EMILY PRENTISS And JENNIFER JAREAU In CRIMINAL MINDS (2005 PRESENT)

EMILY PRENTISS and JENNIFER JAREAU in CRIMINAL MINDS (2005 — PRESENT)

3.04 “CHILDREN OF THE DARK

thinking about this line from gideon's letter:

yes, he's speaking broadly here—immediately after we see this woman walking, it cuts to zoomed in images of bodies. that's obvious.

but i think he's also talking about reid, especially because the letter is addressed to him. reid, whose death he literally did see. he means "i cant look at strangers without picturing their death and that's why i cant do this job anymore" but he also means "i cant look at you without picturing you seizing on a filthy floor and thats why i cant work with you anymore"

twitter historically sucks but man this is a banger of a tweet

god the "reid goes to check on gideon at his cabin" scene still makes me feel so nauseous even though i know he doesn't actually find gideon's body like the viewer is made to expect.* but like. watch this clip. it really looks like he's just found his body until it cuts to show what he's really looking at. even now it makes me nervous

anyway. call me fucked up but i wish there were more fics that looked at what would have happened if that really was the situation. i like to put my blorbos in blenders and turn them on, okay? sorry. sorry. my demons

*i think this fakeout is missed by some people simply because gideon leaving the team is spoiled a lot—which is fair, because the episode where it happens aired sixteen years ago. but the clip above, the letter reading like a suicide note, the last episode ending with gideon holding his gun...they really want you to think he's killed himself. and reid is probably worried about that the whole drive, too.

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Criminal Minds 3.03 | Scared to Death