Far from it. Except that "Type A" did have more potential than most 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' episodes. Not because of, unlike "Cinderella and the Dragon" and "Blowback", that it had a promising idea for a story (pretty typical actually), but because of the opportunity to see Emily Prentiss again. Am somebody who loves the original 'Criminal Minds' and have always liked Prentiss very much as a character, seeing her again was great.
She did though deserve a much better episode than "Type A". While not quite one of the very worst 'Beyond Borders' episodes (as somebody that dislikes the show but kept seeing it to give it a chance and because of the original 'Criminal Minds' for a while being one of my most watched and re-watched shows), it is one of the worst episodes of a marginally better but still hugely flawed Season 2. And back to near-offensively bad territory when it was beginning to very marginally improve.
Prentiss is by far the best thing about "Type A". The only character to have any kind of personality, any that is remotely interesting anyhow and is true to character, and also any proper professionalism. As to be expected, Paget Brewster plays her incredibly well, doing so well with what she's given (too little) and considering how bad everything else is. That she is any of those things may though make one feel that the difference in quality between Prentiss and Brewster versus everything else is too jarring somewhat.
"Type A" fails everywhere else sadly. It doesn't even look good visually, with too much of it having a cheap direct to video look and it lacks slickness and atmosphere. Singapore is a lot more beautiful than portrayed here where it is almost too seedy. The music is unmemorable at best and what can be remembered is an attempt to be over the top brooding but comes over as bland.
Writing is stilted and is back to the condescending writing style of Season 1. The profiling is underused and too conventional, but we still don't know the team enough as individuals and the chemistry just isn't there. The rest of the acting ranges from dull to annoying and the direction is pretty limp. The unsub is another vanilla in personality one, meaning having very little to them. The story is very dull and is lacking in any tension or suspense, it is also too derivative and makes little sense.
Concluding, poor. 2/10
She did though deserve a much better episode than "Type A". While not quite one of the very worst 'Beyond Borders' episodes (as somebody that dislikes the show but kept seeing it to give it a chance and because of the original 'Criminal Minds' for a while being one of my most watched and re-watched shows), it is one of the worst episodes of a marginally better but still hugely flawed Season 2. And back to near-offensively bad territory when it was beginning to very marginally improve.
Prentiss is by far the best thing about "Type A". The only character to have any kind of personality, any that is remotely interesting anyhow and is true to character, and also any proper professionalism. As to be expected, Paget Brewster plays her incredibly well, doing so well with what she's given (too little) and considering how bad everything else is. That she is any of those things may though make one feel that the difference in quality between Prentiss and Brewster versus everything else is too jarring somewhat.
"Type A" fails everywhere else sadly. It doesn't even look good visually, with too much of it having a cheap direct to video look and it lacks slickness and atmosphere. Singapore is a lot more beautiful than portrayed here where it is almost too seedy. The music is unmemorable at best and what can be remembered is an attempt to be over the top brooding but comes over as bland.
Writing is stilted and is back to the condescending writing style of Season 1. The profiling is underused and too conventional, but we still don't know the team enough as individuals and the chemistry just isn't there. The rest of the acting ranges from dull to annoying and the direction is pretty limp. The unsub is another vanilla in personality one, meaning having very little to them. The story is very dull and is lacking in any tension or suspense, it is also too derivative and makes little sense.
Concluding, poor. 2/10
