children's was extremely lackluster, much like most of the episodes have felt. Also agree that it was a little weird hearing ASMR pronounced as "az-mer" by Reid, to where I did not even realize that that was what he was talking about.

I thought Rossi (as usual) held some great moments with his sass during the interrogation and Tara had her badass moment as well. Penelope, on the other hand, wasn't a stand out for me. Her long winded tangents were not well welcomed in this case for me, most of it fell very flat and she really needed to just get to the point here.

JJ's subplot with her mother wasn't the most interesting thing and her conflict with her felt like drawn out teenage angst. However, the conclusion was moving and nicely done--it didn't feel too soapy but wasn't necessarily a fantastic ending, because the conflict wasn't interesting either.

Overall, disappointed in the ending, but the case itself was intriguing, unique, and pleasantly disturbing.
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