Criminal Minds S02e15 - Tumblr Posts
oh that cannot be comfortable
as much as both situations SUCK, it's really good that jj went to the barn and reid went around back rather than the reverse.
like. if reid had run into the dogs the way jj did i really think he would have been screwed. he's established to not be good with dogs (i dont know if its ever clarified to be fear or dislike) but either way, i really think he would have frozen up and...that would have ended badly.
if jj had run into hankel in the cornfield, i flipflop on whether she would have even made it out of there, what drove tobias to take reid instead of kill him. if it was what it looks like on the surface, that he's FBI, then i think he would have taken jj, but sometimes i wonder if tobias recognised something in reid that reminded him of himself and that's why he wanted to (try to) save him. either way, it doesn't really matter, because i don't think jj would have gotten out of that shed. for one, i dont know that she would have been able to leave clues to her location the way reid did, and from my understanding, the bible has far more rules for women than it does for men, and raphael/charles might have decided on which one she broke before she even woke up
FUCK william reid all my homies hate william reid.
i know they try to retcon his reason for abandoning diana and spencer to make him more sympathetic but a few things: a. it's very much a retcon that i think contradicts what's established in revelations. b. i don't think the "better" reason makes him any less of a scumbag and c. i think he's lying to himself about why he left to make himself feel better.
walking out on your ten-year-old son and mentally ill wife because her mental illness is too much for you to handle is pathetic it makes you pathetic. diana doesnt even know what day it is when william leaves and she tries to get him to take spencer with him because she knows deep down she can't take care of him. it's one thing to be overwhelmed—that would be sympathetic and understandable.
i think what people miss sometimes is that it's established that diana was diagnosed with schizophrenia and on medication for it before spencer was even born, as she mentions going off her antipsychotics for the duration of her pregnancy in memoriam. diana's diagnosis is not recent in the flashback in revelations, she was diagnosed at minimum ten years prior. it's not like this is some new, overwhelming thing he's struggling to get used to (not that it being sudden would make abandoning her better). i always gathered that she was fine and had a handle on things at first, but her illness slowly worsened and she became less good about taking her medication.
again. being overwhelmed would be understandable and sympathetic. even considering divorce. but go to counselling. get her the help she clearly needs. especially because you have a child. sure, fine, you're overwhelmed because your wife is seriously struggling to take care of herself and manage her mental illness. but how the hell is your response to that to leave her with your ten-year-old? especially when she's asking you to take him with you because she knows she can't take care of him by herself. how is your response to that to go "bye severely mentally ill wife! bye ten-year-old son! oh, how will you two manage now that the household consists of a woman dealing with severe mental illness and an actual child? idk. figure it out."
and i know it's contradicted by memoriam, but my headcanon has always been that part of the reason he left is because he found a "normal" woman and wanted to go have his picket fence, abandoning the family that needed him in the process.
good job william. you fucked up a perfectly good ten-year-old. look at him, he's parentified now.
call me sadistic but i really wish we'd gotten the rest of the team's reactions to reid Actually Fucking Dying. in the episode, only garcia and gideon actually watch it happen, then we cut to tobias deciding to perform cpr. there's a gap between these scenes during which the rest of the team is filled in but we don't get to see it.
okay reid now is literally the worst time to be a smartass
i have all the feelings about the hugs at the end of revelations as everyone else does but i have especially big feelings about the fact that. yeah theyre hugs. but theyre also physically holding him upright. if you watch while him and jj are hugging, jj even seems to buckle a little. i need to lay down for several hours
dont think about reid's weakening resistance to tobias drugging him until he's not arguing at all. dont think about him nodding when tobias says "it helps" the second time. i said DONT THINK ABOUT ITTTTT.
s02e01 — the fisher king
s02e15 — revelations
i was keeping track of this for my trypanophobic girlfriend who's watching cm with me (we're on 2x05 on our joint watch) but it might be useful for other people too, so. here are all the times needles are onscreen in 2x15:
about 12:50. close your eyes when tobias says "it helps" and open them again when you hear a man say "spencer, please go to the other room."
about 25:30. close your eyes when reid says "you can leave again[...]" and open them again when you hear child!reid say "mom?"
about 37:55. close your eyes when tobias says "no one bothers you here" and open then again when you hear diana say "what are these men doing here?"
times needles are onscreen in 2x16:
about 6:44. close your eyes when emily says "so why would the unsub use a date rape drug to commit a hate crime?" and open them again when you hear reid say "maybe he wants to weaken them[...]"
about 14:34. close your eyes when reid is digging around in his messenger bag in the washroom and open them again when you hear someone say "anybody seen reid? reid?"
i was keeping track of this for my trypanophobic girlfriend who's watching cm with me (we're on 2x05 on our joint watch) but it might be useful for other people too, so. here are all the times needles are onscreen in 2x15:
about 12:50. close your eyes when tobias says "it helps" and open them again when you hear a man say "spencer, please go to the other room."
about 25:30. close your eyes when reid says "you can leave again[...]" and open them again when you hear child!reid say "mom?"
about 37:55. close your eyes when tobias says "no one bothers you here" and open then again when you hear diana say "what are these men doing here?"
FUCK william reid all my homies hate william reid.
i know they try to retcon his reason for abandoning diana and spencer to make him more sympathetic but a few things: a. it's very much a retcon that i think contradicts what's established in revelations. b. i don't think the "better" reason makes him any less of a scumbag and c. i think he's lying to himself about why he left to make himself feel better.
walking out on your ten-year-old son and mentally ill wife because her mental illness is too much for you to handle is pathetic it makes you pathetic. diana doesnt even know what day it is when william leaves and she tries to get him to take spencer with him because she knows deep down she can't take care of him. it's one thing to be overwhelmed—that would be sympathetic and understandable.
i think what people miss sometimes is that it's established that diana was diagnosed with schizophrenia and on medication for it before spencer was even born, as she mentions going off her antipsychotics for the duration of her pregnancy in memoriam. diana's diagnosis is not recent in the flashback in revelations, she was diagnosed at minimum ten years prior. it's not like this is some new, overwhelming thing he's struggling to get used to (not that it being sudden would make abandoning her better). i always gathered that she was fine and had a handle on things at first, but her illness slowly worsened and she became less good about taking her medication.
again. being overwhelmed would be understandable and sympathetic. even considering divorce. but go to counselling. get her the help she clearly needs. especially because you have a child. sure, fine, you're overwhelmed because your wife is seriously struggling to take care of herself and manage her mental illness. but how the hell is your response to that to leave her with your ten-year-old? especially when she's asking you to take him with you because she knows she can't take care of him by herself. how is your response to that to go "bye severely mentally ill wife! bye ten-year-old son! oh, how will you two manage now that the household consists of a woman dealing with severe mental illness and an actual child? idk. figure it out."
and i know it's contradicted by memoriam, but my headcanon has always been that part of the reason he left is because he found a "normal" woman and wanted to go have his picket fence, abandoning the family that needed him in the process.
good job william. you fucked up a perfectly good ten-year-old. look at him, he's parentified now.
s02e01 — the fisher king
s02e15 — revelations
i have all the feelings about the hugs at the end of revelations as everyone else does but i have especially big feelings about the fact that. yeah theyre hugs. but theyre also physically holding him upright. if you watch while him and jj are hugging, jj even seems to buckle a little. i need to lay down for several hours
s05e02 - haunted
s02e15 - revelations
are you?
s05e09 - 100
s02e15 - revelations
s05e02 - haunted
s02e15 - revelations
are you?
2.01 The Fisher King, Part 2 | 2.15 Revelations
s05e09 - 100
s02e15 - revelations