The BAU is called to Taos, NM to track a killer who lobotomises their victims.The BAU is called to Taos, NM to track a killer who lobotomises their victims.The BAU is called to Taos, NM to track a killer who lobotomises their victims.
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Matthew Gray Gubler
- Dr. Spencer Reid
- (credit only)
Karina Noelle Castillo
- Stacy Uqalla
- (as Karina Noelle)
Vince Donvito
- Jake Owens
- (as Vince DonVito)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStephanie Nogueras, who plays deaf library worker Alma, is actually deaf in real life.
- GoofsTrepanation is not the same as drilling a hole into someone's head. It also wasn't just used to release spirits. The reason it remained a widely practiced medical procedure for centuries is because it is an effective, scientifically proven treatment. It's still common practice to remove part of the skull to relieve pressure on the brain from illness or injury. A small area of the skull is scraped away, usually with a sharp stone; as technology improved, doctors in richer countries began using "drills", but never to pierce the brain and not the kind of drill the unsub used.
- Quotes
Luke Alvez: [opening quote] "Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Murderous hearing
'Criminal Minds' has always been one of my most-watched shows and was a personal favourite for a while. Seasons 1-5 was its best period, Season 4 was especially great. It did get hit and miss from Season 6 onwards, with a mix of good and more episodes and disappointing and less episodes. Season 11 was, apart from about 5 episodes, pretty weak. Season 12 was inconsistent but generally an improvement, its weakest episodes nowhere near as bad as the low-points of Seasons 6, 9 and especially 11.
Season 13 so far has not been too bad at all, pretty good even actually. It is already so much better than Season 11, which started off well actually but quickly went downhill, and has generally settled quicker than Season 12. As far as the previous Season 13 episodes go, the only one to be a low-point was "Annihilator" and "All You Can Eat" also disappointed. There aren't any classics though, but most of the episodes have ranged from decent to very good.
"Mixed Signals" for me was solid if not great. The case is one of the season's most different and interesting, it is very compelling and eerie with a a genuinely unnerving creepiness and at times a suitable strangeness (without things being too weird). There are also enough nice and surprising turns to balance it all out. There is a good deal of suspense but also sympathetic emotion.
The team work, the procedural aspects and how it's all solved evokes prime 'Criminal Minds', there is lots of each and it's all thought-provoking and delightful. It doesn't make the mistakes that many latter season episodes made (i.e. too much unsub, unsub revealed too early, problematically executed cases, too much reliance on convenience, lack of balance, too many soapy personal life subplots, team underuse and not enough procedural/delving into the criminal's mind). In fact, there is a sense that "Mixed Signals" didn't forget what made 'Criminal Minds' work so well in the first place. There are some nice twists. Liked Tara's assertiveness, really didn't her when she was first introduced in Season 11 (one of my biggest problems of the season actually) and while she is not the most interesting team member she seems more comfortable and fits within the team better. The character moments are lovely if not blowing the mind.
Everybody does a great job with the acting, all the regulars are strong as ever and the support is more than acceptable. The unsub is one that's both creepy and sympatheic.
Visually, "Mixed Signals" is stylish and atmospheric, while the music is haunting without being over-bearing while having presence still, the script is taut with a touch of poignancy. The direction has breathing space and momentum.
Not without problems. Would have liked the unsub (whose reveal was not one of the season's most shocking, that for "The Dance of Love" for example left me floored), though their methods and behaviour are not senseless or nonsensical (actually pretty creepy and intriguing) and their motivation not too ordinary, to be fleshed out a little more and a few more twists, not always enough of an unpredictable nature here.
For my tastes the climax was a little rushed and Reid's absence is immediately noted and very deeply felt.
Overall, solid. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Season 13 so far has not been too bad at all, pretty good even actually. It is already so much better than Season 11, which started off well actually but quickly went downhill, and has generally settled quicker than Season 12. As far as the previous Season 13 episodes go, the only one to be a low-point was "Annihilator" and "All You Can Eat" also disappointed. There aren't any classics though, but most of the episodes have ranged from decent to very good.
"Mixed Signals" for me was solid if not great. The case is one of the season's most different and interesting, it is very compelling and eerie with a a genuinely unnerving creepiness and at times a suitable strangeness (without things being too weird). There are also enough nice and surprising turns to balance it all out. There is a good deal of suspense but also sympathetic emotion.
The team work, the procedural aspects and how it's all solved evokes prime 'Criminal Minds', there is lots of each and it's all thought-provoking and delightful. It doesn't make the mistakes that many latter season episodes made (i.e. too much unsub, unsub revealed too early, problematically executed cases, too much reliance on convenience, lack of balance, too many soapy personal life subplots, team underuse and not enough procedural/delving into the criminal's mind). In fact, there is a sense that "Mixed Signals" didn't forget what made 'Criminal Minds' work so well in the first place. There are some nice twists. Liked Tara's assertiveness, really didn't her when she was first introduced in Season 11 (one of my biggest problems of the season actually) and while she is not the most interesting team member she seems more comfortable and fits within the team better. The character moments are lovely if not blowing the mind.
Everybody does a great job with the acting, all the regulars are strong as ever and the support is more than acceptable. The unsub is one that's both creepy and sympatheic.
Visually, "Mixed Signals" is stylish and atmospheric, while the music is haunting without being over-bearing while having presence still, the script is taut with a touch of poignancy. The direction has breathing space and momentum.
Not without problems. Would have liked the unsub (whose reveal was not one of the season's most shocking, that for "The Dance of Love" for example left me floored), though their methods and behaviour are not senseless or nonsensical (actually pretty creepy and intriguing) and their motivation not too ordinary, to be fleshed out a little more and a few more twists, not always enough of an unpredictable nature here.
For my tastes the climax was a little rushed and Reid's absence is immediately noted and very deeply felt.
Overall, solid. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- May 26, 2018
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