FINALLY, we get a good episode this season, one meeting established Criminal Minds standards of old. It is well shot and directed, and I loved the throwback to Gideon (although I did miss Mandy Patinkin). I appreciate that Everett Lynch is a well written antagonist. One things the writers have gotten right about the past two seasons has been his character development. We get more insight into how this character became the disturbing criminal that he is, and we understand Roberta better.
This episode has a bittersweet end. Yes, the good guys prevail, but once again it came with costs. Given that "Face Off" seems to be the penultimate episode of the series, it's ends on a cliffhanger and we're left to wait and see how the show ends itself.
This episode has a bittersweet end. Yes, the good guys prevail, but once again it came with costs. Given that "Face Off" seems to be the penultimate episode of the series, it's ends on a cliffhanger and we're left to wait and see how the show ends itself.